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Manhattan, Philadelphia and Boston can still claim to have the world's three blue-ribbon orchestras. But symphony music will also be played eloquently this winter in Chicago, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Rochester, N. Y., Detroit. St. Louis' symphony attendance has increased more than 50% in the last two seasons. New orchestras have taken firm root in Washington, D. C., Kansas City, Duluth. More concerts will be given in Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Richmond, Syracuse, Louisville, Ky., Asheville, N. C., Lincoln, Neb., Houston, Dallas, Denver, Milwaukee, Seattle, in many another U. S. city. Women have...
...heavy seas which prevented her from calling at that port but did not prevent her from setting a new record for the crossing, some six hours better than her previous time. Heading on to Havre Commandant Rene Pugnet and his crew were prouder than ever of holding the Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic in fact, if not on shipboard. Still secure in Italian hands is the actual trophy, to remain so for some six weeks more, as prescribed by Donor Harold Hales. Then, when the three months that the Rex is entitled to it are up, the trophy will pass...
Yesterday's development confronts the Corporation with a problem it has dreaded to face for years. Under Mr. Pound's able guidance the Law School has so far successfully resisted all attempts of competitors such as Yale to wrest the legal blue ribbon from Cambridge. Whether it continues to do so depends largely on the choice of a successor...
...read in the newspapers of the "Blue Ribbon" awarded the latest ocean liner to break the record for a transatlantic crossing. He knew of course, that this was just a figure of speech for there was no Blue Ribbon. Why not, thought Harold Hales, supply a real prize for transatlantic liners to contest for? It took 40 years to save up the money but last week, in the suburban London villa he calls Selahdale, he had a real $4,000 cup called the Hales Blue Ribbon Trophy, was ready to award it. Sighed he: "The only thing that really worried...
Throughout Germany last week Nazi newsorgans, striving to belittle Norman-die's records, served up again a rumor millions of Germans have been taught to believe, namely, that their Bremen and Europa possess "speed in reserve" sufficient to win back the Atlantic's blue ribbon. Almost treasonable therefore in Nazi eyes was an unexpected remark in Manhattan by blunt Commodore Leopold Ziegenbein of the Bremen. "I am sure," said he last week, "that neither my ship nor the Europa will attempt to better the records set by the Normandie...