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...dull one as far as music is concerned, because ASCAP has possession of all of Sousa's best marching songs. CBS and NBC are building soundproof broadcasting units along Pennsylvania Avenue in order to prevent any music from going out over the air. God Bless America, the new national anthem, will not be heard at all until this argument is settled...
...exciting, improbable yarn full of Nazi spics and modern Mata Haris. This bit of propaganda carries all the suspense of Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent," but it loses a good bit of punch by splitting the male lead amongst Conrad Veidt, the Union Jack, and Denmark's national anthem...
...week 8,000,000 U. S. citizens dutifully visited their schools to reaffirm their faith in education as the bread and meat of U. S. democracy. It was American Education Week, and its slogan this year was "Education for the Common Defense." Visitors saw much flag-saluting, heard much anthem-singing. But beyond that, they found educators confused, uncertain what had to be done. Disquieting to progressives was a Spartan trend toward calisthenics instead of games, military drill for boys, more homework, less music...
...evening last week German Ambassador Franz von Papen turned up at an official ball in Ankara, just as President Ismet Inönü arrived. While the band played the national anthem, Istiklal Ma-schi, and all the guests stood at attention, Ambassador von Papen tactlessly marched into the ballroom at the head of his delegation. Next morning he rushed off to Berlin, and Ankara buzzed with talk of German pressure on Turkey...
...chanted again as in Philadelphia: "We want Willkie!" During one interlude of cheering, Maestro Walter Damrosch, sitting in a box, jumped up, and tried with husky voice and tears in eyes to sing My Country, 'Tis of Thee. Willkie finished his speech. The crowd rose to the national anthem, while the spotlight held their candidate in its silver glare...