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...cannot compare as a composer with numerous other masters. Certainly, we realize that much of his music is great; we own and play many Tschaikowski records. But we scoff at Mr. Baggaley's claims that each of the last three symphonies and the two concertos is a "completely satisfying vessel of musical expression." Willard J. Hertz...
...half-light of the equatorial daybreak, a U.S. cruiser sighted a vessel about eleven miles away. The cruiser signaled by searchlight. There was no answer-first suspicion...
...boarding party got aboard, found that the crew of 45 was German, that the vessel was the 5,098-ton German motor-ship Odenwald, that she had cleared from Yokohama for German-held Bordeaux via Cape Horn with a cargo of baled raw rubber and U.S.-made tires and tubes. A dollar bill was found in one of the inners; bags of peanuts were also found. No arms were found except revolvers...
...Overture, and the earlier symphonies, the result is something which approximates trash yet, nevertheless, contains definite musical interest. However, it must be admitted that when, as in the last three symphonies and the two popular concertos, Tschaikowsky succeeds in welding this emotion into a large, completely satisfying vessel of musical expression, the world has been presented with a piece of music which conveys not only intense but also perpetual enjoyment...
...vessel is the huge Surcouf, which has been in Portsmouth, N.H. for repairs for two months. On the surface, the Surcouf displaces 2,880 tons, more than twice as much as the sunk destroyer Reuben James (1,193 tons). Submerged, she displaces 4,304 tons. She can cruise 12,000 miles-more than two complete round trips from Plymouth, Mass, to Plymouth, England. She is so big that she carries a seaplane in a hangar aft of her turret...