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...public humiliation Monti and his wife shut themselves in their small house. That night the Montis' lights did not go on, and the house was silent except for the call of a pet blackbird which Monti had taught to whistle Red Flag. After two such nights, the neighbors called the carabinieri, who had to knock down the door to get into the house...
Double Birdie. In Fresno, Calif., a golf ball lustily swatted by C. S. Swanson smacked a blackbird, dropped four feet from the cup, was holed for a birdie...
...witness continued: he was not responsible for the murders of French patriots by Vichyminister Joseph Darnand's notorious "Blackbird" militia. He had denounced no one. In fact, he personally had saved ex-Premier Reynaud and Léon Blum from Gestapo execution. The prosecution confronted Laval with a letter he had written to Pétain: "... A few spectacular executions will prevent disorder and anarchy. . . ." Cried Laval: "I respect human life." (Searing laughter in the courtroom...
...Angeles volunteering has fallen off badly. Information-center clerks complained that plane spotters are so unskilled that they report "every damn blackbird they see as a Messerschmitt...
There's no doubt that jazz is out, as far as Victor and Columbia are concerned. In the past four months Victor has issued one Blackbird record of Barney. Bigard, which is three weeks overdue in the stores. Columbia did a little better with an occasional Basic or Goodman sextet, and much better with a Teddy Wilson album. Only Decca has approximate peace-time output, with two Gams of Jazz albums and about a dozen Bob Crosby records...