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...year-old Baron had flown repeatedly over Germany as a bomber navigator. A friend guessed that Lord Lloyd's death might have been hastened by an old infection from which Lloyd suffered during World War I while serving with Lawrence in Arabia. Prime Minister Winston Churchill named Brewery Scion Walter Edward Guinness, first Baron Moyne, to succeed Lloyd both as Colonial Secretary and as Leader in the Lords...
Thirty-one-year-old, wavy-haired Walter P. Chrysler Jr., scion of Chrysler Motors, has collected paintings since he was 14. He probably owns more modern French art than any U. S. collector except Philadelphia's terrible-tempered Albert ("Argyrol") Barnes. Up to last week, Collector Chrysler had never showed the public how much...
...German refugee from the galleries of Paris, London and Berlin, Curt Valentin settled in Manhattan four years ago, opened a gallery with the help of art-loving Motor Scion Walter P. Chrysler Jr., for whom he had bought many a picture. He quickly made a name as one of the most progressive and choosy of syth Street's art impresarios. But morose Impresario Valentin dislikes selling pictures, would rather have a job in a museum. Says he sadly: "Gallery business is sometimes fun, but I hate having to make money...
...print when blood lust rushed through the whole disaster-sickened country. Onetime Premier Professor Nicolas lorga, tutor of King Carol and eminent historian, "the teacher of the nation," was found dead on the outskirts of the oil fields near his country home at Valeni-de-Munte. George Bratianu, scion of the dynasty which secured Rumania its independence, kept it going through World War I, was reported assassinated. Even Red Dog Antonescu was warned to stay quiet or he would be killed. But he was bold enough to put under protective arrest onetime Premiers George Tatarescu, Constantin Argetoianu and Ion Gigurtu...
...filling and breath-taking qualities, the Ballet Russe has its shortcomings-shortcomings the more grave because much U.S. money has gone into the ballet, notably from such backers as Edsel Ford and Yeast Scion Julius Fleischmann. Whereas Diaghilev was imaginative, ahead of his time, and not above shocking his audiences. Mr. Hurok's two troupes make little effort at even keeping up to date. Massine's ballet, St. Francis, whose music by Paul Hindemith is among the best in the modern theatre, has slipped from the repertory; Sol Hurok does not like it. Among the new ballets...