Word: mins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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House of Representatives Washington, D. C. TIME erred. In addition to his 5-min. social Security Speech on the Floor last April, Illinois' Representative Mitchell, only Negro in Congress, also had, in the Congressional Record for Aug. 13 extended remarks on TVA, the New Deal and the Negro.-ED. Wisconsin's Unpleasantness Sirs: Unworthy of TIME was the statement under Wisconsin Dismissals" (TIME, Feb. 24) that ''local dailies" were "strongly pro-Spears, because, Meanwell protagonists claim, Spears had previously promised their two sport columnists university employment if he obtained the 1934 appointment as athletic director...
After the War Eleonora Sears discovered the pleasures of walking. She hiked from Boston to Providence. R. I. five times. Her best time over this 47-mile route was 9 hr. 53 min. In June 1934 she did it in 10 hr. 25 min. When asked whether she had been trying for a record, she replied: "It would be ridiculous to try for a speed record at this time of year, when it is so warm and muggy. I was just walking for the exercise." From Newport to Boston (73 mi.) her best time was 17 hours...
...cheering crowd watched Venzke dodge Cunningham's heels. On the last straightaway, with 40 yd. to go, Venzke unleashed a spurt, split the tape 6 ft. in front. To Cunningham went the credit of setting so fast a pace that the winner set a new world record: 3 min. 49.9 sec. In the final track event a hawk-nosed, granite-jawed Syracuse junior, Edward ("Obie") O'Brien, furnished another thrill. When he went to Syracuse, he was a sprinter. Coach Tom Keane, developer of many a sterling quarter-miler, drew O'Brien aside, told him to forget...
...yard breast stroke--Won by Robert G. Heskett '37 (H); second H. B. Savage (M); third Bertram S. Wolfson '36 (H). Time--2 min...
...yard relay--Won by Harvard (McKay, Jameson, Barker, Berizzi). Time--3 min...