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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Independence Day even Calcutta's violence turned to rejoicing. Moslems and Hindus danced together in the streets, were admitted to each others' mosques and temples. Moslems crowded round Gandhi's car to shake his hand, and sprinkled him with rosewater. For the disillusioned father of Indian independence, there might be some consolation in the rare cry he heard from Moslem lips: "Mahatma Gandhi Zindabad" (Long Live Gandhi...
...Montreal the Australian Davis Cup team of Jack Bromwich, Dinny Pails and Colin Long beat Czechoslovakia in the interzone final, 4-1. The Aussies will tackle the U.S. in the challenge round at Forest Hills, at the end of this month...
When rough & ready Robert S. Allen hopped off the "Washington Merry-Go-Round" five years ago and went to war, Partner Drew Pearson wrote a sentimental prophecy: "I shall miss Bob, but . . . he'll be back handing out brass rings, punching the tickets for rides on the old 'Merry-Go-Round.'" Few Washington newsmen would have bet on it, for the famed team of inside dopesters had been notoriously cold toward each other. When Allen came home in 1945, he was in no hurry to get back to the old stand. For more than six months...
...last week Pearson's prediction finally came true. Allen's byline reappeared-alone-on the "Merry-Go-Round." "I'm just filling in while Pearson takes a rest," he said modestly. At week's end, as forecast, he was busily bestowing brass rings. The recipients: selected members of the working press. One was the San Francisco Chronicle's Charles Raudebaugh, who, said Columnist Allen, wrote a "vivid and dynamic chapter ... in Our Fair City [Editor: Robert S. Allen], best-selling study on municipal rule in the U.S. . . ." Another was Richard S. Davis, who wrote...
Steamboat round the Bend. The Greene Line Steamers, Inc. announced that the 250-ft. steamer Delta Queen, which it bought last year from the U.S. Maritime Commission, will soon go into drydock in preparation for Mississippi River service. Launched in Glasgow in 1924, the steel-hulled Queen has served most of her time as a West Coast ferry. In her new role as one of the Mississippi's few extant sternwheelers, she will offer -air-conditioned accommodations for up to 200 passengers on trips between Cincinnati and New Orleans...