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More often the Voice really manages to convey the breadth and the vigor of the American land. A recent instance was the dramatized history of the Missouri Valley, including the Astor Fur Co. and Custer's Last Stand. The piece ended in this trite but nevertheless moving passage: "The great buffalo herds of yesterday live only in the songs of the West now, and where not long ago there were log cabins and small settlements, modern cities bloom-Kansas City, Omaha, Bismarck and all the others. Bridges cross the winding river, carry trains and automobiles from one bank...
...California. Shrewd General Ashley, "the John Jacob Astor of St. Louis," thought he knew a good man when he saw one; but even he did not realize that he had assembled "the most significant group of continental explorers ever brought together." The man who became the group's most outstanding graduate was a 24-year-old New Yorker named Jedediah Strong Smith, an ex-clerk on a Great Lakes freighter who had come to town in time to spot Ashley's ad. Three years later, when beaver-rich General Ashley retired from the field and sold his interests...
...Foolish Heart." Samuel Goldwyn, the producer, is happy: despite adverse reviews, this, his latest product, is making a heap of money. The Academy Award nominating board is happy: the movie's heroine, Susan Hayward, has been nominated for the best actress of the year. The manager of the Astor Theater is happy: not only is his theater well-filled even on afternoons, but his floor is so well-washed with tears that it must need only a dry mop at the end of the day. And, of course, the audience this film has found is happy: they must be telling...
...stupidest thing women do is to continually succumb to changing fashions," grumbled Lady Astor in London. "What would we say if men changed the length of their trousers every year...
...expert in Far Eastern affairs, Field spent the war echoing Moscow's demands for a second front and helping plan and finance a scheme to bring the most active Red fronts under one roof. A busy hive of half a dozen front groups is the old three-story Astor office at 23 West 26th Street. Field supports it with his inherited wealth...