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When Nelson Stepanyan, an Armenian dive-bomber pilot in the Red Air Force, was made a Hero of the Soviet Union, the Russians said that he had destroyed: 78 German trucks, 67 tanks, 63 anti-aircraft guns, 19 mortars, 36 railroad cars, 20 merchantmen and warships (including one destroyer) 13 fuel tankers, twelve armored cars, seven long-range guns, five ammunition dumps, five bridges. Once, wounded, he was forced to land behind the German lines, but guerrillas helped him escape...
Contemplative art connoisseurs are a waning race, but their favorite painter, Armenian-born Hovsep Pushman, can still turn down an offer of $6,000 for one of his small canvases. Last fortnight, in fact, Artist Pushman did so. The values which move Mr. Pushman to such renunciations include the quality of the homes into which his pictures go, not every rich decor being fit for a Pushman. Of the Pushman values, the artist last week gave glimpses in the first interview he has ever given the press...
Thirty-three-year-old Playwright William Saroyan got $60,000 from M.G.M. for his modestly titled Human Comedy, promptly distributed most of it among his innumerable Armenian relatives-whom he had claimed in his draft application as dependents. Result: his dependents ceased to be dependents, and Saroyan was reclassified by his San Francisco draft board as "potential 1-A." The playwright asked deferment in order to carry through with a serial production, beginning this month, of 20 Saroyan plays. Said he: "We have a terrific program outlined. If I were drafted or given a commission to do writing it couldn...
...night came Richard Krebs ("Jan Valtin"), of his autobiographical chiller admitted: "I added the experiences of some other people to make the book as effective as possible." Armenian Dikran Kouyoumdjian (Michael Arlen), glossy darling of the '20s (The Green Hat), reached Manhattan by freighter from Britain, en route to Hollywood. Latest report on the other Armenian, William Saroyan: he plans to start a saloon modeled on his play, The Time of Your Life, on Manhattan's fly-blown Third Avenue...
Once in Boston, the biggest problem was still to be faced. Vag's roommate had given him the name of an Armenian restaurant which had "lots of atmosphere," They took a full twenty minutes to find the place, and when they finally did it turned out to have so much "atmosphere" that Vag was sure she would think it a joint. The menu was filled with foreign names that seemed as long and complicated to cook as they were to spell. It was so late when they finished eating that, if he hoped to get back to Briggs...