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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...
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threatening to "bolt" the games if an official ruling, declaring Nurmi ineligible because of professionalism, were not rescinded...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...
...Psychology; Weld Arnold '18, instructor in Geography; Bart Jan Bok, tutor in Physics; F. P. Brackett 4G., S. M. Christian, 4G., A. B. Cleaves, assistant in Paleontology; H. J. Coolidge, Jr. '27, assistant curator of Mammals: A. H. Corwin 3G.; W. D. Diehl 2G.; J. L. Doob 2G.; Maxwell Finland '22, assistant in Medicine; H. J. Fraser, research associate in Mining Geology; E. S. Gilfillan 4G.; J. J. Gergen, Benjamin Pierce, instructor in Mathematics; John Irving 2G.; S. B. Jones 4G.; M. A. Logan '19, instructor in Biological Chemistry; A. C. Redfield '14, professor in Physiology; Saul Rosenzweig...