Word: tuneful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Walter Winchell went off on a secret vacation. Like a symphony leader turning over his baton to a series of guest conductors, Columnist Winchell had arranged for a series of celebrities and near-celebrities to write for one day each his syndicated On Broadway. Each playing his own particular tune, the first half-dozen guest conductors sounded off as follows...
...allotted four billion, characterized the whole Federal program as "a more ambitious kind of leaf-raking." In Manhattan, however, now that he had been made Model No. 1 for the 48 other Works Progress Administrators who will be designated to supervise state Federal spending, the loyal General changed his tune, promised "no boon- doggling." Most of New York's municipal organization of 3,000 professional relievers General Johnson planned to retain. For his immediate official family he "borrowed" Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady, former NRA Assistant Administrator, to supervise labor relations. Also from the old NRA organization come...
...DUCE RULE ETHIOPIA and REPORT PACT FOR PARTITION OF ETHIOPIA. Premier Mussolini had just raised his son-in-law Count Galeazzo Ciano from Undersecretary to Minister for Press Relations and the Count proceeded to make good last week. Not until Captain Eden emerged from Italy did the World Press tune change to BRITISH FEAR WAR IN AFRICA AS EDEN FAILS IN ROME and EDEN UNABLE TO TURN DUCE FROM DESIGNS ON ETHIOPIA...
Bishop died a respectable citizen in the early 1900's, surviving such friends as Foster, Dan Emmett (Dixie). Nelson Kneass (Ben Bolt). The Battle Hymn of the Republic has always been regarded as Julia Ward Howe's song, written to the tune of John Brown's Body whose authorship seemed to be unknown. At MacIntyre's request Thomas Brigham Bishop wrote out the tune's true history. Said he: "It was really done as a joke upon my sanctimonious brother...
...glad to adjourn to bolster up its case. Witness William J. Benning, musical director of Radio Station WTMJ in Milwaukee, asserted that he would be unable to operate without the popular music in ASCAP's catalog. ASCAP controls many an orchestration where it does not control the original tune. Milwaukee's Benning admitted that in such cases his station chose to use ASCAP's products rather than pay the price for special arrangers...