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...York City a Congressional Medal for her work in Puerto Rico as an Army nurse 40 years ago during the Spanish-American War, recalled, "I tried to enlist, but was taken with an attack of mumps before I could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Green Christmas | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Finnish Composer Jean Julius Christian Sibelius refused offers of haven all over Europe, said he would sit tight at his Ainola estate near Helsinki. Finnish Runner Paavo Nurmi taped the windows of his Helsinki sporting goods shop, went ofi to enlist as a chauffeur. Finnish Author Frans Eemil Sillanpda, his seven offspring at his heels, left for Stockholm to receive his Nobel Prize for literature. Unable to stand drinks en route, Author Sillanpaa excused himself: "It's a little awkward at the moment but I'll soon have some money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 25, 1939 | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Your article did mention the requirements to be met at enlistment and the fact that out of state men can enlist for the fundamental training. In regard to advancement, you presented a far too rosy picture of "grabbing off commissions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

...attempt to enlist with the Polish army also failed, Baker said, but other possibilities for reaching the front are joining up with the British or Czechoslovakian army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BAKER IS AIDE-DE-CAMP FOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN LEGION | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

Autonomy. "The new world that we seek will enlist the cooperation of all peoples on a basis of human equality, self-respect and mutual tolerance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: No Paper Plan | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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