Word: mattis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Akilles Jarvinen, Olympics decathlon record-breaker in 1932, member of Finland's No. 1 family of athletes; of accident injuries; in Helsinki. Father Werner was Finland's first Olympics champion, won the Greek style discus throw in 1906; Brother Matti threw the javelin for an Olympics record in 1932; Brother Kaarlo is a famed shotputter...
...example: my good friend, the late Matti Helenius, who had published several books under the name Matti Helenius, was well known under that name all over Europe. He sought to avoid confusion by attaching his Finnish family name to his accepted name, Helenius, and thus became Matti Helenius-Seppala...
...Matti Helenius-Seppala, Alii Trygg-Helenius and Madame Seppala are all dead, but they have left behind them a record of social and philanthropic activities that will carry their names down through many generations of Finnish history...