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...Eric Posselt, who thought there ought to be a book of songs sung by servicemen, not at them. He ruled out Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood tunes (except for parodies masculine or martial), tracked down the favorites of the corps and the camps. The collection includes the solemn, the irreverent, the rowdy. There is a long-faced hymn of high resolve by Robert E. Sherwood (Tune: The Battle Hymn of the Republic). Another contributor is Beatrice Ayer Patton (wife of General "Blood & Guts"), whose March of the Armored Corps is appropriately scored for pistol...
Presly Wetherell and the glee club turned the minds of the men to more solemn thoughts for a while, singing the works of Bach and other stately songs. The singers were accompanied in fine style by Brother Fellett. Bob Geis caused a stir of anticipation when he came forward to sing the company's favorites, "One Alone" and "Without A Song." His powerful voice drew roars of applause from every man. Leo Schumer at the piano furnished the musical background...
...Pacelli negotiated a Concordat with social-democratic Prussia. When Lutherans objected, Pacelli suggested calling the Concordat a "solemn convention." Everybody was pleased...
From North Africa the Allied High Command broadcast: "Italians: [Your] new Government [has] temporized. . . . Had [it] acted speedily, Germany by now would be in full retreat. . . . We cannot tolerate this, and we issue to you this solemn warning: The breathing space has ended. Be prepared. Soon the air offensive will be resumed in earnest...
...history, The Two Marshals is solemn. But Historian Guedalla is not. He has long picked his way gleefully among history's corpses. But even readers who dislike Guedalla's rather mincing urbanity will value The Two Marshals as a timely study of an important but neglected period of history...