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...swayed a woman whose saucer eyes, blazing teeth, and hair like a jackpot of fresh-minted pennies made her look remarkably like Harpo Marx. A friendly, arty-social audience applauded. Marianne Oswald, diseuse (singing actress), friend of intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic, was making her U. S. debut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Diseuse | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

Died. Mary Anderson (Madame Antonio de Navarro), 80, legendary golden-haired U. S. and English stage favorite of the '705 and '80s; at Court Farm, Broadway, Worcestershire, England. Her persuasive charm, plus her talent, enchanted audiences. When she made her debut at 16 (as Juliet, at Macauley's Theatre, Louisville, Ky.), critics described her as "a wonder of awkwardness" with "a glimmer of promise." She retired when she was 30, at the height of her career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 10, 1940 | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

Making his pitching debut against League competition, the giant right-hander showed a world of control, allowing only four hits and not issuing a single base on balls, while fanning four batters...

Author: By David B. Stearns, | Title: Burgy Ayres Blanks Pennsylvania to Win 2 to 0; Quakers Take Second 9 to 6; Tigers Cop 6 to 5 | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...Cornell's star pitcher, Walter Sickles, leads the league in number of victories, three. But the best game of the season belongs to Yale's Ted Harrison, who pitched a four-hitter and struck out thirteen while his mates were achieving a 3-2 victory over Pennsylvania in their debut last Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Nine Fourth in Intercollegiate League; Cornell Batsmen Lead | 4/30/1940 | See Source »

Heimo Haitto was born in Viipuri (since last month Viborg, Russia), began fiddling at four. When he was nine his parents put him in the Viipuri Conservatory, later let him be adopted by the Conservatory's founder, Boris Sirpo. Last year Heimo made his debut with the Helsinki Philharmonic, Professor Sirpo conducting. In London, as the youngest entrant in an international competition of the British Council of Music, he won hands down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Finnish Fiddler | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

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