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...ones. Biggest female name in music was the late Frenchwoman Cécile Chaminade. A composer who does not mind being called the American Chaminade is a plump little blonde woman, nearing 50, who is known on concert programs as Mana-Zucca. Last week Mana-Zucca finished her 1,000th composition, a children's musical play called The Gingerbread House. Then, instead of letting well enough alone, she wrote her 1,100st, a song entitled Music I Heard With...
...Golden Gate Exposition laid this year's plans on the modest basis of 4,000,000 visitors for the season. Last week the 4,000,000th visitor paid his way in, six weeks before closing. By that time the fair should have 6,000,000 attendance, a profit of $1,500,000 or more against last year's loss of $4,166,000. Of Treasure Island's original backers, 61% chose to be paid off last year at 35? on the dollar. The 39% who stayed may well end 1940 with 90? on the dollar...
...Last fortnight the 3,000,000th Briton was called up for home defense. Last week, with the calling up of 32-year-olds, the number eligible rose to 3,300,000. But trainees were put into khaki only at the rate...
...Manhattan, Ferryboat Captain John J. McCabe, 64, celebrated his 250,000th crossing of the Hudson River, received a plaque in honor of 34 years of service without an accident...
Financed by the Rockefeller Foundation, Princeton's Centre does its listening over two short-wave receivers seven days a week from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Under favorable conditions it hears an average of 65 programs a day. Last week the centre transcribed its 1,000th program, issued its sixth report. Some of its findings...