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...past three years a chestnut colt with a long blond tail has earned twice as much money as the President of the U.S. Last week, in winning the $50,000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs, Warren Wright's Whirlaway upped his lifetime earnings to $454,336 and eclipsed Charles Howard's Seabiscuit as the biggest money winner in the history of horse racing. Owner Wright turns 10% of Whirlaway's earnings into war bonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Just Hay | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

...picturesque. The story is a childhood favorite built around a family attired in dresses lifted from Godey's Ladies' Magazine and smothered in Victorian ideals and sentiments. There is humor, philosophy, and pathos. The combination means that superb acting and directing are necessary to haul this old chestnut out of the coals...

Author: By L. M. W., | Title: PLAYGOER | 7/22/1942 | See Source »

...Martipi, Shamokin, Pa.; Allen W. Mathis, Jr., Park Ridge, Ill.; Thoman J. MeEilligoti, Watertown; Malcolm P. McNair, Jr., Cambridge; John S. McNayr, Newtonville; Robert K. Monney, Waterford, Conn; Lester J. Murphy, Dorchester; William O'Keefe, Staten Istand, New York; Thomas J. O'Toole, Newton; Frank A. Pemberton, Jr., Chestnut Hill; John G. Penson, Glen Head, L. I., N. Y.; Allen C. Percival, Fitchburg; Frederick Pope, Jr., Wilton, Conn.; Thomas C. Quirk, Watertown; James J. Redmen, Horulutu, Hawall; John C. Robbins, Jr., Cleveland Heights, Ohio; James T. Ragers, Binghampton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY AND MIL SCI RECEIVE COMMISSIONS, CERTIFICATES | 6/11/1942 | See Source »

Gerard A. Fulham, Wellesley Hills; Thomas Gardiner, Gardiner, Me.; Thomas B. A. Godfrey, Ardmore, Pa.; John T. Hassell, Salem; Mark Hollingsworth, Boston; Franklin King, Jr., Chestnut Hill; Alois W. Krause, Jr., West Newton; John P. Lacy, Lewiston, N. Y.; Albert L. Lincoln, Jr., Chestnut Hill; John Lowell Westwood; Arthur T. Lyman, Jr., Westwood; Andrew C. Marsters, Wilton, Conn.; Richard L. Lyman, Jr., Westwood; Andrew C. Marsters, Wilton, Conn.; Richard L. Mills, Brookline; Jay S. Myers, Houston, Tex.; Arthur G. Newton, West Chatham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY AND MIL SCI RECEIVE COMMISSIONS, CERTIFICATES | 6/11/1942 | See Source »

...closest contest of the election George R. Clay of Chestnut Hill, Penn. defeated William McNear Rand, Jr. for the Choristers post. Clay is Editorial Chairman of the CRIMSON and heads a division of the Post War Council, Runner-up was William Drucker with 90 votes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ames, Matters, Harvey Voted Three Marshals for Class of '43 | 5/20/1942 | See Source »

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