Coast of Illyria at Mar go Jones Theater enters third week
The Dorothy Parker Evans play “The Coast of Illyria” runs into its third week at Mar go Jones Theater 49. It centers on Charles Lamb and his sister Mary with Hazlitt Coleridge and DeQuincey visiting as witty onstage essayists. The review notes strong dialogue but a weaker central romance and questions credits.
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Coast of
Illyria
Dorothy Parker-Ross Evans
Margo Jones
Charles Lamb
William Hazlitt
Thomas DeQuincey
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Charles
Mary Lamb
Lamb
Hazlitt
DeQuincey
Coleridge
Arker
Evans
Sister Mary
Wordsworth
Cast Delivers Sharp Shakespearean Parody in Local Review
Steve Perkins notes strong performance in Twelfth Night adaptation with Romola Robb and Wilson Brooks delivering expert turns as Charles and Mary Lamb. The piece praises overall cast and anticipates Broadway comparison once the play reaches New York.
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Romola Robb
Wilson Brooks
Charles
Mary Lamb
New York
Film listings show theater runs and features
Local schedule lists multiple theaters through midweek and into Thursday. Mix of classic and recent releases including My Man Godfrey at Capitol with Carole Lombard, Station West at Texas, Three Musketeers at Ritz, and Ride of titles featuring Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Fredric March, and Dana Andrews with varying showtimes throughout the day.
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Capitol
Man Godfrey
Carole Lombard
Bids Tabulated On City Supplies
City purchasing agent B H Cruce began tabulating bids for six months of milk ice cream bread and meat for Brackenridge Hospital starting May 1. Diesel fuel and kerosene bids for city departments were also received.
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B. H. Cruce
Brackenridge Hospital
Superior Dairies
Prewitt Creamery
Milky Way Dairies
Slaughter’s
Freeman Food Store
Nelson Provision Company
Pate’s Food Store
Austin Baking Company
Fehr Baking Company
Heffington Petroleum Company
Independent Oil Company
City Council to Hear 15 Zoning Pleas on East Avenue
The City Council will hear 15 zoning applications on East Avenue and surrounding blocks this Wednesday due to San Jacinto Day observance. Includes commercial requests for parcels on East Avenue with multiple owners and properties from 2000 to 4600 blocks, plus several residence lots and shopping center sites.
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Council
East Avenue
San Jacinto
Roland B. Moore
Bonnie Road
J. Miller Elliott
East 10Th
Adolph Kohn Sr
West Seventh Street
R. C. Hoover
Elsie Wiswell
David Pearson
Zuvu
East 2012
East 21St Streets
Official of Wholesale Grocery Firm Buried
Funeral services were held in Gainesville for William C. Simpson 56 secretary treasurer of Tyler and Simpson Wholesale Grocery Co He died in a Dallas hospital He was a former city councilman and school board member He was a vice president of the Turner Hotel Company Survivors include his widow a daughter Mrs Peter Maxfield Gainesville and a brother John Simpson Ardmore Okla
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Gainesville
William C. Simpson
Tyler & Simpson Wholesale Grocery
Comco
Dallas
Simpson
Turner Hotel Company
Peter Maxfield
John Simpson
Ardmore
Okla
Development Foundation Sets May 1 for Start of 2nd Year
Austin Development Foundation sets May 1 as the start of its second year and operations. Chartered March 31 last year, the group spent three months organizing and raising about $50,000 annually. Manager William O. Harwell appointed July 15. The first report reviews Austin payroll gains above $1,000,000 yearly from bringing Jefferson Chemical facilities to the city and outlines plans for a $4.5 million Butlin Texas holiday resort near Austin and about 30 payroll projects. It notes efforts with the City Council and Chamber of Commerce to attract Pioneer Air Lines headquarters, with Pioneer payroll over $1.1 million a year.
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Austin Development Foundation
William O. Harwell
Austin
National Research Laboratory
Jefferson Chemical Company
Foundation
City Council
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Air Lines
City of
Houston
Pioneer
Celia Yacht Launch Planned for Lake Travis This Week
The 35 ton yacht Celia owned by C. R. Starnes is set for a Wednesday or Thursday shakedown on Lake Travis. The vessel began its overland move Monday from McNeil Ferry between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers. It will be moved by crane and a special dock and railroad track prepared at Lake Travis for launching. The trip should take two to three days and avoids crossing a bridge. Celia is the largest boat afloat on Lake Travis.
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Celia
Lake Travis
C. R. Starnes
McNeil Ferry
Brazos
Colorado
Gulf
Starnes
18 Austin men fined for ignoring jury summons
In 98th District Court Judge Penn Jackson fined 18 Austin men 25 each for failure to appear on a special venire of 250. The men must return May 2 as one of two murder cases scheduled for trial was postponed.
