Word: finlander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After the finish of the 5,000-metre race the judges deliberated for an hour before they could decide who had won. Lauri Lehtinen of Finland had come in first, by three inches, in Olympic record time of 14:30. But Ralph Hill of Oregon, clocked in the same time, had tried to pass Lehtinen twice in the homestretch. Both times Lehtinen had moved over and blocked him. Chief Judge Arthur Holtz of Germany finally announced that "No. 125 [Lehtinen] did not wilfully interfere with No. 433 [Hill] . . . ," gave the race to Lehtinen. For the first time during the Games...
...Three Finns who were particularly disappointed were the Jarvinen brothers, Matti, Karlo Werner and Akilles. They had often heard stories about the 1906 Olympics from their father, Werner Jarvinen, who won the Greek style discus throw that year at Athens. Matti Jarvinen, spectacled sporting-goods clerk of Davaro, won Finland its first event last week with another implement that old Werner Jarvinen had shown him how to handle. He threw the javelin 238 ft., 7 in., an Olympic record...
Died. Edward Kronstrom. Estonia's leading bootlegger; after an automobile accident; in Tallinn, Estonia. During the 13 years of prohibition in Finland he supplied Finns with Estonian potato alcohol...
Last week Paavo Nurmi arrived in the U. S., hoping to compete for Finland in the Olympic Games. The Finnish team was threatening to "bolt" the games if an official ruling, declaring Nurmi ineligible because of professionalism, were not rescinded...
...Finland, which lately went Wet (TIME, Jan. 11, et seq.), seethed with complaint against the State Alcohol Monopoly Co. last week. For one thing the company's stores are closed on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holidays, on days preceding and following holidays, and every day from 3 p. m. until the following 10 a. m. For another thing the Government, firmly believing that mixed drinks are bad for the stomach, has issued stringent regulations providing that, without special permission, only two kinds of mixed drinks may be sold, the Martini Cocktail and the Manhattan Cocktail. In Italy (though...