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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public lecture on "Site Planning for Low-cost Housing" will be given at the Harvard University School of City Planning this morning at 11 o'clock, by Henry Wright, of New York, N., Y., noted architect who assisted in the development of the model town of Radburn N. J., and the Buhl Foundation Housing Project of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Wright holds the opinion that row houses in small units are preferable to struggle family houses for low-cost housing. He was in charge of the site planning of Radburn, the so-called "New Town for the Motor...
West Point, N. Y., Dec. 2--William R. Shuler, Del Monte, Cal., end on the Army eleven, today was elected captain for next season. He is among the first ten in his class and a first sergeant, highest rank held by a Junior
...Straight from Vassar in 1931 she jumped in as a volunteer worker for Manhattan's Charity Organization Society. Today while her husband helps administer the munificent charities of his House, she continues to work long & hard for the poor through two organizations, the C. O. S. and the Y...
Secretly he dosed some drunkards arrested near the Cornell campus in Ithaca, N. Y. The dosed drunkards quickly recovered from attacks of delirium tremens, although they were not cured of their craving for drink...
Business was slow the last year of the Civil War but Truckson La France of Elmira, N. Y. had an idea. He put on his best bowler and went to call on the rich Diven family. "I've perfected a rotary fire engine," he announced. "I want money to make it with." With a snort Old Man Diven gave him the money. Inventor La France made his first fire engine in an old brick house, sold it to Elmira. It was enough to scare the horses, but it had two lines of hose and only one weakness. The cams...