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Died. John Milton Berdan, 75, longtime Yale professor of English (1903-41); of cerebral thrombosis; in New Haven, Conn. Credited with influencing many well-known writers (Sinclair Lewis, Stephen Vincent Benet, Thornton Wilder) through his popular "Daily Themes" course, Berdan was consulted by Yalemen Henry R. Luce and Briton Hadden before they founded TIME...
...with a sword.* The Oxfordshire lady who owned it figured it was not "a picture anyone would want about the house," sold it to an antique dealer for 50 shillings ($10). The dealer traded it to a salesman for a $56 typewriter, and it was the salesman, a bustling Briton named Henry Eric Wells, who made a small fortune last week from Dido's suicide. He showed the painting to an art expert, discovered it was from the hand of the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens (who had painted another well-known Dido in the same pose, and resold...
Prince Philip, 27, hailed by the London Master Tailors' Benevolent Association as the "perfect example of how a Briton should be dressed on all occasions," graciously accepted the honor: "I am one of the generation that started the war in nappies [diapers], spent the next eight years in uniform, and, when peace broke out, found myself without any clothes...
...action as the way to peace, the election results might put new life in the Jewish-Egyptian peace talks going on under U.N. auspices at Rhodes. Both sides were making minor concessions but holding fast to major positions. The atmosphere was that of "a comfortable chess game," but a Briton from the Foreign Office said that if his government should join the U.S. in putting on pressure for peace, a formula would pop up at Rhodes in short order...
...Reimann's henchmen were fined $150 and $90 for holding a political meeting without a permit. When the day's hearings were over, Reimann was carried off in triumph by Reds who sang the Internationale and shouted: "Down with the Ruhr statute-down, down, down!" A rueful Briton admitted: "It looks as if the trial is backfiring...