Word: marathoning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Victory came to Mrs. Hill after a 24-hour duel over the Whitemarsh Valley Course that equalled the title tourney's marathon record established in 1929 when Mrs. Leo G. Federman of New York defeated Mrs. Helen Statson at Oakland Hills...
...Life of Vergie Winters (RKO). Vergie Winters (Ann Hardingj is another of the cinema's unhappy heroines in the same boat as Madelon Claudet, Mary Lane in Only Yesterday and Ray Schmidt in Back Street. Her marathon of discontent starts when she is 20 and shows no sign of stopping when the picture ends with her release from jail, at 42. The man she loves, John Shadwell (John Boles) marries someone else, under the mistaken impression that Vergie has jilted him. Vergie gives birth to an illegitimate daughter named Joan. John and his rancid wife Laura (Helen Vinson) adopt...
...weather made front-page news last week. A violent storm in Maine washed away seedlings and demolished fruit trees. A deluge after long rains ruined much cotton around Augusta. Ga. A snowstorm whipped the Idaho highlands. A severe frost struck the district around Lancaster, Ohio. A hail storm near Marathon, Tex. pelted to death 1,000 sheep...
...reading marathon complete, Judge Nields decided that 1) the affidavits were contradictory in matters of fact; 2) the briefs brought into dispute grave questions of law; 3) since the Norris-LaGuardia act prohibited the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes without the appearance of witnesses in open court, the Government could not have the injunction it sought against Weirton Steel. Declared Judge Nields: "The case illustrates perfectly the propriety of the procedure prescribed by Congress. . . . Not only is there a conflict of material facts but there are serious and intricate questions of law involved, particularly the question...
Prospects for the Dartmouth and Yale games looked considerably brighter after the Varsity's 12-inning marathon win over Holy Cross on Saturday. In that 8-7 victory the Mitchellmen showed again that while they aren't brilliant team, they do have their big moments...