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April 12, 1953

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MRS. HOBBY SWORN AS FIRST SECRETARY OF WELFARE OFFICE; She Becomes Second Woman to Serve in a Cabinet -- Praised by Eisenhower

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Farley visits Pres Eisenhower

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BANK BILL ALLOWS 'DIRECT APPROACH'; Additional Borrowing Power Given Savings Institutions Averts Dubious Methods

By George A. Mooney

comment; Supt Lyon stresses power is not substitute for liquidity

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AND IT'S A LONELY, PERSONAL ART; The Short Story, Says Frank O'Connor, Is a Lyric Cry in the Face of Destiny

By Frank O'Connor

DEFINITIONS are a nuisance but they prevent misunderstandings. When E. M. Forster wrote a book on the novel, he accepted a French definition of it as "a prose fiction of a certain length" which was incontrovertible, like saying it was written on paper, but not very helpful, as it implied that practically everything "of a certain length" was a novel and consequently that there was nothing useful to be said about it.

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5-HITTER NIPS TRIBE; Koslo Wins for Giants, but Lanier, Jansen Also Pitch Well

By William J. Briordy

The Giants' homecoming yesterday was a most happy one. Combing three of Al Lopez' pitchers for ten hits, Leo Durocher's outfit gained a 5-1 victory over the Indians at the Polo Grounds.

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SPEECH IS THE MIRROR OF THE SOUL'; SPEECH IS THE MIRROR OF THE SOUL'

By Marian Rich

WHENEVER a play by Shakespeare or a classic revival is produced on Broadway, there is gnashing of teeth, both critical and general, over the speech of the actors. Not only, it is claimed, is the articulation poor and undistinguished -- but there also is a lack of feeling for style.

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1953Tanino Liberatore, Italian author and illustrator^[†]

Gaetano Liberatore, better known as Tanino Liberatore, is an Italian comics author and illustrator. His best known fictional character is RanXerox.

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1953Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (born 1880)^[†]

Lionel George Logue was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer.

Historical Context for April 12, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people^[†]

Headlines from April 12, 1953

MRS. HOBBY SWORN AS FIRST SECRETARY OF WELFARE OFFICE; She Becomes Second Woman to Serve in a Cabinet -- Praised by Eisenhower

BANK BILL ALLOWS 'DIRECT APPROACH'; Additional Borrowing Power Given Savings Institutions Averts Dubious Methods

AND IT'S A LONELY, PERSONAL ART; The Short Story, Says Frank O'Connor, Is a Lyric Cry in the Face of Destiny

5-HITTER NIPS TRIBE; Koslo Wins for Giants, but Lanier, Jansen Also Pitch Well

SPEECH IS THE MIRROR OF THE SOUL'; SPEECH IS THE MIRROR OF THE SOUL'

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