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Though the Appalachian Conference contract is binding only in eight Appalachian States, the rest of the nation's operators customarily swing into line with...
...surprise victory, David Emerson '38 won the annual Appalachian Mountain Club Downhill Championship yesterday on the Wildcat, boosting the ski team to second place in team standings. Dartmouth took the team prize from a strong field of 70 competitors. Dry snow made the precipitous course fast in spite of a warm...
There has been a high pressure area off the Florida coast for over six weeks, he explained, and this has been causing a steady stream of warm air to flow westward over the Atlantic and then turn north, following the western slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. Over the Ohio Valley, this tropical air meets with a current of cold air from the west which deflects it against the mountains and then forces it to rise...
...elements of vitality adventure and individuality which caused the turbulence of the Trans-appalachian west have left a residue in American culture and psychology forbidding the growth of the totalitarian state. Mr. Seldes as much as admits that this is wishful thinking: as a liberal he needs something to fight for and seeks it in a middle ground. For a politician, particularly a reforming politician, to be on the fence, weakens his position. Seldes therefore dresses his appeal in dramatic phrase which fortunately fail completely to conceal a fairly perceptive mind...
...Great Drought. In both 1930 and 1934, reported the U. S. Weather Bureau, "the situation was not nearly so critical at the end of June. . . . Pasture lands, hay, oats, spring wheat and truck crops have been hardest hit. Very little pasture is now available between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. . . . Livestock shipments are becoming heavy because there is no pasture or water...