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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whom are Catholics) who inhabit their parish of 13 counties. Father Harney returned to Manhattan. A lay friend suggested that a trailer-chapel, such as many a minister now employs in rural districts, might be helpful. The friend supplied $5,200 for a trailer, which was specially built, named St. Lucy,- and turned over to two young priests, Rev. James F. Cunningham and Rev. Thomas M. Halloran...
...group who built the Anti-Saloon League of America into a great political machine, only to see it die with the passage of the 20th Amendment (Repeal), two of the most zealous. Dr. Howard Hyde Russell and Dr. Francis Scott McBride, last week were again building. Dr. Russell last fortnight celebrated his 82nd birthday. Hale and vigorous, he said: "We've had a setback; we're going to have a comeback!" Dr. Russell and sad-eyed Dr. McBride, superintendent of the League, last week revealed to Philadelphia -first large city to see it in action-the technique...
...curves, since, apparently, I couldn't avoid having them. . . . King Edward induced me to try to play golf. . . . But after a few trials I found my arm too short and my bust too big for me to develop the proper swing, I decided God hadn't built me the right shape for action on a golf course, and I gave...
Typical of France's oversea air condition is the 40-ton French sesquiplane, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, built in 1934 and now an old-fashioned monster. She has six 12-cylinder, 890 h.p., water-cooled Hispano-Suiza engines, has 161-ft. wing spread-wider than any U. S. air-plane-but she cruises at only 142 m.p.h. Two years ago, she was anchored in Pensacola Bay while her crew was ashore, capsized during a squall, was salvaged with difficulty, flown home in chagrin...
...highest land point in the nation. On the uplands close by lies Lake Tulainyo, highest U. S. lake. Eighty miles due east is Death Valley, 276 ft. below sea level, lowest, hottest spot in the U. S. Last week Californians celebrated the opening of 17 miles of CCC built roadway, the last link in a highway connecting the highest and lowest spots in the U. S. A gourd of mountain water dipped from Tulainyo was carried through 150 miles of cheers, bands and barbecues, first by Indian runner, then in succession by pony express, prairie schooner, pack burro, 20-mule...