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BRYSON CITY, N.C., Nov. 17. -- The old wisecrack "thar's b'ars in them thar hills" has come to life with a new significance for the Southern mountains.
AMHERST, Mass., Nov. 17. -- Revealing a fighting spirit and a hard-driving backfield that was lacking in the last few games, the Amherst football team played an inspired game on Pratt Field today to defeat Williams, 19 -- 7. The home team started the scoring early in the first quarter with two touchdowns by Al Snowball.
On German Natl RR Co's plans for streamlined trains, s to Hanover Higher Academic Assn
THERE are books on polar exploration that are imperishable, written in sweat and blood, tragic, ineffaceable. In the nature of things, Russell Owen's book is not one of these. Tragedy did not dog the steps of the first Antarctic expedition under Admiral Byrd, which Mr. Owen accompanied as correspondent of THE NEW YORK TIMES.
Lauded for placing equal rights for women on League of Nations agenda