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...fencing never become popular in the U.S.? Aldo Nadi, world fencing champion, has brooded over that poser ever since he arrived in the U.S. to teach the sport eight years ago. His conclusion: Americans consider fencing sissy...
Nothing infuriates Mr. Nadi more than that vulgar error. He has written a furious book (On Fencing - Putnam; $3) to set Americans straight about his sport, which he prefers to call an art. A model of fencing instruction, the book is also an entertaining swordsman's-eye-view of mankind. "The fencing strip," observes Mr. Nadi sternly, "is the mirror of the soul...
...Aldo Nadi, 44, is a handsome, steel whip of a man, so slim (6 ft, 128 lb.) that on the fencing strip he bears a strong resemblance to his weapon. Some fencers consider him the greatest swordsman who ever lived. The son of a famous Italian Maître d'Armes, Aldo began fencing at four, won his first title at twelve, is acknowledged the world's finest foilsman...
...emerged as the master of Turkey with Saracoglu as his principal deputy. Tough, shrewd, brilliant Foreign Minister Numan Menemencioglu, whose feigned tantrums pull him through many an unpleasant interview, remained as powerful as ever. The country's only recognized political party had seen to it that Publisher Yunus Nadi, spearhead of Axis propaganda in Turkey, was not re-elected to the Grand National Assembly...
Died. Nedo Nadi, 45, Olympic fencing champion (Stockholm, 1912; Antwerp, 1920); in Rome, Italy...