Masterpieces Seen Through Eyes of Artists and Defects
Britons debate whether eye problems shaped art as surgeons on BBC Third Program discuss color blindness and astigmatism in painters like El Greco and Holbein. Myopia, cataracts, and long eyeballs are linked to cubist impulses and altered color perception, sparking two sided views on art and distortion.
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Alvin Steinkopf
London
British Broadcasting Corp
el Greco
FE Greco
Don Fernando Nino de Guevara
Hans Holbein
Henry VIII
Ray Bethers
Richard Eurich
Vivid The Captive And The Free Review
Joyce Cary's novel centers on Walter Preedy, a London faith healer and evangelist, with Alice Rodker's troubled life and Syston the Anglican skeptic as chief antagonists. The piece notes unfinished status, editor notes, and Cary’s exploration of belief versus orthodoxy in a tense, dramatic narrative.
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Joyce Cary
Harper
Walter Preedy
Gulley
Nimmo
Cary
London
Alice Rodker
Hyde Park
Syston
St. Enoch’s
Fred Rodker
Alice
Hooper
The
Argus
Lady Rideout
Joanna Rideout
Clenches
United States
Ada Bollwright
Preedy
Joanna
David Cecil
Winifred Davin
My Camera Pays Off Explains Freelance Photography
The book by am pho distributor Double Ozzie argues money in photography comes from ideas and execution, not costly gear or studios. Editor access and public interest matter more than fame, with models sourced from neighbors and everyday people. success hinges on meeting publication and agency needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ampho
Double- Ozzie
Best Sellers and Photo Ethics in 1950s Lit and Life
A catalog of novels and nonfiction plus a jokey column on a photographer named Ozzie Sweet. It describes a seemingly ethical approach to approaching women for photo tests, then notes a caveat about needing a wife to legitimize appointments and hints at more profitable glamor work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozzie Sweet
Ozzie
Mrs. Sweet
Democrat elected county recorder eases courthouse tensions
Indianapolis AP reports the county sheriff staff cheer as a fellow Democrat wins the county recorder race. The new recorder vows to open access to a restroom previously blocked by the Republican incumbent.
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Indianapolis
Secret Service The Secret Ways
A British scientist travels to Budapest to speak, spurring a kidnap plot against his wife and child. Reynolds of the Secret Service undertakes the rescue, facing roadblocks and pursuit by the AVO as he maneuvers through danger with daring escapes and fast action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alistair MacLean
Doubleday
Budapest
West
Reynolds
Secret Service
AVO
Forger Hidden by Unpaid Check Exposed in San Francisco
Address unknown notice leads Social Security Administration to uncover a long running fraud. A forger cashed aid checks totaling 7800 dollars for a recipient who died 15 years ago. The scheme surfaced after this month’s check was returned marked Unknown at this address, triggering a citywide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Social Security Administration
Two Critical Views Of America The Waist-High Culture
W. G. Rogers reviews two books on American culture. Thomas Griffith critiques national flaws from a foreign view, while Howard Mumford Jones extols humanities yet laments funding gaps. Both warn Cold War anxieties pose risk if not addressed by self reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Griffith
Harper
Humane Learning
United States
Howard Mumford Jones
Harcourt, Brace
Griffith
Jones
American Council of Learned Societies
Com
Council of Learned Societies
National Science Foundation
Council
Social Science Research Council
W. G. Rogers
Songs That Killed Vaudeville and Old Time Choirs
Oscar Brand hosts a Riverside album arguing songs helped end vaudeville with titles like Dont Go Near the Lions Cage Tonight. The piece spotlights backroom players and revival acts from 1880s ditties to The Fountain in the Park. The report covers Kapp Records nostalgia offerings and S P E B S Q 5 A affiliations.
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Riverside
Oscar Brand
Eveready Syncopators
Brand
New York City
WNYC
Lion's Cage
du Bell Twins
Kapp Records
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ST. Martin
Irving Desfor
Mt An
Zhivago
Pasternak
Lolita
Nabokov
O'Hara
Lederer
Burdick
Exodus
Uks
America
Golden
Heyerdahl
Wedemeyer
the Viscount Montgomery OF
Alamein
Boyington
Mickey Spillane
Houdini
MacLean
Federal
Wees
Wien
Pine St
AP News
Father
Eddie Miller
Warner Brothers
Ira Ironstrings
Georgia
Capitol
Tom Dooley
Decca Records
S.P.E.B.S.Q.5
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Buffalo Bills
Meredith Willson
Dixie Cotton Bells
Memphis
Tenn
Gay
Tulsa
Okla
Dry Cleaning
Leonard
N. Wrenn
Perpetual
N. Main St
High Point
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