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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Wimbledon (Fri. 11 a.m., 2 p.m., CBS). Finals in No. 1 women's tennis matches described by veteran Tennist Bill Tilden...
Lightly ballasted, she wallowed tipsily in taxi tests, thrice dipped a wing in the water, twice had to be towed in. One glowering afternoon last week, her port mooring-ring snapped and the wind-tossed ship could not be held to her mooring. As far as Veteran P.A.A. Test Pilot Edmund Allen could see, there was only one thing to do. Starting his motors, he ordered the stern line off, and the Clipper started across the bay. She thundered for the open Sound off Duwamish Head, cleared the water once, settled back, rose anew, spindrift spuming from her hull step...
...Veteran John Clark at the bow slide is one of the most versatile oarsmen in the boat, having rowed port for some time before being considered a candidate for number seven...
Wightman Cup (Sat. 10 a.m., 1:15 p.m.. CBS). Leading British and American women tennis players in final play described by veteran Tennist Bill Tilden...
...Royal Air Force as an instructor, afterwards fought in Russia for the White Army. He was one of the handful of commercial pilots with "1,000,000-mile" flying records. In May 1935, he flew influenza serum from Newark to the Eskimos of upper Alaska. Aboard was another air veteran-Douglas Aircraft Co.'s Test Pilot E. H. Veblen, who had ferried a DC-3 east for delivery to the Soviet's Amtorg Trading Corp. and was returning to Los Angeles. Another passenger was L. Arthur Doty, 42, Boston credit manager for Texaco, who was flying to Chicago...