Word: jo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thing to a female Teagarden I've ever heard. Reverse is a riff number entitled Alreet, a phrase currently popular with the Lindy's set. Mediocre arrangement is saved by Krupa's background drumming and more of Anita O'Day's vocal (OKEH) . . . Half the Count Basie rhythm section (Jo Jones and the Count himself) are featured with the Benny Goodman sextet on I've Found A New Baby. Jones' drumming is superb, and well supported by Artic Bernstein on string bass. The reverse, Breakfast Feud, contains some tenor sax which shows Georgie Auld to be improving by leaps...
...does not read "H. M. Pulham, Esquire" for its story. Rather, one reads it for its light satire, its facile style, and, above all, its characters. Bo-Jo Brown, the college athlete, who is imbued with "the Class" and its reunion, is as unforgettable as Bill King, the rugged individualist, who is bored with the whole idea of the twenty-fifth and thinks Bo-Jo is "just a long cool drink of water." Marvin Myles, the girl (sic) with whom Harry first falls in love, is as intriguing a personality as Kay Motford, the girl he eventually marries, is conventional...
...famed Protestant youth leader, Dr. Jo Eijkman was thrown into concentration camp for denouncing the Nazi policy, scoring the persecution of Jews as unChristian, and writing: "If we do not compromise, if we are willing to suffer for our faith, we will find the path to the heart of our people. There are in Holland more than 7,000 who do not want to bow before Baal. And behind these 7,000 and more, stand millions who are united today in one common creed. This union needs no demonstrations. One demonstration is made by them each week, every Sunday morning...
...operations of his own fleet, of training in all three, will command two or more of the fleets if they are concentrated in one operation. Relieved from command will be the present CINCUS, tall, square-chinned James Otto Richardson. When new CINCUS Kimmel takes over, 62-year-old Jo Richardson will head for Washington for a new assignment...
There Ruth (Shirley Booth) tries to write and Eileen (Jo Ann Sayers) hopes for a stage job. And there the sisters are placed in strange and typical Village jeopardies...