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Early American Carols and Folk Songs (John Jacob Niles, ballad singer; Victor: 8 sides; $3.50). Strumming a dulcimer, Kentuckian Niles croons ancient carols, rousing ditties like The Frog and the Mouse and The Carrion Crow...
...cost of the last war to science, and an economic group will investigate the effects of the last war on labor and will write a leaflet on its findings. A music committee, under the direction of Lawrence B. Grose '41, will attempt to popularize an anti-war ballad being composed by Dexter P. Nichols '41. Plans are being made to have a "No Wilson Promises" group in the Glee Club introduce the song...
There'll Always Be An England (British Fusiliers Military Band; Columbia). The patriotic ballad that, among other things, is keeping British hearts high in spite of the blare of Hitler's bombers...
Married. Theodora Griffis, 25, daughter of Stanton Griffis, chairman of the executive committee of Paramount Pictures and of the board of Madison Square Garden Corp.; and leftish Lyricist John Patrick Digues Treville Latouche, 23, author of Ballad for Americans, collaborator on Ethel Waters' latest Broadway hit, Cabin...
...Leading phonograph record makers startled the industry in August by: 1. Withdrawing all records by German composers. 2. Cutting in two the price of classical records. 3. Calling "Ballad for Americans" Red propaganda. 4. Turning thumbs down on swing music. 5. Putting an $18 radio-phonograph on the market...