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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edgar Wallace, whose novels, in England, are so manifold that they are called "Wallaces" (The Three Just Men, 139 others), race horse owner, tipster, playwright (The Sign of the Leopard), arrived in Manhattan, thought that he might gather U. S. criminal material for another "Wallace." Said he: "The speediest work I ever turned out was a book I wrote in a prize contest seven years ago. I started it on a Thursday and finished it on Monday. Its title? I forget. I think it was called the 'Countess Something.' " With him was his wife who told him that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

This afternoon there will be an opportunity for students to sign up for several of the regular winter sports. Squash, which last year was the most popular of the indoor sports among the Freshmen, opened Thursday afternoon with a meeting at which Coach H. L. Cowles outlined the plans for the season. There will be a meeting of Freshman candidates Thursday. Entries for the fall tournament close today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winter Sports Start | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

With the official close of the tennis season this afternoon, there will be an opportunity for students to sign up for several of the winter sports Monday. There will be regular handball, squash, some wrestling, and also the special exercise classes for those in the class of 1933 who have received D rating in posture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTER SPORT SEASON WILL OPEN ON MONDAY | 11/1/1929 | See Source »

...opposed. The delegates were also stumped to find an adequate authority for setting up the B. I. S. at all. Perhaps it would require a multilateral treaty among all the Powers concerned, and that would mean finding a weasel way around the expected unwillingness of the U. S. to sign. Questions involving the minor powers and personnel of the B. I. S. proved additional stumpers. Even hustling, driving Chairman Jackson Eli Reynolds opined that the bankers' work would be finished barely in time to be submitted to the politicians and statesmen of the Great Powers at a conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Baden-Baden Bankers | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

There will be two opportunities for candidates to sign up for the Dramatic Club's fall competition i all departments. The first will be immediately after the show tomorrow night, and the second will be Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at the Dramatic Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB SPONSORS UNION FILM SHOWINGS | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

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