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...Vancouver, B. C. one day last week, a plump little Belgian lady in her 405 boarded a train bound east across the prairie toward Montreal. She was Anne Françoise Cox, Jimmy's bride of four years, on her way to Britain with Jimmy's ashes. To the wall of her compartment she had clipped Jimmy's picture. Jimmy's big Afghan dog was curled up on the berth...
...wayside station on the shore of Lake Superior Reporter R. G. Anglin of the Toronto Star swung aboard. To him, for the first time since she left Tokyo, Anne Françoise Cox told her story. She had not dared to go to their house after Jimmy died. While friends packed her trunks and shipped them ahead, she went into hiding at the British Consulate until her ship sailed...
...about. Captain Joe Gardella, tough-fibred handyman, will fill in wherever he is needed the most; at present that appears to be the fullback spot. Bill Brown will give him what little relief he needs. George Heiden is firmly entrenched in the blocking quarterback position, and Charley Spreyer and Fran Lee will round out the backfield at tail and wingback respectively...
...beneath St. Martin's in the Fields. He was still talking when the program moved on to the kitchen of the Savoy Hotel, where Bob Bowman described a menu that included eight hors d'oeuvres, eight different kinds of meat and game. With him was famed Chef François Latry, who remarked: "I'm very happy to say hello to my friends . . . and to tell them we are well and food is plentiful. The war has not affected my cooking...
...François is a happy workman on a sanding machine when he meets Françoise (Jacqueline Laurent) on their saint's day. Pursuing elusive young Françoise he meets worldly-wise Clara (Arletty). Over both women has been cast the dark and fascinating spell of Valentin (Jules Berry), an aging dog trainer who loves to tell lies and make simple people unhappy. When François climbs to his garret for the last time, Valentin has accomplished his masterpiece...