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...Summertime, a somewhat sulphurous title for this report of a serious-minded and even noble experiment, tells about the summer holiday of four young men and four girls, Norwegians all, and all unmarried, emancipated, intellectual. Congenial companions in civilization, they thought it a good idea when a friend lent them an isolated island for the summer. All of them had work to do and were serious about doing it, each of them looked forward to a productive holiday. They were quite sure no sentimental complications would upset them...
...Roumanian Diary is the journal of a German doctor who served on the Roumanian front in the winter of 1916. Primarily a physician, a man of peace, he never strikes the professionally martial note. Once an artillery officer pointed out to him where the Roumanians were supposed to be, lent Dr. Carossa his field-glasses. "Turning a little screw, I suddenly discovered behind a juniper thicket a whole band of Roumanians digging themselves in; my first impulse was to tell the officer, but then I felt discouraged and said nothing." One of his duties was to help censor...
...Baldwin began a political dogfight with two of the loudest snarlers in all Britain: the "Press Lords ' Viscount Rothermere and Baron Beaverbrook, famed "Hearsts of England" (TIME Feb. 10). Tooth and nail they are fighting to tear leadership of the Conservative Party from Mr. Baldwin. Major significance was lent to this combat last week when Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald referred officially...
...army rules Bolivia," and until recently Dictator Hernando Siles ruled the army through his stiff-necked, unpopular, efficient General Hans Kundt, German Major-General lent to Bolivia by the Kaiser in 1910, naturalized Bolivian...
...Bleecker Street. Generation after generation of Bleeckers were strongly represented in New York's political, social and business life until recently. Designer Bleecker studied at the Bach School of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Michigan. He conceived his helicopter idea six years ago, took it in 1926 to Curtiss, who lent their resources and facilities to its development...