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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Great pressure has been brought to bear upon French political circles by British diplomacy," cabled French Ace Political Commentator "Pertinax" (Andre Geraud) to the Chicago Daily News. To the same newsorgan, London Correspondent William H. Stoneman wrote: "The British Government wants Rebel Generalissimo Franco to win the Spanish War and to win it in a hurry." British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain refused last week to act to protect frequently bombed and sunk British ships in Leftist ports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Pressure | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

...HAVEN, June 21: Yale smashed out a 5-0 win over Harvard in the opening game of their annual series before 7000 Yale alumni at Yale Field today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Ball Team Downs Crimson, 5-0 Ousting Harvard from Circuit Title | 6/22/1938 | See Source »

...Riffs landed at Algeciras from Spanish Morocco. In Italy, no secret was made of heavy replacements of airplanes and pilots for the Rightist air force and it was freely predicted that Dictator Benito Mussolini might have to dispatch more "volunteers'' to Spain before the Rightists could win the war. At Burgos, Generalissimo Franco was reported to have ordered more air raids on merchant shipping at Leftist ports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Brazen Attack | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

...glad to get an odd job as a carpenter two years ago, broke the all-time U. S. Open record with a score of 281 last year. Now, comfortably employed as pro at New Jersey's Braidburn Country Club, he is the first golfer since Bobby Jones to win the Open twice in succession. Only one golfer before him ever won by a bigger margin (Jim Barnes by nine strokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Jun. 20, 1938 | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

...Wife redeems some of its defects by a conclusion which, to cinemaddicts who are infected by the spirit of the story, can be recommended as one of the saddest of the year, and by a gallery of miniature performances by little-known colored actors who, though they may win no Academy prizes, will have eminently earned them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 20, 1938 | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

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