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Bursting with rhythm, Ray really wanted to be a tap dancer like Bill Robinson. He used to sneak into Harlem's hot spots to watch his favorites tap, picked up show money by doing the Lindy Hop (between cheese-it-the-cops) on Broadway street corners at theater time. Bill Robinson is still Ray's idol...
...tactful double knock aroused Vag from his delicious reverie. He laid aside his copy of the latest New Yorker, and the physics text reposing beneath it in his lap, and lumbered towards the door. Probably another solicitor. His friends didn't tap on the door; they banged on it. Well, he had made short work of that Student Council fellow last night, and he felt prepared to face any attack on his privacy and purse this evening...
...Three Bs (boogie-woogie, barrelhouse and blues) with Co-workers Victoria Schools and June Allyson; Maureen Cannon as a forsaken lyrical young lady, singing of her desire to be a Shady Lady Bird, and stopping the show dead in its tracks; triple-talented Betty Anne Nyman as a tap-dancing, singing, acrobatic prom date; a rousing Buckle Down, Winsocki, with a full chorus led by minuscule Tommy...
...Azur. A Fight For Freedom audience of 17,000 cheered when Wendell L Willkie and William S. Knudsen denounced Naziism at Madison Square Garden, Eddie Cantor tripped over his hoopskirts, Swingstress Ella Logan swung Tipperary, Larry MacPhail bussed her, and Bill Robinson tap-danced in a gold-&-ermine suit on "Hitler's coffin." In Moscow, U.S. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt sent over a plate of flapjacks and a can of maple syrup to Lord Beaverbrook. - Japan's Crown Prince Akihito, Tsuguno-Miya, 7, paddled peacefully in the Pacific, produced the jolliest picture...
...Crimson Network reception of FM broadcasts in the near future will remain a rosy dream. On the other hand connections with nearby college stations by telephone may soon enable the Network to tap wider sources...