Stanley William Tracey was a British jazz pianist and composer, whose most important influences were Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Tracey's best known recording is the 1965 album Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood", which is based on the BBC radio drama Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas.

Headlines from December 30, 1926

Brings Giant Strawberry With Beauty-Giving Powers

REPUBLICANS PICK HILLES AS LEADER; He Accepts Job to Rebuild the Party in State for Coming Presidential Campaign. SUCCEEDS WARD ON JAN. 1 New Executive Head to Urge Harmony -- Wadsworth Now Is Inactive. REPUBLICANS PICK HILLES AS LEADER

BRUCE ASKS OUR AID TO RESTORE EUROPE; Australian Prime Minister Tells Pilgrims Society We Can No Longer Be Isolated. PLEDGES FRIENDSHIP TO US Would Apply British Empire Principle to World to Insure Peace. BRUCE ASKS OUR AID TO RESTORE EUROPE

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MILLIONS TO FINANCE INSTALLMENT HOUSES; $31,500,000 Company Formed on Lines of Federal Reserve Bank System. TO BE NATIONAL IN SCOPE Morgan J, O'Brien at Head of Advisory Board -- Special Provisions for Autos.

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