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...Major A. Stuart MacLaren and two other British soldiers who left Calshot, England, March 25, in one plane, put a new machine into service at Akyab, India, and wrecked the latter by hitting a heavy sea when trying to avoid a small island in alighting near Nikolski Bay off Kamtchatka...
...thoughtful men of America. The realization that it is impossible for, President Coolidge to secure a majority of the votes of the Electoral Coollege, owing to the revolt within the ranks of his own party in the West and North-west, renders it advisable, in order to avoid a debacle in National affairs which might prove disastrous to the industrial life of America, for thinking men to support the candidacy of Mr. John W. Davis, unquestionably the most attractive candidate the Democratic party has presented in a century...
...preserve land for the future growth of the University, it is desired that the buildings be placed close together, rather than far apart, and, according to the program, "buildings designed in consonance with Harvard tradition, with appreciative use of materials and careful detail, with variation enough to avoid monotony, and with as much domestic feeling as is reasonable, are desired...
...agree with the Prime Minister. They may have had no more to do with each other than 'the man in the moon' but we feel bound to say that Ramsay MacDonald and Sir Alexander Grant, with their Scottish upbringing should have remembered the sagacious apostolic injunction to avoid even the appearance of evil...
...could be ascertained, the tactics of the rebels is to avoid open attack on Spanish strongholds but to intercept communications, to rout Spanish convoys. Due to the fact that the Moors are excellent marksmen and that they are familiar with the country, their campaign plans were meeting with considerable success...