Music good music for a boom town Hans Kindler
By Jack Stinnett Washington Hans Kindler, Holland born conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, adopted America and helped make Washington a boomtown for orchestral music. He faced skeptics, chose to perform in Washington, and built a thriving season with strong box office and backing.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Hans
Kindler
National Symphony Orchestra
America
Choi
Java
Sumatra
Bali
South Sea
Ed Kindler
National Symphony
Hense
Hans Kindler
Monument
National Defense
Water Gate Boom Town Concerts Draw Big Crowd
Hans Kindler staged an outdoor music event on the Washington waterfront near the Lincoln Memorial drawing nearly 15,000 despite a modest estimate of 2,000. The audience included President Roosevelt, senators, diplomats, and locals, with performers such as Jessia Dragonette and Elsie Houston as the orchestra played Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart. The piece captures the city’s summertime bustle and the appeal of riverfront entertainments for a growing boom town.
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Kidler
Kindler
Lincoln Memorial
Potomac
Jessia Dragonette
Elsie Houston
Soprang Lovelies
Lucy Monroe
Virginia Johnson
Beethoven
Brahms
Dvorak
Strauss
Mozart
Roosevelt
White House
Hans Kindler
British railways employ six hundred thousand men
British railways employ six hundred thousand men who receive fifty million dollars in annual wages.
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British Railways
Composing Room Strike Disrupts Spa Newspaper
HOT SPRINGS The Sentinel Record and Hot Springs New Era faced a composing room strike after union Local 374 failed to report for duty. Publisher C. E. Falmer cited a 22 percent wage demand amid 12 percent lower revenue, with about 16 composers involved. publication planned as abbreviated edition until talks resume.
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Hot Springs
Sentinel Record
Southern Newspapers, Inc
International Typographical Union
Eddie Rothman
Hot Springs New Era
C. E. Falmer
Palmer
Rothman
State tax collections reach new peak in 1940-41 year
Arkansas revenue department reports record total from 32 tax sources at $28,618,399.49 for the 1940-41 fiscal year, up from $26,158,878.43 the prior year and $23,290,888.74 in 1938-39. Gasoline and sales taxes drive gains while liquor tax falls.
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Little Rock
Revenue Department
Joe Hardin
Hardin
New Era of Night Clubs
New York columnist George Tucker surveys the revival of night clubs after Prohibition, noting a shift from mob control to legitimate owners. He recalls the old era’s sensational crimes while listing current leading venues like the Rainbow Room and Twenty-One, asserting today’s clubs are lavish and accessible yet question remains whether the thrill persists.
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George Tucker
New York
Zell
Chez Morgan
Legs
Dimmond
Bronx
Broadway
Yail
Stork
el Marcera
Monte Carlo
Twenty-One
The
Riviera
Public Bid Notice for Fair Park Building Hope Arkansas
Sealed bids are invited by the Board of Public Affairs of Hope Arkansas for framing and stucco building work in Fair Park. Bids due 10:00 July 3 1941. opening time then. Plans and specs from City Engineer Charles O Thomas. Bid security 350 cashier’s check. performance bond 2500 required. Albert Graves Mayor C Spragins Guy Bayse Board notice dated June 26 through July 1.
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Mayers
City Mall
Board of Public Affairs
City of Hope
Arkansas
Fair Park
Hoe
Chas. O. Thomas
Walter & Light
Flint
Hope Bank
Albert Graves
Co. C. Spragins
Guy F
Bayse Board of Public Affairs
Dune
Defense Censorship and Advertising in Defense Contracts
Washington reports a quiet strain of censorship affecting defense contract advertising. Manufacturers say the Office of Production Management and military agencies force changes or suppression of ads warning of possible production delays. Some firms face pressure to drop campaigns despite advance planning. observers note waste and graft in wartime procurement.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Office of Production Management
Army
Navy
Wanseheir
National Defense
OPM
Atlonal
Magasines
GPM
Mmuamesl
New Jersey
Mander
Gatoel
Hello Sucker Chorus At The Night Club Echoes Past
A nostalgic voice recalls a night club scene ten years ago when patrons were charged high cover fees for little return. The piece contrasts that era with today as patrons avoid being lured into a forced chorus of God Bless America.
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Dallas
Everbody
Glod
America
100 Stitches That Ended That
In Spartanburg South Carolina a man arrived at Geni Hospital with a severe unanesthetized wound. While suturing the wound the man slept, awoke, refused a bed, and argued with the alleged knifeman in an aempty anteroom. The attacker paid the hospital bill and both reported the incident to Sheriff San Henry before the man went home.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Geni Hospital
San Henry
Mints Matched Sermons and Earth’s Crust Facts
A note details peppermints labeled as half sermons and full sermons once sold for churchgoers. It also mentions the Earth’s crust being primarily made of rock with thickness varying up to 20 miles in some regions.
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Economie
Ing
Europe
Wesson OL
Kroger
Armour's Star
Bette
Kroger Beverage
Ge Whem Yuri Buy
Kroger’s Wescok
Itonia Clu
Latonia Club Orange Soda
ARES
K. J. Caplinger, Jr
Oranges
California
Sunkist
Embassy
Fant For
Kroger's
Cecil W. Denyis
Gro. Mgr
J. R. Williams
S. Pat, Off
NEA Servid
Spa
T. R. Theodore Roosevelt
Wa CO
Culinary Arts Institute
Hope Star
P_ O
Hupu
Iona Peaches
Marvel Bread
Ann Page
Lifebudy
Lona
Sultana
Val
ARP
Parker
Sunnyfield
Purple Hull Peas
A&p Qulity Meats
SQUAR
Wisconsin
Weiner Ib
God Bless
Ovids
General Electric
Harry W. Shiver
CIT
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