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Lauer, author of the famous interpretation of "Minny the Mooch" in connection with the Military Law Course, won the Commanding Officer's award, a set of gold bars and Air Force insignia, for being the "best all-round man of Class 7-43." Chvat, who was congratulated on being the highest ranking officer in his class, has been assigned to the Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics...
...eternal itinerary Artur Rubinstein brings music of rich feeling combined with as much all-round mastery of the piano as any man can show. And it brings him a steady income of over $100,000 a year. He is also one of the recording industry's biggest sellers, whose discs annually gross over $500,000. His Tchaikovsky Concerto (Victor) started a national furor a year ago when Bandleader Freddie Martin heard it and made a popular arrangement that was worn ragged in juke boxes from coast to coast. Rubinstein's proper version, riding the crest with Martin...
Died. John Borican, 29, Negro middle-distance runner, record-breaking all-round athlete, only man ever to hold the national decathlon and pentathlon championships at the same time; after wasting away from 170 lb. to 110 in three months; in Bridgeton...
...Allen, 29, a tall, thin, dark-and-curly-haired, good-looking young man from Alabama, wears clothes like a fashion plate from Esquire. Mel likes to wisecrack, does it often in a pleasant, comfortable voice. Like Red Barber, Allen seldom gets ruffled. Before he turned broadcaster he was an all-round athlete at Alabama U. (nickname: "The Skyrocket") and a semi-pro ballplayer. He is one of the most versatile and accurate U.S. sportscasters. When he reads from a script, his voice has no particular accent, but when he ad libs it comes straight from Dixie. Probable yearly earnings: above...
...amazing aviation know-how, his endless vitality, his ability to inspire trust -to say nothing of the fact that none of the airmail charges was ever proved. P.G. started in aviation in 1917, when he landed a job in the old Boeing factory. Zest, bright ideas and an all-round knowledge of machines made him president in 1926. To get a bigger market for his airplanes, Johnson set up United Aircraft & Transport in 1928, soon whipped it into the biggest U.S. aviation combine. Then came the infamous airmail investigation which cost him his job, his factories and part...