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Influenza and its frequent herald, the common cold, are probably due to infection by a submicroscopic virus. Bacteriologists have not understood the exact nature of viruses, particularly whether they are living or dead substances. Because he proved that viruses are lifeless molecules, the American Association for the Advancement of Science last week awarded Dr. Wendell Meredith Stanley of the Rockefeller Institute a $1.000 prize (see p. 39). Next day Dr. Stanley went to bed stricken by influenza...
...fine piano beat from Bill (Count) Basie is an example of his work at its best. The band itself, although not full of individual stars, has that swing peculiar to colored orchestras, giving a good, solid rhythm. Benny's brother, Buster, spells a bit of this disc with his lifeless accordian, but the damage is more than repaired by "Lips" Paige's trumpet work. Keep on the lookout for Basie's Kansas City Orchestra...
PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR-Benjamin Brawley-University of North Carolina Press ($1). Lifeless biography of the poet who rose from a Dayton, Ohio elevator operator to a position as the most celebrated of Negro writers, died...
...Faces", the new review at the Shubert, is, notwithstanding its Broadway run of "seven hilarious months", just another review. A group of new and fairly talented performers, including the Duncan sisters, lift a lifeless script into the regions of just passable entertainment, although the first night audience was liberal enough with its applause...
...Comte de Fels near Paris. Readers are shown the famed and wealthy guests, the small army of beaters, the luxurious luncheon which punctuated the proceedings. LIFE'S last picture in its first appearance is the enormous bag of this day's sport-row after row of lifeless hare...