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Bartolc: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (Bela Bartok, piano; Joseph Szigeti, violin; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Columbia: 4 sides). Hungarian Composer Bartok (see p. 45) wrote these paprika-pungent pieces in 1938, expressly for his good compatriot-friend Szigeti and Szigeti's good Midwestern friend Goodman...
...Midwestern, isolationist audience he said: "We do not want to send our boys over there again, and we do not intend to. If you elect me President, we will not. ... I believe if you elect the third-term candidate they will be sent." He finished. CBS Announcer John Charles Daly drew his fingers across his throat, traditional signal that allotted radio time was up. People began to get up, still applauding. Willkie began to speak again, extemporaneously, lifted his audience as he had not lifted them before...
Last week Midwestern farmers studied the actions of a man who might be President...
...Leaders. Three days later Wendell Willkie tackled the problem which his statement had made more difficult: how to get his own political machine rolling. To Rushville went the Republican leaders of 21 eastern, northeastern and midwestern States to lay plans with their candidate...
...that in my home State of Montana 64% of the people favor peacetime conscription! I believe I know Montanans better than all of Mr. Gallup's Pollers and I can assure you that Dr. Gallup is wrong-woefully wrong-when he indicates that Montana, or any Western or Midwestern State, shows majorities for peacetime conscription...