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...star Helen Stephens, last week failed to produce a repetition of the embarrassment that occurred at Amsterdam in 1928 when debate about the sex of a Japanese broad jumper named Hitmoni did not end until she was ungraciously described in an official statement as "It." In Berlin famed Ted Meredith, onetime (1912) Olympic champion runner, now coaching Czechoslovakian girl athletes, related the sad case of his ablest sprinter, who qualified for the Olympics in record-breaking time, then decided to turn male. Said gloomy Coach Meredith: "I argued with her but lost the decision. She is now a male athlete...
Apes. The Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology have a colony of about 40 chimpanzees which, because sexual and social experiments are constantly in progress, make frequent news. Last week Dr. Henry Wieghorst Nissen and Meredith P. Crawford ran off motion pictures showing altruism and co-operation among the apes. When one animal had food and another in an adjoining cage had none, the hungry one would beg by thrusting his hand through the bars. Often the other chimpanzee would share his food, especially if the two were well acquainted. Sometimes, however, the ape with food would simply shake hands with...
With their symphonic pride restored, San Franciscans listened last week to the premiere of a symphony which was supposed to be inspired by San Francisco's glories. Composer and conductor of the performance was Meredith Willson, born 33 years ago in Mason City, Iowa. At 17 Composer Willson was playing the flute in Sousa's band, later joined the New York Philharmonic, now works in San Francisco as a musical director for National Broadcasting Co. In his Symphony No. 1 in F, Composer Willson was first mindful of the pioneers who settled the city, then of the Great...
Last week Ernest R. ("Pop") Haselwood looked like a good bet against the field. Bus Transportation, McGraw-Hill trade journal, was tabulating returns in its contest, not to be decided until late this year, to discover who is the safest bus driver in the U. S. Owen Meredith of Enid. Okla. drove 976,800 miles without scratching a fender. Ancel Mistier of Sedalia, Mo. turned up with a no-accident record of 950,000 miles. But "Pop" Haselwood of Chappell, Neb. in 20 years had driven 1,772,651 miles without a ''chargeable" accident. Driver Haselwood...
...Republic) has nothing, except its title, in common with Meredith Nicholson's 1905 best seller. It is a spy melodrama of the old school, concerning code letters, the Simplon Express, diplomats in Geneva and a beautiful dancer (Rosita Moreno) who gives her admirers knockout drops. The courier (Phillips Holmes) whose job is to deliver a message on which the peace of Europe depends, succeeds in doing so, aided by a young female tourist (Mae Clarke) and not too seriously hampered by the head of the spy ring (Irving Pichel...