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...last week, 25 of the abandoned babies had been found. Officers guessed that another 25 lay dead somewhere in the jungle brush. To care for the survivors, the army converted a quonset hut at Camp Murphy into a hospital. Doctors and nurses went to work to treat festering skin sores and cure malnutrition-but the marks that did not show were harder to administer to. The blare of bugles blowing reveille scared the Huklings so that they clutched at nurses in fear. The first sight of soldiers in uniform made them duck; they were so disciplined to silence that...
...recent editorial, however, the CRIMSON pointed out that an outdoor type rink with a Quonset covering might lower proposed coats considerably, with-out sacrificing good...
Even with a shelter for spectators, the cost of such an arena is still reasonable. A quonset-type building, accommodating over one thousand spectators, requires about $65,000. This affords ample room for the average hockey crowd, and the Yale game could move into the Boston Garden...
Competition for Quonset. A "revolutionary" steel military shelter was announced by President John J. O'Brien of Gunnison Homes, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. Insulated with Fiberglas, the barracks-type, all-steel units will be demountable, portable and fire-and hurricane-proof. Any part can be lifted by two men, and five men can erect a 20-by-48-ft. basic shelter in one day, using only hammers, pins and wedges. Gunnison says its shelter is better looking than the Quonset huts, has no space-wasting curves, can be painted more easily, gives better protection in combat areas...
...mile-an-hour chase in which a second police car soon joined. The two-coupes finally stopped, with the first police car behind them. The second police car smashed into the first, reducing both to junk. The men they were chasing turned out to be FBI agents hurrying to Quonset to investigate the robbery...