Word: happeners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good education in piano jazz. Their work is not a puerile brand of music which can be quickly dismissed, and at the same time it's sufficiently simple to arouse the interest of the tyro. Finally, it's been a very good build-up for what's going to happen tonight on the Network. Earl Hines will be down there from 7:30 to 8:00 (prior to doing a one-nighter at Paul Revere Hall). The "Father," who will be interviewed by jazz critic George Frazier, plans to speak on some fundamentals of jazz piano, demonstrating them...
Only obstacle at present seems to be the fear of the police of what might happen with the gendarmes sporting on the alleys and the Yard unguarded...
...invasion from Mars. Yet military men know that such an attack might, become real. They also know that even a minor raid might cause catastrophic mass hysteria. Sixty minutes of hokum in an Orson Welles broadcast three years ago gave them a rough idea of what could happen...
...from the Quartermaster Corps in Washington, camp officers bought 26 miles of 60-lb. rail from the Southern Railway. Army regulations required 80-lb. rail. Said Mr. Engel: "It looks to me as though the Southern . . . unloaded some of its light rails. ... I am wondering what is going to happen should the Army ever attempt to send [over it] a trainload of mechanized equipment or railroad artillery...
...pelted with coal and chased by strikers who didn't want to be photographed. But for the opening he put on his best suit, later guest-of-honored at a celebrity-thronged party at the Record offices. Said he: "It's the greatest thing that can ever happen...