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...Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium, convinced that he would soon die, Llewelyn Powys (pronounced Po'-is), then 25, came to a solemn conclusion: "There is no God . . . nothing matters as long as we remain healthy and alive . . . insensitiveness is the one cardinal sin." Still alive 29 years later, while continuing to think each year his last, Llewelyn Powys has succeeded in writing a half-dozen books which stand out for their acute observations of nature, their sensitive prose, their blend of pessimism and pagan delight in the "rabble senses." The most polished of the prolific Powys brothers (John Cowper Powys...
Herr Ossietsky was in no position himself to go to Oslo and receive the prize, for he was one of the first anti-Nazis arrested after the Nazis took power (TIME, Feb. 6, 1933). In the sanatorium where Nazis confined him, Ossietsky was visited by a former German Army officer, Dr. Kurt Wannow, who palmed himself off as a lawyer, was given by the Nobel Pacifist a power of attorney which enabled him to collect the $40,000 from Oslo. About $32,000 was at one time placed by swindler Dr. Wannow in investments held partly in the name...
...PAST MUST ALTER-Albert J. Guerard-Holt ($2.50). Divorce tragedy, ranging through Iowa, California, Paris, a Swiss sanatorium, as seen through the eyes of an editor's precocious ten-year-old son. A first novel, written at 20, by the precocious, 23-year-old son of Stanford's Professor-Literary Critic Albert L. Guerard...
...Sharp City Editor Amster Spiro had given him the assignment because Reporter Bernard had done some good sleuthing for the Journal before. But what was only a stunt for Editor Spiro turned out to be near-disaster for Reporter Bernard; last week he had to go to a private sanatorium to recover from his ordeal. Rested and relaxed, he will begin his ghastly story in the Journal and American next week...
...advised. After two more endless days-up at 5:30 a. m., back to a sleepless cot at 8 p. m., locked away from all telephones -his "sister" came back with a Park Avenue neurologist who succeeded in getting Bernard out by agreeing to take him to a private sanatorium. En route, the shaken "patient" admitted his identity to the rescuing doctor...