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...three weeks of February 93,604 tons were carried through in twelve ships, compared to 33,259 tons for the entire month last year. Half the shipments were under blind sailing orders to the Azores where they would be told their final destination. Westward through the Canal passed a string of empty freighters bound for Chile and more nitrate. Big buyers were France, England, and Russia. Also noted in the Canal Zone was a heavy movement of scrap iron, steel, lead, cotton-the makings of war-from the U. S. to Japan...
...Interscholastic team is made up of stars from Greater Boston high schools and lost last week to the six representing the Catholic High School of Montreal. Several captains are on the roster of the team but five of the first-string six are members of the Cambridge Latin School team...
...Collier Trophy last year, Mr. Martin testified that he had been awarded Navy contracts for 14 years, had done $20,000,000 worth of business with the Government. His average profit was 6%, although in 1927 he had made 19% on a $3,000,000 order. A string of manufacturers followed Mr. Martin to the stand and stated the case that every aviation manufacturer and Army and Navy procurement officer knows. Experimental costs in military work are so high that a firm in that line of business must make a killing from time to time to keep its head above...
After 15 U. S. concerts Ruth Slenczynski, chubby nine-year-old pianist, sailed for Paris last week with a cabin full of books and flowers, a string of pearls given her by the San Francisco Orchestra Association (TIME, Jan. 29), a diamond brooch which an excited New York lady had pinned on her for luck and a $75,000 contract for next season. Ruth bounced along the ship's corridors shaking hands with stewards and bellhops, telling everyone she met that she was on the way home to see her mother and two little sisters. Father Slenczynski talked about...
...Olympics defeated Harvard 5-2 in their first meeting in November, but last night the Crimson stickmen controlled the contest until the last period, when Coach Stubbs gave the fourth string an opportunity to practice. The summary: HARVARD OLYMPICS Hasler, Hovenanian, Duffey, Kirkland, l.w. r.w., Smith, Kingsley Moseley, Holmes, Dewey, Watts, c. c., Hilliard, Lombard Beale, Hallowell, Calloway, Lincoln, r.w. l.w., Harris, Lombard Watts, Ware, r.d. r.d., Savard, Martin deGive, Mittell, g. g., Moone...