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...Popular Front is the Radical Party of conservative-minded Senator Florencio Duran. No more radical than Daladier's Radical Socialists in France, Duran's Party is a conglomeration of big & little businessmen, professionals and skilled workmen. They represent the aspirations of the Chilean bourgeoisie to develop their own industry and commerce, to get a share of the business now in the hands of foreign capital, to break up the semi-feudalism of agriculture. Their struggle against reaction led to their alliance with Chile's Socialists and Communists to elect Don Tinto President in 1938, but many...
...weeks. During his days with Victor he claims to have skyrocketed most of the big name bands to the top, including such best-sellers as Eddy Duchin, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Shep Fields, Larry Clinton, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller. Says he: "I told them how to develop an individual style. A band must have a recognizable style so that when kids start to play a record, they can listen for a minute and then say 'Why, that's Benny Goodman-or Tommy Dorsey or Guy Lombardo.' Dorsey used to hold his trombone solo until...
Pets are liable to develop a fondness for one particular thing, and "it is surprisingly easy to conquer this idiosyncrasy in the hospital, and very difficult at home, probably because the cat senses the worried attitude of those at home...
...with linotype and offset presses (laboriously sheet-fed) are not more than 10% lower. But initial costs are cut too, may bring the total saving to 15%. So pleased with offset is James Fitzgibbon that he plans to look around for some more small towns without newspapers, try to develop a chain of offset dailies...
Senior Bob Fulton improved by leaps and bounds last year and is certain to develop into a polished receiver during the coming baseball campaign. Bob Regan, Charley Spreyer, and Bill Parsons are the other catching prospects...