Sokoloff Leads Relief Music Plan Amid U S War on Want
Dr. Nikolai Sokoloff, newly named WPA relief music director, urges feeding musicians on relief to preserve taste and culture. He envisions professional standards and varied roles from symphonies to community sings, while stressing music’s value for both performers and millions of listeners.
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Tritone Washington Bureau
Washington
Nikolai Sokoloff
Federal Music Project
Works Progress Administration
Sokoloff
Tausic
U. 5
Yale University
Charles Martin Loeffler
Boston
Europe
United States
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Mace
Chicago
Detroit
Rochester
Philadelphia
New York Philharmonic
London Symphony
Academic Orchestra
Russia
Shiny Face Fashion Spreads Among English Women
English women adopt shiny face fashion started by New York and Paris society leaders. The trend signals cross Atlantic influence in postwar beauty and style circles.
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Londor
New York
Paris
Rumorful Umpire Impostor Visits Northwest Newsrooms
A late night account describes a trio of quirky newsroom visitors in a small Northwest paper. One claims to be a former National League umpire, though colleagues doubt the identity as the details blur into newsroom lore while the linotype clacks for tomorrow.
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Northwest
The Freaks Who Wander Newsrooms and Umpires
A humorous essay reflects on quirky newspaper readers and self styled storytellers who seek notoriety. It notes Roundy Coughlin’s sharp dismissal of a faker former umpire and surveys the odd habit of scrapbooks and endless visits to city editors.
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Trib
Diamondball
Madison
Roundy” Coughlin
Wisconsin State Journal
Roundy
Blair Prepares for Hill Stars on Labor Day
Blair Wisconsin plans a Labor Day game at Blair Park against the Hill Country All Stars. The visitors boast top Hill country talent after a recent win over Beaver Valley and travel with a strong lineup. Blair resumes after a rainout at Black River Falls and will journey to Nelbaville this Sunday.
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Blair
Wis
Nelbaville
Young
Doc" Toraason
Lincoln
Neh
Whitehall Couple Married by La Crosse Pastor
Miss Esther Larson and William Reger of Hixton were wed by Rev. T. Co. Thompson at St. Pauls Lutheran parsonage in La Crosse. Attendants were the brides sister Viola Larson and the grooms brother Albert Regez. The couple and families later held a dinner in Schimmer horn Valley.
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Whitehall
Wis
Esther Larson
William Reger
Hixton
T. Co. Thompson
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
la Crosse
Viola Larson
Albert Regez
Regez
August Regez
Hixton High School
Mrs
Edwin Larson
Schimmerhorn Valley
Plan for New Highway Across Vosse Coulee Wisconsin
Curran Pigeon and Preston towns approve a road to Mrs. A C Olson’s farm in Vosse Coulee. Thomas Mattison elected chairman, Clarence Kaas secretary. Damages set at Ole Sylfest 300 dollars and Olson 175 dollars with Cur ran to build and Pigeon and Preston to maintain. Stockholm report 1934 net telegraph and telephone profits 8 525000 with 25 431 more subscribers and 66 822 more radio licenses.
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Blair
Wis
Curran, Pigeon
Preston
A. C. Olson
Vosse Coulee
Thomas Mattison
Clarence Kaas
Pigeon
Ole Sylfest
Olson
Curran
Pigeon and
Frestonyagee
Stockholm
Sweden
Telegraph and Telephone Department
Escape From Death On Freight Cars In Minnesota
Frank Lanzo of St Paul recounts a dramatic runaway ride with childhood friend Tony Turitto. In August they rode freights toward California, fell between cars in cold dawn near Phillipsburg, Lanzo survived by gripping a refrigerator door hasp while Turitto let go and was badly injured. Lanzo later hiked back to Phillipsburg to find Turitto in hospital.
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St Paul
Minn
Frank Lanzo
St. Paul
Lanzo
Tony Turitto
California
Phillipsburg
East
Turitto
Turitte
Jungle Terpsichore On Its Way Out
Ernest E. Ryan president of the Southern California Dancing Masters of America says Jungle terpsichoré is obsolete on U S dance floors. He predicts the coming season will feature smooth waltzes and Charleston variants while stamping and Aborigine war-dance moves fade from venues.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ernest E. Ryan
Southern California
The
Dancing Masters of America
Artist High Seat Halts Work With Police Car Standoff
A Boston artist climbed a high vantage on a roof to paint a waterfront view forcing police and an ambulance to respond. Office workers nearby reported the danger of his actions, prompting a halt to the project and a police callout.
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Boston
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