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January 18, 1930

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profiles

Ugly duckling

Helena Huntington Smith

Personality sketch of Albert Stoessel, musical conductor. Conducts the New York Oratorio Society and the Bach Cantata Club; in summer has Chautauqua …

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Mississippi Pete vs. the Gambling robots

Donald Thompson