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...last week the great combine had begun to function. Britain had shipped tanks and planes, the U.S. had pulled the string on Lend-Lease. But before the Russians could benefit, the aid must reach, not only Russia, but Russia's fighting fronts...
...Woodrow Wilson, became his devoted follower. When Wilson moved into the White House, Josephus Daniels became Secretary of the Navy. An ardent Dry, he prohibited liquor on board Navy ships. He outraged officers by shaking hands with seamen. He tried to make sailors wear pajamas. In his black string tie and his flat-brimmed, North Carolina planter's hat, he was a walking affront to the ramrod dignity of the admirals...
When Werner Janssen formed his symphony last year, critics praised its smooth string playing (its motto: "Every man a Heifetz"), the variety of its music. But when the Janssen Symphony wangled eight dates on California's Standard Symphony Hour, the Los Angeles Philharmonic began to jitter. The Philharmonic, founded in 1919 by Copperman William Andrews Clark Jr., and nurtured until his death in 1934 by about $3,000,000 of his money, now depends on the public for support (deficit: $100,000 or more a year). The Philharmonic was afraid that Los Angeles could not support two symphonies...
...year at Manhattan's Rainbow Room), composer of moderately successful popular songs, has been with Victor for two years, dreaming up ideas for the children's list. In the current lot are: Long-Name-No-Can-Say (about a Chinese baby with a long name); One String Fiddle (about a Tennessee mountain boy named Irby and his dog Billiam) ; Owl and the Pussy Cat and Other Nonsense Songs-verses by Edward Lear, old friend to many a parent, deftly set and orchestrated for the first time (except the title song...
...yard run by Jack Piebes, second string halfback, won the Jayvee game for the Cadets Saturday, as they nosed out the Crimson...