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December 1, 1940

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Headlines from December 1, 1940

FINANCIAL MARKETS; Stocks End Month on Firmer Tone--Steel Rate Still Rising--Wheat and Bonds Stronger

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U.S. LENDING CHINA $100,000,000 MORE, COUNTERING JAPAN; $50,000,000 to Be Paid Now for Metals Bought From Chungking Regime REST TO BACK CURRENCY Roosevelt's Move Increases Belief That He Will Give More Aid to Britain

By Frank L. Kluckhohn Special To the New York Times

U S to get supply from China in exch for loan

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SHOT PUT IS FIRST AS BOWIE CLOSES; Wins by Three Lengths From Rosetown and Pays $12.80 --Taylor Gets Double The Right Distance SHOT PUT IS FIRST AS BOWIE CLOSES Bull, Morris Mentioned

By Bryan Field Special To the New York Times.times Wide World

BOWIE, Md., Nov. 30--The Eastern racing season ended here today with 15,000 persons in attendance as the Cinderella horse, Mrs. Marie Evans's Shot Put, came from ...

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MIDDIES SHOW WAY; Busik and Clark Lead Drives of 43 and 53 Yards to Goal Line FORMER SCORES IN FIRST Malcolm Gets Third-Period Touchdown on Pass--Parade Stresses Defense Note By ALLISON DANZIG Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. Leonard and Vitueel Help A Thrilling Picture 102,000 SEE NAVY DEFEAT ARMY, 14-0 Prize Is Attained Mazur's Kicks Prevent Rout Another West Point Surge Cadets Set Back Army Waives Extra Play

By Times Wide World from Speed Flying Service

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30--Army was still bereft of a major victory since 1938 and a score of any kind against a Swede Larson eleven as its fiftieth anniversary meeting ...

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BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD; La Guardia Field, One Year Old, Schedules 250 Flights Daily And Stages a Brilliant Spectacle for Its Many Visitors

By Herbert Russell

TOMORROW will mark the first anniversary of La Guar dia Field, New York's municipal airport and the largest and busiest commercial airport in the world. It was just a year ago that the first silver planes began to fly in and out of the huge field, and ...

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1940Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer and referee (died 2013)^[†]

Michael Henry Denness was a Scottish cricketer who played for England, Scotland, Kent and Essex.

1940Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (died 2011)^[†]

Gerald Anderson Lawson was an American electronic engineer. Besides being one of the first African-American computer engineers in Silicon Valley, Lawson was also known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable use as commercial video game cartridges. His innovations in this area led to his being considered the father of the game cartridge. He eventually left Fairchild and founded the game company Video-Soft.

1940Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)^[†]

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974.

1940Tasso Wild, German footballer^[†]

Tasso Wild is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder for 1. FC Nürnberg and Hertha BSC.

Headlines from December 1, 1940

FINANCIAL MARKETS; Stocks End Month on Firmer Tone--Steel Rate Still Rising--Wheat and Bonds Stronger

U.S. LENDING CHINA $100,000,000 MORE, COUNTERING JAPAN; $50,000,000 to Be Paid Now for Metals Bought From Chungking Regime REST TO BACK CURRENCY Roosevelt's Move Increases Belief That He Will Give More Aid to Britain

SHOT PUT IS FIRST AS BOWIE CLOSES; Wins by Three Lengths From Rosetown and Pays $12.80 --Taylor Gets Double The Right Distance SHOT PUT IS FIRST AS BOWIE CLOSES Bull, Morris Mentioned

BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD; La Guardia Field, One Year Old, Schedules 250 Flights Daily And Stages a Brilliant Spectacle for Its Many Visitors

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