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~ ANUS •••• the two-headed God of January •.• l ooking back­

ward into the old year to see the many things accomplished and many more that are still undone ••.••• and f orward into the new year of bright promis e and op­portunity in which to do them!

AN outTsrrANIHNe Dff£C'f!V£ 'fl<A>JSF.H on '24: 1921Coi1./fo. 59~ !llj. C.S.JOJ-lNSO,..,---, .Fhi/l#,-;de; / a. t:)7

IIUN'fE~ For during t h is year we confidently expect to clean up all outstanding and ======:-i long _awaited correspondence; a revised Roster and Directory of Members; that

Sl-l1F'I HUW:[£R,L£'I'I-£R.N'2 90 promised and highly important index of the contents of the -VOLUME VJil,AT£

1• J.ANl.l.ARY- Shift Hunter Letters; new mats and records, and much very

/ • important research for which we call on a ll of you to do

1).-'>NlAGED J?LA.'I E-1:k 190s ~ -"q 339

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, your part. The part that each member plays may seem to be v ery minor, but the combined efforts of all can easily solve those baffling probl ems that now confront us. Illustrative of this theme is the central series of pictures included in this "Letter", and we hope that during the coming year you will watch carefully for our questions and furnish any information in your possession, no matter how trivial it may seem, immediatel y. The questions may be either in these reports or in the WSC column •••• and so may be · the answers, so if you do not now get WSC •• pay up your 1966 dues so that you will not miss anything! As the Supplement accompanying this report shows, we have made a great stride forward since the l ast report and more members are joining every day, but quantity can never take the place of those who remember the start of these reports and we would deeply re gret the loss of any of youl ~

v ~e have just s een the variety shown at u pper right repeated i n 2 t #634, 203~2 UL, positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, '7, 11, 1 2 and 16, which leads us to believe a slightly crooked relief may be the cause of al l of

It's the Little Things in Life that Count these defective corners.•• •...... ;.

"4-?AN-AMf'QltAM "'~95' DE1".EC'r!V.f 'fAAN5F.Es., (.see aare be/otr)

AN APPLE FELL - A LITTLE THING - BUT IT LED ISAAC NEWTON TO AN IM· PORTANT DISCOVERY -THE LAWS OF GRAVITATION .

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FLEW A KITE - A CHILDISH SPORT- BUT IT HELPED HIM TO DISCOVER THAT LIGHTNING AND ELECTRICITY ARE IDENTICAL­A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO

ELECTRICAL KNOWLEDGE.

JAMES WATT WATCHED THE LID OF THE TEA·KETTLE POP UP AND DOWN, AND FROM SUCH AN EVERYDAY OCCUR -RENCE MADE DEDUCTIONS THAT LED TO THE DEVEL­OPMENT OF THE STEAM ENGINE.

)buQ SMALLEST 01SCOVEQY MIGHT Lf AD TO THE MO$T IMPO~TANT PHILA­TH IC A.ESE ARCH.

REPOQT THEM ALL~O~LY, TIME­WILL TEL.:L HOW IMPOt<TANT THEY MAY 6E/

Most of the varieties given in this report are credited and.self-ex­planatory except the ~vo j ust above the picture series and at the right. Both are the discovery -of Dan A. Stone, SH #221. The first, showing the

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t_1-gi~ -------crop SHA.DlNG l.. lNE --SRoS<..£-N ABOVE-

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line thru the E of CENT is probably due to a heavy scratch or an extra-deep l ayout line for it shows none of the character­istics of a crack. The second is a very fine d efective transfer of the u pper left corner of the 21 Pan -America n. Position data are nee d e d on both, please.

We also need the position of the defect shown j u st above and at l eft for the 3f Connec t icut .

J u st above and a t right is a gra phic illu stration of the stages of the right 4 on 20141 - UL- 24, wh ich we have redravm from the January "Specialist " .

Immediately to the right is a new ser ­i es of relief breaks on t he 1¢ 1902 that-' has just been submitted for your study ••. and any information you can dis c over as to pl ates involved and other stages of the break.

To the left is the first of what we hope will be a generous assort ment of Revenue varieties for those of you who make a specialty of these issues.

ORlGINAL .... DAMA.G:.ED .. .. RiPAlRtD .... RECU'T

')be fuu"R STAG.ES ofthe~'TAF'I" POSl'I'lON '2014-.i·UL·24-, (19"30·1935)

No . °?00 ><'ELlEf' :8?.f'iAX lN CTI-<-£'" VEJ:Z.'r'lCAL .L ! NES A'T .l..EF'T O F e::rHE C0.L0SJ.ED ?AN.EL A~0UND ·.17 06 ,.. ,.___,

SEVEN S'TAGES FOUND B/ .Jo1-lN COUL'THAs:lD

At the right is the 11 scratch11

on 30d 20552 - UR-30, from a draw­ing in WSC by Jim Obrig, SH #28 4 •.

