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...FEATHER CLOAK MURDERS-Darwin and Hildegarde Teilhet-Crime Club ($2). Brave Baron von Kaz (The Ticking Terror Murders) reappears on U. S. territory to unscramble a murderous mess in the Hawaiian Islands. Out of the Baron's prowlings, tantrums, and passion for the beauteous Caryl, Authors Teilhet concoct a tale whose underpinnings are stouter than the average thriller...
...Summer (by Samuel Nathaniel Behrman; Theatre Guild, producer). Like George Bernard Shaw, another regular contributor of wit & wisdom to the Theatre Guild, Playwright Behrman is no longer called upon to concoct a full-fledged drama every time he has assembled enough conversation for a three-act play. Therefore an informed playgoer seldom expects to find great vital issues being wrestled around a Behrman drawing room. What he does expect is a series of sage, civilized and exhaustive discussions on Problems of the Day. This he gets in full measure in End of Summer...
...Though murder stories form the chief mental diet of many a respectable citizen, even the most avid consumers are apt to be apologetic or defiant about their appetite. But they would not admit that detectification is the lowest form of writing. They would point out that the ability to concoct a specious and readable thriller demands more ingenuity and special training than many a novelist can command. And they would further contend that the best murder stories can compete with novels on their own ground. Partisans might instance the tales of Foe, Wilkie Collins and Gaboriau, would certainly mention Dashiell...
...Part of the 'racket'... is to concoct and patent one or more solutions. . . . None of these solutions can be considered useful. Ordinary tap water or physiologic solution of sodium chloride at body temperature is probably more satisfactory...
When the House and Senate conferees sat down to concoct a final draft of the Revenue Act of 1935, they found little to choose in the matter of revenue raising. The House bill was estimated to yield $255,000,000; the Senate bill $254,000,000. Compromising on most features, but junking completely the House's inheritance tax and the Senate's Borah and McCarran amendments, the conferees early this week reached agreements on a bill expected to enrich the Treasury by $250,000,000. Boosted sharply were individual income surtaxes, beginning...