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Several months ago there was in the N. Y. Times magazine section an article about a play house made and furnished by the peoples of Wales for dear little Princess Elizabeth. My small daughters and I were greatly interested. But now I see in the Times' Rotogravure section for April 3 pictures of the poor wrecked house gutted by fire, and we wonder how it could have become ignited on its journey to the Princess. Although I recall seeing no mention of any of this in TIME, still I feel it is news that interests mothers and little girls...
...Peekskill, N. Y., planning to paint his house, William P. Nabal borrowed a blowtorch to remove old paint. Absorbed in the operation of the blowtorch, William P. Nabal burnt off paint, clapboards, wall, house and all, returned the borrowed blowtorch...
Henri E. Chabanne of Tompkins Corners, N. Y. won the Prix de Rome award in landscape architecture last week for his solution of the problem: "The development of an addition to a private estate." The announcement caused excitement because Landscape Architect Chabanne never went to Yale, has nothing to do with the Yale School of Fine Arts. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has been working for a year with the Taconic State Park Commission at Poughkeepsie, N. Y...
Most fanciful of all were concessions listed as "X," "Y" and "Z." Lee, Higginson were content with Kreuger's story that these assets must remain anonymous for high diplomatic reasons. In 1931, when President Joseph R. Swan of Guaranty Co. asked for detailed information, Herr Kreuger reported about $70.000.000 invested in "X." "Y" and "Z" but still insisted on anonymity. Last week it was revealed that X stood for Italy, Y for Spain, Z for Diamond Match Co. But the "concessions" did not exist, the $70,000,000 "investment" was pure falsehood...
...Engvall 2T.S., J. P. Farquhar '35, E. V. Ferguson '35, A. M. Ferry '34, J. A. Frank '34, Comstock Glaser '35, E. Y. Hartshorne '33, H. E. Holm '35, R. S. Hormell '35, F. E. Johnson '35, V. N. Keller '34, A. B. Kelley '33, W. G. Kirby '35, J. M. Krotozyner '34, J. S. Lang...