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...they all intermingled, especially in the dining room, we'll never forget," said one coach. And whereas shot-putters often go unnoticed in the three-ring circus of most track-and-field events, at Olympia they had the 10,000-plus spectators all to the themselves. Said John Godina, one of the U.S. competitors who also suffered a disappointing finish after having been a medal favorite, "It was awesome to walk into this stadium. Thousands of people were there just for you, all wanting you to throw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting the Shot in the Cradle of the Games | 8/19/2004 | See Source »

Come-On. In Stockton, Calif., Mrs. Basilia Godina ignored posters warning the weakhearted not to attend a local wrestling match, attended, suffered a heart attack, died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 15, 1943 | 3/15/1943 | See Source »

...Oakland, Calif. house painter, Raymond L. Belisle, was nabbed for the same offense, photographed in handcuffs. To his blank registration card he had attached a notice: "The undersigned will not serve in any Army or Navy as long as Roosevelt is dictator of the U. S. A." Tomas Godina, a U. S. born Mexican who had registered in Texas and later got hurt in a brawl, died hoping that other good men would not think he had dodged the draft. A Danish-born vagrant in Valhalla, N. Y., a wandering hitchhiker, a speeding motorist in Chicago, were caught without registration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DRAFT: Behind Schedule | 11/25/1940 | See Source »

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