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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Mary Anderson (Madame Antonio de Navarro), 80, legendary golden-haired U. S. and English stage favorite of the '705 and '80s; at Court Farm, Broadway, Worcestershire, England. Her persuasive charm, plus her talent, enchanted audiences. When she made her debut at 16 (as Juliet, at Macauley's Theatre, Louisville, Ky.), critics described her as "a wonder of awkwardness" with "a glimmer of promise." She retired when she was 30, at the height of her career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 10, 1940 | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

Making his pitching debut against League competition, the giant right-hander showed a world of control, allowing only four hits and not issuing a single base on balls, while fanning four batters...

Author: By David B. Stearns, | Title: Burgy Ayres Blanks Pennsylvania to Win 2 to 0; Quakers Take Second 9 to 6; Tigers Cop 6 to 5 | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...Cornell's star pitcher, Walter Sickles, leads the league in number of victories, three. But the best game of the season belongs to Yale's Ted Harrison, who pitched a four-hitter and struck out thirteen while his mates were achieving a 3-2 victory over Pennsylvania in their debut last Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Nine Fourth in Intercollegiate League; Cornell Batsmen Lead | 4/30/1940 | See Source »

...Heimo Haitto (pronounced hay-moe high-toe) sat down and wrote his good friend Sibelius all about it. Last week the boy had more to tell the old composer. Again bare-kneed, and sailorcollared, Heimo Haitto tucked a Guarnerius fiddle under his beardless chin, made his bigtime U. S. debut with Ormandy and the orchestra in the plushy Academy of Music. Critics liked his easy, self-assured playing, could well believe that Sibelius had said of him: "This youngster will carry on the tradition of Finnish music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Finnish Fiddler | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

Heimo Haitto was born in Viipuri (since last month Viborg, Russia), began fiddling at four. When he was nine his parents put him in the Viipuri Conservatory, later let him be adopted by the Conservatory's founder, Boris Sirpo. Last year Heimo made his debut with the Helsinki Philharmonic, Professor Sirpo conducting. In London, as the youngest entrant in an international competition of the British Council of Music, he won hands down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Finnish Fiddler | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

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