Word: notes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Jack," his brother, was also gifted. As a boy he made a pair of copper wings and attempted to fly; he also invented a cradle which rocked itself. To escape schooling and go a sketching, Tom himself proved resourceful. Once he successfully forged his father's signature to a note which asked the schoolmaster to "Give Tom a holiday." When his father discovered the fraud, he shook his head and prophesied: "Tom will one day be hanged." But when he saw how he had spent the stolen time, he changed his mind: "Tom will be a genius...
...Belgian Sabena airliner carrying his family had crashed while attempting an emergency landing at fog-covered Ostend airport, killing all. Prostrate, young Prince Ludwig was rushed to the home of friends, Lord & Lady Louis Mountbatten, relatives of King George VI. Additional news from Ostend added the most horrifying note to the tragedy. Searchers poking in the charred wreck of the plane stumbled on the remains of an infant, prematurely delivered when the plane crashed, lying beside the crumpled body of Grand Duchess Cecile...
Only discordant note was an editorial in the Philadelphia Record, which carefully expressed gratification at the purchase itself, but made a sociological point on behalf of the "non-bathers." "No less than 41,000 of the city's dwellings-one in every ten-are without bathtubs," said the Record. "One hundred and ten thousand dollars would buy bathtubs for nearly half of these bathtubless dwellings.''* Meanwhile, tubbed and untubbed Philadelphians flocked to see the Cézanne. Mellowing Mr. Widener extended an invitation to all members of the Museum to come out to Lynnewood Hall...
...Note--The Crimson does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed in printed communications. No attention will be paid to anonymous letters and only under special conditions, at the request of the writer, will names be withheld. Only letters under 400 words can be printed because of space limitations...
...Editor's note...