Met Opened To Negroes
New Met general manager Rudolf Bing says Negro singers welcome at the Metropolitan Opera if the right voice and part are found. He notes no Negro singer has appeared to date, cites past Edinburgh Festival invitation to Todd Duncan, and reiterates willingness to engage Negro artists when suitable roles arise.
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New York
Metrotan Opera
Rudolf Bing
Met
Metropolitan Opera
Bing
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Todd Duncan
Cotton quota plan questioned by Rep Cooley
Representative Cooley of North Carolina charges that a wide failure to inform cotton farmers under new quotas has left growers in the dark. He cites department and county committees as administering the program without proper notice and alleges denial of appeals within 15 days. Brannan replies defending the process and access to reviews.
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Washington
Cooley
North Carolina
Agriculture
Brannan
House Agriculture Committee
Headache relief claim for Capudine tablets
Advertises Liquid Capudine with four pain relieving ingredients dissolved and ready. Claims quick relief within minutes and offers money back if not satisfied. Mentions sizes 300 and 600 with a drug-like product tone typical of a pharmaceutical ad.
Canyon Woman Seeks Randall County Treasurer Bid
Ruth Adcock Hill of Canyon announces her candidacy for Randall County treasurer. A 25-year county resident, she has three children, high schoolers in Canyon and a student at West Texas State College. Hill touts business experience, including editor of The Happy Herald and bookkeeper for Happy Implement Co, and aims to meet voters before the July 22 Democratic primary.
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Ruth Adcock Hill
Canyon
Randall County
Happy Implement Company
Chinese Reds Plot Hainan Invasion
Taipei reports invasion activity along the Lui Chow Peninsula and Chekiang coast spurring Nationalist defenses near Hainan. Reds are said to seize vessels while Nationalist planes pound the area. Mao is alleged to set a late June invasion deadline with Russian advisers aiding the effort.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Luichow Peninsula
Chekiang Province
Hainan
Mao Tse-tung
New Dad Dies Beneath Car in Tragic Harbor Loss
Delmar Quigley a 23 year old newlywed father died when his car plunged over an embankment at Hermosa Beach California. His wife Jeannette had just given birth to their son Saturday. Witnesses saw him run beside the car as it ran out of control and police say the car began rolling after he exited to stop it. He was found under the wreckage near a steep hill.
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Hermosa Beach
Cal
Delmar Quigley
Jeannette
W. H. Drane
Crane
Quigley
Remembering Names At Social Events
A panel of professionals from Hayden to Buchanan share how they handle forgetting a name. Mrs Grady Wilson and Beth Davis discuss asking for the name directly, while Roy Greenh ill suggests guiding conversation to jog memory. Others advise self reinforcements and polite prompts to avoid embarrassment.
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Grady Wilson
Hayden
Perso
Tokyo Raiders Aid Japs Fund at Reunion
Palm Desert Cal April 17 Doolittle Tokyo raiders raised funds to teach those Japanese a lesson in humanity At their fifth annual reunion Lt Gen James H Doolittle and 35 of 80 original bombers gave $5 each The group will support Jacob D Deshazer who has returned to Japan as a missionary and collect personal histories for a mission document Site for next year’s meeting not yet decided.
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Palm Desert
Cal
Doolittle
Tokyo Raiders
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Jacob D. Deshazer
Japan
Christians To Aid Famine Relief In Red China
Hong Kong reports Peiping invited Christian welfare groups to famine talks starting Thursday. Rev. R. Hall notes this first sign Communists may seek outside help for famine-stricken millions. Chen Yung cites 40 million affected but offers no details.
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Hong Kong
Peiping
Red China
R. Hall
Chen Yung
Shanghai
National Christian Council
China
Hall
Tung Pi-wu
Communist
R 2
British Food Boss Resigns After NFU Criticism
London April 17 Stanley Evans resigned as parliamentary secretary in the food ministry amid anger from the National Farmers Union over remarks that British agriculture was feather bedded and privileged. Evans said now everyone can be happy and the NFU have his scalp under their belt.
