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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thomas the Apostle, believed the work of Simone Martini and valued at $3,000 to $5,000, had disappeared from the Museum's wall almost five years ago (TIME, April 3, 1944). The young saint in his fancy gold halo and blue-green cloak looked as serene as ever, though the panel had broken in two and a few flakes of paint had fallen...
...Saint Thomas out for the last five years? Museum officials had little hope of ever finding out. But of one thing they were certain. Whether or not conscience played a part in the return of the painting, the thief had been in possession of a minor treasure that was not negotiable: the world art market had been alerted to watch out for Saint Thomas, and it could not have been sold without almost certain arrest...
...Athens, she had heard nice things about her voice. The directors of the Athens Conservatory heard her sing when she was 15, gave her six years' free training. In 1936 Bruno Walter gave her work at the Vienna State Opera, and she has been on the Vienna roster ever since. Last October she returned to Athens, sang Carmen eight times in two weeks...
Porter's life is probably one of the knottiest problems that ever tied up a Hollywood story conference. In 1946 Warner Bros, made a film "biography" of Porter called Night and Day (out of which Porter got nothing he could recognize except some of his best songs and $300,000). After hopefully combing through the Porter files, one of the writers assigned to work on the script complained: "There's no struggle-all along the line...
...University of Washington had been wrestling with the problem ever since July. Did the university have the right to fire six professors because they were or had been members of the Communist Party or were associated with Communist causes? Would it be a violation of academic freedom? Last week, the university gave its answer...