Satchmo Slows Tempo for African Audience in Accra
In Accra, Louis Armstrong known as Satchmo asks to curb tempo to calm native crowds. He tests a slower Sleepy Time Down South with his band before two audiences including 70 tribal chiefs at Gold Vast University. An onlooker recalls a police-like command to slow it down as drummers beat steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accra
Gold Coss
Michael Collens
Louis
Satchmo
Satch 0
Kwame Khrumah
New Orans
Lake Pontcartrain
Lake Pontchartrain
New Oleans
Edmund Hall
Gold Vast University
New Houses Under Construction at Albany Water Tower
Workmen excavate site for Leon arty house on the water tower as carpenters prepare residences for Walter Reasa Ray Hadager Clifford Whitehead and M ones in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Leon Arty
Water Tower
Walter Reasa
Ray Hadager
Clifford Whitehead
M ‘Ones
No Diamonds Mink for Sewing Winners in 1944 Contest
AP reports a 1944 sewing contest in New York where regional winners from across the country anticipate a $25,000 prize. Most mothers plan to spend on children’s education and home improvements, while unmarried contestants favor travel and gifts to family or church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doro Roe AP
New York
Coliseum
Homestead Blood Lines McKenzie Elmer Herds Capture Holstein Honors
Green County Holstein breeders feature two notable herds in the Homestead Line. McKenzie of Hollandale, age 21, built a 29 cow Carnation herd with a state leading 1954 average of 574.3 pounds fat from 14,984 pounds milk. The Elmer herd of Monticello, bred from Hoesly Joe Homestead lines, posts an 85.8 classification average in 1955, with seven over 400 pound first calfs and strong Jewel Elaine line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Homestead Line
Homestead
Joe
Hollandale
Iowa County
McKenzie
Carnation Homestead
Elmer
Wisconsin
H. Otto Elmer
Ralph
Hoesly Joe
Windsor
Osstie
Inka Ex
Jewel
Elaine
Quaker Group Sees Education and Faith Rising in Russia
A six member Quaker delegation returning from Russia reports that rising education and revived religion challenge Marxist doctrine. They toured 12,000 miles in a month with the American Friends Service Committee, noting a literate, thinking public and a spiritual revival that could alter Soviet adherence to Marxism. They prepared an eight page booklet outlining these observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Russia
Soviet Union
American Friends Service Committee
Wroe Alderson
Stephen G. Cary
William B. Edgerton
Hugh W. Moore
Clarence E. Pickett
Eleanor Zelliot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nis
Rave Food Freezer
Ra al
Hotpoint
Carter & Gruenewald Company Inc
Monroe
Juda
Carter & Gruenewald Co
Ortone
Hotpoint Electric Range
Homestead Blood Lines
Midnight Belle Heile V.G
U.S
Vitavend Corp
Sheridan Road
Chicago
Push
Rotisserie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!