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...years New York City's custom has been to load most of its garbage aboard scows, tow them about 40 mi. to sea, dump them. Wind and tide drift much of the refuse back to shore, spreading it along New Jersey's otherwise fine resort beaches, polluting the water, depreciating property values. New Jersey asked the Supreme Court to enjoin New York's garbage dumping as a public nuisance. Last week the Supreme Court ordered the city to stop its evil practice, but allowed it a "reasonable time" (yet to be fixed) in which to construct garbage...
Most important aspect of the drop was the decision by coppermen that they will henceforth allow the price to drift as it will, even if this means elimination of high-cost producers. The history of copper has been full of attempts to peg the price, and even 1929's lesson was not heeded. Late last year the leading producers decided to curtail production by 20%. They boosted the price from 9½ to 12½ within one week (TIME, Nov. 24). But although production has remained curtailed as agreed, demand has also ebbed. The biggest copper buyers - utilities...
...Well, Bryan, you were rescued after a short time, but here I am with my party still stalled in the drift. ... I doubt that I will ever get over it. So you and I have a lot in common and we should have an interesting time matching experiences...
After 30 hours, Bryan Untiedt's father who had been tramping the roads all day, found the bus. All the children had collapsed. Father Untiedt got them to the nearest farm, only three-quarters of a mile away. In a drift three miles away was found Carl Miller's corpse. Two more of the children died that night. Bryan Untiedt's eight-year-old brother Orlo and the driver's daughter Mary. All the rest had pneumonia. Both Bryan Untiedt's arms and both his legs looked as though they must be amputated...
Tonight at 7.30 o'clock at the Business School Dr. John Dewey, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Columbia University, will speak on "The Drift and Control of Business." This talk, which is under the auspices of the Business School Club, is to be held in the Baker Library...