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The Daughters of the American Revolution, who once outraged music lovers and democrats by refusing to let dusky Contralto Marian Anderson sing in their Constitution Hall, had a wartime change of heart last week. When her stubborn Manager Sol Hurok again asked for use of the Washington hall, the DARters went him one better, formally invited Miss Anderson to be soloist on one of their war-relief concerts this winter.
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