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Work on General Charles A. Apted's long heralded biography has begun at last, it was announced last night. The book, based on Apted's voluminous memoirs and letters, is being organized and edited by Robert S. Playfair '36, and is expected to appear this spring...
...Playfair started writing less than a week ago, but according to him it will be an easy job. "Interviewing Charlie is a little tough," he stated last night, "because he is now unable to speak, owing to his threat trouble. But his notes are in swell shape, and I should be finished in a few months...
Since his graduation from College, Playfair has done considerable writing, both for newspapers and in books. Best known of his books are "Crimson Road," "Fuller of Harvard," and "Colonel of the Crimson." These are juvenile stories of undergraduate life. Apted being a character in the first...
Double Duty. The job of the R. A. F. in France was directed by Air Marshal-Arthur Sheridan Barratt, and his two Vice Marshals, Charles Hubert Blount (pronounced Blunt) and Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair...
...Playfair became a Group Captain in 1923 and in 1928 went to Palestine. For his work there he was made Air Commodore in 1930 and sent to India as Chief Staff Officer. He was put in command of the bomber squadron at Andover in 1933, made an Air Vice Marshal the following year the first man ever to reach that rank at 44. Three months ago he said to his men: "Keep fit, keep cheerful, and above all fight against boredom. These quiet times are nearing their...