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After the fight, Pegler described what had caused most of his confrères to compose routine sobstories...
...Emperor Jones" undamaged. The script of the short drama is used without change, with only a little prefatory matter added as a sop to Moronia. Since the additions are in the style of the original tragedy, since O'Neill's play as it stood opened too directly in medias res, and since the emendations take advantage of the wider possibilities of the camera, the changes are an improvement on the legitimate play. Photography and direction, and excellent suporting cast and good music aid Paul Robeson's magnificent interpretation of the disintegration of His Imperial Highness, Jones...
...near Lake Placid, N. Y. last week. The Scouts had climbed up 300 ft., could not advance or retreat. After a chilly night on the ledge they were sighted by search parties. A Coast Guard aviator flew a 1,000-ft. rope from Plattsburgh, hovered overhead signaling directions while res- cuers hauled the boys hand over hand, one at a time, up the cliff...
...Weber delegated the secretary of Allied to reply and at the end of two months the secretary finally said that Allied saw no reason to change its ways. Then Frank Altschul, chairman of the Listing Committee (leading partner of the well-known private banking house of Lazard Frères with which Eugene Meyer, one of Allied Chemical's big stockholders, has old family connections), personally wrote Mr. Weber informing him that the Committee was going to put the whole question up to Allied's directors. Later Mr. Altschul was told that Allied's direc- tors...
Plaudits for giving space to Aux Frontières du Jazz (TIME, Jan. 2), a much-needed book in America and one which we hope will let in the light about true jazz. The "musicians' " jazz band, as opposed to the public's, has never before had a champion. As jazz music auditors become educated they invariably rely on the concoctions and artistry of such as Frank Trumbauer, the Dorsey brothers, the late Bix, Red Nichols, Jack Teagarden and Louis (The Great) Armstrong for satisfaction...