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...Jersey State Court of Pardons last week paroled a lifer, Negro Clinton Brewer, because during 19 years in jail he had become a musician. He had written Stampede in G Minor, a jazz tune which sold well on an Okeh record; stood to get an orchestra arranger's job if freed. Convict Brewer, who had killed his wife during a quarrel, lost his speech because of a prison neurosis. Negro Richard Wright, author of Native Son (the story of a Negro killer), became interested in Musician Brewer. So did Jazz Pundit John Hammond and Band Leader Count Basie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prisoner's Song | 7/28/1941 | See Source »

Captain Willard of the Army, and Lieutenant Brewer of the Navy, each with young officers who have recently finished their training, will answer any questions and advise men interested in the aviation programs. Army and Navy training School movies will be shown. All members of the University are urged to attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Open Meeting to be Held by Flying Cadet Board Tonight | 5/21/1941 | See Source »

Married. Adolphus Busch Orthwein, 23, grandson of late Brewer August Busch (Anheuser-Busch), who was kidnapped ten years ago and recovered unharmed next day; and Ann Patricia Thornley, 20, Manhattan debutante; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 12, 1941 | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

...large number of fairly equal men on a squad is always a trouble brewer, but with the Yardling oarsmen it has turned out to be a first-class jinx. Beginning right after the vacation, Love tried every possible combination to build up a winning boat, but the crews that looked good on paper the night before could never beat their second-seeded rivals, and the number-two boat had an uncanny knack of winning...

Author: By Henry N. Platt jr., | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 5/7/1941 | See Source »

With Correspondent Brewer as he arrived in Budapest was CBS Radio Correspondent Cecil Brown-thrice arrested on suspicion of spying-who told of the "odor of death which hangs over the half-destroyed capital" as he watched German soldiers dig out a few of the 7,000 dead, the 10,000 wounded. Stranded in Zagreb was A.P. Correspondent Max Harrelson, his passport seized by the new puppet Croat Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Missing Correspondents | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

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