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Today, the topic is "How Free is the Press?", while on November 30, the Forum will present a program called "Is the Musical Comedy Replacing Serious Drama?" The list of speakers for the latter program includes Richard Rodgers, Marc Connelly, and Lillian Hellman...
...Micronesia, the aircraft carrier came of age. Whereas the Americans were reduced to one flattop in the Solomons in late 1942, they took 16 to the Marshalls in early 1944. Two weeks after Kwajalein, Admiral Marc Mitscher's Task Force 58 smothered the great base at Truk with 568 planes, and sank 200,000 tons of shipping (biggest single day of the war). The Navy, abetted by U.S. industry, had found -in amphibious expertness and carrier proficiency-the twin weapons that would lead to victory...
...left Belgium, Ensor's pictures helped set off detonations all over Europe. "I indicated all the modern experiments," he boasted. "When I look at my drawings of 1877 I find cubist angles, futurist explosions, impressionist flakings, dada knights and constructivist structures." Some Ensor followers: Swiss Paul Klee, Russian Marc Chagall, Belgian Paul Delvaux...
Author! Author! (Mon. 8 p.m., ABC-TV) is a variation on an old theme: the amateur talent show. This time the chance for limited fame and limited fortune ($100) goes to would-be playwrights. On the opening show, after a performance of Robert Latta's Love Story, Moderator Marc Connelly and a panel of experts told the aspiring dramatist what was right and what was wrong with his play. Their criticism ranged from the vague ("I think it's a pretty good job") to the picayune ("No character should be made...
...Albert ("31-Knot") Burke, 49, Commander, U.S. Cruiser Division 5, earned his nickname early in the Pacific war as commander of the 23rd ("Little Beaver") Destroyer Squadron. His invariable reply to battle movement orders: "Am proceeding at 31 knots." Later promoted to captain and chief of staff to Admiral Marc Mitscher, of famed Task Force 58. After the war, wisecracking, hard-hitting Annapolis-man (1923) Burke became a leader in the Navy's fight against unification. His high service record earned him forgiveness and promotion after the dust settled. He is married, has no children...