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...month-old twins; a weeping woman who had to leave her Norse husband and two children; oilmen from Russia, the Balkans, Arabia; swarming European-Americans in third class who gabbled in Italian, Norwegian, Danish; enough black-tied plutocrats, equally scared, to inspire Captain George V. Richardson to dub his cargo "refugees in dinner coats"; seminarians from the North American (Catholic) College in Rome, relaxing in sport clothes as bright as Joseph's raiment. Also bound westward (from Ireland) was the refugee-laden President Roosevelt. Cracked incorrigible Londoners, awaiting Hitler's bombs: "Gone With the Wind...
...Gazette that it has been called Sweden's Manchester Guardian. Segerstedt's column, I Dag (Today), is masterful journalism. He has a rare faculty for clothing deadly sarcasm (about Hitler, Stalin, various native enemies of democracy) in words so innocent that even Minister Westman cannot dub them "offensive." Sample: "What cannot be hidden is the opinion the Swedish people have of the powers which are struggling to dominate them. . . . They cannot be made to believe that we must huddle together like quiet mice, hoping the cat will go easy...
...phonograph record. With other able professionals, Rothschild recorded standard classical quartets and sonatas. Each record was made with one part missing. For violinists he made a violinless quartet, for cello players a cello-less one. By playing one of these records, the lone amateur violinist or cellist could dub in his part as best he could, have the fun and profit of playing quartets with three top-notch virtuosos. If he made mistakes or got lost, all he had to do was stop the record. The idea caught on. Last year in the U. S. Gamut Recording Co. issued sololess...
Archeologists say that Egyptian kings played checkers 3,500 years ago. The earliest modern book on the game was written by one Torquemada in 1547. Neither the Rameses nor Torquemada was much concerned over the checker problems of the dub, but the latest book on checkers is. Published this week, How to Play Winning Checkers (Simon & Schuster; $1.50) is authored by an expert with the encouraging name of Hopper...
...happen to know the personnel of the group which you dub "An A. M. A.-inspired citizens' committee." This attempt to slur a group of distinguished, public-spirited Chicagoans reflects only discredit upon the source of your news...