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...Master Leschitizky who taught Paderewski. In those days he had two hands. Year after his Viennese debut came the War. Like any loyal 25-year-old Austrian, he went off to fight. On the way to the Russian frontier his right arm was wounded. He lost consciousness, woke up to find himself in a Russian prison camp. He was shunted about behind the lines, spent six months in Siberia before his group was exchanged for Russian prisoners in Austria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: One-Hander | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

...Woke you therein, and drew your breath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sister Singers | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

...Woke you in Heaven, Death's kinder name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sister Singers | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

...woke up this morning, the blues all 'round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Brakeman | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

...Kansas City William F. Corliss spread a blanket on a wagonload of potatoes, lay down on the blanket to sleep. As he snored, Farmer Corliss sank lower & lower in his wagon. When he woke, he lifted his head from the wagon's bottom. All his potatoes had been niched from under the snoring nose of William F. Corliss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dummy | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

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