Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci reviewed by A E Popham
A new Reynolds and Hitchcock edition collects Leonardo da Vinci drawings with 400 reproductions. Popham notes two major Milan and other collections, praising the organization into categories like Madonnas draperies animals and machinery. The volume surveys papers mediums and the artist’s travels across Florence Milan and Rome.
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Leonardo DA Vinci
A. E. Popham
Reynal & Hitchcock
Artudents
da Vinci
Florentine
Renaisy Popham
Soper
British Museum
da Vini
Milan
New York
Paris
Florence
Rome
France
Brief Chronology and Illustrations in a Study Volume
After extensive study across about 100 pages the work presents a concise chronology a bibliography and an itemized list of illustrations with details on size method material provenance and references Readers may study text and illustrations together or enjoy the illustrations stand alone.
Radio Drama In Action Edited by Erik Barnouw
Book review notes Radio Drama In Action edited by Erik Barnouw Farrar and Rinehart features 25 plays reflecting a changing world. Plays by Norman Corwin Sandra Michael and Orson Welles are contrasted with anonymous tobacco and soft drink ad dramas.
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Erik Barnouw
Farrar & Rinehart
Norman Corwin
Sandra Michael
Orson Welles
The Power and the Glory and the Ministry of Fear review
A compact critique of Graham Greene’s reissued novels The Power and the Glory and The Ministry of Fear. The reviewer praises Greene’s mastery of thriller craft, his adult use of mystery, and the moral depth that frames plots set in modern crises.
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Graham
Viking
Graham Greene
Shivering
Greene
Mexico
Ministry of Fear
London fair leads to chilling depths of a tortured heart
A narrator wanders a benefit fair and bets on a cake’s weight with a fortune teller, then shifts to describing six terrifying pages that probe the appalling depths of a tortured heart. The excerpt contrasts mundane beginnings with intense psychological exploration.
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London
Drury Lane’s Last Case Refreshes Ellery Queen Mystery
The Drury Lane quartet by Barnaby Ross later revealed as Ellery Queen is revived with Last Case. Shakespeare appears in absentia, clever thieves return loot with premiums, and a protagonist spans London and New York. A strong finale leaves a hint for a possible comeback even as it closes this chapter.
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Drury Lane
Little, Brown
Barnaby Ross
Ellery Queen
Queen
William Shakespeare
London
New York
The D. A. Breaks A Seal
Major ex D A arrives home in time to win a court battle halting local counsel. He helps solve a murder that immobilizes the county staff and fends off two pursuing women before catching the late train to San Francisco.
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D. A
Eric Stanley Gardner
Morrow
Pat Mane
D.A
San Francisco
T. M
Death Lifts the Latch by Anthony Gilbert
A brisk Mr. Arthur Crook mystery set in London evokes foggy streets and cliff edge suspense. Fast paced through a tangled murder plot with a distressed maiden and shadowy motives, though some readers may feel unmet by the ending.
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Anthony Gilbert
Barnes
London
Arthur Crook
Foretaste and Foreboding in Foretaste of Glory review
A mixed critical take on Jesse Stuart’s Foretaste of Glory. It contrasts the novel’s suspenseful tone with uneven character development in a Kentucky town setting. The piece references Blakesburg and hints at themes of judgment, love, and personal downfall amid northern lights imagery.
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Jesse Stuart
Dutton
Kentucky
Blakesburg
Liam
Judge Allie
Rufus Litteral
Joe Oliver
Philanderer
DeWit Addington
Ronnie Roundtree
Beliver Tussie
Kingdom
Stuart
Tussie
Spoon River
Ice Smashes Lake Huron Cottages
An eye witness account by Richard Miller describes a wall of ice 15 feet high crashing toward his cottage on Lake Huron. The brick front wall collapsed, filling the living room with heavy ice and wreckage, leaving residents powerless as neighbors aided in rescue and cleanup.
