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Death's final cadence this week closed the long career of a frail, wispy-haired Pole, the greatest pianist of his time, and one of the three greatest who ever lived. Patriot, man of affairs, bon vivant, philanthropist, Ignace Jan Paderewski had not played publicly since Poland fell. '"I simply could not stand it," he said...
...last he had labored for his beloved Poland. Poland's Premier after World War I, he was now the figurehead President of its parliament in exile. On his 80th birthday, last November, he arrived in the U.S. from his villa in Switzerland. Since then, Paderewski spent himself making public appeals for money for starving Poles. Last week, ill of a cold, against his doctor's orders he made one more appearance in New Jersey. As a result he contracted pneumonia and two days later, in his Manhattan hotel, he died. At the suggestion of President Roosevelt, he will...
...Willkie honorary king and Katharine Hepburn queen of its Winter Carnival. Marking the Golden Jubilee of his U. S. concert debut, 7,000 musicians, orchestras, schools and clubs throughout the country tuned strings and cleared throats for a week of programs in National Testimonial to hoary Ignace Jan Paderewski. For the New York Newspaper Women's Club, Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt awarded $100 each to the Herald Tribune's Tania Long (for reports of London bombing) and the Sun's Kay Thomas (for a fashion description of opening night at the Metropolitan Opera), as 1940's best...
...already admitted many, and we will gain by taking as many more as we have room for. Not often since the Mayflower has the scum of a European wave of the future been so rich in human talent and accomplishment. With names like Einstein, Werfel, Undset, Romains, Maurois, and Paderewski, the steerage list of many a tramp steamer begins like a European Roll of Honor. Beyond doubt, these newcomers average as high as if not higher than their hosts in education and intelligence. And economically as well as culturally the exiles can contribute to the American way of life...
Repelled by "the unbearable moral atmosphere of the European continent," patriarchal Pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski, 80, Poland's first Premier, arrived in the U. S. for the 21st time, announced his present slogan: Help Great Britain Save the World...