Take It From An Old Pro Wine Tasting Isn’t Fun
Frank Schoonmaker, a professional wine taster and importer, explains tasting is draining and requires intense focus. He samples up to 100 wines daily, then spits, never swallowing. He details color, bouquet, and taste steps, noting nose influence and flavor persistence. He began in journalism, later turning to wine after Paris reportage and US repeal.
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Saul Pett
New York
Frank Schoonmaker
Schoonmaker
United States
New Yorker
California
Dance Teachers Rally as TV Sparks New Interest
In New York a few hundred dance educators fill the Statler Hotel to attend the Dance Educators of America convention. They credit television for boosting interest, say many teachers own TV sets, and note a shortage of a fresh ballroom dance to captivate the public. Ray Malone demonstrates tap steps while attendees discuss shifting lines and footwork. The group seeks a lively new dance akin to the big apple to revive excitement.
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Elizabeth Toomey
New York
Jean Sturrock Mead
Dance Educators of America, Inc
Statler Hotel
Ray Malone
Malone
Durant Says World Crisis Is Normal Times
Will Durant, returning from eight months in Europe on the liner Independence, tells Americans not to panic over daily alarms or forecasts of wars. He calls the current world condition “normal times,” describing the situation as a precise snafu—the same as it has always been.
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New York
Will Durant
Durant
Europe
Ex-mate of Egg and I author slain in Oakland
Oakland July 24 police blamed jealousy for the knife killing of Robert E. Heskett 55 year old divorced husband of novelist Betty MacDonald. Thomas J. Blake 37 Visalia bulldozer operator was charged with murder after a quarrel over Blake's ex wife Thelma 35. Heskett an Oakland carpenter known as Bob to Miss MacDonald. He was divorced by Miss MacDonald in 1935 and custody of two daughters. Blake said he acted in self defense after Heskett swung at him with a hatchet.
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Robert E. Heskett
Betty MacDonald
Heskett
Thomas J. Blake
Visalia
Blake
Thelma
Bob
Miss MacDonald
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