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Lake Huron
Associated Press
Richard Miller
Bay City
Mich
Collinses
Toy Railway Sound Setup Really Clicks
AP News profiles Eric Carlson a 29 year old blind lawyer and miniature railroad fan in New York who built a four loco model railroad with 35 rolling stock pieces and authentic locomotive sounds. He explains he uses real tunnel and rail sound effects to feel connected to trains and enhances hearing with crane sand and steam noises. Carlson recalls train memories from Staten Island yards shaping his hobby. He also enjoys riding in regular engine cars to hear more sounds.
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AP News
New York
Eric Carlson
Carlson
Staten Island
Comment on Stuart's Writing and Fresh Start
The speaker critiques Stuart's cases as commonplace and contrived with overworked structure like sausages and a weak final climax. They note northern lights have unsettled Southerners, but acknowledge Art has cleared old notebook lag-ends and can begin anew with original ideas.
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Stuart
Special Service At Wesleyan Methodist Church
A monthly service at Hayworth Wesleyan Methodist church features the young missionary worker's band presenting the program. Lillian Andrews directs the children's choir. Mrs. J E Stratton is program director. Mrs R M Douglas, president of the woman's home and foreign missionary society, will preside.
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Hayworth Wesleyan Methodist Church
Young Missionary Worker's Band
Lillian Andrews
J. E. Stratton
R. M. Douglas
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Consider The Lilies Saved Utah Twice
In 1848 Utah settlers faced famine after poor crops and exhausted provisions. The settlement survived mainly by eating sego lily bulbs. A Ute legend also claims lilies saved famine survivors after a great battle.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake Valley
Peele Discharged After Five Years Service
B W Peele Jr son of Mrs B W Peele of 200 Thurston Street was discharged from the army air after five years and months of service. He spent two and a half years overseas including a year on Guam in the South Pacific and also served in South America and the Panama Canal Zone. He is now working in Orlando Florida as a contractor.
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B. W. Peele, Jr
B. W. Peele
Thurston Street
Army Air
Peele
South Pacific
Guam
South American
Panama Canal Zone
Orlando, Fla
Caughron Promoted With Eighth Army In Japan
Cpl Jack Caughron of Trinity Route 1 promoted from private first class to corporal in the 97th Infantry Division now redeployed from Europe to Japan. A Baltimore Glenn Martin Aircraft plant employee, he enlisted December 1943 and trained at Fort Eustis. He joined the 97th in April 1944 and earned the Combat Infantryman Badge in campaigns in the Ruhr pocket and Czechoslovakia before the division moved to Japan.
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Caughron
Eighth Army
Japan
Jack Caughron
Trinity
Rt. 1
H. F. Kramer
97Th Infantry Division
Europe
Glenn Martin Aircraft
Baltimore
Maryland
Fort Eustis
Virginia
386Th Infantry
Ruhr Pocket
Czechoslovakia
Marine Corps To Drop Point Score Policy
The Marine Corps will reduce the point score for men from 42 to 40 starting Monday and lower the women’s score from 16 to 13. A further two point cut takes effect April 1 with more reductions planned monthly through July 1, when men reach 25 points and women zero, and eligibility for separation after thirty months of service after July 1.
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Marine Corps
Washington
Ent
Two High Point Men Join Navy This Week
Two High Point residents were accepted by the navy this week per the naval recruiting office. John Albert Haynes of Rt. 3 and Robert Franklin Jones of 219 West Russell Street are the new enlistees.
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NAVY
High Point
Naval Recruiting Office
John Albert Haynes
Rt. 3
Robert Franklin Jones
West
Russell Street
Bray Discharged From Navy After 24 Months
Virgil Y. Bray son of Mrs Martha E. Bray of 301 Arch Street was discharged from the Navy at the Memphis Separation Center after serving 24 months.
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Bray
Virgil Y. Bray
Martha E. Bray
Arch Street
Navy
Memphis
Industrial uses of milk in manufacturing and science
The passage lists milk as a versatile input across industries and products. It covers materials such as plastics textiles paper coating paint glue films pharmaceuticals insulation fertilizer insecticides penicillin plaster dyes animal feed preservatives explosives and electroplates, highlighting its wide range of applications.
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