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...Eighteen Juniors and 13 Sophomores were nominated for the Student Council by a combined committee of the Senior members of the governing body, and specially appointed undergraduates...
Just turned eighteen, Lois Andrews, pride of California's beauty contests, and wife of comedian George Jessel, turned up at the Crimson Network yesterday, on the second anniversary of her ejection from a Boston night club. At that time, the youthful singer-dancer was sixteen, but people thought she was at least twenty. That is everyone except the authorities, who looked at official records, instead of the more obvious facts in her favor...
...Eighteen years of duty with the Navy gave Vic experience for his new job. Including his time with the reserve he has been in the service 30 years. After coming to Harvard in 1926, he was the first janitor of newly-built Straus Hall until he moved to Matthews...
...Blessing the heavy sea that extinguished the fire before it could spread to the oil-slicked water, Torger Olsen and six of his crew took to a boat, were rescued 30 minutes later. Nine elected to stay with the half-ship; they were taken off by rescue vessels. Eighteen of the crew were unaccounted for. The attacking submarine cruised insolently for several minutes between the floating halves of the ship...
With the exception of some "deal spots" in lower Manhattan, the blasts were heard over a great part of the city, with sound readings running between 95 and 105 decibels. This compared favorably with the sound of an airplane motor at eighteen feet, which measures 115 decibels...