Lost Colony to Resume in July With New Sea Props
The Lost Colony will reopen in July 1946 at Fort Raleigh with a redesigned stage allowing the sea to serve as a prop. Albert Bell builds a movable backdrop and cabins, enabling scenes on the water and near Raleigh’s ships, as Paul Green’s epic returns to life after World War II interruption.
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E. Carl Link
Paul Green
The
Carolinas
Albert Bell
Fort Raleigh
Walter Raleigh
Playright
America
Lost Colony
Four Corners
Earth
North Carolina
Raleigh
Virginia
Dare
New World
Dare County
Green
Herbert Graf
New York Metropolitan Opera House
New American Opera
Sam Selden
University of North Carolina Dramatic School
Westminster
Roanoke Island
Manteo
Bahamas Make Bid For Silk Market
Bahamas aims to become a silk production hub with imports of silkworms and mulberry trees. The British Caribbean Silk Co. began the project 15 months ago, planting Osigian mulberry cuttings on one island and planning further plantings across 29 islands. Bahamas enjoys a semi tropical climate suited for silkworm culture with six cocoon crops annually, four more than Japan.
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Nassau
B. I
Bahama Islands
British Caribbean Silk Co
South America
Bahamas
Japan
Methodists To Gather This Week In Raleigh
Raleigh sees a joint meeting of the North Carolina conference cabinet and advisory committee of the Methodist college advance at Edenton Street Methodist Church. Delegates include Hood and Dillon, with numerous bishops pastors and lay leaders listed for morning and afternoon sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
T. M. Grant Mount
A. S. Foster
Wilm
Har
Branscomb Durham
Hobbs
Waltr 'Pin
Louisburg
J. G. Phillips
Durham
J. Vv. Riley
Goldsboro
Bill Wells
Wilson
Mary Gardner
Mrs Hillyer leaves funds to church and memorial stone
In Raleigh a will by the late Mrs E C Hillyer bequeaths 16 thousand dollars for a Hillyer Memorial Christian church stone inscription and 15 thousand dollars more if available after other bequests. Richard A Trice and family receive 100 thousand dollars and nearby real estate. Cash legacies total 159.9 thousand. The rest goes to the National Benevolent Association and the Disciples pension fund. Chief Justice W P Stacy named executor.
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Raleigh
Hillyer Memorial Christian Church
E. C. Hillyer
Richard A. Trice
Eee Hall
National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church
St. Louis
Pension Fund of Disciples of Christ
Indianapolis
Ind
Justic
Walter Winchell Tales of the Town Pokes at Swank Spots
Walter Winchell riffs on New York nightlife in Park Avenue lounges noting a young coat-room gal and a fashionably aged observer. Bill Stern’s joke at Ciro’s stirs a drunk, while Bendhelyana and other showfolk anecdotes color the social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Baker
Columm
Park Avenue
Bill Stern
Ciro
Bill
Pacific correspondent taunts lend lease aid in Java uprising
An American correspondent returns from the Pacific and objects to England using lend lease equipment to quell colonial uprisings. He recalls a British lieutenant reporting that Indonesians had seized three tanks, to which the colonel calmly replied that they were not paid for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Java
New Year Street Scene Sparks Eccentric Warning
A sanitation worker on 53rd Street and Second Avenue blasts water from a hydrant as a weaving drunk man watches and then taps the worker, warning with a tense quip about Halloween.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
53Rd Street
2Nd Avenue
Bud
Waldron Returns To Reu Ben's After War-Front Absence
Broadway figure Jack Waldron, a three year veteran of the sector, reappeared last night after a period away from the war-front circuit and joined a tableful of patrons at Reu ben's, where he spoke with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Waldron
Broadway
Reuben
Notor
Taft Labels Truman Left Winger in Senate Charge
Senator Taft declared President Truman has shifted from free enterprise to left wing economic policies. He said Democrats and many Republicans oppose his capitol bill and that the Democratic Party is split, stalling Truman’s legislative program despite Democratic majorities. Taft broadcast the critique from Cincinnati, signaling 1950s campaign strategy.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Capitol
Ohioan
Ress
Senate Republican Steering Committee
NBC
Cincinnati
Blican National Committee
Ithe T
Congress
State Heads To Attend Reception For Eichelberger
Governor R Gregg Cherry and Mrs Cherry have accepted invites to a dinner honoring Lt General and Mrs Robert L Eichelberger at Grove Park Thursday. Lt Governor Ballentine and Mrs Ballentine also planned to attend along with members of the state council and officials from Raleigh Canton and more. Max Thompson of Canton, a WWII Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, was invited as a special guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
R. Gregg Cherry
L. Y. Ballentine
Fidler Returns to Memphis Naval Air Station
Joseph C. Fidler of S.A.D. 3-c has returned to the naval air station in Memphis Tennessee after a few months away. He spent his Christmas leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Isaac Fidler of Willowbrook street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidler
Joseph C. Fidler
S.A.D
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn
Mr. and
Bones Isaac Fidler
Willowbrook Street
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Asa
Ocean
J. M. Broughton
Roanoke Island Historical Association
State Department of Conservation and Development
Bureau of Entomology
Walter Winchell
Bendhleyana
Bob
Oklahoma
Ty Power
Annabella
Bette Davis
Spencer Tracy
Estelle Taylor
Mirror
New York
Tommy Dorsey
Skate Bros
Himber
Essex House
Wedgewood Room
Waldorf
Rivoli
Palace Theatre
Sophie Tucker
P. Whiteman
George Mann
the Yearling
Laudeville
Lweeks
Bert Lahr
Bert
Gerald L. K. Smith
P. S
Paul Small
Sur
Paula Laurence
Paula Josefa Manuela Maria Theresa de Lugo Y Alba
Will
Spain
Ben Hecht
Madison Square Garden
Louis Bromfield
George Jean Nathan
Theodore Dreiser
Eniui
Vidkun Isling
Brooklyn
Iiae
Potomac
Milton Berle
Chicago
L. D. Taylor
Newaygo
Mich
Lt. Taylor
Capt. Taylor
Eichelberger
Flarllee’s
Seon
Dec
Vogue
Flarilee
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