Plan New York Act Aims to Make City Global Drama Center
The Actors Equity Association announces a proposed Equity Festival Week in June 1922 to showcase dramatic works from Euripides to Shaw with over 1,000 actors. The plan mirrors Stratford on Avon but aims to include Shakespeare, international plays, music, dance, pantomime, and photoplay art across multiple nations and periods.
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New York
England
Actors’ Equity Association
Stratford
Euripides
Shaw
Frank Gillmore
The
Equity Association
Molier
Calderon
Sheridan
Pinero
Racine
Aristophanes
Beaumont and Fletcher
Rystand
Marlowe
Equity
Harry Raymond's Sawdust Column Drives Local Auto Buzz
Geo. Haag of the Ficks Reed company keeps things moving as the Ginger Kid. Jetty Garland offers all autos washed and polished and will run a Free Taxi Service for two weeks from High Point to Greensboro and back. K Nicholson of Chase City Va arrived this morning.
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Geo. Haag
Ficks Reed Company
George
Ginger Kid
Jetty Garland
High Point
Greensboro
K. Nicholson
Chase City
Ernest Wall Assists Cleanup as Workplace Opens
Ernest Wall was seen sweeping this morning as workers return, signaling a broad cleanup effort underway with many people back on the job.
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Ernest Wall
Amos Furniture Boss Promotes Ice Box Displays
Charlie Amos of the Amos Furniture Company showcases ice boxes on the fifth floor, suggesting a promotion tactic for his lines. The playful display hints at seasonal merchandising ideas and local retail promotion.
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Charlie Amos
Amos Furniture Company
Mark Jones Heads to Goldsboro for Wash Day
Mark Jones of the Blackburn crowd has gone to Goldsboro for over Sunday to get his washing done. Mark says he'll be back Monday with bells on.
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Mark Jones
Blackburn
Goldsboro
Mark
Local Show Draws Crowd and Stalls in Dixie Furniture District
Fred Ingram known as the Human Typewriter creates buzz as Dixie Furniture’s A. O. Wooley of Troy, North Carolina buys before the show opens. John Tate plans a weenie stand, Mose Snow features cigars including Bull Durham, and advance sales remain robust.
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A. O. Wooley
Dixie Furniture Company
Troy, N. C
Mose Snow
Bull Durham
Change of program at the Orpheum today
Patrons will see Charlie Worrell and his Virginia Beauties in a rapid fire farce comedy built for laughing purposes. Along with the comedy the principals of the company provide singing and dancing specialties with a chorus of six dancing girls in handsome costumes as a special feature.
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Charlie Worrell
Virginia
The Dragon's Net Episode Four At Universal Feature
Universal presents a musical comedy attraction alongside a mystery serial in The Dragon's Net. The episode travels through China Japan the Philippines and the U S A with romance and adventure amid light entertainment.
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Universal
Endowment for Motherhood Proposed in NSW Labor Plan
Sydney June 18 The parliamentary labor party approves a bill for motherhood endowment offering about 2.50 a week to widowed mothers up to the Commonwealth age. Parents earning 45.50 will get 1.50 per child under fourteen after the first two. Coverage targets NSW residents two years or more. Estimated annual cost is £1,600,000.
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Sydney
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Commonwealth
New South Wales
Profiteers advertise special prices for Americans in Rome
In Rome on May 30 profiteers openly target American tourists. A photographer displays a placard in his shop reading Special prices for Americans and others are accused of trying to fleece visitors.
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Rome
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