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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since snow conditions on the Sherburne trail are only fair, the annual Harvard race, which was to have been held this week-end, has been called off for the present and may be held at a later date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Middlebury Skiers Edge Out Harvard in Placid Tourney | 1/5/1940 | See Source »

Conditions for this week-end are only fair in the Eastern Slope region, but good at Stowe. Conditions for This Week-end Cannon Mt. (Tramway) Fair 17 in. Conway Poor 3 in. Dartmouth Region Poor 3 in. Franconia Notch Fair 13 in. Fryoburg Good 5 in. North Conway Poor 3 in. Pinkham Notch Fair 12 in. Stowo (Mt. Mansfield) Good 30 in. WatervILLe Good 7 in. Wolfeboro Good 5 in. Laurentian Mts. Good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Middlebury Skiers Edge Out Harvard in Placid Tourney | 1/5/1940 | See Source »

Because his resolution condemning Russia's "aggression" in Finland was defeated by the American Student Union at its annual convention in Madison, Wisconsin, last week, Alan Gottlieb '41, President of the Harvard Student Union, will work for a general referendum on the question, he said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Union Presses Censure Of Soviet Acts Despite Defeat | 1/5/1940 | See Source »

This reviewer has the pleasure of spending some time last week discussing the whole thing with Mr. Vinton Freedley, who is producing it, and his wife, who brought the book to his attention at the outset. In the first place, the Hawkins story is just another example of press agentry; Hawkins had been considered casually and that's all. No contracts had been signed for him, and at the time I talked to him Mr. Freedley was trying to get Louis Armstrong; If Louis wanted too much and it was felt his voice wasn't good enough, he was going...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 1/5/1940 | See Source »

...Last week Benny had a record released on Columbia that seems to me to be one of the few real swing records he has ever made, in the sense that it has the teady, easy push that made Basic famous. The first half of the record is really colossal before Ziggy Elman ruins the groove by one of the most idealess solos I have ever heard...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 1/5/1940 | See Source »