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...next few seconds, the president rustled through the pages, finally came to a stop somewhere in the middle. Then, after some intensive reading, he handed the paper back. "Thanks a lot," said he, as he vanished out the door. "I just wanted to see how things were going with Smilin' Jack...
...those who knew Karl Taylor Compton best, it was typical that he should want to know how Smilin' Jack was doing. Famed as a scientist and educator, he carried a heavy load, but no man could have carried it with greater grace or a lighter heart. Last week, in paying tribute to him on a special broadcast from Boston, his successor, James R. Killian Jr., mentioned his achievements only in passing. Far more important to Killian was Compton himself, "emanating goodness and wisdom . . . and engendering a spirit of good will among all coming within his influence...
Died. Jane Cowl, 65, oldtime glamorous Broadway star (Romeo and Juliet) turned Hollywood character actress (The Secret Fury), playwright (coauthor of such hits as Smilin' Through and Lilac Time), wartime co-director of Manhattan's Stage Door Canteen; of cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif...
...turned out with the rest of official Washington to hear Margaret Truman sing with the National Symphony Orchestra. From the presidential box, her father beamed down as she sang Mozart's Dove Sono and Glazunov's La Primavera. She was called back for three encores, sang one-Smilin' Through-directly at her parents. "I wept," said proud Harry Truman unabashedly. "I almost tore up two programs in the excitement...
...found time to indulge in his hobby of printing fine limited editions (Joyce, O'Flaherty, Conrad) and writing books (Crosby Gaige' s Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion, Footlights and Highlights) in addition to co-producing such Broadway hits as Within the Law (starring Jane Cowl, 1912), Smilin' Through (1919) and Coquette (starring Helen Hayes, 1927); of a heart ailment; in Peekskill...