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...engineering after hearing Mischa Elman's debut.* In a Brauhaus he played his way through college, finally landed in vaudeville as "Ben, The Eccentric Violinist." In the early '20s he formed one of the country's leading dance bands (for a while his pianist was Oscar Levant). For years he set the beat at Chicago's College Inn and Manhattan's Roosevelt Grill. On the radio his pseudo-feuding with Walter Winchell became as famous as the sign-off he gave Jan. 15 for the last time: "Au revoir, a fond cheerio...
...Secret Mission. To Syria went General Georges Catroux, the patient go-between of French unity, in his capacity as Coordinator of Moslem Affairs. The purpose of his mission in the Levant was shrouded in secrecy. It might be concerned with French sovereignty in the territory now run by the British military as an invasion base. It might also be concerned with the problem of a restive Moslem populace...
...separate group assembled in Cairo: Britain's Middle Eastern War Cabinet member, Richard G. Casey; General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, who directs operations in the eastern Mediterranean; Vice Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, naval commander in the Levant, Lord Gort of Malta, and others...
...have always wanted an encyclopedia,"* cackled Allen, who had submitted the question himself. "You can give the $57 to charity. Charity always begins at home, and Mr. Levant knows where I live...
...Oscar Levant was easy. He just wanted to know "how much...