Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Radioed from Paris scholarly Editor Hamilton Fish Armstrong of the U.S. quarterly Foreign Affairs: "Why is this not the moment for an eminent American aviator to make a broadcast devoted wholly to denouncing aviators who kill women and children in village streets and on country roads and appealing for millions of dollars to enable the American Red Cross to help the survivors...
...scramble for mountaintops, high buildings. Since the power of an FM transmitter increases with height, the spread of FM broadcasting is expected to put a premium on lofty locations. Prize location in Manhattan is the Empire State Building, in which Major Edwin Howard Armstrong, FM deviser, experimented until RCA booted him out to make way for television...
Other re-issues: "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"--okeh Louis Armstrong, which I suppose is pretty strong recommendation in itself . . . "Shake it and Break It"--King Oliver has played better trumpet than on this one . . . "Peggy" by McKinney's Cotton Pickers--a good example of the playing of the band which introduced powerful ensemble work to jazz . . . "New Orleans Twist"--even though the arrangement is swiped from "Black Magic" which he did for Casa Loma (Brunswick), the trumpet playing of Bunny Berigan and Wingy Mannone makes this Gene Gifford worth getting...
...Bluebird, brings out a Goodman Trio record of "Nobody's Sweetheart" and "More Than You Know" next week. And due out shortly are the following which should be plenty good: "Swing Out" (a new master of this Luis Russell record)... "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" by Louis Armstrong... "New Orleans Twist" by Gene Gifford... "Swing Is Here" by Gene Krupa (with Chu Berry, Roy Eldridge, and Jesse Stacy solos, this is worth getting)... "Peggy" by McKinney's Cotter Pickers... "Stingeree Blues" by King Oliver...
Next morning, fight fans hailed the "best lightweight since Benny Leonard," Sweetwater planned to put Jenkins' picture on the town's official stationery, and the new champion was fixing to buy a ranch with the $10,000 he had earned in seven minutes. "Bring on Henry Armstrong next," drawled the Sweetwater Swatter, itching to get his anvil-strong hands on the welterweight (147 Ib.) champion. "In 30 rounds, Armstrong couldn't knock out the boy ah knocked out in three, so ah ought to do all right with Henry," he added...