Former Stage Actress Blanche Bates Creel Dies at 69
Blanche Bates Creel, famous for dramatic and comedic roles and noted for halting a Philadelphia theater panic in 1923, died of a heart attack at home after a Christmas reception. She debuted in San Francisco in 1894 and starred in The Doll's House and The Golden West among others. She was married to George Creel and survived by children.
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San Francisco
Blanche Bates Creel
Philadelphia
Miss Bates
Hillary
West
Nore
Ibsen
Doll's House.” She Won A Phenomenal Success With the Augustin Daly
New York
James O'Neill
David Belasco
Yo-San
Belasco
Golden West
Holbrook Blinn
Mrs. Fair
George Creel
Rocky Mountain News and Reform Police
Denver
Creel
Good Old Santa Grounded By War
Santa Claus faces a wartime halt as aeronautical authorities refuse permission for his 60 mile Christmas flight to San Miguel island near Santa Barbara. Herbert Lester, a WWI veteran, and his three daughters Elizabeth Mary Ann and Bessie await a yearly gift pack, while war shadows their holiday tradition.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Santa Claus
Santa
San Miguel Island
Herbert Lesters
Elizabeth
Mary Ann
Bessie
California
Papa Lester
Lester
Postmasters Confirmed in Louisiana by Senate
Washington Dec 26 Senate confirms Louisiana postmasters Edward J LeBlanc Abbeville Emily D Straughan Colfax and other appointments as listed in the session report The action marks the completion of federal postings in several towns across the state with the names tied to respective offices and communities
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Washington
Senate
Louisiana
Edward J. LeBlanc
Abbeville
Emily D. Straughan
Colfax
Noted Baritone Mack Harrell To Sing At Monroe Event
The Monroe Civic Music program at Northeast Junior College auditorium will feature Mack Harrell, a famed baritone. Harrell, who began with violin studies in Celeste Texas and Oklahoma City, shifted to vocal performance after college. He won the 1939 Metropolitan auditions and has since performed with major orchestras in Europe, Boston, Philadelphia, and Montreal, earning high regard for his bright future.
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Monroe
Northeast Junior College Auditorium
Mack Harrell
Harrell
University of Oklahoma
Celeste
Tex
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Europe
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Koussevitzky
Eugene Ormandy
Montreal
Rachmaninoff
Philadelphia Orchestra
West Monroe Welfare group thanks donors for Christmas aid
Mrs. C. C. Bell chair of West Monroe Welfare association extends thanks to Good Fellows, grocers, bag company, bakery, syrup company, and nuts supplier for aid. Mayor H. M. Williams Jr provided city trucks to deliver baskets, over 200 filled by dedicated women. some families missed due to missing addresses.
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C. C. Bell
West Monroe
War victim's son gets goat wagon in Florida
Corky Kelly, 19 months, son of Captain Colin P. Kelly Jr., the American war hero who sank the Haruna, received many Christmas gifts in Madison Florida. A goat and wagon given by his grandfather, Colin P. Kelly Sr., stood out amid the tributes as the child’s father lost his life returning to base after the Haruna mission.
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Madison
Fla
Corky Kelly
Colin P. Kelly
Corky
Haruna
Japanese Air Power Seen Equal To Ours In Many Ways
Charles Healy Day argues Japanese planes and pilots rival American ones. He cites carrier flights, bombers, and long-range tactics from 1937 to 1940, noting Japan's growing production and ingenuity. He warns against underestimating Japan and predicts tough times before final victory.
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Charles Healy Day
America
Charis Healy
New York
Japan
China
Shinchow
Kwangtung Province
Chiang Kai-Shek
Junkers
Army
Navy
Kunming
Yunnan
Burma Road
Judge Schulze Recovers at Home After Accident
Judge Charles Schulze, knocked down by a car two weeks ago and treated at Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic, is rapidly improving at his Grayling lane home. He cannot yet leave home but is expected to be mobile soon. No bones were broken though he endured severe bruising and shock.
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Charles Schulze
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel
Grayling Lane
Christmas at Home Is Merry at Louisiana Baptist Home
Superintendent T. W. Gayer reports a joyful Christmas at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. Each cottage displayed lit trees, Santa distributed gifts, and 50 poultry supplied by First Baptist Church in Tallulah fed the Christmas dinner. The home also sang carols to shut-ins and plans a rare family reunion of Gayer relatives Monday, with arrivals expected Sunday.
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Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
T. W. Gayer
Santa Claus
First Baptist Church
Tallulah
Gayer
Louis
Texas
Nebr
Institute
Funchess to Speak at Baton Rouge Music Conference
Lloyd V. Funchess will address the state section of the school music teachers association in Minneapolis December 29, announced by John E. Coxe superintendent of education.
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Funchess
Baton Rouge
Lloyd V. Funchess
Sype of Music
Secti
of the Music Teachational Association
Minneapolis
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