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Austin
98Th District Court
Penn Jackson
Cleburne
Jackson
Third Judicial District
Charles O. Betts
C. H. Roper
J. R. Davis Sr
Roper
Davis
Bob Long
Fielding Hammond
New Corpus City Head Seeks Aids
Corpus Christi's new city manager Maurice W. Cochran moved quickly Monday to fill vacancies created by abrupt resignations of four city officials. He asked the County Bar Association to recommend three local attorneys for a new city attorney and suggested combining the director of public utilities with other duties. City Auditor Bill Graf temporarily assumed public finance duties and acted for the city secretary.
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Corpus Christi
Maurice W. Cochran
Detroit
H. H. Allen
Allen
John Rutherford
Franklin Hutter
Samuel F. Crecelius Jr
Marvin Cage
Rutherford
Crecelius
Cochran
County Bar Association
Bill Graf
Suspect in Lunacy Test for Murder Case
A lunacy commission was appointed in New Orleans on Monday to test the mental condition of Louis Eugene Hoover, indicted for the murder of millionaire James Mahoney. The panel includes Dr. C Grenes Cole, coroner of Orleans Parish, and Edmund C. Connely, a psychiatrist and city alienist.
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New Orleans
Louis Eugene Hoover
James Mahoney
C. Grenes Cole
Orleans Parish
Edmund C. Connely
Penguins on the loose after escape from truck
Two penguins, part of a 59 bird shipment to Warren Buck, escaped from a truck between the Holland Tunnel and Robbinsville. Buck found six wandering roadside, while eight chewed through chicken wire. Police say the two penguins remain at large.
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Hightstown
N. J
Holland Tunnel
Robbinsville
Warren Buck
Merchantville
Buck
la Guardia
Bridge Over Canadian River Opens July First
Borger reports the Canadian River Bridge four miles north of town will open to traffic July 1. Contractor John F. Buckner of Cleburne says work is seventy days ahead of schedule on the $700,000 project.
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Borger
Here
John F. Buckner
Cleburne
Jury Fails To Rule On Airborne Lover
Lincoln dispatch reports Louis Kramer sought 25000 dollars in an alienation of affections suit against Emil Aksamit of Crete Nebraska. After two days of deliberation a seven man five woman jury was dismissed without a verdict. Mrs Kramer testified he flew over their home in an airplane dropping candy cigarettes and notes and that she eventually had the phone removed.
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Neb
INS
Louis Kramer
Kramer
Emil Aksamit
Crete
Philippines Accept US Military Adviser Appointment
Manila reports the Philippine government accepted Major General Jonathan W. Anderson as head of the joint United States military advisory group. Secretary Kang Leon opposed the step, while General Douglas MacArthur announced Anderson had assumed the post as chief American adviser to the government.
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Jonathan W. Anderson
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Gen. Anderson
Abilene Kiwanis Club Guests Attend Austin Meeting
More than 25 Abilene Kiwanians rode a chartered plane to Austin for an interclub relations program with the Austin Kiwanis Club. Frank Elsaas of the University of Texas performed cornet solos and Joe C. Humphrey spoke on building character and democracy. Local figures from Abilene and Austin helped organize the event.
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San Jacinto
Humphrey
Mac Eplen
Kiwanis
Austin
D. T. Harkrider
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Harkrider
A. M.tonto Coleman
Abilene Christian College
Abilene Club
West Texas
Don Hart
Sanity Check Delays Murder Assault Trial
The murder assault trial of Joe A. Goforth, 26, Krump farmer, is delayed at least 60 days after doctors at Wichita Falls state hospital requested further observation. Goforth faces charges for wounding Sheriff W. O. Hodges and Jake Chism during a January 7 gun battle at Krum, with a new date to be set after a judge’s decision.
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Joe A. Goforth
Krump Farmer
Goforth
W. O. Hodges
Jake Chism
Krum
State Hospital
Wichita Falls
Ben W. Boyd
Press Group Sets Denison Meeting for May 21
The North and East Texas Press Association will hold a one day meeting in Denison Saturday May 21. President W C Poole announced it on Monday. Activities include a tour of the Denison dam powerhouse via US Engineers and a Lake Texoma cruise hosted by the Denison Chamber of Commerce. The Denison Herald hosts a dinner at the Denison Rod and Gun Club after a reception. C C Clyde Jr Tyler is vice president and Fred Massengill Sr Marshall is secretary treasurer.
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W. C. Poole
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Texoma
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Denison Rod and Gun Club
C. C. Clyde Jr
Tyler
Fred Massengill Sr
Marshall
Funeral Rites Held For H L Kokernot
Services were held Monday for Herbert Lee Kokernot a prominent rancher and churchman noted for educational work. He died Saturday night from injuries suffered in a fall at his home the previous Wednesday in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Herbert Lee Kokernot
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