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Beniamino Gigli, once of the Metropolitan Opera, who took his operatic tenor back to Italy in 1932, had less of a home than he used to. Fire (origin undetermined) swept through his Roman villa, did $22,000 damage...
...Orleans was largely populated by Frenchmen, Italians and Spaniards. What with the original families and those who have immigrated across the southern border, the greatest portion of the Crescent City's white population is of Latin origin. It creeps into their music now and again, often very effectively. Mannone's old "Isle of Capri" or his newer "O Sole Mio," Bob Crosby's "Palesteena" or "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," are examples of jazz somewhat on the Nespolitan side...
During the next week of preparation for the Annapolis race Boon Chanler was elected captain and the spectre of measles and fevers of unidentified origin continued to make life miserable for Bolles. The two heavy crews he sent to Annapolis had collectively lost four men more before they ever reached the starting line. With the dice loaded against them, the Varsity boat brought up the tail end in the nine-way regatta (won by Wisconsin) and suffered the ignominy of trailing both M.I.T. and Princeton, their meat of a week before. In their race, the Jayvees did a little better...
...C.I.O. is not going to invade the South. The South is coming to us. . . . The day has gone by when the working men and women of the South can be considered Class B citizens. . . . We will organize . . . the toiling masses . . . into unions regardless of race, creed, color or national origin...
...Penitentes, a lay society of obscure medieval origin, are found from Texas to California among the Spanish-speaking Catholics. During the Golden Age of New Mexican flagellation (1850-90), the Penitentes' zeal bred scandalous tales of actual crucifixions, often fatal, among members. In 1889 the Catholic archbishop of Santa Fe banned the cult as barbaric. It now enjoys clerical toleration. Weakened but persistent, the Penitentes retreated to remote villages, continued their Holy Week rites, but stood by with carbines to ward off nosy gringos who were baffled but fascinated by the twin Spanish traits: a passionate sense...