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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sweden's Gunder Haegg: a 3,000-meter run; in 8 min., 1.2 sec., a new world's record; at Stockholm. In less than two months Runner Haegg has set five world's records. The others: one mile (4:06.2), two miles (8:47.8), 1,500 meters (3:45.8), 2,000 meters (5:11.8). If transportation can be arranged, Haegg will tour the U.S. this winter as guest of the Amateur Athletic Union...
...Music S1b New Lect. Hall Music S25 Sever 29 Philosophy SC Emerson 211 Philosophy S4e Emerson 211 Phil. of Educ. S6 Harvard 6 Psychology S35 Emerson D Slavic S10a Emerson A Spanish S5a Sever 17 Teach. of English S1 Hunt Hall Teach. of Science S1 Hunt Hall Teach. of Sec. Studies S7 Sever 6 Vocational Educ. S2 Harvard 6 Vocational Educ. S3 Harvard 6 Vocational Guid. S1 Emerson A Friday Evening, August 7 6:45--9:45 Economics S7 New Lect. Hall Economics S107 New Lect. Hall French SCa Memorial Hall French SDa Memorial Hall French SEa Memorial Hall German...
...race, world's longest fresh-water race; in her first try; outsailing 24 other Class A cruising entries and finishing eleven hours ahead of her nearest rival. A recent refugee from East Coast racing, White Cloud made the 331 miles (steamer route) in 38 hr. 14 min. 5 sec., fastest time since 1911. Absent from the helm was Owner Sorensen, Ford's production chief, too busy to take three days off even for his favorite pastime...
...Gaunt & gainly Gunder Haegg, Sweden's No. 1 foot racer: a 2,000-meter run in 5 min., 16.4 sec.; clipping four-tenths of a second off the accepted world's record set by Kansan Archie San Romani in 1937; at Malmö, Sweden. It was the fourth time in three weeks that Haegg had set a new world's record. He ran 1,500 meters in 3:45.8, a mile in 4:06.2, two miles in 8:47.8. Hailed as another Nurmi, Haegg has been invited to tour the U.S. next winter...
...implacable SEC-hater (he likes to call SEC treatment of Wall Street "mental cruelty"), Banker Rea nonetheless was ahead of the more appeasement-minded Stock Exchange on reforms in line with SEC notions of how an exchange should be run-notably on promptly publicizing and summarily punishing violators of Exchange rules (including a former Curb governor). The Curb also took the lead in buying in Exchange memberships, to give the remaining members a bigger share of what business was left. Already 50 seats (10% of total membership) have been bought out and retired...