WOMAN ATHLETES
OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON, Feb. 9 "Talent scouts" are combing Britain to discover attractive women athletes to compete in the 1940 Olympiad in Finland. Feminine types will be chosen and coached and will be instructed in the preservation of an attractive appearance. "
The Women's Amateur Athletic Association hopes to form a summer 'school for- them on the hill outside the Olympic 'Village from which, incidentally, 2,000,000 people could watch the finish...of the Marathon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23274, 17 February 1939, Page 12
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74WOMAN ATHLETES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23274, 17 February 1939, Page 12
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