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...later commandant of the French War College. Most U. S. citizens have forgotten what he did between 1914 and 1918 when he became Commander-in-Chief. At the beginning of the War he had command of the 20th Army Corps between Toul and Nancy. His adjutant was a little slant-eyed terrier of a man, Lieut.-Col. Max Weygand. Faithful Wey- gand never left him, carries on today as Vice-President of the Higher War Council, highest peacetime post...
...Glenn H. Curtiss Airport, N. Y. last week a great crowd of aeronautical men watched what appeared to be a conventional Waco biplane as it came in for a landing. It did not slant down toward the ground and suddenly level off. It floated down slowly, steadily at the same angle, tail high in normal flying attitude. More remarkable, the pilot's white-gloved hands could be seen upraised above his head as the craft touched the ice-coated surface, bounced a few times and was brought to a stop by footbrakes. The plane had landed itself...
...Amkino). Because its scene is one of the world's wildest frontiers and its direction straightforward and vital in the Russian manner, this ought to be important. It fails because, as usual, the makers have loaded on a dismal weight of propaganda. Hero is Kevebel Kima, a long haired, slant-eyed native of that swamp- land past the Siberian frontiers called Taiga. The theme is the conflict between the native's devotion to his tribal law, which stipulates that possession is a sacred right of the possessor, and the Soviet dicta that possession is the right of the neediest. Less...
...following year was a big one for Mr. Kroger. In March he gave each of his six children $1,000,000, then married again. In July he was made an honorary lifetime member not only of the Cincinnati Rotary but also of the Kiwanis. He now resides in Slant-acres, a mighty mansion...
Since Barrie no longer writes, no one has succeeded like Mr. Milne in giving us the peculiar Barrie quality, the blending of fantasy with life, the humor of taciturnity, the comedy slant on character, the bitter grimace at success so marked in Barrie's later plays. "Success" is "The Twelve Pound Look" plus "Dear Brutus" in theme, scored delicately for a small orchestra. It is not powerful but it has imagination, a wishful beauty, and a kind of hurt sincerity which one remembers...