Record releases echo opera season with complete works
A surge of operatic records arrives as complete operas become affordable for collectors. Columbia issues Madame Butterfly in full with Metropolitan stars. Wagner’s Siegfried final scene by Farrell and Svanholm. Victor rolls out Puccini centennial singles by Albanese Kirsten Peerce and others, all praised for high artistry.
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Columbia
Metropolitan Opera Company
Eleanor Steber
Richard Tucker
Jean Madeira
Wagner
Siegfried
Victor
Eileen Farrell
Svanholm
Metropolitan
Puccini
Licia Albanese
Butterfly
Rayon Symphony No 93 review by NBC Cantelli
Phonograph review of Ray on Symphony No 93 with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guido Cantelli. Noting evolution from Bach to Haydn and Khachaturian, the piece is late Haydn with noted quaintness, a gay spirited work, well performed and mechanically excellent recording.
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Rayon
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Guido Cantelli
Victor
Haydn
Khaturian
Monroe's New Version Echoes Mule Train Hit
Vaughn Monroe rushes out a new version of Mule Train following Frank Laine success. The tune was first recorded for Monroe’s upcoming Singing Guns sequence. Critics note Monroe lacks the rough edge that defines the male skinner style and question this performance.
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Monroe
Frank Laine
Vaughn Monroe
Excessive Speed Cited in Newton Derailment
The ICC found the Southern Railway derailment near Newton North Carolina on Sept nineteen was caused by excessive speed on a curve. Three employees died and twenty nine were injured as dense fog hid a 15 mile limit sign and the engineer slowed from fifty to about thirty miles per hour before the crash.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway
Newton
N. C
ICC
The Thread that Runs So True by Jesse Stuart review
A review of Jesse Stuart's The Thread that Runs So True, noting its autobiographical look at Greenwood County Kentucky education struggles. The author praises the depiction of teachers fights against underfunded schools while contrasting Stuart with Harriette Arnow and stressing the book as a timely problem story.
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Jesse Stuart
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Kentucky
Greenwood County
Stuart
Lonesome Valley
Harriette Arnow
Hunter’s Horn
Miss Arnow
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Jan Peerce
Detroit
Angus Ward
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Mukden
China
Wave Ward Hansen
T. R. Ward
Allegan
Mich
Ward
International
Phonograph Record Review
New England Mutual
George D. Davis
High Point, N. C
Ik Ada Company
Ru-Ex, Inc
ST. Paul 4
Minn
Truitt
Greensboro, North Carolina
the New Books
By Joe Brown
Katherine Kinkel
Greensboro
Southern Bell
John D. Askew
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Ning
Guilford County
Isaac Fidler
High Point
Mid-State
Ther
A.L E.E
North Carolina
National Institute
Delco- Heat
General Motors
Lewis Electric CO
N. Main ST
Duke Power Company
Duke
OUE Power
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