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JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT has acquired the old Jules Eckert Goodman play, "The Great Romancer," which was seen in London in 1937 but which apparently has never been offered in this country. The play, which starred Robert Morley in the British offering, is about the life and loves of the elder Alexander Dumas, and Mr. S. thinks it has the "flavor" of "The Firebrand," in which he was quite a success.
Backs Fire Comr Walsh on civilian defense program
WEST POINT, N.Y., Feb. 27 -Fordham brought its regular basketball season to a close today by defeating Army, 68 to 42. The score tells the story of the game, with the cadets after the first six minutes of the game simply unable to penetrate the Maroon defense and the New Yorkers breaking fast to drop in baskets from all over the floor.
OPA announces canned products sales permitted
1943Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (died 1998)[†]
Barbara Jean Acklin was an American soul singer and songwriter, who was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit as a singer was "Love Makes a Woman" (1968). As a songwriter, she is best known for co-writing the multi-million-selling "Have You Seen Her" (1971) with Eugene Record, lead singer of the Chi-Lites.