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...purposes of the expeditions is to link the undetermined chronologies of these cultures with those of the Antilles and Columbia. This is a difficult task, since little is known about Venezuelan archeology. The Spanish Conquest of this region took place later than it did in other parts of the New World, and the records of the explorers, the only written material available to the archeologists, are woefully inadequate...
...Chained" the Crawford-Gable team goes at it again, and, strangely enough, Clark loses out to Otto Kruger for the moment. But before his magnanimous retreat and final conquest, he and Joan play at sweet nothing's in a boat's swimming pool, in a speakeasy's private dinning room, and in the luxurious hay of a ranch down Buenos Aires way. Stuart Erwin adds his appreciated bit to the general gayety of the sort which Mr. Gable popularized in "it Happened One Night." Of this, unfortunately, there is not enough; and presently the characters find themselves enmeshed...
...range, and Henry S. Hall '19, who explained and showed photographs of his four attempts to climb Mt. Waddington, a 13,000 foot peak in the Coast Range of British Columbia. The evening was concluded with a brief account by Bradford Washburn '31. President of the club, of the conquest last summer, of Mt. Crillon by a Harvard-Dartmouth expedition under his leadership...
...powerful Army soccer team, beaten but once by undefeated Springfield, and eager to continue its course of conquest, battles Harvard on the Business School Field this afternoon. The Crimson, whose nets were ravaged for the first time last Saturday by the Tiger, hopes to be back in top form and to regain its early season prestige at the expense of the strong Cadets. For the home team, Del Clos, at inside right, and Frank Vincent, at left halfback, are expected to excel, while among the West Point stars, Captain Stanton, at left halfback, and Horstman, in the goal, will...
...conquest by Japanese armies of the Chinese provinces of Manchuria began on Sept. 18, 1931; the independence of "Manchukuo" was proclaimed March 1, 1932; and every official of the Manchukuo Government has attached to his office a "Japanese adviser" (i. e. boss). Japanese soldiers occupy all strategic points in Manchukuo...