Word: waller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dear dignity's sake, two jazzmen prepared to slough their nicknames. As opening wedge, "Pee Wee" Irwin demanded billing as George "Pee Wee" Irwin. "Muggsy" Spanier became Francis "Muggsy" Spanier. "Fats" Waller, "Cootie" Williams, "Wingy" Mannone, "Buster" Bailey stood...
...Piano (Victor album). Four of the best-"Duke" Ellington, "Fats" Waller, Earl Hines, "Jelly Roll" Morton-display their celebrated styles, mostly in new versions of staples like Solitude and Dear Old Southland...
Because World War I cost Charlotte's elder sister, Marie Adelaide, her throne (for alleged disloyalty), because the Grand Duchy's independence was almost bartered away in the peace settlement, George Waller decided that everything that happened to the Grand Duchy during World War II should be witnessed by disinterested observers. His witnesses were correspondents. He invited them in, expedited their visas, got them interviews and a look at a salient of the onetime Western Front, entertained them with cocktails and phonograph recordings of such Americana as Floradora and Bert Williams' You Can't Do Nothin...
When the invasion came George Waller stuck to his post. When the Germans ousted U.S. diplomats from occupied countries in July 1940 he dropped his diplomatic title, became simply consul. On his desk he kept a picture of the Grand Duchess, changed the flowers before it daily. Finally the Germans ousted the consuls too, and George Waller returned to the U.S. on the West Point last fortnight...
When the peace after World War II is written George Waller will have documentation attesting the correctness of every action of Luxembourg's rulers and Government. It was in gratitude for his devotion that they gave him the reception last week. He would like to return to Luxembourg one day as the first U.S. Minister. Meanwhile Luxembourg's best friend in need is waiting for the State Department to give him another...