Word: chris
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...loose and made an epic series of records. She had everything her own way. She sang old songs, new ones, anything good. For accompaniment she got the best musicians available. Some of them, like Teddy Wilson, Artic Shaw, Chu Berry are well known; others, like Hank d'Amico, Chris Griffin are not. But the most ignominious musician on her dates complemented Mildred's singing and not incidentally produced good jazz. In fact, John Kirby's band has never played quite so well as when it backed up Mildred's Vocalion, version of "Downhearted Blues...
Some other things puzzle them even more. High-collared Chris Kent, Times's general manager, inspected dummies of the new Stars & Stripes recently. When he saw the Li'l Abner, Blondie and Joe Palooka comic strips, he observed: "It's a bit amusing. But think of the Times putting out this sort of thing!" A solid page of leg art stopped him cold. "Are you going to continue this sort of thing?" he ejaculated. "It might affect the morals of our composing room...
Setting out to "get acquainted with all the boat people," Mrs. Slocum landed bigger & bigger jobs. Now her Boat Transit Co. has 23 tractors and trailers, some of special sizes. Her business came not only from boatbuilders like Chris-Craft at Algonac, but from private yachtsmen who wanted to sail into strange inland waters, have their boats trucked home. Blue-eyed Mrs. Slocum, president of Boat Transit Co., is no terrene "Tugboat Annie," does not drive a truck herself. Husband Lawrence does...
...Ordway, 2d. '42, Franklin, N. H.; Robert Paine '42, Memphis, Tenn.; Harold C. Passer '43, Faribault, Minn.; Donald J. Patton '42, Cortaro, Ariz.; Dick S. Payne '43, Council Bluffs, Ia.; Daniel M. Pearce '42, Ripley, Tenn.; Jack M. Peterson '42, Portland, Ore.; Alan W. Petit '41, Berkeley, Calif.; Chris G. Petrow '41, Webster City, Ia.; Norman H. Pike '42, Sioux City...
...Wisconsin 6 Texas 12 Arkansas 9 So. Cal. 14 Oregon 12 Tennessee 29 Alabama 7 Auburn 7 S. M. U. 7 Miss. 13 Duquesne 0 Ga. Tech 26 Vanderbilt 13 Iowa 20 Indiana 19 Rice 13 Tulane 12 Stanford 12 Wash. State 3 Texas A & M 18 Texas Chris. 13 Boston College 33 Ihado...