"A young American, full of energy," tall, slim, graceful is Harold Barlow, a native of the Middle West (Plain City, Ohio), a representative of the Far West (Portland, Ore.), a graduate of Reed College and the Columbia University Music Department, who has had the daring to organize and lead... 

The treaty-bound U. S. Navy cannot start building another battleship before 1936. Its new 10,000-ton cruisers with 8-in. guns—light, swift, hard-hitting war machines—are the pride of its modern fleet. In the last 30 months eight of these vessels (Salt Lake City, Pensacola, Chicago, Augusta,... 

"Being gunned by enemy ship of Graf Spee class in Lat. 52.45° N., Long. 32.13° W." Signed with the call letters of the 16,698-ton New Zealand freighter Rangitiki, just after noon one day last week, this ominous radio flash was followed after 99 minutes by one from the 4,952-ton British... 

ECONOMIC news out of Washington took an encouraging twist last week as the Government reported upticks in three key indicators. From February to March, housing starts rose 6%, personal income climbed, and industrial production increased (by 0.2%) for the first time in eight months. On the other hand,... 

Five reasons to hate Untraceable: 1. It takes advantage of defenseless January moviegoers. I refer to those loyal souls who have assiduously seen all the late-year releases that are now bathing in Oscar-nominated glory, and are looking for a weekend diversion that doesn't... 

Many a U.S. city, its population and pocketbook swollen by war work, has worried itself sick over an inevitable postwar collapse. Last week the city fathers of Portland, Ore. did something about it. Hired, for a fancy $100,000 fee, was New York's famed Park Commissioner Robert Moses, who will take... 

The cast of the scandal in Portland, Ore., has a certain ring to it: Sam Adams. Bob Ball. Beau Breedlove and his dog Lolita … "Everyone has porn names!" says Mark Wiener with a laugh. "Until yesterday, it had never occurred to me that the worst offending name was mine." Wiener... 

Route: Colonel Summers Park to Mount Tabor to Rocky Butte Distance: 18 miles (29 km) Portland really knows how to treat its cyclists. Overlaying the city is a grid of well-used bike lanes, many of which lead to beautiful parks and lakes (click here for bike maps). You can rent bikes for $20 per... 

(See Cover) It was fill-'er-up-and-let's-go time, and Americans were gadding about as never before. They were off to Albuquerque, Minneapolis and Montauk, to Eagle River, Nantucket and Oconomowoc. Some millions of them were headed for Canada—green, fresh, cool and twice as big as all... 

Aug uste Renoir painted them, Edith Piaf saAuguste Renoir painted them, Edith Piaf sang about them and, most recently, Amlie did her shopping on them. But icon of Paris though the centuries-old cobblestones of Montmartre may be, they are being removed as part of a council project aimed at turn this...