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Abstract Burdell, Edwin Sharp. A method of investigating the administration of the zoning ordinance in Columbus, Ohio, 1923-31. Reprinted from Abstracts of Doctors' Dissertations, No. 17, The Ohio State University Press, 1935; pp. 33-49. A Hundred New 'Towns for Britain: a scheme of national reconstruction proposed by J47485; rev. and enlarged ed. London, Simpkin Marshall, Ltd., Nov. 1934. illus. Price 3s.6d. James, Harlean, Ed. American planning and civic annual: a record of recent civic advance, including the Proceedings of the Conference on City, Regional, State, and National Planning, 1935. Washington, American Planning and Civic Association, Inc., 1935. 356p. illus, plans. Price $3.00. Lambie, Morris B., Ed. Training for the public service: the report and recommendations of a conference sponsored by Public Administration Clearing House. Chicago, Public administration Service, 1935. 49p. (Publication no. 49.) Price 50 cents. Malcher, Fritz. The steadyflow traffic system. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1935. 91p. illus., diagrs. (Harvard City Planning Studies, Vol. IX.) Price $1.00. Merrill, Harold, and others, Comps. Some re-cent references (since 1928) on national and state planning in the United States, compiled by Harold Merrill, James T. Rubey, and William H. Heers. Washington, National Resources Committee, Oct. 1935. 24p. (U.S. Geological Survey Library, Bibliographical List No. 5.) Mimeographed. U.S. National Resources Board. State planning: a review of activities and progress, June 1935. Washington, Govt. Printing Office, 1935. 310p. maps, plans, charts, tables. Price 75 cents (paper cover). U. S. National Resources Committee. Regional factors in national planning and development. Washington, Govt. Printing Office, Dec. 1935. 223p. illus., maps, charts.