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...clarinet on it by Johnny Mince . . . Woody Herman's "Blues on Parade" okeh, but not as good as had hoped it would be . . . Count Basie's "I Left My Baby" a swell side of blues with Jimmy Rushing doing better singing than he has done for quite some time. Lester Young on sax gives him good backing . . . This new bass player that Duke Ellington found is really sensational. Listen to "Plucked Again" wherein he plays a duet with the Duke. It's quite something...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 1/26/1940 | See Source »

There is also a fine squad of holdovers from 1939, including Captain Sam Tator, George Jack. Bob Chapman and Lester Halpern in the free style events; George Embrick and Levick Tolan in the back stroke; Lafe Weeks in the breast stroke and Bob Logan and John Rogers in the dive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red and Blue Is Ready For Tough Season | 12/13/1939 | See Source »

John M. London '41 will be the next president of the Harvard Guardian, retiring president Euno R. Hobbing '40 announced yesterday. Lester G. Hawkins '41 is succeeding Ward Mcl. Hussey '40 as editor-in-chief, and Joseph A. Hartman '41 will take the place of Roger L. Werner as business manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: London Follows Hobbing as Next Guardian President | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

...Lester H. Tobin '42, Lynn, Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Honorary Scholarships Are Awarded To 101 High Ranking Undergraduates | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...Minneapolis, moon-faced Merle Potter, dramatic critic of the Times-Tribune, went to review Tobacco Road, came away fuming. Next morning he blasted Actor John Barton across the Mississippi for turning dirty, hungry Jeeter Lester into an "obscene clown," the theatre into a bawditorium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Three-Minute Man | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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