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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ever since the rape of Poland Rumania has been in a resigned state of war jitters and martial law. The railroads have been jammed to bursting with soldiers on the move night & day. German and British agents campaign furiously from headquarters on different floors but under the same Bucharest roof (Athénèe Palace Hotel). While Bucharest enjoys a superficial building boom topped off by a fancy new palace, King Carol has taken his country's whole life into his own hands in a desperate effort to save his Kingdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE-ASIA: North of Suez | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

...miles per hour in a steep dive and went straight down without stopping. I tried to get out of the cockpit, but was jammed in with a stuck roof. When I was almost out of breath I managed to break free and come to the surface. My observer was killed at once, for I never saw him again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Dive | 1/22/1940 | See Source »

...precisely what Mr. Hutchins's plan would eliminate. His theory is that the endowed college should maintain its present prestige instead of sacrificing it to an uncertain future in which inflation may wipe out all its holdings. The dove in the hand is better than the sparrow on the roof. Apres nous le deluge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STARVING IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY | 1/12/1940 | See Source »

...been recording lately....Count Basie's output lately hasn't been too good, his latest release (Decca) of "Jive at Five" being pretty uninteresting....Duke Ellington is doing so many good things that it is virtually Impossible to stay up with him. Especially recommended are "Tootin' Thru The Roof" with an amazing duet by trumpeter Rex Stewart and trombonist Lawrence Brown, "Little Posey," a driving ensemble disc, and "Blues," a duet with Duke on plano and his new bass find, Jimmy Blanton. Maybe Ellington doesn't have the polished technique ideas of some of the boys, but he has ideas...

Author: By Michael Levin, (SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CRIMSON.) | Title: SWING | 1/12/1940 | See Source »

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