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Father-to-Son. Thus the Cabinet and the generals were well pleased when Neville Chamberlain picked as his new War Secretary last week a man of character and a great gentleman, Mr. Oliver Stanley, son of the Earl of Derby, who was Secretary of State for War in 1916-18...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Tommy's Friend Out | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

Captain Torbie Macdonald continued to show gradual improvement in his battle with an ailing leg as the Harlowmen ran through an uneventful practice session yesterday. However, the possibility that he will play against Army remained small, for the Crimson leader still favors the injured limb.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TORBIE MACDONALD OUT FOR ARMY GAME | 11/9/1939 | See Source »

Among the City of San Francisco's survivors was Industrialist Horace Disston (Henry Disston & Sons, saw manufacturers), who had told friends he preferred trains to planes "for safety's sake." Eighteen hours later, Pan American's Sikorsky 543 ("Baby Clipper"), out of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: In Humboldt Canyon | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

Three hours after the operation began, when Dr. Olivecrona was delicately prying out the red tumor from the flaccid tissue of Karinthy's cerebellum, the poet lost consciousness. Three weeks later, after an uneventful convalescence, happy Poet Karinthy went back to his Budapest cafés, heard no more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Patient's-Eye-View | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

For Kirkland Roberts and Abrams carried away the game, chalking up 8 points apiece. Roberts' spectacular shot from the center of the floor was a high sport in an otherwise uneventful game.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Trounces Lowell; Dunster Noses Out Winthrop; Eliot, Adams Win In Hoop Contests | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

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