Word: snows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Playing host to the aspirants for the third class championship crown, the Woodstock Outing Club will hold the race on the Russell Mountain North Trail. After an all day snow fall on Thursday, the members have been using the run so that ideal conditions will prevail. It is expected that the present record time of four minutes 11 seconds will be eclipsed by the flying boards of the title seekers...
...when J. P. Morgan had come down from New York to air his views on finances and housemaids, the law school professor saw him late one afternoon in the lobby of the Shoreham. J. P. was standing alone in front of one of the big windows, looking out over snow-covered Rock Creek Park, whistling a gay tune aloud. On his way to the bar our friend stopped for a moment; he thought he had heard the song some place before. He had; it was "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin...
...Slalom" must be a rare treat for the devotees of snow and ice, for besides being entirely in a sympathetic vein, it shows how the feats of splendid grace are performed by experts. For the rest of humanity this unique film is vicarious participation in the breathless and apparently effortless antics of winter athletes, without involving any of the chills and spills, but at the same time giving a most generous sample in comparison with the measly glimpses of the news reels...
...Manchukuo, which has thus far been recognized only by Japan and El Salvador, this abrupt exit was almost equivalent to "breaking off diplomatic relations"'-the traditional prelude to war. In the capital of Manchukuo, snow-bound Hsinking, the Japanese-directed government of Emperor Kang Te branded the fighting last week as "undeclared war" and seemed ready to fight at 30° below zero. In Tokyo, which was digging out from a record snowfall of twelve inches, the temperature was warmer last week than in Hsinking, but cooler-headed was the Japanese Government than the Government of Manchukuo. Japanese bluff...
...snow has lasted out well so that on the top of Mt. Washington there is 16 inches, while at the bottom the depth is four feet. In western Massachusetts there is an average of two feet of snow, while at Laconia, where the New Hampshire Third Class Championship races are being held, the depth is three feet...