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Shafter Visitor Compares Balboa Heat With Canal Zone
Miss Elsie Monroe, visiting Shafter, contrasts Balboa Canal Zone climate with her ten years there. She teaches at Balboa High, praises mixed international student body, notes two-season tropical weather, and describes Canal Zone living including government housing and utilities, and cross continental travels funded by the government.
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Elaine Fleming
Balboa
Panama Cana Zone
Shafter
Elsie Monroe
Shafer
Canal One
Anon
Articular
Iowa
Anual
Ancon
United
Colon
Atlantic
Panama City
Pacific
Atlantic Ocean
Balboa High School
Miss Monroe
State Department
Canal Zone
United States
Monroe
New York
San Francisco
Marm