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...Less directly involved in war, but caught in its vortex, were Novelist-Biographer Stefan Zweig, dead by his own hand in Brazilian exile ("The artist has been wounded in his concentration. . . ."); sensationalist Richard Julius Herman Krebs (alias Jan Valtin, hero of under-coverman Krebs's 1941 best-seller Out of the Night), imprisoned by the Justice Department for deportation to Germany at war's end; Author Waldo ("I love Argentina. . . .") Frank, who gave a repeat performance of the mauling he received in Kentucky's Harlan County in 1932 by getting attacked by young Fascists in Buenos Aires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Year in Books, Dec. 21, 1942 | 12/21/1942 | See Source »

...first place, the Marines' beachhead on Guadalcanal is important by the mere fact of its having been the first offensive U.S. battlefield against the Japs. It has become the vortex of a naval whirlpool which may easily engulf either adversary. But beyond that it is a geographic key. If the U.S. loses Guadalcanal, the Japanese can press on with relative ease, take the whole chain of islands down through the New Hebrides to New Caledonia (see map), and then have only the narrow moat of the Coral Sea between them and Australia. But if the U.S. holds Guadalcanal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Patch of Destiny | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

...removes wood dust by centrifugal force; 2) concentrates it as a byproduct that is salable in carload lots at $35 a ton. The machine sucks in dusty air, sets it whirling at high speeds. The particles of dust fly to the periphery and clean air comes out of the vortex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Wood Dust | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

Among those back from last year's season and doing creditable work in "The Vortex" are Catherine Huntington, and John Rand '43. Charles Stepanian and Director Robert de Lany, outstanding newcomers in both productions, show promise of aiding Boston's only full-time professional company on its steady climb to theatre prominence...

Author: By R. C. H. and R. T. S., S | Title: PLAYGOER | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...extremely low subscription and single-performance rates the Repertory continues to offer Boston its best entertainment buy, and certainly warrants a full house for each of the season's ten productions. "The Imaginary Invalid" will play again on November 5 and 6, with "The Vortex" following...

Author: By R. C. H. and R. T. S., S | Title: PLAYGOER | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

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