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...that glass, steel and concrete are practical, if not cosy. His wide, white houses perch perkily on the hills around Los Angeles where he lives, and they alter more distant landscapes too. He is versatile enough to have designed both a moated desert mansion for Movie Director Josef von Sternberg and an elaborate system of low-cost schools and hospitals for Puerto Rico. Neutra's buildings are pondered and imitated (especially in technical details of construction) by architects around the world. Says noted French Architect Marcel Lods in L'Architecture : "[He] is already a classic and . . . will...
During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks had no time for the Mongolian steppe lands. But in 1921 a Tsarist refugee, the fantastic "Bloody Baron" Michael von Ungern-Sternberg, made Outer Mongolia's metropolis, Urga (pop: 50,000), a base for operations against Russia. So the Bolsheviks liquidated him and moved into Urga, which they renamed Ulan Bator Khoto (Mongol for "City of the Red Hero...
Carrying the offensive from the start, the Crimson hooters got rolling in the second half to notch four goals and clinch the contest. Although the prep schoolers tried hard, they couldn't penetrate the Crimson defense enough to do any serious damage. The summary: G. Livermore; lh, Sternberg; rf, Corrigan; lh, Coon; ch, Kern; rf, Siller; or, Jessner; ir, Potter; c. Simitch; il, Gelert; ol, Chen...
...summary: BRITISH TARS HARVARD Brickell, g. g., Harshman Chemberlain, l.f.b. r.f.b., Day Reed, r.f.b. l.f.b., Knowlton Manning, l.h.b. r.h.b., Omar Yates, c.h.b. c.h.b., Curtin Yary, r.h.b. l.h.b., Chapin Lucas, l.o.f. r.o.f., Guild Smail, l.i.f. l.i.f., Pearson Markham, c.f. c.f., Heisler Black, r.i.f. r.i.f., Potter Walker, r.o.f. l.o.f., Sternberg...
Married. Josef von Sternberg, 49, magniloquent discoverer and first director of Marlene Dietrich; and Jeanne Annette McBride, 21, his brunette ex-secretary; he for the second time; in Hollywood...