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Complaints. In Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Mary Athens won a divorce after com plaining that her gasoline had been ra tioned, by Mr. Athens, as far back as 1936. In Chicago, Mrs. Mary Louise Schwartz won a divorce when she com plained that Schwartz struck her for refus ing to chase fire engines with...
Olga Samaroff Stokowski, concert pianist, ex-wife of Conductor Leopold, proved herself the perfect wartime dinner guest: she brought along not only her ra tion book but also her cook...
Least violent is Career in C Major, which is intentional opéra bouffe. Its hero is Leonard Borland, a big-time contractor stalled by the Depression. He is the henpecked husband of an awesome socialite with a nasty disposition and a maniacal ambition to be a singer. Leonard is also an undiscovered baritone of great power. One day a concupiscent soprano, the season's sensation, sights and seduces him. Sample: "We stayed that way a minute, breathing into each other's faces, looking into each other's eyes. Then she mumbled: 'Damn...
...strim ming-And di ra quets red gler, bams berst
...military band played a snappy march at Los Cerrillos airport. The crowd broke into cheers. A plane taxied up to the line of waiting dignitaries-Cabinet members, Government officials, foreign Ambassadors. Out of it stepped Dr. Raúl Morales Beltramí, Chilean Minister of the Interior, home from a month's journey...