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Noted as having the longest skiing season in New England, Mount Mansfield at Stowe, Vermont, now boasts nearly 40 miles of trails. Forming a network about the mountain the trails include such well known runs as Nosedive and Chinclip. Trails for all types of skiers from expert to novice have been laid out by the C.C.C. under the guidance of local ski clubs...
...advanced the theory that they were those of huge prehistoric birds. That was in 1858. Later scientists definitely attributed the tracks to Triassic dinosaurs of various sizes and unknown species. Some 20 individual prints were visible, ranging in length from three to 18 inches. The biggest tracks and the longest strides indicated that the largest lizard was 25 ft. long. The trustees of Massachusetts Public Reservations bought the surrounding land from its owner. President George E. Pellissier of Holyoke Street Railway Co., turned it into a prehistoric monument and park...
...three under par and groaned about his putting. One-time Champions Tommy Armour, Paul Runyan and Gene Sarazen were all put out the same morning and the defending champion, Johnny Revolta, was beaten in the afternoon. Jimmy Thomson, famed as the husband of onetime Cinemactress Viola Dana and the longest driver in golf, wore the same green socks every day, washing them himself at night. His conviction that they brought him luck was not contradicted by victories over Henry Picard, Harold McSpaden, Craig Wood. Wild Bill Melhorn appeared with a putter that had a head like a croquet mallet. With...
Biggest crowd that ever watched a North Carolina home game (34,000) saw the week's longest run, when Ace Parker caught a kick-off in his end zone, scurried 105 yards for the second of four touchdowns that won for Duke...
...that one day last week he would naturally spend at Buckingham Palace, the day on which Mrs. Simpson had to be alone at Ipswich to get her divorce. Shoals of British dignitaries had audience of Edward VIII that day, the Court Circular released next morning was one of the longest of his reign, and the Court staff congratulated themselves on a good job. It was next the duty of His Majesty to prorogue Parliament after its short session last week and reopen it again this week, each time with a Speech from the Throne...