GLACIERS' EBB SPED BY HOT '34 SUMMER; Last Remnants of Ice Age Are Receding at Double-Time, Geologists Are Told.
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April 28, 1935,
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WASHINGTON, April 27. -- The great glaciers of the West, last remnants of the Ice Age on continental United States, have been retreating from their strongholds in the mountains at double time since last year. This was reported before the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union by Francois E. Matthes of the United States Geological Survey, chairman of the union's committee on glaciers.
April 28, 1935
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