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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Long-armed Governor Lewis O. Barrows of Maine triumphed for the second straight year in the annual potato-picking contest between the Governor of Maine and the Governor of Idaho, 382½ to 365 pounds. Said Champion Barrows: "I did it by just sticking my nose in the row." Said worsted Governor Clarence A. Bottolfsen: "That's hard work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 2, 1939 | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...American Ballad Contest of barbershop quartets and Gibson Girl trios in Manhattan's Central Park, rasp-voiced

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 25, 1939 | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...contest lasted for more than an hour, and during that time guard Ernie Sargeant and end Gene Lovett led a spirited regular defense which hurled back every B team offensive effort. The C and D teams then ended the day's activities by engaging in a short scrimmage session. There were no casualties Saturday, but Joel Ferris, Dick Pfister, and Loren MacKinney are still shelved with minor groin injuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRIDDERS STAGE FIRST REAL GAME SCRIMMAGE | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Even the title, "Bachelor Mother," sounds good,--almost too good for the Hays Office. But it's really a false alarm. Ginger Rogers insists she found the baby and that makes it all right. The ensuing complications, involving a department store, a jitterbug contest, and David Niven, all add up to delightful fare, even for the most heavily armor-plated movie-goer. David Niven has climbed another rung towards a well-deserved stardom. Miss Rogers does a fine job, even though the shadows of Fred Astaire and such triumphs as "Top Hat" and "The Castles" still lurk wistfully...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...that promised to be as dramatic as the one 25 years ago. In the stands at the Merion Cricket Club at Haverford, Pa., grave-faced tennis fans gathered for the opening matches of the threeday, best-of-five series, wondered if this was to be the last Davis Cup contest they would ever see. German troops were already slogging through Poland, another World War was only a few hours away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Sep. 11, 1939 | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

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