Gibson Morrisey Leads Italian Concert Tour With Noted Violinists
Gibson Morrissey of Bluefield joins Carroll Glenn and Eugene Potsdam fame to open a joint concert tour of Italy. The trio will perform with Florence and Trieste symphony orchestras in Florence, Trieste, Gorizia, Viareggio and Leghorn, with Morrissey conducting. Glenn arrives from Germany to join rehearsals and prepare to accompany the American artists for troops in the Mediterranean theater.
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Carroll Glenn
Eugene
Potsdam
Italy
Gibson Morrissey
Bluefield
Florence
Trieste
Gorizia
Via Teggio
Leghorn
Morrissey
Miss Glenn
List
Airone
Germany
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Florence May Music Festival Ends With Star Trio
The Florence Maggio Music Festival closes with Miss Glenn List and Morrissey in a joint performance on June 12 at the Theatre Communale. The tour covers twenty days with solo recitals and orchestral appearances, featuring Tschaikowsky Liberus and List concertos. Morrissey, son of Andrew Morrissey of College Avenue, has conducted major European orchestras and praised by occupation forces and critics.
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Miss Glenn
Tschaikowsky
Liberus
List
Rachmaninof
Florence Symphony Orchestra
Trieste
Florence
Grace Moore
Bluefield
Charleston Plans Charter Election
Charleston, W Va, June 9. Mayor Carl Andrews will start mapping for a second city charter election after July 1. He envisions a three person committee to run the election, with one proponent, one opponent, and a neutral third. The date is unsettled, likely late summer or early autumn.
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Charleston
W. Va
Carl Andrews
Andrews
Promising American Conductor Morrissey Receives Praise
Bluefield native Morris Sey studied at Juilliard and Columbia focusing on orchestra conducting. Fritz Mahler called him one of the most promising young American conductors after studying under him in the summer of 1939, highlighting his advanced technical ability.
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Bluefield
Morrissey
Julliard School of Music
Columbia University
Fritz Mahler
Dinner Honors Mrs Susie Taylor Hosted by Wil son Family
Mr and Mrs Harvey Lee Wilson hosted a Sunday dinner honoring Mrs Susie Taylor. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Frank Davis Mr and Mrs Alex Taylor and others. The Senior Usher Board of Jones Street Christian Church plans a 8 o'clock meeting at the church. Mrs Susie Taylor of Cincinnati is visiting Mr and Mrs ee Lee Taylor of Anawalt Virginia.
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Harvey Lee Wilson
Susie Taylor
Frank Davis
Alex Taylor
Henry Taylor
Loney Berry
Charlie Tolliver
Lily Scruggs
Lester Scruggs
Dickie Watson
Lunnie Wilson
Dorothy Watson
Ester Watson
Jones Street Christian Church
Cincinnatti
Ee Lee Taylor
Anawalt, Va
District of Columbia funds approved in budget bill
The House approved a bill to raise about 11 million dollars annually for the District of Columbia, funded by roughly 7 million in higher taxes and 4 million from increased federal contributions. A 2 percent general sales tax was rejected, and income tax changes were tabled as invalid. Other hikes include real estate tax up to 2 percent, gasoline tax to 4 cents a gallon, auto inspection from 50 cents to 1 dollar, water rents up 25 percent, and front footage fees for water mains.
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Washington
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Dirksen
Memphis Board Bans Chaplin Film in City
The Memphis board of censors banned the Charlie Chaplin movie Monsieur Verdoux from all showings in Memphis Tennessee. Chairman Lloyd T. Binford said they do not need to give reasons and noted past bans on Duel In The Sun The Outlaw and other films this year.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Board of Censors
Charlie Chaplin
Monsieur Verdoux
Lloyd T. Binford
Binford
United Artists
Negro Is Released On Killing Charge
Magistrate J. P. Meadows released Wade Tate after a preliminary hearing on a charge of fatally shooting his son in law, Roberts. State Cop C C McGraw identified Roberts as 27, of East Beckley, who had gone to Tate’s Harper Heights home to persuade his wife to return. Roberts fired on the house. Tate replied with a .22 rifle, wounding him in the neck and chest. A second item notes the West Virginia University mining school opening its 35th annual short course in coal mining across several towns.
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McGraw
Roberts
Tates
Tate
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University School of Mines
School of Mines
Beckley
Montgomery
Logan
Vets Employment Field Offices To Be Closed
West Virginia veterans employment offices will close Friday due to congressional funding cuts. Four offices in Huntington Beckley Clarksburg and Wheeling will be affected. An official noted 800 ex-GIs found work through the state employment service since last November.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles L. Rolfe
Veterans Employment
West Virginia
Congress
Huntington
Beckley
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Williams Couple Celebrate 70th Wedding Anniversary
Morgantown West Virginia June 9 Mr and Mrs Thomas Williams marked their 70th wedding anniversary at home. Married in Weleda they moved to America 52 years ago and have lived in Morgantown 40 years. Mr Williams 91 and Mrs Williams 88.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Thomas Williams
Weleda
America
Williams
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Rano
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Fromrpsos
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Southern Coal Fields
Joe A. Feeney
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Northwestern
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Chesapeake
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United Mine Workers District 17
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