Around The World And Back Again GIVE ME THE WORLD
A mixed review of two travel memoirs by Leila Hadley and Lorna Whishaw. It notes Hadley’s Alaska voyage and Whishaw’s solo escape from Edmonton, including a 60‑foot schooner voyage around the world. The piece calls the stories frank, warm, wholesome, and salubrious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila
Hadley
Simon & Schuster
Lorna Whishaw
Dodd, Mead
Lorna
Alaska
New York
Mrs. Whishaw
Miss Hadley
Pacific
Rogers
Notable Books of the Era Highlighted in 1940s Listings
A catalog of fiction and nonfiction titles including Anatomy of a Murder by Wise Heart Linden, The Winthrop Woman by Seton, Ice Palace by Ferber, North from Rome by MacInnes, Rally Round the Flag Boys by Shulman, Masters of Deceit by Hoover, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Kerr, Kids Say the Darned Things by Linkletter, Inside Russia Today by Gunther, The Great Democracies by Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aver
Winthrop
Seton
Ferber
Rome
Mac Innes
Shulman
Hoov
Kerr
Linkletter
Russia
Gunther
Churchill
Army photography program shines on Memorial Day
Amid jitters of atomic arms race and space race, Army Special Service highlights photography as a valued hobby and skill for service members. The piece profiles a 1957 winning photo by Samuel C. Susina of the 95th Engineering Battalion in Darmstadt and outlines the military photography contests, training, and facilities across posts worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Desfor
Army
Special Service
U. S
Armed Forces
Samuel C. Susina
95Th Engineering Battalion
Darm
Susina
Voigtlander
Braunschweig
Washington, D. C
Stamps In The News United Nations issues and albums
The United Nations stamps grow in popularity with collectors seeking regular issues and commemoratives. U N Postal Administration in New York offers order forms for easy purchasing. local stamp albums also provide hints and access to U N commemoratives. Papua New Guinea issues new stamps on local industry, with a red 3 1/2 pence and a Chimbu Head Dress motif. Luxembourg issues new stamps.
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United Nations
U. N
U. N. Postal Administration
New York
N. Y
Papua
New Guinea
Australian News Bureau
Measuring Of Frost The Dimensions Of Robert Frost
Reginald L. Cook reviews Robert Frost in a compact study from Rinehart 3.95 noting Frosts heart as the source of his poems. The work argues Frosts warmth clarity wit and nature affinity while detailing biographical limits. It cites three reasons for Frosts popularity and critic reception. Independence Missouri ties to historic trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Frost
Reginald L. Cook
Rinehart
Frost
Cook
Middlebury College
W. G. Rogers
Thread Workers Reject Union at American Thread Co Plant
In Marion North Carolina workers at the American Thread Co plant in Sevier rejected unionization. An NLRB supervised election resulted in 372 voting against union representation 236 for the United Textile Workers as bargaining agents and 14 for the Tex- Union.
Fine Music On New Records
AP News profiles Ottorino Respighi the Italian composer whose symphonic poems evoke painting like The Fountains of Rome The Pines of Rome and Church Windows Critics note his pictorial lush approach surpassing conventional podium directing Toscanini admired his vivid detail and ardent musical color
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottorino Respighi
Rome
Toscanini
Bologna
Respgh
Russia
St. Petersburg
Rimski - Korsakov
New York
Rimski-Korsakov
Richard Strauss
Respighi
Rossini
Verdi
Puccini
Scarlatti
Vivaldi
der Rosenkavalier
Strauss
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
George Enesco
The Guns at Gettysburg and a Musical Interlude
A César-like excerpt covers Fairfax Downey's The Guns at Gettysburg detailing the July 3 1863 artillery barrage at Gettysburg and praise for Maj. Gen. Henry J. Hunt. The piece shifts to a review of Respighi's works, Dorati and Beecham recordings, and concludes noting U S dairy cow counts and peak milk production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Fairfax Downey
McKay
Pickett
U. S. Army Reserve
Downey
Henry J. Hunt
Bob Price
Atomic Cocktail Cures Heart Flutter, Doctor Says
Dr. Eliot Corday reported that an atomic cocktail of radioactive iodine cured fluttering heart sensations. The iodine targets the thyroid to slow metabolism, offered when standard drugs fail, at the American College of Cardiologists meeting this Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Eliot Corday
American College of Cardiologists
Corday
University of California At Los Angeles
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Columbia
Antal Dorati
London Symphony
Handel
Csenge
E. Washington SR
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Gilbert Optical CO
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High Point, N. C
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Lumber
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