P.S. 0'hese sare Yau1< reporfs __ J<ee_p them so btf smdin.g -YouQ va.riehes for record. and. i11u.scrab.o~---We :need bol:.h "news· and, "dues· !~~~

.•.. from whom we wil l exiiect more later.· •.•. · •. I

.Al)D.R£SS ALL C0MMUN1CA'I'10.MS 'ID 9Z :E LY:Nt,t S'I, ~£A'X<r.Lr, WAgH.

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Dear Shift Hunter : In this supplement to SHL =/1=90 we can do little more than extend a hearty welcome to the new additions to our ranks, ~nd to note the chan­ges of address, resignations and de£1.ths since our last supplement .

26C\ 262 272 288 283 257 278 26 9 286 268 264 289 287 273 279 282

*274 263 285 281 284 276 259 270 258 271 277 265 275 261 267 280 266

198 167 246 170

81 141 108 220 127 206 151 210 159

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ADDITIONS BEATH, JOHN R., 37 Wildwood Ave., Pitt:rna.n, N. J . BLAC~, G. C., 1227 Pennsylvania Ave • • Tyrone, Pa. BOUVIER, NORBERT, 1626 Vallejo St., San Francisco , Calif. BOWMA.N , BLAINE, 4703 St. Elmo Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. BROCK, NORMAN H. , 413 Avenue "E" , San Antonio, Texas BRYAN, R. W., 1500 Edison Avenue, Ft. Myers, Fla . BUDZINSKI, JOSEPH, 321 Ma.rjon Avenue S.W., Grand Rapids, Mich. BURKETT, HORACE , 15 Walnut Avenue Terrace, Santa Cruz, Ca lifs DAHLEM, RICHARD C. , 358 Webster Avenue, Jer sey City, N. J. DALLY, Miss LOUISE, 2608-lOth Avenue N., Seattle, Wash. DEMLOW, EMILE. , 616 Green St., Danville, Ill . DUMAS, Maj. W. A., The Army War College , Fort Hu..mphreys, D. C. ELIOT, Maj. AMORY V., Room 1046 P.O. Bldg. , Chicago, Ill. GILMORE, FREDERICK H., 53 South St., Wrentham, Mass. GRIDLEY, Maj. CECIL J., 325-A Pope Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. KIMBALL, T. M., P.O. Box 1642, Ta.coma, Wash . LINDQUIST, H. L., 100 Sixth Avenue, New York, N. Y. LINI NGER, HERBERT K., 815 Midwest Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla. MART Z, RAY C, , 1208 Griswold Avenue., Sharon, Pa. MOSES, H.B., c/ o Fielding Hotel, Mason & Geary Sts., San Francisco, Calif. OBRIG, JAMES H., 216 Washington Avenue, Westwood , N. J. OLSON, R., 106 N.W. First Avenue, Portland, Oregon. PETTUS, S. R., 1001 West Poplar St . , Ta.ylorYille, Ill. RADFORD, LEONARD, 298 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz , Calif. SIMPSON, TRACY W., 733 N.W. Everett St. , Portland, Oreg. SMITH, Capt. CHARLES R., 2nd Tank Com~any , Fort Sam Houston, Tex. SMITH, W. A., 611 Wood St. , Vineland, N. J. SWETT, L. W., 705 Security Bldg., Springfield, Ill. THOMAS, ALFRED, 1509 La Crosse Ave., R.D. =/1=1, Reading, Pa. TILLMAN , C., Hotel Marbur y Hall, 164-166 W. 74th St., New York, N. Y. WEAGAR, W. C., 404 First Nat'l Bank Bldg., Fort Smith, Ark. WISE, CARL F., 5238 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. WULFF, Col. KARL, 5 Trinity Place, Fort Thomas, Ky.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS ALBERT, NORMAN , to 844 Wildrose Avenue , Monrovia, Calif. BAILEY, F. D., to 8 N. 27th St., Corvallis, Oregon . BRENN , Maj. C. E., to 218 Hamilton Road, Glassboro , N. J. CREED, ARMAND , to 116 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. HOPKI NSON , W. W., to 11 Monroe Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. JARZEMBOVI/S KI, B., to 205 Avenue 11 B", New York, N. Y. MES SER, CHARLES L. jr., to 35 Nelson St., Auburn, N. Y. NIVEN, KENNETH D., to Box 463, Monticello, N. Y. RAMSDEN, CB.AS. T., to 8 es quina 19, Vista Allegre, Santiago de Cuba , Cuoa. ROSS, J. A. , to 429 Valleria. St., Fresno , Calif. RYER, L. M., to 92 E. Lynn St., Apt . 101, Seatt l e , Wash . STANTON, F,~E. j r., to 112 Dedham St., Newton Highlands , Ivia.ss. TELFORD, Mrs. W. S., to 126 Welden Road , Duluth , Mi nn . WHITBREAD, THOMAS F., to West Cummington , Mass .

DECEASED 115 BENNERS , Judge ALFRED H. , of Birmingham, Alabama , October 13 , 1935,

RESIGNED 2.0 BOOKER, W. E.

203 BUCKLEY, Wm. H. 119 B.LSDEN, P. M.

236 HEIGL , JOHN 131 NOLAN, OWEN L. 212 THOMAS, OSCAR L~

Cordially you~s,

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