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...Thirteen Chambers of Commerce and a number of railroads have seized the occasion to offer their territories as ideal locations for a further expansion of Joe's empire. So far, Honduras, Costa Rica, Belgium, Canada and Guatemala have also been heard from. Here are some examples of the correspondence...
...Disaster struck the soo-ft. Mississippi towboat Natchez, namesake of the steamboat which raced the Robert E. Lee. The swollen river's current smashed the vessel into a bridge pier near Greenville, Miss. She rolled over and sank in 30 seconds. Thirteen of her crew were saved; another 13 drowned...
...Thirteen thousand dollars granted by the Rockefeller Foundation has been the most recent recognition of the success and value of the Student Council's Salzburg Seminar. Plaudits, orchids, and what you will, have been heaped aplenty since the last echoes of many languages ceased to reverberate through the great halls of Leopoldskron Castle. Salzburg was indeed a unique experiment, but the experimental period is over, and with sufficient funds to continue the project at least through 1950, now is the time for long range planning...
Even Yale's year-round practice schedule fails to perturb Bolles. "It's all right by me if they train thirteen months a year," he observed drily. "If, they get a kick out of it, more power to them, but you can only train so long before you reach a physical peak, and after that the chances of going stale are that much greater...
...Thirteen Freshmen pulled lucky numbers out of the academic hat last term and would up with A's in all their courses...