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Under Two Captains, mentioned by Mr. Allison, is the biography of my great grandfather, John Jacob Lehmanowsky, general under Marshal Ney, member of Napoleon's intimate circle, close friend of the Marquis de La Fayette of Revolutionary War fame. Loving France, the country of his mother (his father a member of a Polish family able to trace its lineage back through many generations), John J. Lehmanowsky, after an extensive education in Poland journeyed to France and immediately became embroiled in the turbulent affairs of the country. He decided to support Napoleon and rapidly rose in his esteem, becoming...
CHARLES W. ALLISON Charlotte...
...intended writing TIME Letters after reading article in July 20 issue on the Marshal Ney mystery. I am now glad to corroborate information given in Charles W. Allison's letter. Aug. 24 issue, on this same subject...
...enormously stimulating prospect of a Budge v. Perry final, the Men's Singles Championship at Forest Hills last week had very little to add. A leg injury forced Defending Champion Wilmer Allison to withdraw his entry. The rest of the seeded players included Jacques Brugnon and three young Frenchmen performing in the U. S. for the first time to gain experience; that coterie of second-flight U. S. stars, like Sidney Wood, Bryan Grant, Frank Parker and Gregory Mangin, who long ago made it clear that their playing would never justify their potentialities; and the latest schoolboy sensation from...
...finish our scientific and thorough investigation, we feel that the truth will come out in such shape that there will be no doubt as to the identity of the man who died in 1846 and stated on his death bed that he was the Marshal of France. CHARLES W. ALLISON...