Polish pianist visits Chopin piano in Majorca home
Before the war Jan Smet erlin toured the world and visited Valdemosa on Majorca where Chopin lived. He sought Chopin's piano in a monastery now a private home. The host showed him the instrument in Palma’s private family, and Smet erlin refused to play it while the host’s children frequently bang on it.
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Smeterlin
Palma
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Value of a two party government and postwar Europe plan
A Western Newspaper Union column argues two party control limits one man rule and cites 1918 and 1932 clashes. It then previews postwar Europe as a cross between state socialism and private enterprise, noting France under De Gaulle nationalizes coal and hints at leftward drift. It questions American subsidies for farmers and German reparations loans after World War II.
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Herbert Hoover
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Justice Black and the fries exchange at a cafe
A waitress at a Washington restaurant refused to change Hugo Black's order of french fries saying she could not alter it. A nearby reporter asked if she knew the patron was a U S high court judge, and she quipped about how often they change their decisions.
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Hugo Black
Washington
United States High Court
Mefoofsky and Son Delve Into Park Flowers
A father Mr Mefoofsky and his four year old son Izzie stroll a park where the boy asks many questions about flowers. The father replies with comic exasperation wondering aloud about the blooms and his own business.
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James Gordon Bennett and the hotel guest terminology
The article recalls James Gordon Bennett’s long list of reporter dont rules for the New York Herald era. It notes a change when hotel registrants moved from patron to guest and finally to inmate on the rewrite desk as alternative terms.
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James Gordon Bennett
N. Y. Herald
New Yorkers Notebook Awash With RAF Field Dog Antics
An English cook’s dog at an RAF airfield humorously chased a plane taking off. The dog’s owner admits uncertainty about the dog’s behavior and a new officer questions what the dog might do if it catches the plane.
London Pianist Recalls Courageous Cockney View on Robot Attacks
Ivor Newton quotes a Cockney explaining his resolve against enemy bombs. He notes the effort to build them, the journey from France to London, the difficulty of locating Lime House and 37 Bulstrode Road, and the slim chance of reaching him at the pub near his corner.
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London
France
Limehouse
Bulstrode Road
Churchill Remarks After Archbishops Funeral
At a funeral gathering following the Archbishop of Canterbury's death Winston Churchill mourned the loss of a great churchman and Englishman. He added in an aside that his own seventy years of moderate drinking contrasted with a toast to teetotaler friends.
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Canterbury
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Patton's Silent Mercy Dictated by German Dictionary
The article recalls General Patton after the murder of General Maurice Rose by Germans. Patton reportedly stayed silent for a time before taking a German English dictionary from his pocket and crossing out the word mercy, defining a stark response.
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Gen
Maurice Rose
Pilot Jones and X Radio Tower Communicate Amid Unanswered Signals
Prof Reis recounts a trainee at a Georgia naval radio training center reporting an inbound fleet he could not identify. The trainee used the X Radio Tower to call Pilot Jones, who replied from landing two hours earlier with a call to the tower.
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Naval Radio Training Center
Georgia
Pilot Jones
Jones
Housing Project to Attract the Birds
A Jpestyle note describes birdhouse designs tailored to bluebirds robins and wrens. It explains preferred dimensions sun exposure and placement for each species and mentions a pattern 277 with cutting guide and material list. Readers are instructed to send 15 cents with name and address to obtain the pattern.
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