Western Europe's war was largely a war of words yesterday. Speaking in Birmingham, Prime Minister Chamberlain told the Germans they must set up a government other peoples could trust, pledged them economic justice after the battle and called...

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1940Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2010)^[†]

Ronald Edward Santo was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs from 1960 through 1973 and the Chicago White Sox in 1974. In 1990, Santo became a member of the Cubs broadcasting team providing commentary for Cubs games on WGN radio and remained at that position until his death in 2010. In 1999, he was selected to the Cubs All-Century Team. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.

February 25, 1940

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R.V. INGERSOLL DIES AFTER AN OPERATION; Brooklyn Borough President Ill Since December--Active as Supporter of La Guardia

Reds Hurled Back at Some Points As Isthmus Defense Is Stiffened; Russian Losses Put at 80,000 in 25 Days-- Finns Insist They Hold Koivisto Island Fort, but Moscow Claims Its Capture

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