America's Greatest Highway lecture on Columbia River by M C Lancaster
Samuel C Lancaster of Oregon, a leading civil engineer, spoke at Convention Hall on the Columbia River highway. The 42 mile boulevard, built by the Warren Brothers, was praised for its dry masonry sections and high quality paving. Crown Point offers views of the gorge and surrounding mountains as the road descends.
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Samuel C. Lancaster
Oregon
America
Mr. Lancaster
Columbia River Gorge
J. A. Filene
Columbia
Rhine
Mayence
Boston
Crown Point
War relief grants total 965000 for Jewish sufferers
New York February 9 distribution of 965000 for Jewish war relief in war zones was approved by the joint distribution committee. Remittances include Austria-Hungary 225000 and Galicia 225000, Russia 100000, Turkey and Galicia 75000, Palestine 70000, Romania occupied areas 25000, Bulgaria 6000, Serbia and Greece 5000. An additional 460000 is held for Germany relief to Poland and Lithuania pending State Department approval.
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New York
Joint Distribution Committee
Austria-Hungary
Galicia
Russia
Turkey
Palestine
Romania
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
State Department
Washington
Nashua Postmaster Nominee Named
Washington reports Henri T. Le Doux was nominated today to be postmaster at Nashua New Hampshire.
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Henri T. LE Doux
Nashua
Washington
Henri_ T. Le Doux
N. H
Deaths in Concord and Cambridge Mass
Obituaries note deaths of John McSweeney Lucinda B Gullivan widow of Jeremiah J Bullivan and Timothy Mahoney in Concord and Cambridge Massachusetts. Funeral details list addresses Cottage Lane Trowbridge Street 82 Portland Street and Saint Bernard St Mary s Church with times 9 30 2 00 and 1 30.
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McSweeney
Concord
Mass
John McSweeney
Cottage Lane
St. Bernard's Church
Bullivan
Cambridge
Lucinda B. Gullivan
Jeremiah J. Bullivan
Trowbridge St
Mahoney
Timothy Mahoney
Portland St
St. Mary’s Church
Harvard and Simmons students show test score gap
Harvard youths scored 81 percent while Simmons girls averaged 76 percent in an intelligence test of 100 Harvard men and 140 Simmons women in Cambridge and the Fenway. The novelty test devised by Professors Yerkes and Burtt led the Simmons group to underperform, though Harvard and Simmons tied on the rest of the assessment.
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Harvard
Simmons
Cambridge
Fenway
R. M. Yerkes
Philosophy
Harold E. Burtt
Harvard Men Solve Water Puzzle Faster Than Simmons Women
In a psychology test, Harvard students most quickly determined how to measure seven pints using a five pint and a three pint receptacle. The method fills the five, pours into the three, leaves two pints, empties the three, transfers two, refills, yielding seven pints. The Simmons women struggled, and the study noted gender differences in suggestibility.
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Simmons
Harvard
Error Costs Simmons the Game in Harvard Intelligence Match
The article recalls a brain teaser about measuring seven pints with five and three pint pails. Simmons muffed the play as Harvard captured the point in the intelligence game, securing the win.
Simmons Girls Outpace Harvard in Visual Recall Test
A test show Harvard students accept dubious details from a butcher shop image while Simmons girls resist misleading prompts. Harvard men claimed red ribbon on a little girl not present. Simmons girls scored higher for sticking to seen facts, highlighting perceived honesty.
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Ture
Harvard
Simmons
Crimson
Mayor Mullen Skips Everett Catholic Club Ball
About three hundred couples attended the Everett Catholic Club gathering last night. Mayor Mullen did not attend claiming the building was unsafe for anyone to enter.
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Everett Catholic Club
Mullen
Ryndam Due To Dock Wednesday
The Holland America Line steamship Ryndam, after heading to Rotterdam via Falmouth on January 29, was reported 1400 miles east of Sandy Hook early today and due to dock here Wednesday.
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New York
Holland- America Line
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Falmouth
Sandy Hook
Fractured skull patient travels from Montana to Boston hospital
Daniel Clark a 3 year old from Montana arrived in Boston last night to seek treatment for a fractured skull. After a fall on Summer street near South Station he was taken by police ambulance to a Relief Station hospital. Dr Breslin reported no new injuries and confirmed the old skull fracture can be cured, the boy saying Boston hospitals are renowned for skull fracture care.
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Daniel Clark
Montana
Boston
Clark
South Station
Summer Street
Washington
Breslin
Tragic double death at Somerville home Keene couple found
Former District Attorney John J Higgins discovered the bodies of Keene and his wife in their Somerville home. Mrs Keene lay on a swollen bed beside an automatic pistol. Mr Keene was found in another bedroom with shots to head and chest. Gas fumes filled the sleeping rooms as Higgins, intoxicated by gas, alerted police.
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Mrs. Keene
John J. Higgins
Mr. Higgins
Tragedy Strikes Couple Amid Suspected Gas Incident
Mrs. Keene died from gas poisoning with a neck ligature found nearby while medical examiners ruled out strangulation. Her husband, also killed, and friends note her recent nervous malady. The couple, childless and living alone, were seen together at a Winter Hill meeting days earlier.
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McCaffrey
Keene Double Tragedy At West Described By Examiner
Medical Examiner McCaffrey reported that Sidney B. Keene was shot in bed and died instantly from chest wounds while his wife died of gas poisoning. The scene at 66 Fellsway West showed no sign of forced entry and no mental imbalance evident in Mrs Keene.
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McCaffrey
Sidney B. Keene
Fellsway, West
New Hampshire Welcomes Border Troops Home
New Hampshire soldiers returning from the Mexican border were honored in Concord despite a heavy snowstorm. A parade and luncheon followed by speeches were held at the State armory with Mayor Nathaniel W. Hobbs presiding.
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Concord
N. H
State Armory
Nathaniel W. Hobbs
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