Word: overlies
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Day after the consistory, the Vatican let it be known that the Holy Father was canceling all public audiences and most private ones until Christmas, on the advice of his physicians. The Pope was reported suffering from shock induced by his worries over world unrest.
Sport's No. 1 hero of 1939 is dimple-cheeked, piano-legged Lou Gehrig. Last spring, when a rare form of paralysis compelled First Baseman Gehrig to give up his beloved post after 15 years with the New York Yankees, U. S. sportswriters wreathed their columns with encomiums seldom...
First contestants: Miami High School, with a season's record of nine straight victories (over schools from five States), v. Garfield High School, New Jersey champions, two years undefeated.
Finnish Composer Jean Julius Christian Sibelius refused offers of haven all over Europe, said he would sit tight at his Ainola estate near Helsinki. Finnish Runner Paavo Nurmi taped the windows of his Helsinki sporting goods shop, went ofi to enlist as a chauffeur. Finnish Author Frans Eemil Sillanpda, his...
Forty Acres is the back lot of Selznick Studios in Culver City. Until the night of Dec. 11, 1938 it was cluttered with old sets accumulated during 20 years of movie making. These sets were laboriously filled with waste and other inflammable materials, well soaked with kerosene. As darkness fell...