Word: warriorism
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GENGHIS KHAN - Ralph Fox - Ear-court, Brace ($3). Story of the medieval warrior (real name: Temujin) who brought the Mongol Empire bloodily to birth. Author Fox, young Englishman whose hobby is central Asian history and archeology, claims that this is "the only book upon the subject in English based on a study of original sources," but admits he has depended entirely on translations...
...royal Duchy of Cornwall, Britain's southwesternmost point of land, was given in 1337 by Edward III to his beloved warrior son, the Black Prince Edward, and to the Black Prince's "heirs, the first-begotten sons of the kings of England." Having no first-begotten son, Edward VIII will administer the Duchy as heretofore. Furthermore, as King, he no longer pays the income tax of $215,000 a year on this property, since his late father contracted with the Government to pay for the visits of foreign royalties in return for tax exemption...
...shrewd selection that keeps an eye on dramatic values. The result is a most moving account of the career of the humbly great French chemist. Paul Muni, with admirable insight and restraint, and an efficient camouflage of synthetic whiskers, gives us the determination, perseverance, and kindliness of the pioneer warrior against man's microscopic foes. Josephine Hutchinson is equally good in the role of the sympathetic, self-effacing wife...
King Lobengula is played by a genuine Matabele warrior named Ndanisa Kumalo. A huge, jovial black, brought to England for the production, he proved to be a superb actor. In history, Rhodes stole King Lobengula's country; in Rhodes, King Lobengula steals the show...
...Poor Joe -I'm sorry for him; they put him on a tough spot. He did the best he knew how, but it was no answer. As I said in my speech . . . there is only one man who should try to answer me. . . .* I was an 'Unhappy Warrior' to hear him read off a speech over which he stumbled so that I felt sure it was canned and did not come from the heart of the Joe Robinson that I have known." Borah in Brooklyn. Meanwhile in Brooklyn, a Republican performer who has for years been packing...