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...Died. Marcel Pilet-Golaz, 68, twice (1934, 1940) President of Switzerland, dapper "Anthony Eden of Swiss politics," who resigned as Foreign Minister in 1944 because of criticism for his handling of Soviet relations; of a heart attack; in Paris...
...Well Digger's Daughter, which Marcel Pagnol made just before the war, has all the ingredients of some of Frank Capra's films, like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. It is almost as old; it has a good deal of comedy, a heavy dollop of pathos, and something of a social message. It is entertaining-about as entertaining as Mr. Smith would be to a French audience...
...Died. Marcel Cachin, 88, hoary old man of the French Communist Party, director (since 1918) of its militant daily L'Humanité, dean (by age) of the French National Assembly; after long illness; in Paris...
Lost Battle. Last week a retired army officer named Marcel Doher was up for his fourth and last stand on the show. His brawny crutch, France's crack 400-meter relay team, waited on a track nearby. When Doher failed to identify the French priest (Abbe Henriot) who in 1815 became a close friend and horseback-riding crony of Napoleon, the scene shifted to Brawn. The team matched its former record of 45 seconds flat, giving Brain another go at Napoleon, but Doher missed again, and by this time the relay boys were tired. Twice the baton was dropped...
...hybrid in 1846, he contributed a new instrument to the military band. In time his saxophone traveled across the Atlantic, became a mainstay of jazz. But the saxophone has always had its strict classical disciples. Last week one of the best and most influential of them, France's Marcel Mule, made his U.S. debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and convincingly demonstrated just how good the serious alto sax can sound...