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Pianists. Sergei Rachmaninoff had given 30 U. S. concerts when he sailed last week for Europe. Josef Hofmann arrived on the Rex, attended briefly to his duties at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, then took to the road. José Iturbi, the elfin little Spaniard who sometimes conducts, was working his way up the Pacific Coast. In Manhattan such steady oldtimers as Harold Bauer and Ossip Gabrilowitsch were drawing their own faithful audiences. Artur Schnabel was doubling his success of last season. In Detroit Myra Hess, greatest of women pianists, began a tour of 40 concerts. Ignace Jan Paderewski...
Surrealist Dali, 29, is called a Parisian because that city has been his home for six years. Actually he is a Spaniard, an admirer, friend and onetime disciple of his fellow Catalan expatriate Pablo Picasso. It is hard enough for any surrealist to explain what he means, but dapper, quick little Salvador Dali was additionally handicapped last week by the fact that he speaks no English at all. Still he made a valiant effort. Reporters were ushered into his hotel suite which had been prepared as a visual object lesson. In the centre of the room was a small table...
...filed notice of intention to marry one Rafael Lopez de Onate, 38, occasional cinemactor and native of Manila. The crafty clerk took refuge in the California statute which forbids marriages between Caucasians and Filipinos. De Onate, he told them, must prove his claim that he is a full-blooded Spaniard. "Now all our plans are spoiled." lamented Ellen. "But," added Rafael Lopez de Onate, "that doesn't mean we have given up hope...
...sent out the same stories: General strike threat. . . . Syndicalists riot in Barcelona. . . . Alfonso denies responsibility. . . . Fall of Government imminent. . . . Street fighting in Asturias and the Basque provinces. . . . Andalusian peasants rebel. . . . Generals arrested. . . . State of alarm declared. . . . State of alarm lifted. . . . All these things were true but the average Spaniard took his daily siesta, went to the bullfight every Sunday, ate a seven-course dinner at 10:30 at night...
...lissier, Lapébie and Speicher are sprint specialists. Best climber in the race is Vicente Treuba, "Le Roi des Montagnes,'' a minuscule Spaniard who propels his 110-lb. body up the steepest slopes without leaving the saddle...