Word: weekes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three years ago last week, in slickers and galoshes, under umbrellas and sodden newspapers, thousands of U. S. citizens stood on the great plaza before the Capitol, saw skullcapped Charles Evans Hughes swear in bareheaded Franklin Delano Roosevelt to uphold and defend the Constitution...
...Last week the famous one-third was little better off. But the other two-thirds were thinking of other things-specifically, one thing: Will Franklin Roosevelt be the first man to make a Third Inaugural Address...
...moral climate had been feverish and hot, as the country climbed out of the Depression. Last week the atmosphere was very different: a citizenry shagging to the tune of Oh Johnny! refused to take the 1940 Campaign seriously until it knew where Franklin Roosevelt stood. Round-shouldered Columnist Raymond Clapper reported that the Midwest had only the "mildest interest" in the Presidential race. Whirling Washington agreed generally that, while Franklin Roosevelt is evidently preparing to retire, he is a light sleeper and is leaving his bedroom door open...
Jenunie Bunker failed to clear his customary six feet when last he appeared at the Garden. Rob Partlow, his partner in defeat in that week, will not take part in this one: he's an old timer at six feet, though and many not used the practice too badly...
Records take a sharp upturn this week, and are much more interesting than they have been in a long while. Leading the list is Earl Hines' "Rosetta," a piano solo cut a few weeks ago on Bluebird with "Glad Rag Doll" on the other side, a solo that he made for Victor in 1929. As far as I am concerned, this disc settles once and for all who plays the most piano. Up until about two years ago, I' still thought that the "Father" was the top of them all, but after that he didn't do any recording...