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...either side of the Danube, in the Altenburg district of Lower Austria, there is a stretch of dense willow forests, impenetrable scrub, reed-grown marshes and drowsy backwaters. Red and roe deer, herons and cormorants hunt there. Muskrats come down from Bohemia, and heavy-bodied stags recall the days when Francis Joseph I imported wapiti from America for the royal hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Patient Naturalist | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

...Soviet Germany are in active use, but many others are kept in first-rate condition the year round. Most of the fields are distributed in three thick clusters-one to the north, in Mecklenburg, one ringing Berlin, and the third in the south, in the triangle formed by Dessau, Altenburg and Cottbus. The major fields in Mecklenburg are at Peene-münde and Rechlin-Lärz. Some 200 fighters, a few reconnaissance planes and light bombers are based at Peenemünde, along with 3,000 service troops and 600 airmen, most of them officers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMAMENTS: All for Peace | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

Only matches in the Epee and Sabre were held because it is impossible to follow the devious passes of the slender foils in the sunlight. The results of the matches are as follows: Epee: first, J. J. Mackin '33; second, T. I. Moran '32; third, W. M. Altenburg 2G.B. Sabre: first, H. P. Walker, Jr. '33; second, J. S. Hurd '34; third, R. B. Lawson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MACKIN AND WALKER WIN IN FENCING TOURNAMENT | 5/26/1932 | See Source »

Second match: Connor (B.A.A.) defeated Brenner, Kerlin, and Yatsevitch, as did Parker (B.A.A.); Altenburg (B.A.A.), defeated Yatsevitch and Brenner; Kerlin beat Altenburg (B.A.A...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON FENCERS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP AT FOILS | 2/13/1931 | See Source »

Third match: Wesselman defeated Connor and Altenburg (B.A.A.); Allen downed Parker and Altenburg; Connor (B.A.A.), defeated Cassidy; and Cassidy defeated Parker (B.A.A...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON FENCERS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP AT FOILS | 2/13/1931 | See Source »

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