Engineer Mulholland’s burden after St Francis Dam disaster
William P. Mulholland, famed hydraulic engineer, died in Los Angeles. His life was shadowed by the 1928 St Francis Dam collapse, which killed 400 and caused massive damage, shaping his view on engineering responsibility. The piece also surveys expert views on railroad pensions and government’s role in managing the economy.
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William P. Mulholland
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Mr. Mulholland
San Francisquito Valley
California
Mulholland
World Ocean Volume and Urban Transit Counts
The text states world oceans hold about 327 million cubic miles of water. It lists New York City with 2809 churches. It notes the United States operates between 90 000 and 100 000 passenger motor buses including rural school buses city buses and feeder services.
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Ans
New York City
United States
Darien begins job hunt and meets Douglas Marsh in town
SUN TANE tells how Jo Darien a first year college student moves to a cheap apartment after her father loses work She secures a part time job at a marine supply store where a mysterious Douglas Marsh visits and hints at a larger plan He invites her to lunch and a later dinner while her boss Mr Brown weighs how to use Marsh for business and a Crest Lake summer project unfolds
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Tubby Davis
Bret Paul
Douglas Marsh
Bret
Marsh
Mr. Brown
Lil
Young Marsh
Douglas
Brown
Aaron Marsh
Offagy
Neo Baie
Mr Brown
Tor
Dallas Marsh
Ikerke
Vali Gue
War Marsh
Tony
Walt
Crest Lake
Pete Fragonet
Dick Barthelmess
Ronald Colman
Crowley Boat
Miss Darien
Mr. Marsh
Mr Marsh
Fendale Apartments
Brown's Marine Supply Company
Reddy
Hooty
Reddy Fox
Notables Eat in Crab Cafes
New York notables frequent modest eateries away from the social spotlight. Amelia Earhart Floyd Gibbons and Dick Berlin are noted diners at various neighborhood spots, while others like the Gaxtons and Boetticher enjoy Italian and German kitchens. The piece also links fashion, architecture, and literary circles to late afternoon city life.
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O. C. McIntyre
New York
Tony
Paul Whitemans
Schrafft's
Amelia Earhart
Earl Carroll
Raymond Hitchcock
Roy Howards
57Th Street
Floyd Gibbons
Joe Cook
Chili Villa
Leon Gordon
William Gaxtons
Reddy Fox and Hooty the Owl Meet Night Hunt
In Thornton Burgess’s tale Hooty the Owl watches from a barn peak as Reddy Fox and a hunter chasing a cat cross paths. Hooty sees the cat leap and Reddy flee, all ending with Reddy carrying the cat away and escaping.
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Reddy Fox
Hooty the Owl
Reddy
Hooty
T. W. Burgess
Six Die in Plane Crash Near Fl Retiro Colombia
Beating dispatches from Fl Retiro village report six persons killed Sunday in a tri motor plane crash near there. The dead include Colonel Olano of the government aviation corps a Pensacola flying school graduate engineer Juan B Gonzalez a German and three mechanics.
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Bogota
Columbia
Fl Retiro
Olano
Government Aviation Corps
Pensacola, Fla
Juan B. Gonzalez
Health Talk on Diet Value of Corned Beef and Cabbage
The article argues for serving corned beef and cabbage at dinner, noting boiled cabbage and carrots are inexpensive sources of roughage. Experiments show cabbage loses about 80 percent of vitamin C when boiled but retains most of vitamin A, highlighting diet value.
Word Builder Challenge Sparks Quirky Exchange
A reported exchange features a winner explaining his victory gently dodging questions. A humorous yarn about an Afghan with colors running when water touched yarn prompts the speaker to yearn for a nearly all white companion.
Louise author and opera context puzzle clue list
Author of Louise horizontal clue asks who wrote the words and music of the opera Louise. The puzzle fills with cross clues like Silkworm Lion Negative etc and verticals for listening melody rivulet exultant and more, forming a crossword style wordplay grid with named author Lorraine and Grand Prix de Rome reference.
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