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Among the shops and cafes that crowd the sidewalks of East 85th Street, Manhattan, the Little Casino Bar Restaurant at No. 206 was barely noticeable. Men & women came and went with a great air of having nothing to do but listen to the juke box playing soft German tunes. Richard Eichenlaub and his plump wife placidly drew beer, placidly dished out Wiener Schnitzel. One day early this week, Herr Eichenlaub suddenly disappeared...
...event of considerable importance to the juke boxes of the U.S. Southwest occurred last week when Decca recorded Ramon Armengod, Mexico's Bing Crosby, singing Amor, Amor, Amor, Mexico's "new song." It is a cancion bolero with a lovely, lazy melody and a fetching Franz Lehar swipe at the end of the middle part, and Senor Armengod has the voice to sing it bravely. But Amor, Amor, Amor is not new. It has been played south of the Bravo (Rio Grande to Yanquis) for several years. It is called new by Mexicans because, with the fierce competition...
Died. Max ("Boo-Boo") Hoff, 48, tiny, roistering gambler, promoter, boxing-stable manager who made millions selling illicit liquor during Prohibition years, lost everything after Repeal, ended by running a soda-pop juke joint in West Philadelphia; apparently of an overdose of sleeping tablets; in Philadelphia...
...England, skiers from the city discovered square dancing, in many another locality, square dances spread from town halls and country fairs to roadside juke joints. Today there are organized square-dance groups in many a city, including New York, El Paso, Chicago and Colorado Springs, where Lloyd Shaw is a particularly zealous propagandist of the sashay. In Massachusetts, an Extension Specialist in Community Organization and Recreation has trained 2,000 young people to call figures, spread their knowledge to some 150,000 others who never do-se-doed in their lives...
Currently many a Texan sings of national defense. On a single Southwest juke box may be found I'm Lending You to Uncle Sam (sung by Bonnie Blue Eyes), Oh! They're Makin' Me All Over in the Army (Dick Robertson). Tall, slow-talking Red River Dave (Dave McEnery), who has written 200 songs, lately got off I'd Rather Fight for My Country Than Fight With a Wife...