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eager resem oon peta a RS ES Tm Bend nn poner a cvs. oqemaret drew 0 arte ene, RO SR vom CURRENT BIOGRAPHY Published monthly by The H. W. Wilson Company 950 University Avenue New York == Editor: Mazine Block Managing Editor: E. Mary Trow = Copyright, 1942, The H. W. Wilson Company. Reasonoble quotation from this publi- 1OGRAPHY. cation is permitted provided due credit is given to CURRENT 5& Vol. 3 December 1942 No. 12 Explanations Authoritics for forms of names are the Library of Congress and the Wilson Company bibliographical indexes. Exception is made to the authorized form when the shortened form of a name is better known: eg. Monty Woolley instead of Edgar Montillion Woolley. If the full name is not given in the heading it will be found in the sketch itself. After the name, pronunciation is given if the name is difficult, and then the date of birth as fully as possible. The date of death is given for those who have died. The occupation of the subject follows. Next comes the sketch itself, followed by a list of references for further study. These include magazine and newspaper references (in one alphabet) and books. If the person is not living, references are made to obituaries in news- papers and magazines. Only books of an autobiographical or biographical nature are listed, including such well known reference works as Who's IVho, Who's Who tn America, etc. The magazine articles Histed under Referelices are in abbreviated form (sce list “Periodical and Newspaper Abbreviations” for complete title). The form of entry is as follows: Sat Eve Post 56:78-9 S ’39 por. This means that an article supplementing our sketch will be found in Saturday Evening Post, volume 56, pages 78-9, in the September 1939 number. The abbreviation por means that the article is accompanied by a portrait. In the case of newspapers, the name of the paper is followed by paging and date. When a name in a sketch is followed by 40 4 biography of that person may be found in the 1940 Current Biography Yearbook published in De- cember 1940; for a name followed by “ see the 1941 Current Biography Yearbook; for a? name see index in this issue. Photographs not credited to various studios and not obtained from the individuals themselves arte obtained from Press Association, Inc., Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.