Bas Musicians and Critics A Parade of Wit and High Jinks
A collage of quips and anecdotes about composers and pianists from Handel to Liszt. Tales of egos, stagecraft, and timing highlight restless humor in the classical music world, including Verdi, Wagner, Paderewski, Rubinstein, and Liszt.
When War Came to the United States War Games
A retrospective survey of the United States wars, from the undeclared early conflicts to the major world wars. The piece traces dates, key events, battles, and the formal declarations of war, noting pivotal moments like Lexington, Yorktown, Tripoli campaigns, Gettysburg, Manila and Santiago, and Armistice Day. It emphasizes how decisions shaped American losses and outcomes across centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Americas
Mars
Post
America
England
United States of America
Svt
Lexingston
Corcord
Bunker Hill
Quebec
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Great Britain
Paris
France
Talleyrerd
John Adams
Brey
Napoleon Bonaparte
Mediterranean
Algiers
Tripoli
Tunis
Thomas Jefferon
Edward Preble
Tangiers
Stephen Decatur
William Ealen
Derna
Jefferson
James Madson
White House
Polk
Congress
Mexico
Taylor
Scott
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
Lee
Nell
Confederacy
Bray
Sumter
Appomattox
Spain
Tago
Havana Harbor
U. S. Maine
Cuba
Manila
Santiago
Germany
Versailles
Senate
Harding
House
Berlin
German National Council
Washington
Mawaii
Philippines
Pacific
Italy
Concgrees
Postwar price debate shapes 60 million jobs plan
Behind the scenes, top administration figures clash over peacetime price levels for consumer goods as War Production Board authorizes some production and OPA prepares to set prices to curb inflation. Vinson Byrnes and Bowles advocate prewar price base, while Brownlee pushes for above 1942 costs to cover wages and raw materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
War Production Board
OPA
Judge Vinson
Jimmy Byrnes
Chester Rowles
James Brownlee
Frankfort Distilleries
Bowles
Vinson
General Electric
Charley Wilson
Byrnes
Beginning of the American Revolution at Lexington
In spring Turning British advance guard marching to seize colonial stores near Lexington meets roughly 200 armed provincials on the village green. Pitcairn orders disperse and the Minutemen stand fast. A shot fires, starting the Revolution as to whether it came from a British soldier or a Minute Man remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Harold Dixon Young
Wallace
White House
Senate
Jesse Jones
Ed Pauley
Murray
Montana
Pentagon
Gage
Connard
Lexington
Blajor Pitcairn
Fréd
Pattern 237 note hints at bicycle directions and coded pattern
Fragmentary OCR notes mention actuality, ter Lor horse, color Bulde, and step-by-step directions with a zembiong code. Includes an address prompt ending mid-sentence. Not enough readable facts to identify a full event or message.
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Adelina Paul
Ryren
Hiszt
Handel
Alter Strevse
Leonard Seitling
Milan
Verdi
Alexander Woollcott
Woollcott
Peabody
Grant
Rossini
Wagner
York
Warner
Schumann
Albert Spadding
West
Paderswski
London
Prince
Ignsee Paderewski
Paderewski
Ignace
Grunfeld
Mastart
Bim
Mozart
Strud Johnson
Max
Rubinstein
Chapin
Columbia
Chopin
Liszt
DePachman
Mascarni
Gringey
Mascagni
Scott Watson
Hation
Ghent
Belgium
Texas
Rio Grande
Pres
James K
Beemig
Gongrese
Bivien
Bouerix
Jessen
Bert
Antnmeds
Sapir
Jp En To
DA Gua Brace
Tha
Unt
Sadan
Ma Predant
Serta
Woodrow Wilson
Etn
GOP
Lans
Dewney
Herbert Brownell
Arizona
Dewey
Staasen
Lee Chesley
National Committee
Chesley
Paul Porter
Carlisle Bargeron
Pennsylvania
AS & Suide
Asa
Ruin
Spenearold
Norti
Grinlon
Grove’s
Soe