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...noble end came last week to Jazz Information, the stout little periodical which for two years championed jazz music seriously and articulately against the superficial blandishments of its commercial by-product. With an elaborate 100-page issue, replete with the discriminating record reviews, glorifications of underrated musicians, and other features which set it apart from the slick, snappy trade papers like Downbeat and Metronome, Jazz Information bowed out in the grand manner. And Gene Williams, who had run the magazine single-handed through most of its career, settled back to repair his broken health and hope some other fanatic would...
...U.S.S. Kearny, a slim, 1,630-ton beauty with a battle speed of around 40 knots. Besides modern armament (including ten torpedo tubes, five 5-inch guns), the Kearny has the maximum in destroyer protection. Highly compartmented so that damage can be localized, she also has a stout double bottom to cut down torpedo damage to her inner skin...
...Battle of Louisiana, had been pushing north to take the city. On Sunday the second phase of the maneuvers was to end. And so far as Shreveporters (patriotically wearing red brassards on their arms) could see, their own smaller (117,000) Red Army was putting up a stout and resourceful defense...
...Bell's Airacobra pursuit which has several rare features, engine behind the pilot), strange, swift, mysterious; the prefix Z (for obsolete), over age 28; O-47 (North American observation plane), a girl from Dorothy Parker's couplet-wears glasses; B-19 (Douglas' huge bomber), stylish stout...
submerged in Manhattan; unconfirmed diffident bachelor wishes interesting correspondent with high ideals, tolerant mind, stout heart and playful disposition, not too clever...