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Helping Hand. The Russians' decision to release 120,000 German prisoners of war from Russian camps was beautifully handled to reflect credit upon the SED. Otto Grotewohl, co-chairman of SED, was permitted to announce the release in mid-July at a convention of women's committees in Berlin. A similar maneuver characterized the Russian decree of July 14 announcing increased rations for invalids and expectant mothers. The announcement began: "At the request of the SED and for improving food conditions of the German population...
...Green Bay, Wis., where she worked as a stenographer, 19-year-old, 5 ft. 2 in. Mary McMillin had won the state women's golf championship two years running. Last week, in her first round at the Western Amateur Tournament at Cleveland, Newcomer Mary drew Defending Champion Phyllis Otto and confided to her mother: "I'm glad to be able to go around with such a good player as Miss Otto...
...Mary's first important tourney, but because she didn't expect to win she felt little pressure. On the twelfth hole, she was two up. Miss Otto took the next two to square the match. On the next hole, Mary shot a ball out of a trap and it plopped in the cup for a birdie. At the 18th, after more good golf, it was exit Miss Otto...
...prove to the world that he was not crazy, Otto Klemperer spent his life earnings hiring a 70-piece orchestra for a performance in Manhattan's Carnegie Hall (TIME, May 15, 1941). The concert was a critical success-but no one would give him a steady job. Four West Coast orchestras let him make guest appearances, but that was all. Conductor Klemperer returned to his Los Angeles home, fretted away five years...
...Matthew Passion, and was cheered. In Milan's La Scala he was such a success that a repeat concert was scheduled. In Paris he earned bravos with the rarely performed Second Symphony of Bruckner. Last week before an international audience in the Swiss mountain resort of Interlaken, Otto Klemperer conducted the great old 120-piece Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra...