Word: snows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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HARVARD 1934 DEAN ACADEMY Nichols or Lawrence, g. g., Smith Parkinson, I.f.b. r.f.b., Beyra Pollard, r.f.b. I.f.b., Gifford Robbins, I.h.b. r.h.b., Rankin Robinson or Streeter, c.h.b. c.h.b., Larsen Thacher, r.h.b. L.h.b., Jones Baxter, o.l. o.r., Wilkinson Damon or Gummere, i.l. i.r., Clare Martin, e.f. e.f., Fernandez Masjoan, i.r. i.l., Snow Chase, o.r. o.l., Clark...
...expedition to chart arctic coastlines for the Canadian Government. At King William Island, Major L. T. Burwash, leader of the party, set out on foot with his two companions. They had not walked far when they stumbled upon something which looked like a graveyard. Digging away the snow and ice which neatly covered the mounds, they found skeletons of men. Tucked away in a cairn of rocks was a faded blue jacket, part of a tent. They had discovered the last camping ground of the Franklin Expedition, which set out from England 85 years ago to find a northwest passage...
Meanwhile in the Belgica Capt. Ernest de Muyter (fourtimes winner) with Leon Coeckelbaerg fought lightning, snow and loss of altitude. All ballast gone, Coeckelbaerg slid down the drag rope into a tree to lighten the load, but the bag settled at Adams, Mass., a 435 mi. mark. For the co-pilot's heroism, disqualification was threatened...
...attracted by the lights of passing cars. The glare blinds them. They either race in front of the automobile or squat down in the highway. Although New York's wild rabbit death rate is as high as New Jersey's, New York plans this year to stock only with snow-shoe rabbits, which go to the mountain districts...
Last week, however, that prospect was materially altered when Illinois Republicans held their State convention at Springfield. A Prohibition referendum goes on the Illinois ballot this November, due to the 400,000 petition signatures obtained by Chairman Bernard Snow of the Cook County Republican Committee and his Wet friends. Voters are asked three questions: 1) Shall the 18th Amendment be repealed? 2) Shall the Volstead Act be modified? 3) Shall the State Dry law be repealed? On two previous Prohibition polls (1922, 1926), Illinois voted Wet two-to-one. Observers last week could detect no shift in sentiment this year...