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...Detroit has been the principal artery for the smuggling of liquor from Canada. . . . Detroit itself is no more or less afflicted . . than any other similar large metropolitan area...
...Mesa, Ariz., on land reclaimed from the desert by Mormons, is a huge terra cotta temple. Its foundations are 12 feet thick, its walls 4 feet thick; its area 184 by 128 feet. Within is a massive baptismal font of bronze and tile, resting on the backs twelve life-size oxen made of fired clay, altars and great rooms decorated with paintings, gold and marble...
...Recent Attempts in Administrative Reorganization--the County, Town, Township and Administrative Area," Professor Sly, Sever...
...week St. John the Divine's committee for completing the cathedral compared it with Washington Cathedral: "The Cathedral of St. John the Divine will be the third largest in the world, being surpassed in size only by St. Peter's in Rome and Seville in Spain.? Its total area is 109,082 square feet as compared with an area of 71,000 square feet of Washington Cathedral, which ranks eighth in size among the cathedrals, of the world. The central tower of St. John the Divine will rise to a height of 400 feet as compared with the height...
...into her. Once Miss Elder, unafraid, climber out onto the tail of the ship to balance it. In perilous spells she relieved her co-pilot at the levers. Two thirds of the way across, they veered still further south of their course to avoid a low pressure storm area. Then the oil presure fell. Part of the gasoline supply had been dumped to lighten the ship in its fight against the storm. They knew that their time was short...