Show Strange Facts F acts To prevent forgeries an Englishman English English- man has Invented gummed stamps showing portraits o of persons who sign checks a signature being written written written writ writ- ten across a stamp It Is said that 1 if 1 per cent of ot the eggs laid by oysters oyster came to maturity the increase in oysters would be so rapid that within 50 years they would fill the seas and all aU the countrIes countries countries coun coun- tries of ot the world would be flooded by an overflow of or water The largest liner in the world will have its keel laid soon in France and is to be more than 1100 feet long capable o of accommodating 2000 passengers I- I Iowa Missouri Illinois and Ohio are the leading egg producing states In the United States I Automatic vending machines electrically electrically elec dee refrigerated will deliver a 5 cent bottle of milk for 10 cents and repay 5 cents when the thc bottle is returned returned re re- re turned in factory districts of ot Phila Phila- delphia I More rore than equal to for every man woman and child of the population were consumed in Canada during 1930 Six machine guns gun's guns can be carried by bya a new single-seater single fighting plane recently tested in England It will do miles mUes an hour Henry Clay was elected ted speaker of the federal house of or representatives the f first day he was a member According fo o th the treasury department department depart depart- ment the president of the United States receives his salary alary check semimonthly He receives a check for signed by the treasurer of f the United States |