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Referring to your issue of July 17, p. 13, I notice the following statement of Rear Admiral Byrd, "We discovered a seam of coal down there that we think is sufficient to supply the United States for 100 years or more. This seam of coal is ... exposed along the slope of a high mountain range so that it is not necessary...
...mining engineer this statement seems to offer obscurities. A rough calculation indicates that this amount of coal would be roughly 45 billion tons or a seam 100 feet wide, 1,000 feet deep and 5 miles long. I did not realize that Admiral Byrd had become such a prospector...
Testifying before a House subcommittee, Admiral Byrd made some dazzling statements : "We discovered a seam of coal down there that we think is sufficient to supply the United States for 100 years or more. This seam of coal is ... exposed along the slope of a high mountain range so that it is not necessary...
...first part of this prediction had now come true. Following the death of his son-in-law, David R. Coker, whose large affairs in South Carolina needed overseeing, kindly, seam-faced Daniel Calhoun ("Uncle Dan") Roper's resignation was at last announced. Instantly a Big Business chorus arose led by President George H. Davis of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, seeking to head off the Hopkins appointment. Franklin Roosevelt, like his most trusted friend, laughed away questions about it and Christmas continued to come, with two Cabinet stockings instead of one for the White House Santa Claus...
...Before the season opened it looked as if the Yankees would walk away with the pennant again, but it does not seam that way now. Of course, I still think the Yankees will be right up there fighting, but Cleveland, Chicago, Boston and Washington will also battle it out to win the top position...