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These observations appeared last week in a provocative new book about New York titled No Mean City (Dutton; $3). Though the name of its author, Simeon Strunsky, is reasonably familiar (he has written nine previous books), the man himself is one of the nation's least-known big-time journalists. Rare indeed is the New York Times reader who knows that Simeon Strunsky is the anonymous writer of the paper's witty, erudite editorial-page column, "Topics of the Times...
...Colonel General Fedor Tolbnkhin, captor of Taganrog. A huge man with a heavy, calm, intelligent face, he is the septet's least-known member. One of five army chiefs who helped to trap Friedrich von Paulus, Tolbukhin this year jumped two grades within four months. Equally adept in the use of cavalry and tanks, he used both last month to punch holes in the German defenses in the south. Last week he stage-managed a "little Stalin-grad" at Taganrog...
...epitaph for gentle, charming, intelligent Leslie Howard, whom the Nazis this month shot down in the Bay of Biscay (TIME, June 14). Howard produced, directed and played the lead in the film. The picture itself is a finely tasteful, faithful biography of one of Britain's newest and least-known heroes-the late, great aircraft designer Reginald Joseph Mitchell. As designer of the tactically superior* Spitfire fighter, Mitchell was one of a few men-Churchill was another -whose foresight had much to do with saving Britain and her allies...
...fourth term campaign got off last week to a somewhat embarrassing start. A crew of some of the least-known political hacks in the Democratic Party, headed by Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, appeared at the White House and mumbled to the President to run again. Said Walker to reporters...
...Chicago's least-known citizens is short, silver-haired Charles Arthur Tilt, 65, who lives in a swanky Gold Coast apartment, is an expert yachtsman, golfer and skeetshooter, is the owner of a cannon-cracker temper. He is also founder, mainspring and president of smart Diamond T Motor Car Co., which last week estimated its 1942 sales 125% over last year to a record $100,000,000. Diamond T had just announced nine months' profits up 45% to $1,063,000-quite a contrast to the 34% drop in the combined profits of competitors, Mack Trucks and Yellow...