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There was a good deal of passing in yesterday's scrimmage, particularly in the last twenty minutes, as Harlow sought to polish the jagged edges off his aerial attack. The experience in handling a wet ball will come in handy, since the Harlow system, based on precision and deception rather...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Vander Eb Goes to End Post as Gridders Scrimmage for Full Hour in Light Drizzle | 9/27/1939 | See Source »

When a man is perforated by a bullet, the bullet does not always go into or through him in a straight track, even when the holes where the bullet came in and 'went out are in a straight line. A sharp-nosed bullet is easily deflected by ribs or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: War Wounds | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

From the Spanish war came rumors of a new air bomb expressly designed not for demolition but to kill personnel. These German-made bombs were said to be light (6 to 60 Ib.) and relatively cheap; even a small bomber could carry and release a great many. The casing was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Science & War | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

On August 25, 1914, seven German Armies totaling 1,700,000 men were spread over a jagged 300-mile front from the Swiss frontier to the outskirts of Paris. In 20 days they had advanced like a vast hinge whose outer point traveled 180 miles, smashed through Belgium, through Mons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Good Grey General | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

Not only had Chillán been destroyed; the full force of the quake had torn up a vast, 450-mile-long segment of the narrow nation. Some 20 towns and villages throughout Chile's richest agricultural and mining regions had been leveled. At Concepión, Chile'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Worst Shake | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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