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...Cabin at Jackson, New Hampshire, received its christening during the past two weeks at 15 members of the Ski Club used it for a base of operations, driving over to Cannon Mountain when the snow was bad in the Pinkham region. Herman Ostermeyer, instructor at the Eastern Slope school, acted as unofficial coach and gave pointers to the boys as they needed them...
Conditions for this week-end are only fair in the Eastern Slope region, but good at Stowe. Conditions for This Week-end Cannon Mt. (Tramway) Fair 17 in. Conway Poor 3 in. Dartmouth Region Poor 3 in. Franconia Notch Fair 13 in. Fryoburg Good 5 in. North Conway Poor 3 in. Pinkham Notch Fair 12 in. Stowo (Mt. Mansfield) Good 30 in. WatervILLe Good 7 in. Wolfeboro Good 5 in. Laurentian Mts. Good...
Where the low, bare limestone ridges of Sukkur, Sind slope like unkempt stairs down to the banks of the Indus, Indians who loudly object to fighting Germans in the name of Empire last week fought each other in the name of their various gods. Moslems, claiming the Manzilghaut (Government building) near the river as an ancient mosque site, besieged it, captured it, and threatened to hold it until nirvana-come. Whereupon Hindus swept the city, storming, looting, burning Moslem shops...
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...
Napoleon was not the first invader to come that way. Hannibal struck from the northwest and many times in the Middle Ages and Renaissance raiders poured through the funnel-like passes that widen and slope downward into Italy. In modern times no Army has invaded France from Italy, but although the Po and its tributaries form a series of defensive positions at which Italians could check invaders who penetrate the mountain barrier, at the western end of the valley lie Turin and, further east, Milan, Italy's chief industrial centres. If they should fall, Italy's war days...