Word: rug
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Three new bands hit the record market this week, all led by excellent musicians. Jack Teagarden and Jack Jenny, two of the best hot trombone men in the country, both have bands that know how to play ensemble work and how to play quietly. While the former's "Persian Rug" is quite restrained, it still has some bursts of that inimitable Teagarden trombone. Bobby Hackett's "Sunrise Sercuade" is a beautifully restrained affair that fits down to the last note--highly recommended . . . "Wizzin' The Wizz" and "Denison Swing," supposedly featuring the rather tiresome but flashy two fingered piano of Lionel...
...years it makes powdery earth rise as from a beaten rug. In 1935 its driving fury made the Dust Bowl a national problem. Not since then has the high wind blown as it blew last week...
Gifted young Indian artists helped arrange the show, painted murals of buffalo hunters, and tribal dances (see cut). In the open court, Navaho rug weavers set up their loom, to be followed by other craftsmen, including a Cherokee with an eight-foot blowpipe who can hit a bull's-eye at 100 paces. Over half the work shown was contemporary. That it was a far cry from the usual stuff sold to tourists was due in many cases to its ritual character, and also to the fact that Indians, sensibly, sell only junk at junk prices...
...tent and many of his nights pacing the dunes of Lake Michi gan, Editor Lathers makes a precarious living for his wife and three children (Thelma, Billo and Forest Glenn Lathers) by publishing such fascinating bits as the following: "Miss Cornelia Vander Zander is crocheting an oval rag rug to put her bare feet on these cold mornings when she steps out of bed. . . . Hooray, hooray, Donna Read is married at last. Her mother couldn't stop her this time. . . . McKinley Schumpf ate too much peanut butter Wednesday and was out of school Thursday with a stomach ache. . . . Murilyn...
...were grabbed; one roommate, who went by the name of Bruce, rolled his trousers for protection. After a hasty tactical conference they attacked the bedroom, closing the door afterwards so their would be no egress. Three dropped to their kness; the fourth ascended a chair to observe. Desk, bookcase, rug, mattress were examined. No prey...