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...Holland Tunnel's greatest problem was not its construction, but its ventilation-how to avoid the poisonous carbon monoxide gas exhausted from motor trucks and cars. Ventilation experiments at Yale, the University of Illinois and the U. S. Bureau of Mines showed that more than four parts of the gas in 10,000 of air was dangerous. To prevent disaster absolutely Chief Engineer Holland installed 84 ventilating fans in four 10 story buildings, two on each side of the Hudson. Part of them blow fresh air into the tunnel floor through vents, others suck vitiated air through ducts...
...Mexico politician (Albert Bacon Fall) and the opulent oilman (Harry Ford Sinclair) in their alleged conspiracy to defraud the U. S. ( TIME, Oct. 31), had listened for over a week to legalistic intricacies. Between court Sons they were free to go to their homes, their only instructions being to avoid discussing the case and making up their minds pre-judicially...
There was not enough headway for their chauffeur to stop. So to avoid killing busybodies and brawlers he tried to drive along the shoulder of the road. The rear wheels skidded. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell were jolted half out of the open tonneau into the ditch. The car rolled on top of them...
...reserved for that. He has not been popular in the Army. His acid wit prevented that. The measure of publicity, which the remainder of the royal family have never been able to eschew, although they hate it as cordially as does the Duke, he has been able to avoid...
...dawn for Moscow. In his pocket was his letter of recall, which he was supposed to present, amid polite, if cool, verbosity, to President Gaston Doumergue. But M. Rakovsky did not bother to go near the Elysée Palace, where the President lives, and in order to avoid all farewells, friendly and hostile, he left in an apparent "huff" in an automobile, disappointing many people who went to see him off at the Gare du Nord...