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...points for first place, five for second, four for third and so on down to one for sixth. Graded by this system, the first six countries in men's track & field events, after eight days of competition, were last week as follows: U. S. 203 points Finland 80½ points Germany 69¾ points Japan 51 13/22 points Great Britain 43 1/11 points Canada 22 1/11 points By last week, the track & field events were finished. No. 1 hero of the world's No. 1 sports event was a Cleveland Negro named Jesse Owens. No. 1 heroine, with...
...Nostitzes escaped to Finland, were trapped again in the Ukraine, eventually got out by way of Constantinople. In Paris and New York Countess Nostitz ardently propagandized against the Bolsheviks, flinging "her entire energies into it, even at the risk of being unpopular." Despite her zeal, the only success she could record was that of persuading the late Senator Medill McCormick, who had "leanings towards 'giving the Bolsheviks a chance,' " not to visit Russia...
Tokyo. Bidders for the 1940 Olympic Games were Italy, Japan, Great Britain and Finland. Last week, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1940 Games to Japan. Stocks on the Tokyo Exchange immediately zoomed. The municipality announced that it would start work promptly on a $3,000,000 plant, including a 120,000-seat stadium...
Games. Wildly excited crowds watched four track & field events run off the first two days. Winners: U. S. Negro Jesse Owens (100-metre dash); U. S. Negro Cornelius Johnson (high jump); Germany's Hans Woellke (shot put); Finland's Ilmari Salminen (10,000-metre...