Dean Frohman Dies Median Figure of American Theatre
Daniel Frohman, a pioneering stage producer known as a dean of American theater, died at 7:15 am in Leroy sanitarium from complications after a fall. He helped develop stars, founded the Daniel Frohman stock company, led the Actors Fund, and shaped Broadway’s rise from New York’s Twenties onward. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1851 and co-led a family theatrical dynasty with brothers Charles and Gustave.
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New York
Daniel Frohman
Leroy Sanitarium
Frohman
American Theater
Altho
Lyceum Theater
Charles Frohman
Lusitania
Footlight Folk
Acers’ Fund
Lyceum
Sandusky
Madison Square Theater
Actors’ Fund of America
Henry Frohman
Daniel
Schiller
Atlantic
Frohman’s rise from copy boy to Broadway impresario
The article traces Charles Frohman’s early years from a New York Tribune copy boy under Horace Greeley to business director of the Standard, then to the Daily Graphic and finally as advance man for touring shows. It notes travels across the western frontier by stage coach and horseback, bold poster tactics, and perilous encounters with wild animals and a wary frontier.
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London
Frohman
Jan Kubelik
New York
Kubelik
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Tribune
Park Row
Greeley
the Tribune
the Standard
Daily Graphic
J Haverly
America
Women gain bigger voice in 1941 legislatures and Congress
A League of Women Voters survey shows 140 women elected to 29 state legislatures this November, up from 130 in 1939, with 8 women entering Congress in January including Jeannette Rankin and Hattie Caraway returning. Republican women outnumber Democrats in state legislatures, but Democratic gains are larger. New England leads with 25 in Connecticut, 24 in New Hampshire, and 18 in Vermont.
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Washington
League of Women Voters
Congress
Jeannette Rankin
R-Mont
United States
Hattie W. Caraway
Dark
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Caroline O’day
Dn.y
Jessie Sumner
Ren
Mary T. Norton
Dn.j
Frances Bolton
New England
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
Fritz Thyssen Detained by French Police in Cannes
Fritz Thyssen, German steel and armaments magnate stripped of German citizenship last February, has been detained by French police in Cannes. He had lived there for several months as Germany confiscated his vast holdings after leaving the Reich on November 15, 1939. No charges were disclosed. a decision on his permanent status was pending.
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Cannes
France
Fritz Thyssen
Germany
Debutante Dance at White House Honors Joan Morgenthau
Washington reports a White House Christmas filled with gift giving as the first family prepares for a debutante dance honoring Joan Morgenthau, aged 17. The event marks the second debutante dance at the mansion in eight years with Eleanor Roosevelt having been presented previously.
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Gayely
White House
Big East
Joan Morgenthau
Joan
Norway
Ragenhild
Astri
Harald
Olav
Martha
Turkey
Roosevelt Family Attends Christmas Service at White House
The guest of honor was Mrs Sara Roosevelt 87 at an interdenominational Christmas service. Reverend William R Barnhart urged a holy blitzkrieg to save suffering humanity. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr was the only child home. the other four joined by telephone from various locations.
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Sara Roosevelt
Roosevelts
William R. Barnhart
Altho Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Anna
James
Elliott
John
White House
Five Kansas congressmen stay in Washington for Christmas
In Washington for Christmas were Senators Capper and Reed and Representatives Guyer Hope and Houston. Carlson Rees Winter and Lambertson returned to Kansas for the holidays.
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Washington
Kansas
Capital
Capper
Reed
Guyer
Hope
Houston
Carlson
Rees
Winter
Lambertson
F D R Jr In Wall Street Becomes Law Firm Clerk
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr a 28 year old son of the President will join the Wall Street law firm Wright Gordon Zachry and Parlin as a clerk with a 2100 dollar annual salary starting January 6. He is a Groton graduate of 1933, Harvard AB 1937, and Virginia Law 1939. He married Ethel Du Pont on June 30, 1937.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Wall Street
Wright, Gordon, Zachry and Parlin
Wallace P. Zachry
Roosevelt
Groton
Harvard
University of Virginia
Ethel du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Family Moves to Bird Property in Corliss Area
Mr and Mrs Francis Luther relocate with family to the Bird property recently vacated by the Chauncey Bird family. Mrs Arthur Cuthbertson returns home after hospital observation in Kansas City. Her Paola sister and mother are visiting, with the mother expected soon.
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Francis Luther
Chauncey Bird
Arthur Cuthbertson
Kansas City
Paola
Cuthbertson
Community Notes From De Soto Plain Talk
Birthday greetings for Br. H.Sonntag on December 16 and visits from friends. Mrs. Whitson returns to work after a Kansas City trip to check on her mother. Public installation of Eastern Star and Masons planned in De Soto on December 19. Out-of-town guests include Mr. and Mrs. Jess Bird of Overland Park. Christmas tree event at Cedar Junction schoolhouse with Santa gifts and refreshments. School to reopen December 29 for holidays. Charles Frisbie reported ill in Grandy Colorado, improving. Virgil Jordem and wife return home after Missouri work stint.
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Press
Kansas City
W. H. Dent
Charles Baker
Irvin Kilmer
Florence van Markle
Eastern Star and Masons
Masonic Hall
de Soto
Jess Bird
Overland Park
Mary Bennett
Deweese
Lawrence
Cedar Junction
Santa Claus
C. L. Frisbie
Ruth Hedrick
Grandy
Colo
Charles Frisbie
Charles
Virgil Jordem
Missouri
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