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...expecting to see any bright lights," warned Perry Carmichael, once an Oklahoma City teacher, and now Emperor Haile Selassie's director of elementary education. But he did promise 20? butter, 40? chickens, a three-year contract with a starting salary of $3,000 to $4,500 a Year (Oklahoma City's starting salary: $2,000). Besides, he said reassuringly, Haile Selassie is "as amiable as an Oklahoman." The emperor promised to pay passage over, but anyone returning within the first three years will have to pay his or her own way back...
...nearly 20 years ago, Mildred Bailey lowered her mountainous bulk into her niece's tot-sized red rocking chair to pass the time of day with friend Hoagy Carmichael. When she tried to get up, the chair got up with her. Said Mildred with a laugh: "This ol' rockin' chair's got me, I guess." A month later, Composer Carmichael had finished the song that made Mildred famous...
Among the other creative works that attracted considerable visitor comment: two oils (Blue Daisies and Flowers) by Bea Lillie; a Hoagy Carmichael landscape (Miami Skyline...
Someone the size of Novelist Henry James might have made something out of this tormented story; it is quite a tribute to the present, less talented company that they make it even bearable. Neither the stars nor Hoagy Carmichael nor Ethel Barrymore can make it better than that. However, either Mr. Andrews or his makeup man has managed an effective illusion of blind eyes. Also, it appears that those involved in this movie about music are at least musically housebroken...
...testimony to tell the commission that his shaky line needed a Government handout, and fast. But nothing the Government could do was fast enough for Monro. After he got back from testifying, his principal creditors got together and eased him out of the presidency. Operations Manager J. H. ("Slim") Carmichael, 40, onetime pilot, was upped into...