Word: lightly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Beacon Light (Sun. 10 p.m., Mutual). The Grand Lodge of Masons breaks into radio to dramatize its campaign for rheumatic fever research. Guests: Walter Hampden, Reinald Werrenrath...
...consolation for the injustices and burdens of life in a capitalistic world. . . . The bourgeois American subscribes to the same definition of religion as Marx. In America religion is generally cherished merely for its consolation value. A tremolo on the organ, a theologically inaccurate sermon full of sweetness and light, a studious avoidance of the ghastly details of the Passion and our contribution to it, a sentimental misinterpretation of the Sermon on the Mount, the presentation of a God who always understands, demanding no greater retribution than a few coins dropped in the collection box: this is the psychological haircut, shave...
...Camille Bombois is one of Paris' best-selling "primitive" (self-taught) painters. He lives with his wife and their canary in a cosily cluttered little house on the Rue Emile-Desvaux, painting steadily and tidily far into the night, by the light of a big electric lamp. Sometimes he takes a day off to explore the countryside around Paris, armed with a camera. Most of his pictures, including the nudes, are painted from photographs. "I can't be bothered with models," says Bombois, "and anyway my studio is too small for that kind of business...
...Green Light. After an 18-day strike, 173 pilots of American Overseas Airlines went back to work and a contract was signed. The company made an ominous announcement: midwinter operations, which would reduce by one-third the number of transatlantic nights, would begin two months ahead of schedule. For this reason "not all" of the 1,325 employees laid off during the pilots' strike would be recalled...
...prep schoolers just couldn't stop fullback Johnny White or halfback Johnny West whenever they chose to pick up some yardage. West smashed through the line for a five or six yard gain almost every time he carried the ball, while White, light and fast, swept around either end regularly for long advances...