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...capitals would blossom on the mesa. Political jobs would increase fourfold. Every U. S. flag would be rendered instantly obsolete. But as clearly as anyone else Leader Garner saw that Texas itself will object to five Texases. The bigness of Texas is the supreme boast of every Texan. To hack the State up into five Arkansases would, to most of its citizens, be dismembering an empire. No longer could Texas brag of the fact that it grew more cotton (five million bales), produced more oil, than any other State. In such a split-up, North Texas would lose the historic...
...curt force of language, descriptive finesse are necessary. Taximan Hazard possesses these literary attributes, provided he wrote his own book. Even if he did not, he is a skilful collaborator. Once a hobo, he says: "I came to New York just to see the sights ... my money ran low. . . . Hack driving seemed to be a very handy way to see New York and eat at the same time." Still at the taxi wheel, he is now about...
...Benson Murder Case (Paramount). This was the first mystery story S. S. Van Dine ever wrote. It is also the least interesting, an approach-none too assured-toward the method he developed in his later books. Paramount hack writers have made it better on the whole with the changes they introduce. Benson, who gets murdered, is a stockbroker. He has ruined several of his customers by selling them out in a market slump and each of the ruined traders has some other, private, reason for killing him. One evening they all meet at Benson's place in the country...
...Modern Psychic Mysteries, Millesimo Castle, Italy, by Gwendolyn Kelley Hack...
...Paris from its enemies and wins the hand of his true love, Louis XI's niece. Although the entire cast, including King, caricatures the parts in the familiar cinematic manner, and although there are painful moments when the immortal Villon must recite dreadful verses organized for him by Hollywood hack writers, The Vagabond King is high-spirited and good-looking enough to be fair entertainment. Best shot: Villon's jailbird army mobilizing to defend the city...