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...Church to meddle in politics." He promised that if Germany wins the plebiscite it will modernize the Saar's old mines, sink new ones and find new markets. Afterwards leaders of the Saar German Front promised him 92% of the vote (about 500,000). Setting her square jaw squarer, 52-year-old Sarah Wambaugh last week set out for her new job determined to hold both France and Germany at arm's length while Saar residents choose their own destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Saar Umpires | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

...horse freed in pasture, the Whirlwind checked up off Squantum Island, her waterline standing out between her white topsides and the green paint on her mahogany underbody. She is 130 ft. overall, 86 ft. on the water; she has a canoe-like stern, long, overhanging bow, a longer and squarer keel than the other proposed defenders. L. Francis Herreshoff designed her. Her steel frame came from Pennsylvania, her mahogany from South America, her pine deck and spruce mast from Washington, her black walnut trimmings from Indiana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Launchings | 5/19/1930 | See Source »

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