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Thomas Augustus Jaggar, volcanologist of :the observatory on Kilauea, H. I., last week addressed the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association. He made two statements of interest: 1) That the time has not yet come when it will be possible to specify exact dates of coming eruptions; 2) That Mauna Loa ("Great Mountain") is preparing an eruption which will occur "sometime within the next 18 months...
Burton J. Hendrick, for the best biography (The Training of an American-The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page published by Houghton, Mifflin) received...
Engaged. Henry H. Timken Jr., of Canton, Ohio, son of the roller-bearing man; to Miss Marsha Key Allen, Manhattan socialite...
Author Crosby's social thesis is a protest against the urbanizing of Morrisville. Milkman Lovering is his spokesman about the beat of the hammers building new subdivisions, changing the plan of Morrisville from an H to a symbol from some oppressive foreign alphabet. Milkman Lovering gets supplanted by the milk trust. A department store replaces Mrs. Barkenteens, where Skippy bought the "chawklets." Mr. Prince, a city man, gives Skippy's ball team uniforms-emblazoned to advertise real estate...
Landing from the Berengaria last week, Merlin H. Aylesworth, head of National Broadcasting Co., predicted that within six months U. S. citizens could readily listen in on British radio programs and that British citizens could readily pick up U. S. broadcasts. He predicted that radio Would become a great national force, might even lead to the establishment of an international language. British and French radio at present, however, he described as "formative." The British radio owner, for instance, has no loud speaker, no electric sets, and no choice of programs-a standard program being furnished by the government. Forward-looking...