Peace-Time French Sky Inspires Modern Art Exhibit
Washington dispatch notes a Corcoran exhibit of contemporary French paintings where skies appear pea green or blue only hints of color remain. Curator commentary hints at commercial prizes and a critique of modern artists chasing money over love of painting.
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France
Harman W. Nichola
Washington
Te Corcoran- Geery of Art
John Leeper
Corcoran
George H. Hamilton
Phitlins Gallery of Art
Michigan
Ballmark
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed in Jumbled Grid
A dense list of across and down clues appears, with multiple garbled spellings and partial words, suggesting a partially corrupted crossword grid. Clues reference common crossword terms such as jog, donkey, gain, and route, alongside broken phrases and misprinted letters that hinder solution progression.
Postoffice Employees Fired For Cheating
Houston dated report states eleven postal clerks and carriers were fired for hiring others to take civil service exams for them at $25 per test. A total of 23 people were involved in the cheating last year, with all of them allegedly passing. Postmaster Granville Elder predicted no prosecutions.
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Houston
Eileven
Postoffice
Granville Elder
Vet Values Monkey At More Than $500
War veteran Jack Harding mourns the loss of a pet monkey named Jimmy after Ivan Bell borrowed the animal in 1945 and never returned him. A court awarded $500 to Berding for the monkey’s return, though Jimmy remained a family figure in Harding’s life.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jimmy
Jack Harding
Berding
Ivan Bell
Harding
Pacific
Stalin Voting Picture Branded As Phony
Newsweek charged that a Soviet photograph claiming Premier Stalin voted in Russila's March 12 elections was faked. The image allegedly used Stalin’s head from a much older photo and was inserted into a newer shot, casting doubt on his participation in the vote.
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Stalin
New York
Newsweek Magazine
Josef Stalin
Russila
Generalissima
Have A Laugh By Boyce House A BWONERAL
Henry W Grady described a Pickens County Georgia funeral as a poor one gallus fellow whose breeches and grave artifacts came from many places. The speaker noted the coffin from Cincinnati the nails from Pittsburgh and the only contribution from the South was the corpse and the ground.
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Henry W. Grady
Pickens County
Georgia
Vermont
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
Private First Class Lea wins Purple Heart in Philippines
Private First Class Ray W. Lea of the 37th Division has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds from combat in Manila on February 26. Lt. Darrell Teck is home on leave as a commissioned officer and pilot in the U S Air Corps. Also noted are social guests at Cedar Bayou Community Center and a home visit by Pharmacist Mate Garrett Herring. A British submarine reportedly sank a German steamship at the Baltic entrance. Mrs. Emory Callahan expected to have five babies but returned home with one. Goose dinners come after a lightning strike killed 50 geese on a farm near Forrest City Arkansas.
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Ray W. Leawins
Philippines
Manila
Darrell Teck
U. S. Air Corps
Lou Drury
Aranna Watson
Mirs
Rosa Ciruti
Cedar Bayou
Garrett Herring
Germany
Baltic
Emory Callahan
Florida Hospital
Science and the FBI: Seitz Presses Civilian Research Plan
In the March issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Frederick Seitz argues to abandon claims of Western superiority and urges a sustained civilian science effort. He calls for a new OSRD style agency and closer industry university government cooperation to balance defense needs with peace.
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Japan
Frederick Seitz
University of Ilinois
Bulletin of the Atomic Scintiste
Seitz
of Rochester
Nuy
Pennsylvanus
General Electric
Carmesie Tech
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Institute of Nuclear Studies
OSRD
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Vennever Bush
Stepeesrally
Russia
Soviet Union
United Nations
World of
Atlantic Union
Europe
West
Greve Genger
America
U. S
Goverment Service
Cvercome
Pearl Harbor
Washington
United States
Tee
Tors
Sertz
Cfarmorrow
Science
The
FBI
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