Remarkable Jan Rosenberg Seen as Versatile Figure
A longtime acquaintance extols Jan Rosenberg as a remarkable attorney businessman and humanitarian. The letter traces visits to Rosenberg and his daughter Anne Geismar, notes travels to Paris, and references his book Painter's Self-Portrait published by Crown Publishers.
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Jan Rosenberg
Perse
JNR
Scarsdale
Mamaroneck
N. Y
MNR
Anne Geismar
Maxwell
Max
Anne
Katie
Larry
England
BBC
New York
Jina
Mrs. Rosenberg
Paris
Howells Life and World Elevates Atlantic Monthly Editor
Van Wyce Brooks presents a thorough appraisal of William Dean Howells in Howells His Life and World. The book portrays Howells as a globally minded critic who fostered talent, championed continental writers, and helped Americans overcome provincialism. His friendships with Twain and James illustrate a generous, principled literary influence.
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William Dean Howells
Silar Lapham
van Wyce Brooks
Atlantic Monthly
Howells
Mark Twain
Henry James
The
Atlantic
Harper's
France
Russia
Ohio
Boston
New York
Europe
Compass Points Noted The Shame Of A Nation
A column lauds the U S Commission on Civil Rights for its report on voting rights housing and education for African Americans. It cites discriminatory tests and political manipulation while urging equal access to decent homes and opportunities nationwide.
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South
Lincoln Steffens
Steffens
U. S. Commission On Civil Rights
Commission
Mason- Dixon Line
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Faubus
Eastland
Russell
Talmadge
Civil Rights Commission
Child's aspirin gift fuels Schweitzer aid appeal
Thirteen year old Bobby Hill, son of a U S Army sergeant in Italy, read a Schweitzer book and sent a bottle of aspirin to Lieut Gen Richard C Lindsey commander of Allied air forces in Southern Europe asking if any of his airplanes could help.
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Bobby Hill
Italy
Albert Schweitzer
Bobby
Richard C. Lindsay
Allied
Europe
Note on booklets delayed to this month
A note explains booklets were to be ready by October first but will not be and now should be available sometime this month. They will be mailed immediately upon readiness and orders exceed 1100. Send orders to Sox 249 Hattiesburg Mississippi.
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Sox
Hattiesburg
Miss
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