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...John said he had received from German Ambassador Leopold von Hoesch "solemn assurance" that no invasion of the Saar by Germany will occur. Expressing his "satisfaction," Sir John then announced that "there has never been any question" of using British troops to restrain the invasion in question...
Minus one hand, his musical career seemed ended. But music obsessed him and he discovered that he could still do wonderful things with his left hand. A year later he gave his second Vienna concert and his prestige spread throughout Europe. Since then Leopold Godowsky and Moritz Rosenthal have made many of his arrangements. Besides last week's Concerto, original music has been written for him by Erich Korngold, Sergei Prokofief, Richard Strauss...
Though all eyes were on Philadelphia, Philadelphia's chances for success were jeopardized by dissension and intrigue within its own Orchestra Association. Philadelphia's musical genius is Leopold Stokowski, who has long publicized his desire to revolutionize opera. Stokowski would have done great things with this year's performances. But the scheme was not his. It was Manager Arthur Judson's and Stokowski refused to help...
...retirement as Governor of Gibraltar. Visitors to Quebec still are shown the summer house where his West Indian slaves are supposed to have held voodoo orgies. He drank a great deal. Mounting debts kept him out of Britain most of his life. In 1818 he married the sister of Leopold I of Belgium. His greatest service to his country occurred when he became the father of a pale and proper little girl who grew up to be Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India, Defender of the Faith. Last week King George quickly let the new Duke of Kent understand...
...them in pure form the active principles of the endocrine glands. When Chemist Edwin Calvin Kendall of the Mayo Clinic isolated thyroxin, the essence of the thyroid, about 15 years ago, a loud cry of applause arose. Since then other hormones have been refined and analyzed. Last week Professor Leopold Ruzicka of Zurich significantly reported in Nature that he had synthesized the male sex hormone. To get it, this altogether reputable scientist attacked hydroxy-ketone, a substance related to acetone, with dihydrocholesterol which is a derivative of cholesterol found in bile, brains and eggs. Nicely controlled chemical procedure produced...