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...years New York City's custom has been to load most of its garbage aboard scows, tow them about 40 mi. to sea, dump them. Wind and tide drift much of the refuse back to shore, spreading it along New Jersey's otherwise fine resort beaches, polluting the water, depreciating property values. New Jersey asked the Supreme Court to enjoin New York's garbage dumping as a public nuisance. Last week the Supreme Court ordered the city to stop its evil practice, but allowed it a "reasonable time" (yet to be fixed) in which to construct garbage...
...Harvard is concerned, the boating remains intact. It will be the same boat-load which raced last week on the Schuylkiil in Philadelphia. The Junior shell, however, has been revised at number 2. Although last Saturday the seat was occupied by Andrew Yeomans '33, the Sophomore became ill early this week and E. L. Millard '31 was elevated from the position of substitute. This morning, however, Coach C. J. Whiteside made another change, giving the seat to A. D. Robertson '33, formerly a member of the John Lawrence boat and who was making his second trip as a substitute...
...asbestos suits to clear away the derrick wreckage, kept white hot by the billowing flames. After the preliminary work, during which Brother Myron broke his leg, a sloping track of steel pipe was pushed to the well's mouth. Hobbling around on crutches. Brother Myron helped Brother Floyd load an insulated barrel with 70 quarts of nitroglycerine. As is the custom, both of the Kinleys spurned asbestos clothing, went about their work drenched by hoses in the hands of their assistants. When all was ready, the barrel rolled down its track, was touched off by electricity when it reached...
...left town, went to his Acra, N. Y., country place where he planned to run Greene County's big bootlegging business. This ambition led to his indictment, fortnight ago, for torturing a Greene County truck driver who would not tell Diamond and another hoodlum where he was taking a load of cider (TIME, May 4). Three days later came the second attempt on Gangster Diamond's life...
...players absolutely, or forcing them to hit weakly into the infield or to pole easy pop flies to the outfield. While at times the Crimson hurler seemed distinctly without control, throwing wide of the plate and alternately forcing the batters to duck hastily, each time he seemed about to load the bases for New Hampshire via the base on balls route the visitors failed to make any timely bingles, allowing Page to retire the side on easy outs without scoring...