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London
Britain
Stanley Evans
Ministry of Food
Evans
National Farmers Union
NFU
Clement Attlee
Food Ministry
Young Geniuses Often Neglected
CHICAGO U P Gifted children seldom receive help to maximize their potential. Northwestern University education school sponsored survey led by Prof Paul A Witty finds society focuses on the disadvantaged while potential leaders are left to develop without assistance. Twenty years of study shows neglect stems from viewing such pupils as eccentric, peer shunning or jealousy, and reluctance to reveal abilities.
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Chicago
U.P
Northwestern University
School of Education
Paul A. Witty
Witty
French Cops Hurt In Factory Brawl
Nine French policemen were injured in a clash with stone throwing workers at a nationalized aircraft plant near Paris. The plant had dismissed 3,200 workers for economy, then others attempted to occupy the factory as 6,500 were fired with promises of individual rehiring. Police cordoned the area with 2,000 outside and 300 inside the plant while thousands of workers gathered and hurled stones.
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Paris
United Cerebral Palsy Drive Aims to Raise 500000
New York April 16 Leonard H Goldenson president of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations Inc announced a nation wide drive to raise 500000 to combat cerebral palsy to be held next month across the country.
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New York
Leonard H. Goldenson
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc
Ventaire Aluminum Owning Choice of the Discriminating
N M Cooper advertises Ventaire aluminum products promising permanent dignity and beauty. Located at 3410 Fillmore Street with phone contact 4-4143, the copy targets refined homeowners seeking durable, stylish fixtures.
Princess Elizabeth reportedly awaits second child this summer
The London Sunday Pictorial says Princess Elizabeth is expecting her second baby in late July or early August. The heiress presumptive’s pregnancy has circulated for months, though royal family members would not comment. She is visiting Prince Philip in Malta where he serves with the Mediterranean fleet.
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London
London Sunday Pictorial
Elizabeth
Britain
Prince Philip
Malta
Nationalist Free China Labor League appeal to aid Red China
The Nationalist Free China Labor League urged American labor leaders to provide relief to starving millions in Red China. Reasani spoke as part of a campaign to mobilize aid for those facing hunger under the communist influence.
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Cuttis
Nation
Oma
Sr Reasani
Free China Labor League
Red
China
Knights Templar Conclave Draws 500 in El Paso
More than 500 persons attend the 97th Grand Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Texas in El Paso. The event began the day before, continuing through April 17.
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Knight’s Templar
EL Paso
Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar of
Texas
Four Killed in Crossing Crash In Redkey Indiana
A Pennsylvania freight train struck an automobile on Redkey main street last night killing four teens and injuring three others. The dead are Lora Rombeck 16 Redkey Ronnie Lee Johnson 17 Dunkirk Martha Jane Cochran 13 Redkey and Mrs Barbara Richards 18 Redkey. Four hours later hospital officials reported all available staff trying to save three more seriously injured. Friends named Beverley Gilbert Janice Cochran both Redkey and Richard Lord Dunkirk as injured.
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Portland
Ind
Redkey
Williams Jones
Jones Mortuary
Lora Rombeck
Ronnie Lee Johnson
Dunkirk
Martha Jane Cochran
Redey
Barbara Richards
Jay County Hospital
Beverley Gilbert
Janice Cochran
Richard Lord
Pan American Day program at Sam Houston Junior High
An eighth grade Spanish class assembly at Sam Houston Junior High featured a trio singing El Rancho Grande with piano by Sharon Stubbs, electric guitar numbers, a Mexican market skit, and a Boogie Woogie piano piece. Dialogues were in Spanish with Linda Onas providing interpretation. Mrs. J. B. Love led the event.
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North East Fifth
E. M. Thomas
Prospect
Donald Meeks
Sunray
J. D. Burns
White Deer
G. C. Laughry
Pierce
Debora D. Edwards
Kentucky
Sam Houston Junior High School
Carol Schultz
Alice Wells
Norma McNeil
el Rancho Grande
Sharon Stubbs
Jeanette Reed
J. B. Love
Birthday notices and family travels in local column
Mrs Lloyd Powell celebrated a birthday Friday Frank Jones III on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Bob Foight and their son D Armstrong returned to Anna Thursday after a brief trip to Kansas. Mrs Feig’s father William A Reeves is critically ill in Parsons weekly.
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Lloyd Powell
Frank Jones
III
Bob Foight
Buchanan
D Armstrong
Anna
P.sons
Kan
Feig
William A. Reeves
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