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Like Alexander Bittelman, the Russian-born Communist intellectual picked up a fortnight ago in Miami, she is an alien. She came to the U.S. from Trinidad in 1924, and the Department of Justice would like to send her back. She spent one night on Ellis Island and then was bailed out for $1,000. Promptly the Communist apparatus of protest (which involves meetings, indignant telegrams, denunciations) meshed into gear...
Lana Turner, who was suspended last fortnight by M-G-M for refusing 'to play the freewheeling Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers, changed her blonde mind and was gratefully welcomed back...
...fortnight ago, a monkish, grey-bearded 64 but still hungry for new music, Ernest Ansermet was back in the U.S. He had come at the invitation of his friend Arturo Toscanini to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra in four concerts, and he had brought along a briefcase full of surprises. For his first concert, he wrenched the orchestra and three soloists through a jangling, abrasive concerto for harp, harpsichord, piano and strings by Swiss Composer Frank Martin. Last week, he pulled out another new work: the Symphony No. 5 of Czech Composer Bohuslav Martinu. Another surprise: a seldom-heard work...
...England's churchmen were in no joking mood. Last fortnight the Anglican diocesan bishops met privately with the Archbishop of Canterbury to consider whether Viscount Jowitt and the noble Lords had in truth rendered an un-Christian decision, and if so, what to do about...
...hearts derby has been assumed by a mysterious foreign trio, reported by some to be the same men who broke the jaywalking rule in front of the Coop last week. These three desperate characters have left a trail of broken banks and stacked decks after only a fortnight of gaming. Liggett N. Myers '50, consistent loser to the shadowy group, blamed his setbacks on the constant ape-like chatter and periscope eyes of the lanky ensemble...