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Recently, Henry Wallace,* TIME'S string correspondent in Havana, Cuba, sent us a report of his work covering the news for us there. In it he made the following comment...
...addition there are 85 cities in the U.S., 20 in Canada and 60 overseas where TIME requires independent coverage but not fulltime representation. In each, TIME has a local correspondent (called a "string correspondent" or "stringer") to watch for news stories of more than local interest, to cover special assignments for our editors, to answer their queries, and to keep them filled in on what people in their sections are doing, saying and thinking...
Debussy: Quartet in G Minor (Paganini String Quartet, Victor, 7 sides). The two inner movements of Debussy's only work in this form are as beautifully made as anything Debussy ever wrote. The Paganini plays it well. Recording (on Viny-lite): fair...
Mozart: Quartet in 6 Major, K.387 (Griller String Quartet, English Decca, 8 sides). One of Mozart's greatest; the performance lacks the fire to make it great. Recording: good. Concerto in A Major, K.488 (Clifford Curzon, pianist, with the National Symphony Orchestra, Boyd Neel conducting; English Decca, 6 sides). Another great work, played by one of Britain's best pianists. In this dull, muffled recording, however, it sounds as if his piano were out in the wings...
...Patton, with whom Mel "started going steady" in the seventh grade, would invite friends over, instructing them in advance to talk about everything but track. When Mel went to bed, around midnight, he slept quietly. Next morning, Shirley Ann found odd jobs for him to do, and kept a string of small talk going to stall off thoughts of the race until about 11 o'clock. Then, as they parked two-year-old Susan with grandma and got ready to leave, inside Mel Patton the current would snap...