Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They had seen the speech before Lord Halifax delivered it only because a friendly newspaperman brought it over for comment. And on that first copy they could not fail to note that Lord Halifax's single mention of Canada's first minister was a blunt "Mr. Mackenzie King...
...Orleans Rhythm Kings. . . . Only at the Dixieland Room of the Copley Square Hotel can Bostonians hear such half-forgotten jazz classics as "Muskrat Ramble." 'Jazz Me Blues,' Ballin' the Jack,' 'Come Back Sweet Papa,' or 'That Da Da Strain'." On the other side will be included a note to the effect that the musicians will be happy to answer questions concerning their music and earnestly request that they do not be asked to play "People Will Say We're In Love," "Oh What a Beautiful Morning," "One O'Clock Jump," or "Body and Soul...
There was one hopeful note-of pledges kept-that got buried in the news of strikes, threats and Government maneuverings. Seventy-two Akron rubber workers staged an unauthorized strike. Their union (C.I.O.'s United Rubber Workers), ruling that the strikers had broken the union's agreement with the management, promptly revoked their memberships...
...role in Lifeboat (see p. 94) was a young woman from New York City's crusading newspaper PM, "My God, if I'd known," seethed Tallulah. "Of all the filthy, rotten, Communist rags . . . that is the most vicious ['clenched fists up to ear level,' dutifully noted the PM reporter], dangerous . . . hating paper . . . cruel . . . unfair ... I loathe it ... Darling, I hope I haven't hurt you." To PM's editor, a few days later, Tallulah wrote a note: ". . . Convey my thanks to the young lady ... for the accuracy and integrity of her reporting...
...Bolshevik purges of 1936. As if the Soviet left did not know what its right was doing, Soviet hymn singers called the tune the Old Bolshevik Hymn. In 1939 it was awarded the coveted Stalin Prize. Its recent metamorphosis from hymn to anthem required a change of only a note or two and a new set of lyrics...