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...member of the Goncourt Academy died, and the remaining nine, most of them well above 70, disagreed about his successor. Candidates included Humorist Tristan Bernard, Novelists Colette and Jules Romains. But for 23 years Leon Daudet has been beating the drum for his fellow Royalist, dramatist and novelist, gushy Rene Benjamin. Little known in the U. S., where few of his books have been translated, Benjamin is known in France as a winner of a Goncourt Prize himself, as General Franco's most lyric supporter. Interviewing Franco last year, Benjamin called the general beautiful, lovely, ravishing, mysterious, tender...
Coached by Frank Kenny, the Rhode Island team white-washed Brown 6-0 and upset the powerful Holy Cross nine 7-2. Against the Crimson today, Kenny will use his ace pitcher and captain, George Hines, who is the only Senior on the team. Outside of the Sophomore catcher, Rene Duranleau, the entire time is made up of Juniors...
...second wind, spurted ahead of Sinclair Lewis' The Prodigal Parents. And among non-fiction best-sellers Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People wobbled out of first place, was crowded hard for third by two newcomers, Edward Ellsberg's Hell on Ice and Rene Belbenoit's Dry Guillotine...
...that Dry Guillotine was "heavy with unrelieved nightmare." I finally read it and now walk on air, feeling "What a piece of work is man!"-ish and convinced that among yeggmen, politicians, editors and college freshmen there may be-must be-something of the spirit that carried Rene Belbenoit to his goal...
...record: 21 enemy planes shot down. Germany's No. 1 Ace Manfred von Richthofen: 80. France's Rene Fonck: 75. Canada's William Avery ("Billy") Bishop: 72. *The Bureau of Air Commerce lists 17,983 active Pilot Certificates of Competency, 40,006 active Student Pilot Certificates...