Roots of American Communism and critiques of tyranny
Robert Marks surveys Theod Draper and Milo Djilas, pairing Draper’s history of the American Communist Party with Djilas’s critique of Soviet and Eastern European Communist systems. He notes the Bolshevik Revolution as a watershed, the drift from radical origins to bureaucratic tyranny, and the enduring questions about world socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draper
Communist Party
Djilas
Ture
Russia
Europe
America
Germany
France
United States
Marx
Moscow
Midwest
South
International Workers of the
Army Orchestra Wins Favor Of Germans By Beethoven And Brahms
A 70 member Seventh U.S. Army symphony orchestra, the world’s only military ensemble, won praise from German critics after bringing Beethoven and Brahms to audiences in postwar Germany. Conducted by 26 year old Ling Tung, the group has wowed European papers, performed in ten other European countries, and helped bridge cultural gaps between Americans and Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Germany
Elvis Presley
Beethoven
Brahms
America
Seventh
U. S. Army
Bamberg
Europe
Shahidranbodies
7Th Army
Radio Free Berlin
Ollenhauer
West Germany
Socialist Party
Sindelfinger Zeitung
Mozart
Mendelssohn
Ling Tung
Shanghai
United States
China
Tung
Volksblatt
Conservatory of Music
New Orleans Philharmonic
Minneapolis Symphony
Boston Pops
Curtis Institute
Philadelphia
Sgt. Tung
Berlin
Spain
France
Italy
Holland
Denmark
Luxembourg
Austria
Belgium
Britain
Bittersweet Taste of Mathis Fame and Faith
Johnny Mathis, 22, a San Francisco singer with six hits, discusses fame, change, and his goals. His Columbia album Good Night Dear Lord tops top ten prospects as he pursues acting and stage shows. He credits his parents for support and notes a puritan streak, preferring religious and operatic songs over rock and roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Mathis
San Francisco
Columbia
Johnny
Mathis
Sherwood
Clem
Mildred
Fairmont Hotel
Current Best Sellers Compiled by Publishers Weekly
A list of top selling titles across fiction and nonfi ction including Anatomy of a Murder Love Possessed The Winthrop Woman The White Witch and North from Rome Among nonfi ction entries Please Don’t Eat the Daisies Kids Say the Darned Things Baruch My Own Story Where Did You Go Out and Attorney for the Damned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publishers’ Weekly
Travel
Love
Cozzens
Winthrop Woman
Seton
White Witch
Goudge
Rome
Mac Innes
Kerr
Linkletter
Baruch
Smith
Attorney For the Damned
Darrow
Stamps in the News highlights Brussels Expo and more
AP News notes an April 17 Detroit 3 cent stamp issue honoring the Brussels Universal Exhibition with first day covers available, followed by a April 18 Boston first day issue of the 25 cent Paul Revere stamp from the Liberty series. Western Samoa inaugurates Parliament with new stamps, and Spain and African territories issue semi postals supporting flood relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP News
Syd Sronish
United States
Brussels
Detroit
Mich
Paul Revere
Boston
Western Samoa
Valencia
The
International Assn
Ital
Letters of Emily Dickinson Edited by Thomas H Johnson review
W R Rogers reviews the multi volume edition The Letters of Emily Dickinson Edited by Thomas H Johnson Belknap Harvard 1950 1150 letters to 100 correspondents reveal Dickinson’s reclusive temperament bold frankness and evolving genius during the Civil War era The collection pairs poems with letters to friends family and editors showing how her inner life shaped yet remained distinct from her published work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Dickinson
Thomas H. Johnson
Belknap Press
Harvard
Higginson
Subsquehanna
Philadelphia
Austin
Sue
Helen Hunt Jackson
Samuel Bowles
Springfield Republican
Otis Lord
Emily
Catherine Scott Turner Anton
Charles Wadsworth
Johnson
God
W. G. Rogers
Solve-A-Crime Solution
You infer the woman likely died before the car left the road due to blood on the car floor. Blood on the ceiling would be expected if she died in a cliff fall with the car upside down. Doubt remains about a large boulder on the smooth road causing the crash as claimed by Listerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Listerman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Viking Press
Milovan Dulas
Praeger
International Movement
Far West
Dijilas
Dailas
Robert Marks
Army Orchestra
By Reinhold Ensz
Atlantic
Karlsruhe
Badische Volkszeitung
Fraenkischer Tag
Far East
Nuernberger Zeitung
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Alan Cline
Voinny Mathis
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Ularly
N. Main St
High Point
Jarrett's Stationery CO
N. Wrenn ST
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!