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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was a year ago, and Miller's fame spread through the Georgia backcountry. Last fortnight he got up another shout in Summerville, a county seat in the northwest corner of the state. It started just before sundown, and by 10:30 the moaning and shouting and singing were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: Any Deadly Thing | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Five days later, Farmer Davis died of strychnine poisoning. As he was buried last week, his wife, standing beside the grave, said: "Ernest just had too much faith."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: Any Deadly Thing | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Atop the stadium at Forest Hills fluttered the flags of the U.S., Australia, the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association and the West Side Tennis Club. As grave and important as Cabinet ministers, tennis' venerable scribes and pharisees sat in the marquee. It was a state occasion. On a table at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Cup Stays Here | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

It looked like the start of another sweep, but the Aussies were not through yet. Next day in the doubles, Bromwich and bespectacled Colin Long, a Davis Cup newcomer, were quick to take advantage of an uncertainty in Schroeder's forehand and a lack of sting in Kramer'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Cup Stays Here | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

For the present, Kramer is not even nibbling, and he definitely is not talking. If he can add the Davis Cup and the 1947 U.S. singles crown to the doubles championship which he and Schroeder won at Longwood last week, he can almost name his own price.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Advantage Kramer | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

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