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Franklin Roosevelt hopped out of his car with Governor Lehman in tow, planted himself and the Governor in the centre of the chorus, perched Legion caps on both their heads, added his rich baritone to a rendition of There's A Long, Long Trail while photographers' flash bulbs winked...
...last week to let British seamen board the whalers in Sandefjord; and finally since it seemed unwise to use British warships, Unilever Ltd. finally chartered seven British seagoing tugs. These were sent churning across the North Sea with orders to hitch onto empty British whaling ships if possible and tow them off to England or Iceland, where perhaps competent crews could be signed for whaling...
...Said Jay Buxton, glider builder of Haw thorne, Calif.: "We'll start and go as far as we can." That was a month ago when Manufacturer Buxton & Daughter Lucretia were starting out with three associates to tow their two-seated glider Transporter to Elmira behind a 1925 Rolls-Royce. They arrived in five days. On the second day of the meet, Daughter Lucretia and Associate Fred Barnes climbed into Transporter, took off from Harris Hill at 10:27 a. m., soared until 5:22 p. m. In the air they shivered, ate peanuts, chatted with each other and with...
...enrolled in English A should have some knowledge of Widener Library. Under the present arrangement, any, such knowledge is obtained only if the student uses the facilities of his own accord. If tow of the themes assigned in the first half year of English A were required to be research papers, that is, themes which result from reading and comparison of reference books, the familiarity of all the students with the reference and catalogue divisions of the library would be increased...
...also recommend that tow of the themes assigned in English A in the first half-year be papers requiring work in Widener with reference books in order that the student will become acquainted with the library facilities...