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Compared with these two, big, handsome Duke Ellington is an earnest, all-round musician. He learned to play the piano capably when he was growing up in Washington, D. C. At 16 he was playing with dance orchestras. In his early twenties he went to New York with a four-piece band of his own. Soon he was bettering the other Harlem jazzleaders by writing his own songs-'"Mood Indigo," "Lazy Rhap-sody," "Cotton Club Stomp," "Hot and Bothered." He has made his own arrangements of such straight tunes as "Limehouse Blues," "Three Little Words" and the Blackbirds score...
...announced an addition to the Wingate Memorial Cup award which is given annually to Harvard's best all-round baseball player in recognition of his ability...
...supported Italy's disarmament proposals at Geneva, because the two countries have long seen eye to eye on most international issues, President Roosevelt and Minister Jung got on famously. President Roosevelt's principal objective prior to the June 12 opening of the conference in London is an all-round tariff truce so that all nations will start from the present scratch. Minister Jung gladly embraced this proposal. The Italian envoy argued that military disarmament must go hand in hand with economic disarmament. To this President Roosevelt heartily assented. They also agreed that "a fixed measure of exchange values...
That list blocks out the chief talking points for the forthcoming face-to-face discussions at the White House. First concrete objective is some new standard of international exchange to stabilize nighty currencies. The Roosevelt Administration, unlike the Hoover Administration, sees no quick return to an all-round gold standard. Yet last week the Bank of England's gold reserve reached $885.000.000, an all-time high, which pointed toward some sort of de facto stabilization of the pound-provided the dollar is not devaluated. The currency situation upsets normal trade channels because of a low-currency country...
...best all-round baseball player, Devens has been awarded the Wingate...