Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Like a proud papa recounting the feats of his offspring, the Communist organ L'Humanité* ticked off the high spots of 20 days of anti-American activity in France. Item: at Revel, in Haute-Garonne, "300 peasants tore up surveyors' markers at a new military airbase." Item: at Saint-Quentin, "youth made a fire of joy out of the tracts and brochures of the [American] occupation." Item: at Toulouse, "street parades against the arrival of munitions . . . from across the Atlantic...
...likely most of them, too upset by the trade, missed the item that told of Willard Marshall's sale to Cincinnati. Marshall, of course, was one of the features of that loudly-praised 1949 deal with the New York Giants...
...Beiderbecke Story (Columbia, 6 sides LP). Third of a series of historical anthologies, this set takes 36 recordings out of the collector's-item class, fixes Cornetist Beiderbecke's halo more firmly in place. Vol. I (Bix and His Gang) finds him at his freest, contains his definitive version of Jazz Me Blues; Vol. II (Bix and Tram) contains his most famous solos (Singin' the Blues, I'm Cornin' Virginia) and happy teamwork with Saxophonist Frank Trumbauer; Vol. Ill (Whiteman Days) has appealing solos by Bix and Bing Crosby, buried in a large dose...
...Eliot '10 will soon again grace the Cambridge scene, columnist Leonard Lyons reported in a syndicated article Tuesday afternoon. Lyons gave no indication of whether Eliot would deliver any address in Cambridge or when he would arrive here. His item merely stated that the poet and essayist was in this country and would be present at "his Harvard reunion." University officials last night claimed no knowledge of the approach of the poet, saying that so far as they knew he was still in England. Attempts to reach either Lyons or Eliot to determine the poet's itinerary were unsuccessful...
...reason: the banks, which ultimately set the credit terms offered by retailers, were proceeding with caution. The American Bankers Association asked member banks to go slow on "easy credit" terms. Warned A.B.A.: the terms should at least be strict enough to force the purchaser to pay for his item before it wears out. California's Bank of America cut its 15% down payment to 10% on radio and TV sets, stretched installments from 18-months to 24. It demanded 30% down for autos, allowed 30 months to pay. Manhattan's National City Bank was even more conservative...