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...congresses of the International Federation of Trade Unions have been morose affairs. In London last week I.F.T.U. delegates from 22 countries convened again with smiles. They told each other that the Communist-Socialist "united front" victories at the polls in Spain and France mean that "Fascism is on the wane," despite Benito Mussolini's being on the crest...
...faked or miscaptioned. Yet it confronts the eye with nothing not attested by the consensus of all reports by historians and recent explorers of Ethiopia. In nearly all parts of Africa the lash remains a usual punishment for natives but proud obscenity and ignorant insanitation are on the wane wherever whites have colonized...
...Professor Lowes is lecturing on the Odes of Wordsworth today at 12 in the Fogg large Room. Those interested will find a stimulating lecture. As for the Vagabond, there are happier thoughts. Immortality? Perhaps the poet is right. But have you seen the foliage? It's on the wane...
...Bosambo, a reformed convict who becomes chief of a small tribe. Nina Mae McKinney (Hallelujah) is his wife. The part of King Mofolaba, a scapegrace chief whose misdemeanors account for most of the action, is ably played by a 77-year-old Negro hair-tonic specialist named Toto Wane. When, inflamed by contraband gin, he executes a white man and then plots to kill and skin Paul Robeson, it is too much for Commissioner Sanders. He turns back from a contemplated trip to England, arrives via airplane, shoots King Mofolaba, rewards Robeson for loyal assistance by making him head chief...
...fans, many of whom would not call Noble's slick music jazz at all, will haggle endlessly in defense of their favorite orchestras. Among famed dance bands, Paul Whiteman's has the richest tradition but his performances now seem sterile. Leo Reisman, another pioneer, is on the wane. The Lombardo band persists in "flabbing" but the public likes it. Two years ago dancing collegians turned to the stomping Casa Lomas. But with success the Casa Lomas are more & more mechanical. The Vallée band plays just as it always has, but Conductor Rudy has proved an unexpected...