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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In August 1914, as German troops were slogging through Belgium, the eyes of the sport world focused for a moment on a tennis court at Forest Hills, N. Y. There, in what was probably the most dramatic tennis match ever played, Australasian Tennists Norman Brookes and Anthony Wilding, on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Sep. 11, 1939 | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

> When swimming, always exhale through the nose, inhale through the mouth to "maintain a positive air pressure in the nasal cavities," protect the sinuses, nose and throat from the entrance of water.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tips for Terrestrials | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Last week, with Norman Brookes (now Sir Norman because of "distinguished service to the Empire") looking on,* a new generation of Davis Cuppers from Down Under challenged a new generation of U. S. Davis Cuppers in a war-clouded spectacle that promised to be as dramatic as the one 25...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Sep. 11, 1939 | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

LASISIRE - "There is no such thing as 'a war to end all. wars.' The last war has taught us that there can be no solution to warfare through bloodshed. Unselfishness is all that is necessary to maintain peace."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Air Alarums | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Unable to get in the actors' front door, I. A. T. S. E.'s President George Browne two months ago found a back door open. On charges of mismanagement, A. A. A. A. tried Executive Secretary Ralph Whitehead of its subsidiary union, the American Federation of Actors (vaudeville and variety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Alphabet Crisis | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

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