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PROFILE of Frank Safford, one of the most successful of the country's trainers & drivers of harness horses. Last year, at Roosevelt Raceway, he won 76 …
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Profile of Thomas David Henrich, left-handed right fielder and reserve first baseman for the N.Y. Yankees. He is 33, and beginning his 13th season with the…
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Profile of Lou Little, the head coach of football at Columbia University. College football is a peculiar combination of chicanery, big business, and …
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PROFILE of Dizzy Gillespie, a Negro trumpet player and one of the founders of a new school of jazz called Bebop. Many Negro boppers like to pretend that …
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PROFILE of Angelina Nawkins, a Salvation Army captain, tells about the life and work of a Salvation Army worker. The Army prescribes what its officers …
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Profile of Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union. Tells about his telephone conversation with Miss Perkins. Curran called a strike of …
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PROFILE of Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, the world's largest trade union of sailors. He's also a vice-president of the …
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PROFILE of Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, the world's largest trade union of sailors. He's also a vice-president of the …
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Second Part of PROFILE of the troop transport Marquette tells about union activities aboard a ship. The first union business after the ship leaves port on …
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Part 1 of Richard O. Boyer’s “The Hot Bach” Profile series about the jazz musician Duke Ellington and how he composes his songs, including “New World A-Coming.”
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PROFILE of artist George Grosz.
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PROFILE of George Grosz, the artist. He has tacked up specimens of calendar art dealing with such subjects as "Grandma's Birthday," and Saturday …
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PROFILE of Hendrik Willem van Loon. Van Loon's chief rival in his household is his butler, William Spiess, a former lieutenant in the Swiss Army. No …
a reporter at large ·
REPORTER AT LARGE about the Police Academy. Tells about a visit to the Vellevue morgue where Mr. Canali is on regular duty, working mostly on the …
a reporter at large ·
Reporter at Large about the Travelers Aid Society. A visit to the liner Rex which brought back about 120 Americans who, though born in the United States …
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PROFILE of Raymond G. Twyeffort, tailor and designer, Wright is one of Twyeffort's out-of-town customers, he is 84 years old, and lives in Springfield,…
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PROFILE of Arthur Urbane Dilley, the country's foremost authority on Oriental rugs, and president of the Hajji Baba Club, a group of gentlemen …
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PROFILE of Meyer Davis orchestra leader who has been supplying the nation's gentry with his products since 1913. His presence at coming-out parties & …
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a reporter at large ·
Before the group of small businessmen who had been invited to confer with the President, left for Washington, Charles Courtney called a "dress rehearsal" …
a reporter at large ·
REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to the Amerikadeutscher Volksbund meeting on Lexington Avenue and 85th Street. There are about 17,000 members in N. Y. C., …