Mood Indigo credit dispute linked to Duke Ellington tale
The column recounts Gene Austin writing lyrics to Mood Indigo after a Broadway meeting with Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. It notes Austin's claim, via his ex wife Lou Ceil, that he authored the words, a story linked to early 1940s Las Vegas lore and later retold with humorous asides about performers and local shows.
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Sahara
Bombay
Bayonne
Gene Austin
My Blue Heaven
the Duke
Duke
Gene
Victor Records
Mitch Parrish
Parrish
West Coast
Mills Music Company
Irving Mills
Mood Indigo
Lou Ceil
Las Vegas
Florida
Fire Chief Urges Las Vegas to Check Heaters During Week
Fire Chief J D Miller calls Las Vegas residents to check heaters and chimneys for safety during Fire Prevention Week Oct 5 11. Fire marshal C K McFarland promotes EDITH home exit drills Oct 8 with a goal of two escape routes per room and a nationwide fire fatality reduction. Boulder Dam Area Boy Scouts join department in safety effort.
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Las Vegas
iLas Vegas
National Fire Protection Association
Miller
C. K. McFarland
Fire Department
Boulder Dam
India weighs 163 million plan to expand airports
New Delhi reports the government studies a recommendation to spend 163 million dollars over 15 years to expand international airports. About 60 million would prepare Bombay Calcutta Madras and New Delhi airports for jumbo jets by 1971.
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New Delhi
India
Bombay
Calcutta
Madras
Canada to Set Cattle Imports From France and Switzerland
Canadian breeders may import cattle from France and Switzerland if disease conditions stay favorable. Since 1965 more than 800 head have entered Canada via the high security quarantine station at Grosse Ile Quebec.
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France
Switzerland
Canada
Grosse Tle
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