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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Diplomatic Front. Still woefully weak in both man power and material, the Finns left nothing undone to get aid. To keep their U. S. reputation as good debtors (which privately they consider highly amusing) they paid the $234,693 installment on their loan. Tickled pink by the League of Nations' expulsion of Russia (see p. 75), the Finnish delegation to the League got busy drawing up a list of needed supplies. Heading this list must be airplanes and artillery, without which Finland cannot hope to win-especially if Coach Stalin sends his first team into the game. More...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN THEATRE: Soldiers, Arise! | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...Angeles hospital lay Georgia Coleman, onetime (1932) Olympic champion diver, whose career was snipped short by infantile paralysis. Badly in need of an operation for a liver ailment, she was too weak to have it, too poor to pay for it. Promoters of the California's women's football championship game hoped that a third of the gate receipts (pledged to defray Georgia's operation costs) would amount to the needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 25, 1939 | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...Daughaday's presence in the 165 bracket renders opposition somewhat useless, but Art Mason provides what competition there is for the rugged leader. And there would be more if Coach Johnson didn't deem it advisable to keep Bunny Barnes out of mat wars because of a pair of weak knees...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/14/1939 | See Source »

...weak Freshman quintet meets the Bruin Cubs in a preamble to the main encounter tonight. Holtan, Scully, Hall, Phelan, and Royer will start for the Yardlings...

Author: By John C. Robbins jr., | Title: ROTHSCHILD IS PLACED ON LINEUP OF QUINTET | 12/13/1939 | See Source »

Losing only one match, the Varsity wrestling team downed a weak M.I.T. squad Saturday afternoon, 33 to 3. The inexperienced Freshman grapplers, however, fell before the Engineerlings by a 23 to 16 count...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRAPPLERS DOWN M.I.T. BY DECISIVE 33-3 SCORE | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

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