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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When World War I broke out, no one responded more fervently to the cause of France than pretty, earnest Kathleen Burke of London. First she raised $4,000,000 for Allied hospitals, then she went to France as a war nurse, was wounded at Verdun, gassed at Valenciennes, and made 18 Atlantic crossings during the height of the submarine peril. When the war was over, she had won a permanent place in the hearts of Frenchmen. They called her "The Angel of France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAIN PEOPLE: The Fervent Angel | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...five first got together in a North Hollywood High School dance band. When it began to look more like a rut than a groove, 17-year-old Piano Player Johnny ("Curley") Williams (named after his drummer father) broke away and formed his own quintet. He took with him Mel Sidney, a bullfiddle slapper like his dad, Al Pollen. Other recruits were 16-year-old Perry ("Bunny") Bodtkin, the trombone-playing son of Bing Crosby's guitar accompanist, and Gene Estes and Don Ingle. "Boy," says Curley, "we yanked the nucleus right out of that Hollywood High band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Phuff? | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

First step was to study the chemical structure of wool, which is made up of long, thin molecules linked together crosswise, roughly as the side pieces of a long ladder are linked by the rungs. The chemists found that if they broke the cross links chemically, the wool was much easier for the moths to digest. The links, apparently, were the moths' big problem. So the chemists reasoned that if the links were made stronger, the moths might not be able to digest the wool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Indigestible Wool | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 29--the Varsity soccer team journeyed here by plane yesterday and broke its two-game losing streak with a fourth period drive that spilled Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Scores 2-1 Victory Over Navy in Final Period Drive | 10/30/1949 | See Source »

...break came at 11:30 of the last period when the Crimson was awarded a penalty shot, and second-stringer John Harvey--the team's expert in the free shot department--made it good. But Navy's left outside, Space, broke through all alone to bent Harvard goalie whoop Batchelder and tie it up. Weiss finally snapped the tie at 16:30 with a goal after a pass play that went from Jim Bell and Ted Wolf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Scores 2-1 Victory Over Navy in Final Period Drive | 10/30/1949 | See Source »

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