Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same without it. After all, he and the Rhythm Boys were making records with Bix Beiderbecke back in the Twenties, and since then some of his best work has been done in the company of swing artists (And if you didn't see Bing and Louie Armstrong in "Pennies From Heaven" you missed a treat). Today, of course, he's the only male ballad singer who is tolerated by members of his own sex. The luscious-lipped groaners of the Ray Eberle variety may be all right for a few frustrated high-school girls, but for those who want...
...advertisers dare to sponsor. From Montreal came the rich voice of Marian Anderson, from Hollywood the mean rhythms of Duke Ellington, from Manhattan one of the jaunty routines of the world's No. i tap dancer, Bill Robinson. Among others who crowded a lively hour were Trumpeter Louis Armstrong, Actor Canada Lee (see p. 76), Violinist Eddie South. Of all the performers only three had sponsored berths in radio: Eddie Anderson, the Rochester of the Jack Benny show, Band Leader John Kirby and Comedian Eddie Greene of Duffy's Tavern. Obvious is the reason so few have made...
...talking about Rugg. Professor Rugg reports off-the-record tete-a-tetes with his critics (whom he usually managed to mollify), names his chief foes - New York State Economic Council's Merwin K. Hart, Elizabeth Dilling (The Red Network), Hearst Columnist B. C. Forbes, American Legionnaire 0. K. Armstrong, Journalist George E. Sokolsky. He quotes Hart: "If you find any organization containing the word 'democracy,' it is probably . . . affiliated with the Communist Party." More intriguing than the textbook battle is Professor Rugg's account of the rise of U. S. "frontier thinkers." A descendant...
...Terese Armstrong, 23-year-old British Legation stenographer, had also lost an arm, but death did not come to her for more than 30 hours. Instantly killed were four Turks, two of them hotel porters. The toll of wounded was 30. British First Secretary James Lambert was badly burned, slightly cut. When Minister Rendel came bounding down the Pera Palace stairs to see what all the noise and smoke was about he found his private secretary, Miss Gertrude Ellis, bleeding from serious wounds. His daughter and Legation Hostess, Ann Rendel, 21, had been knocked down by the force...
...Casa Cram in Monterrey (largest manufacturing centre in Mexico) distributes hardware and tools for Armstrong Manufacturing Co., Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co., abrasives for Carborundum Co., etc. Its owner: Herr Hans Cram, the Nazi Consul...