Word: n
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...N. B. C. then prepared to short-wave its show over the Berkshires to Cheshire Harbor, where it would be put on a telephone trunk and piped to Springfield's Station WBZA for national rebroadcasting...
Died. Thomas Cochran, 65, partner of J. P. Morgan & Co.; of heart disease; in Bedford, N. Y. On his statement that General Motors stock was selling cheap in 1926, it rocketed from 189 to 214½. To Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., he gave $10,000,000, including a bird sanctuary, the Addison Art Gallery...
Died. Henry King Browning, 68, Manhattan clothier, retired vice president (1900-32) of Browning, King & Co., grandson of its founder John H. Browning; of heart disease; in Tarrytown, N...
...Count picked Sun Valley. The U. P. promptly bought 3,300 acres of skiing slopes, commissioned architects to plan a big lodge (capacity: 250). With Charles N. Proctor, Harvard's ski coach, U. P. engineers set to work on a lift which will carry the customers 1,500 ft. above the valley's floor. A modification of the ski-tow, which requires the effort of hanging on, the ski lift will reduce the physical exertion of skiing to almost nil. At regular intervals on a continuous cable moving 400 ft. per minute (a fast walk) are suspended chairs...
...recipients are Ralph B. Murphy '39, of New Albany, Indiana; William M. Murphy '38, of Flushing, N. Y.; John S. Murphy '40, of Fulton, Ky; and Vincent L. Murphy '40, of New York City...