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...Hollywood last week, the President's daughter also met the press. Her omnipresent teacher, Mrs. Margaret Strickler, a bosomy, flop-hatted kind of Madame Svengali, was hovering near by. When reporters asked Margaret about one selection on her program, La Fauvette avec ses Petits from Grétry's Zémire et Azor, Mrs. Strickler muscled in: "Galli-Curci was the only other one I've heard sing it. I might say that her voice was very similar, too." Margaret laughed it off: "That will be enough of that...
Squeaks & Snaps. Her voice was squeaky at D, though Mrs. Strickler had touted her pupil's range as G over high C. Her middle range was rich and sensitive, but faded on outside registers, even though she was singing into a mike. In La Fauvette, she got in some coloratura fireworks...
There was no doubt that Margaret Truman hau a rather charming voice, but one far better suited to the drawing room than to the concert hall. Perhaps it might go over on the air. Before last week's concert, Teacher Strickler had a conversation on that possibility, according to Hollywood's Daily Variety: an advertising agency and Margaret were dickering over a radio appearance. Said Mrs. Strickler indignantly: "Don't forget she is the President's daughter." Snapped the adman: "Why do you think I'm offering...
...ultimate post-mortem on 1943 college football was pronounced last week by George Strickler, pressagent of the National (professional) Football League: ". . . College football just threw the book [of eligibility rules] out the window and took anybody that came along. Why, they even offered some of our pro players the same salary they were getting in our league, to play for them...
...JAMES A. STRICKLER Commander...