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Undefeated in its dual meets this year, the Crimson Cross Country team will face runners from 20 other colleges in the Intercollegiate Cross country race this afternoon. The event will start at 3 o'clock and be run in New York's Van Cortlandt Park, stiffest course in the East...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers Oppose 20 Rivals in IC4A Run in New York Today | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...John Palfrey in a quarter final round grueller, while unseeded Dickinson ousted Chester Legg '40 in an earlier round. Another surprise came when Arthur Brooks '39 defeated Jack Stewart '40 to gain the distinction of being the only senior in the quarter finals. Walter Muther '40 gave Burt his stiffest battle before succumbing in three sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BURT GILKEY TO MEET AS TENNIS FINALISTS | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

...Stiffest job requirements are those for pilots: 1,200 solo-flying hours, college training, hiring-age limits 22 to 28. Prohibitive cost of acquiring so much flying time sends most candidates into the Army, Navy or Marines for two-to-four-year enlistments. There the Government spends up to $35,000 training each pilot. Flying U. S. air transport this year are 1,400 pilots and copilots, pilots averaging $600 monthly, co-pilots from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Air Work | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

This weekend, the Big Red faces what will undoubtedly be one of their stiffest encounters, in spite of last weekend's Harvard-Brown upset. Under similar circumstances in the past, pep rallies have been held with considerable success. There remains ample time to round up a sound truck, a few flares, the cheering squad, and the team itself. With relatively little effort, it should be possible to give the team a rousing send-off the evening of their departure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 10/7/1938 | See Source »

...Glaser; red-headed Johanna Hofmann, a hairdresser on the German liner Europa and messenger of the ring, charged with transmitting to their employers the secret code used by Army planes in communicating with their stations. Since the U. S., unlike Germany, does not punish espionage by death in peacetime, stiffest sentence the spies faced on any count was 20 years imprisonment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Net Netted | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

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