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Rockets that have been turned into efficient "guided missiles" may some day wreck civilization. Meanwhile, they are useful in telling man more about the universe. At a recent meeting in Oslo of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Dr. J. A. Van Allen of Johns Hopkins gave a general outline of the work that rockets have already done...
...news of last week's doings in the Nieuwe Kerk, see RELIGION. * Vereeniging van Vrouwelijke Studenten (Society of Women Students), Leiden...
That night, in huge Usher Hall, which looks like a railway station, the first of 40 orchestral concerts burst into life under the talented baton of Eduard van Beinum (TIME, April 12). Next night Amsterdam's famed Concertgebouw Orchestra was led by France's silver-haired Charles Münch (Koussevitzky's heir in Boston...
...supplies and the military advice of General James A. Van Fleet's men were essential elements in the victory. The main credit, however, belonged to the hard-bitten Greek infantrymen, like those who wept last week on Grammos...
...like coming back to the old homestead . . ." Veteran Pat Rooney, who started in vaudeville back in 1890, said: "When I saw that audience I got that old feeling. Sure, television will bring back vaudeville. Vaudeville's never died." But it had changed a lot. Said Gus Van: "Years ago, you used to sit for an hour in the theater and make yourself up. Now a fellow with nice soft hands comes along and does it for you." Ella Logan was not too enthusiastic: "People tell me I didn't look bad. But usually, all the girls...