Aspiring Artist Bill Kummann Presses Toward Grandeur
Glen Rook reports on Willem H. Kummann, a young painter influenced by Monet and Rembrandt, who entered the Art Students League with GI Bill backing. He works in advertising pastels and aims for the Prix de Rome, studying in France and Japan, while pursuing a unique abstractionist vision and light-driven portrait work. He balances art with athletics and horse riding, believing in a personal, definitive artistic style.
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Glen Rook
N. J
Dent
United States
Willem H. Kummann
Bill
France
Japan
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Monet
Peru
Fisherman Drowns Near Sheepshead Bay
Michael Orkin, 38, of Brooklyn drowned when a rowboat overturned off Sheepshead Bay. His companions Frank D Agostino, 40, and Robert Krauss, 39, were rescued by a passing fishing boat crew.
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New York
UPI
Michael Orkin
Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay
Frank D'Agostino
Robert Krauss
Man Killed By Gangsters In Hell's Kitchen Shootout
New York police report gang violence in Hell's Kitchen as Vincent Wice, 38, a former waterfront gang member, is killed near his home by shooters in a black sedan. A bystander, George Schneider, 69, is wounded by a stray bullet as the assailants flee. Wice had been questioned years earlier about a dockside slaying tied to pier control.
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New York
Hell's Kitchen
Vincent Wice
Wice
George Schneider
Vast Nazi Net Charged
London report from the International Committee for Study of European Questions says a vast Nazi underground operates on three continents Europe South America and Africa directing sabotage of the occupation effort in all four zones of Germany. Dr Robert Borel secretary general said the Argentine center of the Nazi underground is likely and the report notes about 90 000 Germans who took part in Nazi activities during the war are in Argentina. Members include distinguished names from Britain France Denmark the Netherlands Belgium and Norway.
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London
International Committee For Study of European Questions
Europe
South America
Africa
Germany
Robert Borel
Argentina
Britain
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
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