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True, high altitude bombers sent against warships "have their limitations. They can seldom see a target on the ground clearly, except by radar." And with "ordinary bombs which fly many miles horizontally as they drop they cannot hit the side of a barn-they cannot even hit a small city with any assurance . . . [But] the guided bomb alters this whole situation ... A great ship alone on the sea is a clear target to radar and a clear target for a guided bomb." Therefore, unless some effective seagoing defense against airborne attack comes along, "the days of the large fighting ships...
There was good news for Haydn-lovers last week: nine symphonies (of the composer's massive crop of 104) were released by three different companies. From Boston's Haydn Society, on three LP records (6 sides) came seven which are seldom heard, performed with more spunk than spirit by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Sternberg. Most interesting of the seven: Haydn's First, composed when he was 27, and his Thirteenth ("Jupiter"), which seems to reflect his happiness with his new job as musicmaker at the Esterhazys, a job he held for 30 years. Also...
...equipped to portray a stodgy, meticulous Englishman; and Young was hopelessly awkward as the eccentric, dynamic architect. Little wonder that Miss Garson couldn't warm up to her task opposite two such misfits. Only Pidgeon, who played Young Jolyon, carried out his assignment satisfactorily. But he appeared too seldom to redeem the incongruity of the other characters...
...crowd, which seldom gets noisy until the last quarter-mile of a race, sensed that the climax would come early and set up a swelling roar. Then, suddenly, it was all over. With Capot saving ground on the rail, he nosed ahead on the turn. Coaltown tried but could not keep up. Down the backstretch Capot's lead lengthened to two lengths, then to four. Brooks hit Coaltown only once, got no response, and did not punish him needlessly...
...attain a maximum of speed and safety and have been given a thorough engine job. Both front and rear fenders are pared off. Outsize tires on the right side are allowed to help the driver negotiate turns. The cars take a terrific beating but the fact that they seldom have to quit a race seems to indicate how substantially they were built originally and how well they are taken care...