Stage Set for All at Sea Opera on Ouachita River
Plans are complete for a large free community opera titled All at Sea to be staged late in June on the Ouachita river in Monroe. Directed by Monroe Community Service Music Division, Mrs. Doughty leads the effort with help from national staff member Chas. Junkin arriving to assist. Regular chorus meetings this month are canceled as intensive opera rehearsals begin, promising a major regional turnout.
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Ouachita River
Music Division
Monroe Community Service
Doughty
Monroe
Louisiana
Pathe News
New York Hippodrome
Bechtold
National
Chas. Junkin
United States
Royal wedding prep brightens Belgrade amid war ruins
Belgrade in ruins from the great war dresses up for tomorrow’s royal wedding between King Alexander and Princess Marie of Roumania. Triumphal arches decorate main streets and parks become luxurious gardens as the cortege passes the church, though festivities will be simpler and more democratic than normal due to wartime conditions.
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Belgrade
Alexander
Marie of
Royal Wedding Sparks Mass enthusiasm Across Streets
Crowds fill Belgrade streets as a royal wedding unfolds between the king and a Roumanian princess. Officials host visiting royalties, while the Danube flotilla returns in a ceremonial procession toward the cathedral and palace. The Greek Catholic rites seal the marriage with a select audience.
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Belgrade
Danube
Dubrovnik
Dalmatia
Galena and the Soul's Silent Tune
A poem reflects on a small metal galena cell as the radio’s soul and a metaphor for human sensitivity. It contrasts touched and untouched music with earthly constraints and questions whether people miss beauty and joy when their inner sensitivity fades. The piece likens tuning to life, urging renewed awareness and compassion.
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Earth
Felix Diaz Plans New Revolt in Mexico
Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz, trained at Chapultepec and became a 1889 engineer lieutenant. He rose to Congress from Vera Cruz by 1902, led army dissidents after his uncle’s fall, and twice attempted revolutions against Madero and Carranza, consistently described as a fiasco.
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Felix Diaz
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Madero
Europe
Felix
Military Academy
Chapultepec
Congress
Véra = Cruz
Cuba
Carranza
Conventions Opening Today Across the Midwest and South
Conventions opening today include Boise Idaho for the Idaho Northwestern Electric Light and Power Association Jacksonville Florida for the Southwestern Shoe Retailers Association Appleton Wisconsin for the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Gadsden Alabama for the Alabama State Pharmaceutical Association Aberdeen South Dakota for the South Dakota Bankers Association.
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Boise, Idaho
Northwestern Electric Light and Power Association
Jacksonville
Fla
Southwestern Shoe Retailers’ Association
Appleton, Wis
League of Wisconsin
Gadsden, Ala
Alabama State Pharmaceutical Association
Aberdeen
S. Dak
South Dakota Bankers’ Association
Parliament of Northern Ireland meets in Belfast
One year ago today the Parliament of Northern Ireland sat in Belfast as Rear Admiral Sims in a London address attacked Sinn Fein.
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Parliament of
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Sims
London
Sinn Fein
Today’s Birthdays Noted Prominent Figures Turn Another Year
Sir Landon Ronald English musician and conductor knighted this year born 49 years ago today. Peleg Howland president Imperial Bank of Canada born Kleinburg Ontario 65 years ago. Albert S Durleson former Postmaster General born San Marcos Texas 59 years ago. Andrew O Connor celebrated sculptor born Worcester Massachusetts 48 years ago. Carl B Roden librarian Chicago Public Library born Kansas City Missouri 51 years ago.
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Landon Ronald
Peleg Howland
Imperial Bank of Canada
Kleinburg
Ont
Albert S. Durleson
United States
San Marcos
Texas
Andrew O'Connor
Worcester
Mass
Carl B. Roden
Chicago Public Library
Kansas City
Minister Beaten Near Lawton After Resignation
Rev. Thomas Irwin, former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church who resigned after conduct unbecoming a minister, was attacked and beaten last night near Lawton Oklahoma. He said officers found him at a farmhouse in a weakened condition with most of his clothing torn.
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Lawton
Okla
Thomas Irwin
First Presbysterian Church
Lawyer Day to testify on Beck killing cause inquest
Oklahoma City June 6 Jean P Day wealthy lawyer and oil man will relate to a special army board the circumstances of Lieutenant Colonel Beck's death Day was acquitted weeks ago by a coroner's jury after testifying he killed Beck accidentally when returning home and finding Beck assaulting Mrs Day
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Oklahoma City
Jean P. Day
Special Army Board
Weeks
Beck
Army
Day
Mob Surrounds Jail In Highpoint Lynching Probe
A mob of about fifteen hundred men surrounded the Highpoint city jail seeking to lynch a Black suspect held for assaulting an eighteen year old white girl near Thomasville. Quiet prevailed after the night of intense excitement.
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Associated Press
Highpoint
N. C
Thomasville
This Date In History Recaps Notable Births Deaths and Events
A compilation of historical milestones across years noting Mohammed's death in 632 at Medina, Henry VIII and Francis I interview in 1520, Lord Delaware’s Virginia influence, Elias Kent Kane's birth, Thomas F Marshall's birth, Harvard's 1847 donation, Wisconsin's 1848 inauguration, and Goldwin Smith's 1910 death.
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Mohammed
Mahomet
Medina
Mecca
Henry VIII
England
Francis I
France
Lord Delaware
Virginia
Elias Kent Kane
United States
Illinois
New York City
Washington, D. C
Thomas F. Marshall
Kentucky
Frankfort
Versailles
Harvard College
Abbott Lawrence
Nelson Dewey
Wisconsin
Goldwin Smith
Toronto
Racing and Sports Dates Across the Nation Today
Westchester Association meets at Belmont Park while Kentucky group convenes at Latonia. Chicago hosts outdoor horse show opening. State trap shoot in Lancaster. Metropolitan amateur golf opens at Lakewood New Jersey. Pacific Northwest golf at Victoria. Eastern women at Rye New York. New England senior in Boston. Tri State women in Asheville North Carolina. Kansas women at Salina. Ed Lewis meets Earl Caddock in Boston wrestling match.
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Westchester Racing Association
Belmont Park
Kentucky Racing Association
Latonia
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Lakewood
N. J
Pacific Northwest Golf Association
Victoria
B. C
Rye
N. Y
New England
Boston
Asheville
N. C
Kansas
Salina
Strangler
Supreme Court Denies Labor Unions Exemption Under Sherman Act
The Supreme Court ruled labor organizations are not exempt from prosecution under the Sherman antitrust law. The decision clarifies unions may face antitrust action like other entities.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ford for President He Says He Would Run If Nation Desires
Detroit June 6 Henry Ford privately indicated he would run for president if the people desire but would not spend money to seek the nomination or election according to William Kronberg editor of the Dearborn newspaper
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Detroit
Henry Ford
William Kronberg
Dearborn
Notable birthdays and royal weddings mark today
The Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Johnson, long time Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles, celebrates his 75th birthday. The Presbyterian Church in Canada begins its 49th General Assembly in Winnipeg. James M. Beck hosts a Pilgrims dinner in London. Elaborate Belgrade celebrations mark the marriage of King Alexander of Jugoslavia and Princess Marie of Roumania.
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Joseph H. Johnson
Episcopal
Los Angeles
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Winnipeg
James M. Beck
United States
London
Belgrade
Alexander of
Jugo-Slavia
Marie of
Roumania
Senate to Debate Tariff Bill in Series of Addresses
Washington June 6 Republican Senate leaders plan a general debate to explain and defend the administration tariff bill. Senator Watson of Indiana announced the first address in a series set for the coming weeks.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
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