Musical comedy wins Pulitzer prize for play
The musical satire Of Thee I Sing wins the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for drama. George Kaufman Ira Gershwin and others cited for the year’s outstanding achievement in arts. Prizes total $170,000 across journalism literature and music with scholars and editors named in the awards.
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Brooklyn
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Jonathan Springer
Port Chester
N. Y
Columbia School of Journalism
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Caplan
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Berkeley
Calif
William Harrison
T He
Joseph Pulitzer
Congress studies Massie case acts
Congress moves to block a possible judicial escape for four men charged with the attack on Mrs Massie in Honolulu. A Senate bill to prevent jury disagreements from freeing defendants sped through, while other measures seek a full pardon or milder action as debate continues.
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Thalia Massie
Honolulu
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Judiciary Committee of the
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Representative Sunthers
Tex
Senate
Kalla Massie
Lal
Bingham
R. Conn
Territories Committee
Seth W. Richardson
Massie
Crisp
Georgia
Thatcher
Judd
Nancy Carroll Joins Striking Picture Stars Force
Nancy Carroll, red haired actress, joins insurgent motion picture artists amid fights with Paramount. Dietrich, Cagney, and Von Sternberg already severed ties, with Sternberg vowing never to direct for Paramount again. Cagney plans to study medicine after leaving Warner Brothers. Dietrich and Von Sternberg resistant to project plans. Carroll travels from New York to confer with Paramount.
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Hollywood
Calif
Miss Carroll
Paramount Studios
Marlene Dietrich
Jas. Cagney
Josef von Sternberg
von Sternberg
New York
Paramount
Miss Dietrich
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Bolon Mallory
Annual Convention Opens in Knoxville for 52nd District Rotary
EW Palmer past district governor and George H Hughes president of the Kingsport Rotary club led a large Kingsport delegation at the 52nd district Rotary convention opening in Knoxville this morning. More than 800 Tennessee Rotarians and many Rotary Anns arrived for the one day event with registration at the Farragut Hotel.
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George H. Hughes
Kingsport
Largest Tobacco Warehouse Burns in Greeneville Fire
A massive blaze in Greeneville on May 3 destroyed the Bernard Tobacco Warehouse No. 1, the town’s largest burley facility, and damaged nearby properties including the Andrew Johnson historic home. The fire, discovered by a boy in the basement, prompted two theories of origin and drew in a Johnson City hose team before containment.
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Bernard Tobacco Warehouse
Luda Thompson
Andrew Johnson
United States
Johnson City
Main Street
W. Bernard
Legionnaires of
First District
Nash
Lancaster Jailed On Claree Murder Confession
British captain Lancaster, linked to the death of writer Haden Clarke and the Keith Miller romance, was detained on a murder warrant. State Attorney Hawthorne says Lancaster confessed to forging the two notes and used them to deflect suspicion from Mrs. Keith Miller. The case hinges on a “love triangle” and Clarke’s death at the Keith Miller home.
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Keith Miller
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Clarke
Bab
Ileniad
Weiter
Hawthorne
Gach
St. Louis
Keith- Miller
Jail Days for Al Capone Are Over, Prison is Ahead
CHICAGO May 3 AP Jail days for Al Capone appear to be about over with prison looming ahead Capone voiced displeasure at the prospect as officials planned to transfer him to a federal penitentiary to begin an eleven year sentence for income tax evasion He would likely go to Leavenworth joining Jake Guzik Domenico Roberts and Frank Nitti among others in transit with 17 other federal prisoners in a move to depart tonight Capone argued his sentence should have been two and a half years not eleven, saying he fought public clamor and would appeal with his lawyers present
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
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Washgton
Jake Guzik
Guzik
Domenico Roberts
Frank Nitti
Cloudy and Warmer Tennessee and Virginia Forecast
Forecast notes cloudy and warmer conditions across Tennessee and Virginia. Tennessee expects showers in the northwest on Wednesday, with warmer readings tonight and in the northeast on Wednesday. Virginia shows fair weather then increasing cloudiness with warmer temperatures. High yesterday reached 71, low 42, no rainfall yesterday. Readings taken at 6:00.
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Virginia
Students Attack Chinese Minister in Shanghai Public Row
About 100 Chinese students attacked and injuried Quo Tai Chi, vice minister for foreign affairs, as he left his home in the French concession. The assault delayed peace parley resumption. French police scattered the mob with clubs and Japanese officials signaled a near peace agreement despite Shanghai tensions.
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Quo Tai-Chi
Quo
China
Japan
Eleven Arrested in Surprise Bolly Springs Raid
Federal prohibition officers seized a 1,000 gallon still 12 vats of 2,400 gallon capacity each and 500 gallons of whisky after raiding Bolly Springs Mississippi last night. Eleven men were arrested including five Memphians. Prohibition Officers A D Brister and Sam Newman from Oxford led the operation.
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Oxford
Final Blow Aimed At Economy Bill In House Vote
Washington May 4 AP Uncompromising leaders in the house attack the economy bill dismantling city aid. Veterans' allowances totaling 848,000,000 are at issue as pay cuts, force reductions in the army and navy, and other savings measures loom. Roll calls sought to pressure members on major sections. The house approved a pension measure for widows and orphans of World War soldiers 3116 to 16, with future costs around 100,100,000 annually. The panel excluded a clause extending pensions to aged dependent parents.
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Roosevelt Smith and Garner meet in three way race
The Democratic presidential primary in a state long a Republican target pits Franklin D Roosevelt Alfred E Smith and John Garner in a high stakes contest. Hoover holds California and nearby delegations as Rhode Island and Alabama shape the convention map amid a tense party battle.
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Hoover
Joseph J. France
Rhode Island
J. Hamilton Lewis
Lingis
Canada and Province to Settle Doukhobor Problem
Victoria May 3 AP The Dominion government aids British Columbia to compel the Doukhobors to wear clothes send children to school and obey laws or face long prison terms Plans to herd them into a compound are considered Ottawa studies a Nelson jail trial venue for 118 prisoners and a new criminal code provision to punish future exposure with up to three years in federal penitentiary9
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Pooley
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