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...blue-white under cold bright stars. Ethan (Raymond Massey) climbs to the top of it, his boots actually squeaking in the glittery surface. Pathetic little Mattie (Ruth Gordon) lies down on the sled with him and, with a whistle of wind, they vanish over the far side of the slope. How they maim themselves, instead of smashing out their lives on the big tree at the bottom as they intended, is told in an epilog...
Rupture of a blood vessel cause the death of Newell Bent, Jr.'33 last Sunday on the slope of Mt. Aconcagua, located on the border of Chile and Argentine, according to word received yesterday...
...hour or two the same tourists, having found their cars and driven half a mile up a spur of Pine Mountain, had the privilege of catching a glimpse through the trees of a little colonial house 100 yards down the slope. The fact that the little house is ordinarily the home of Chief Surgeon Michael ("Mike") Hoke of Warm Springs Foundation did not stir the tourists in the least. They were there because Dr. Hoke had moved out temporarily and turned his home over to its owner, Franklin Roosevelt, to use as the Little White House...
...crash. After the first two bounces Collison seemed somehow to have gained 200 ft. of altitude, although the undercarriage was smashed and the engines lost, and failed by a tragic ten feet to clear the last hill which might have enabled him to make a "bellyskid" landing on the slope beyond...
...search for accurate information concerning man's physical makeup, anthropologists have been able to make actual measurements of many features, such as stature, head length, facial width, and the like. Many other characteristics of the individual, however, cannot yet be accurately determined. The shape and slope of the forehead, hair color, the color and pattern of the eye fall into this category...