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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Diamond Lil (by Mae West; produced by Albert H. Rosen & Herbert J. Freezer) is probably the masterwork of the unversatile author of Sex, Pleasure Man, The Constant Sinner and Catherine Was Great. As a vehicle, at any rate, Lil remains after 21 years a good sturdy Mae Western. Too dated in 1928 to date much since, and so bad a play that it has considerable merit as a parody, Diamond Lil gives Miss West every chance to shoot the works, to be as majestically unrefined and unreformed as she knows...
...Good Bit More. Lewenthal, proprietor of the moneymaking Associated American Artists Galleries (Manhattan, Chicago, Beverly Hills), who has promoted the work of many a U.S. artist (e.g., Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton) on to Christmas cards, De Beers diamonds ads, etc., offered to buy the picture for 50,000 francs (about $400 at the time). But the canny patron was in no hurry; after the painting was authenticated as Van Gogh's, he upped his price to a good bit more. Lewenthal paid the price, but for "two years of agony" he could not get the picture...
Last week Else and Irma were busy making Adelheide their home. They brought in evergreen branches to decorate their room. With a saw borrowed from the carpentry shop, they made little frames for the pictures of their relatives. Else could hardly get over their good fortune...
...atmosphere as possible, the children are divided into groups of 25 or 30, each known as a "family" and supervised by a trained young man or woman proctor. All go to school from 8 to 12:30 every weekday. Afternoons are spent in games or chores. Meals are as good as the average German fare-two light meals a day and one "big" dinner (such as broth, goulash, sauerkraut, potatoes, plum pudding...
...what local churches do or do not do about the new United Church of Christ is, according to the terms of the merger, up to them. Following good Congregational practice, all must vote individually whether to change names, merge congregations, or just go along as though nothing had happened. The two denominations will definitely become one only on the national level, in their programs for Home Missions, Foreign Missions, Christian Education and Social Action...