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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Outside of Captain Charley Lutz at forward, an outstanding ball handler and shot, the starting five for the home squad will be composed entirely of Sophomores. Bill Webber at the other forward post, Bud Finegan at center, and Ed Buckley and Joe Romano at the guards were all members of last year's speedy Yardling five that ended the season with a record of twelve wins and two defeats...

Author: By John C. Robbins jr., | Title: Four Sophomores Start as Basketball Schedule Begins With Tech Tonight | 12/5/1939 | See Source »

...Bishop Rowe's first sermons was preached to the sourdoughs in Cy Marx's Fairbanks saloon. Marx, a Jew, started the collection with a $10 bill, raised $1,400. "Tough and generous" Tex Rickard, who ran a saloon and gambling house, helped raise money for the Episcopal hospital in Circle City, first in the interior of Alaska. In those gold-rush days, Bishop Rowe bunked with Rex Beach and Jack London, taught the latter about Huskies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mushing Bishop | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...held for a $4.50 prior preferred; let the new shares have preference over the old in future dividends but no rights to accrued dividends. This arrangement would cut gross preferred dividend requirements from $6,300,000 to $4,800,000 and lop off two-thirds of the accrued dividend bill (saving well over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Philadelphia Plan | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

Although most opinions must be considered as tentative, Peterson stated that he had a good backstroker in Bill Drucker, who hails from New Trier High, in Illinois...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '43 Swimming Prospects Look Promising to Coach Peterson | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...article Zimmerman lauda the New England bill people, calling them "a human asset, something which America will probably recognize much mere, in the future than in the past...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ZIMMERMAN BELIEVES BIRTHRATES WILL RISE | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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