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...Between the Devil" is a light-hearted musical comedy, urbane and sophisticated, but innocent of satire and wit. Humorous explosives are prepared with care, but as a rule they fizzle instead of firing. Howard Dietz's book is rather flat, both in incident and dialogue, but in ample compensation it does serve as a vehicle for some very pleasant songs, an actor and two actresses of considerable charm, handsome sets, and some amusing byplay...
...first curtain. The second act looks up considerably, however, and the wiles of the bared bigamist in dodging the gendarmes and the bobbies are cleverly contrived. The hero is able to evade the law, but unable to escape from the dilemma of having two lovely wives. Mr. Dietz finally works out an answer to his knotty problem, but modestly discards it, and puts the question up for the audience's solution...
...Mark's New York City Tibbetts, Walter I. Jr. 18 210 6. Choato Winchendon Tyng, William W. 18 160 5.9 Kent Jamaica Plain Witmer, William B. 19 170 5.9 So. Pasadena High Pasadena, Calif. CENTERS Burnham, Amory E. 19 155 5.10 Groton Bolton Dietz, Sheldon 17 185 6.2 Boston Latin Brookline Duff, Levi B. IV 18 155 5.10 Ben Avon High Ban Avon, Pa. Foster, Walter H. Jr. 17 165 5.11 Belmont Hill Belmont Grover, Thomas 19 165 5.9 Roxbury Latin Canton Harder, Lewis B. 19 186 6.1 St. Mark's New York City Holt, Brantley...
...plane was a Douglas DC2 making its regular run from Chicago to Miami. With veteran Captain Stuart G. Dietz, 33, at the controls it settled to the airport at Daytona Beach, Fla. shortly after 4 a. m. Daytona Beach has been an Eastern Air stop only since May but Captain Dietz was completely familiar with the field. Presently, with co-pilot beside him, steward and six passengers strapped in their seats in the cabin, Captain Dietz taxied to the northern end of the 3,700-ft. NW/SE runway, gave his two motors a final revving, hurtled into...
...airliner when it had landed, found the Douglas ripped and tortured like a tin can in which a giant firecracker has burst. Pinned within it were four seriously injured survivors. The fifth survivor-a ten-year-old boy-was thrown free, escaped with bruises. Captain Dietz, also thrown free, was decapitated. The co-pilot and two passengers likewise met instant death...