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...told the King that the situation was even graver than he thought!" flashed former Prime Minister Jose Sanchez Guerra, leader of an abortive plot two years ago to overthrow the Dictatorship (TIME, Feb. 11, 1929). "His Majesty came forward and clasped me in his arms, saying, 'It is good to see you, Jose...
These are the reported figures. Because physicians usually report only the graver cases of influenza, health commissioners estimate that the actual number of people ill with influenza is five times the reported number...
...Chicago Symphony under Frederick Stock (Victor, $8)-A scholarly reading of the happy Spring Symphony written by Schumann soon after his marriage to rigid .Clara Wieck. Schumann's Symphony No. 2 by the Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra under Hans Pfitzner (Brunswick, $7.50)-Schumann in a graver, more classic mood capably interpreted. Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe by Philippe Gaubert and Orchestre des Concerts Straram (Columbia, $4)-An excellent performance of the symphonic suite commissioned by the late Serge Diaghilev for his Russian Ballet. The originality and finish which marked even Ravel's earliest work is shown in this...
...Hitherto we have been giving away lands right and left, the only result being the creation for the nation of a fearful compromise - fearful because the Agrarian bonds in their entirety are in the hands of American bankers. What is graver is that they have reached their hands at the ridiculous price of 14? per peso...
Author Parker is more entertaining when she is funny, but more herself in graver or more spiteful key. Mr. Durant is the story of a man who got into trouble with his stenographer, out of it with the help of what he doubtless imagines is providence. Little Curtis is a small, indeterminate but pathetic boy who has had the misfortune to be adopted by the very respectable first lady of a very small town. Best story: Big Blonde, which won first prize in the O. Henry Memorial award (1929). It is the story of a good-natured woman who takes...