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February 16, 1925

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Cleveland H. Dodge Gives $500,000 to Fund For American Colleges in the Near East

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C H Dodge gives $500,000 to fund for Amer colleges

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FLOODING DELAYS CAVE RESCUE WORK, 14 FEET FROM GOAL; Day's Progress Toward Collins Inside Tunnel Is 7 Feet -- Sound Tests Confirm Course. PUMPS AND DRAINS AT WORK Diggers Defy Downpour, but Tons of Boulders Fall in Shaft and Lateral Heading. NEW PASSAGE DISCOVERED Miners Timber Natural Crevice In Hope of Reaching Imprisoned Man From the Rear.

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Attempts at rescue; C L Owen, of Field Natural History Museum thinks Collins's phlegmatic nature may help him survive

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PATRONS IT SERVES AID THE NEW HAVEN; Business Interests Along Line Oversubscribe Its $23,000,000 Bond Issue. ENDS 5-YEAR UPHILL FIGHT By Selling Directly to Public the Company Also Gained at Least $2,000,000. PATRONS IT SERVES AID THE NEW HAVEN

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Business interests served by road oversubscribe issue

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MRS. BUDLONG FASTS; WRITES OUT HER WILL; Detective in Street Watches Her Window, Fearing She May Do Violence to Herself. THREE AT BEDROOM DOOR If She Comes Out She Will Not Be Permitted to Return to Husband's Apartment. MRS. BUDLONG FASTS; WRITES OUTHER WILL

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Mrs Budlong goes on hunger strike in her husband's apt

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1925Ed Emshwiller, American illustrator and experiment film maker (died 1990)^[†]

Edmund Alexander Emshwiller was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. He usually signed his illustrations as Emsh but sometimes used Ed Emsh, Ed Emsler, Willer and others.