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Last spring Dr. Otto Wick of San Antonio, Tex. won the $500 for a work called The Temples of Peshawur. In the $1,000 competition, under pseudonyms, 40 citizens entered quintets which were judged by Composers Frederick Jacobi and Samuel Gardner, onetime Associate Conductor Modeste Alloo of the Cincinnati Symphony. Last week two movements of the prize-winning quintet were played over an NBC program and the composer's name announced: Louis Gruenberg. Well known for his murky, savage Emperor Jones, his light, charming Jack & the Beanstalk, Composer Gruenberg, nevertheless, received his money by mail. This week the Lake...
What the actual situation is in the Northwest Frontier Province has been a state secret since the first riot at Peshawur a month ago (TIME, May 5). Every few days the office of the Viceroy issued reassuring statements; but last week came a remarkable one that "after three weeks" His Majesty's forces had finally "reoccupied Peshawuo," capital of the province, which had not previously been known to be out of British hands. Squadrons of R. A. F. bombing planes were said to have been "highly effective" in quelling the frontier tribesmen...
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