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...once ashore, the pilgrims' troubles began in touristic earnest. They were put through a rigorous customs and herded into a "bare, stinking stable ground" for lodging. Instantly, a horde of Moslem peddlers descended, offering "rushes and branches of trees to lay on the ground . . . water of roses . . . balsam . . . musk ..." Young Arabs so annoyed the pilgrims with their pilfering that the pilgrims were forced to hire watchmen to keep the intruders...
Bartó:k: Violin Sonata No. 2-Roumanian Dances (Tossy Spivakovsky, violin; Artur Balsam, piano; Concert Hall Society, 6 sides). Bartok had just made his final break with musical orthodoxy when he wrote this sonata (1922). Violinist Spivakovsky is the man whose brilliant playing recently set San Francisco talking about Bartok's music (TIME, Jan. 26). Recording (on Vinylite): excellent...
...named yesterday are: Malcolm H. Allen, Jr., Alan Balsam, George I. Bell, Robert K. Bingham, Blair M. Boyd, Jr., John B. Cadigan, Jr., Levin H. Campbell III, John E. Carlson, Jr., Robert B. Clark, Robert C. Cobb, Jr., Walter Coulson, Frederick Deane, Jr., Robert Dudley...
...last week there was unwonted activity among the rolling hills of Grindstone Island, one of the "Misty Magdalens" which lie athwart the Gulf of St. Lawrence steamer lanes. In one spot the scrubby balsam firs had been cleared and a power shovel scooped deep into the earth. At week's end, under a crisp, blue sky, a couple of dozen Madelinot workmen stood around with mining engineers and newsmen to watch a diamond drill bite into the cocoa-colored rock. At a depth of 49 ft. the drill hit high-grade ore containing about 53% metallic manganese. With...
...William James Burger was making a parish call. After he passed the guarded gate at Lower Cupsuptik, he drove through the Maine dusk between high forest walls of spruce and balsam. By the time he reached the Crowley Brook Camp, five deer had bounded out of his headlights' glare...