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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...March 12, 1888 the heavens reached down and smothered the North Atlantic coast under a blanket of snow from 21 in. to 50 in. deep. For a full week the normal activities of civilized life all but ceased. Since that time, all winter cataclysms in the east have been compared to the historic Blizzard of '88. There were memorable storms in 1893, 1910 and 1920. But last week brought two storms which lashed New England to its knees, knotted its icy grip on New York and New Jersey and jolted the entire Southeast. One swept up from Cape Hatteras...
...sugar tariffs imminent on autonomy will probably raise protest from Philippine capital, but there is no possible doubt that if they are to leave our control, they must accept the same treatment as any other foreign nation. Imperialists in this country will decry the losing of our Far East naval bases. They will claim that such action makes a possible Japanese attack probable. While there is some truth in their fears, the effect on the whole would be to withdraw the United States from the tangled intrigues of Oriental diplomacy, at once lessening the chance...
...West, and which is interesting for itself. Though Eastern readers may have difficulty in believing everything they see on these pages, the truth of practically all can be substantiated. Finally, Gene Fowler is a writer as high above the usual biography hack as his Timber Line is above the East Boston mud flats; whatever your interests, whatever your previous knowledge of the characters, "Timber Line" will satisfy...
...degrees with 30 inches, in Gorham, N. H.--6 degrees with 55 inches, in Warren, N. H.--8 degrees with 60 inches, Peterborough, N. H.--18 degrees with 36 inches, in Franconia, N. H.--6 degrees with 45 inches, in Chocorua, N. H.--zero with 50 inches, in East Jaffrey, N. H. 18 degrees with 40 inches, and in Groton, Massachusetts, 20 degrees with 31 inches...