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...Jay's Treaty", Professor Baxter, Harvard...
...Jay's Treaty", Professor Baxter, Harvard...
...Hunter of New Rochelle, N. Y.; women's singles, Sarah Palfrey of Brookline, Mass.; women's doubles, Edith Cross & Mrs. Lawrence A. Harper of California. National junior (at Culver, Ind.)-Singles, Keith Gledhill of Santa Barbara, Cal.; doubles, Gledhill & Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena. National boys'-Singles, Jay Cohn of Santa Monica, Cal.; doubles, Cohn & C. R. Hunt of San Francisco...
...York Harbor, opposite where the Hudson and East Rivers meet, lies diminutive Governor's Island, known to military men as Fort Jay. Ceded to the U. S. in 1800, it was once a prime factor in Manhattan's defense. Iron cannon balls fired from it could repulse enemy ships riding up the harbor under full sail. Time brought changes in defense methods, supplied mines, air corps, long-range coast artillery out at Sandy Hook, left Fort Jay a quaint military relic with restful officers' homes, trim lawns, untrafficked roads, under the towered shadow of lower Manhattan...
Last week Congressman LaGuardia, on vacation at Hot Springs, Ark., renewed his efforts to secure Governor's Island for a city air terminal by charging that resistance to the plan came primarily from Army officers stationed at Fort Jay who did not wish to be ousted from their comfortable nest. Said the Congressman...