Fx Pilot Turns Costume Chief For Shakespeare Festival
Roberta Leveaux of Yellow Springs Ohio once piloted planes with the ATA in England delivering Spitfires and chauffeuring VIPs She now costumes the Antioch Shakespeare Festival actors rearing three children while managing a full schedule She credits aviation for keeping her driven and content as she outfits 40 actors in Renaissance garments across seasons.
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Robert L. Shaffer
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Saya Shylock
Salerio
Antioch College
Shylock
England
Roberta Leveaux
California
Leveauy
Roberta Sandoz
Northport
Wash
Jaqueline Cochran
Air Transport Auxiliary
Roberta
ATA
Peter Leveaux
Kensington
London
King’s Royal Hussars
Leveaux
Jostens Manufacturing Company
Owatonna
Mina Roberta
Antioch
Kings John
Richard Weo
Vii
Jobless Woman Wins Weight in Gold Prize
Miss Mary McCrea, a 32 year old unemployed stenographer living with her mother in San Francisco, won the top prize of 75 158 84 dollars in a nationwide Rinso Blue contest by writing a 25 word sentence. She stood on a scale at the U S Mint to weigh her clothes and body, with gold piled on the opposite balance to equal the prize amount. The winnings were paid by check rather than in gold.
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San Francisco
Mary McCrea
Miss McCrea
Lever Bros
Mise McCrea
United States Mint
Norwich City Manager Resigns for Foreign Post
Norwich Sept 18 City Manager Irving HO Beck, the first to hold the post under the new council manager form, tendered his resignation at a special meeting. Beck announced his appointment by the Foreign Operations Administration as public administration adviser in Havana with the Inter-American Municipal Organization. The federal post had been anticipated since July and follows his leadership since the referendum that created the council manager system. Beck, arriving from Schenectady, had overseen local improvements and the transition to the new government form. The resignation takes effect November 1.
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Norwich
Irving HO Beck
Beck
Foreign Operations Administration
Havana
Cuba
Tr. Siaing
Schenectads
Cattle extet nest sites unfound in South America
The National Geographic Society notes the cattle extet has not had nesting sites located in South America despite its appearance on the continent over 20 years ago. Flocks have spread from British Guiana to the Guianas and Colombia and Venezuela, and have also become migrants to the U.S. East Coast.
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South America
Aays
National Geographic Society
British Guiana
Satiam
Venezuela
Colombia
United States
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Jack Bittner
New York
Caliban
State Street
City Hall
Davis & Savard
Ane
Mr. Rock
Loi
Norwich City
Bengal
Furniture
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