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...bald, tangle-bearded Alfred Hertz and the San Francisco Symphony opened the tenth annual summer concerts in the Woodland Theatre at Hillsborough, Calif. These concerts are the intense concern of rich Mrs. Leonora Wood Armsby, friend of many a famed musician. From her experience as patron-director of the concerts, Mrs. Armsby has written a book. Musicians Talk in which she frequently refers to visitors at her home-Gabrilowitsch, Hertz, Tibbett, Molinari, Walter, Coates- as "the celebrities." This summer's Hillsborough celebrities: Richard Lert, Basil Cameron, Jose Iturbi...
Georgia: malaria control in Dublin; clearing woodland in Cairo; converting a depot into a common house in Wrens; opening, clearing and straightening the channel of Tanyard Stream in Barnesville; a fertilizer plant in Catoosa County; repairs on court house in Donalsonville; paving sidewalk in Tallapoosa; sanitation pit project of 400 units in Cairo; renovation of school in Blakely; bridge in Thomson; road improvement in Trenton...
...grassy and open, the soil sandy and dry. Farther west the jungle swamps and lagoons begin, follow the sluggish, unnavigable Pilcomayo to the south, dot the drowned lands to the north. Still farther west, verging into Bolivia's Andean foothills, the land changes again to open woodland, broken by fertile plains. White men's investigation of the Chaco has been resisted by the savage Indians, ihenni flies, carnivorous piranha fish, anacondas, rattlesnakes, jaguars, skunks, vampire bats, alligators and the fact that good water holes are far apart, even in the rainy season (December through February...
Meanwhile the choice of competitors for the Oxford-Cambridge meet has been completed. The runoffs went badly for the favorites, for Bob Playfair lost to Yale's Woodland in the 3000, while Johnny Dorman shut out Tony Bliss for the right to run along with Brayton in the 800. Jack Scheu who won the event at Yale, will restrict his efforts to the 1500 against the Britons...
Meanwhile the choice of competitors for the Oxford-Cambridge meet has been completed. The run-offs went badly for the favorites, for Bob Playfair lost his only chance to see competition overseas by trailing Woodland of Yale in the 3000 meters at the IC4A meet, and Johnny Dorman shut out the veteran Tony Bliss for the right to run along with Brayton in the 800. Jack Scheu, who won the event at Yale, will restrict his efforts against the Britons...