Textile ceiling rise fuels another price climb
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1946
Page
1
Tryouts Announced for First Little Theatre Play
Tryouts for the season’s first Little Theatre play are set for Wednesday and Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Little Theatre Workshop Neville High School Monroe Joe Kern president of the Little Theatre Board says Kay Crandall of Dallas Texas will lead the cast and all interested may attend The play opens October 21 with Crandall recently returning from work with Erwin Piscator in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre Workshop
Neville High School
Joe Kern
Little Theatre Board of Directors
Kay Crandall
Monroe
Dallas
Texas
Miss Crandall
New York
Erwin Piscator
The
Dramatic Workshop
Fruitless search for silver deposits at Silver Hill
Vast sums have been spent in seeking the fabled silver deposits once rumored to be worked by Indians and early Spanish explorers at Silver Hill in the Ozarks, but the land has failed to yield wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Hill
Ozarks
Business Women Honor President at Club Dinner
Miss Marble Hood, president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, was toasted and served a large birthday cake in the Frances Hotel Butterfly room. Members discussed National Business Women's Week plans, upcoming programs, and delegations to Alexandria, while gifts carried congratulatory verses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hood
Miss Marble Hood
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Frances Hotel
Business and Professional Women's Club
Louisiana Federated Women's Clubs
Alexandria
Irene Reid
Ann Adams
Little Theatre Announces New Director Kay Crandall
The Little Theatre in Monroe welcomes Kay Crandall from Dallas as director. Tryouts for the opening play are set for Wednesday and Thursday at Neville High School 7 30 p m. The invitation extends to actors and behind the scenes workers to support the season as patrons and patronesses begin to be sought for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Kay Crandall
Dallas
Texas
Little Theatre Workshop
Neville High School
Little Theatre
Candall
Little Theatre Board
Twin Cities
Y. W. C. A. Announces Autumn Frolics Season Lineup
A yellow leaf themed invitation circulated by YWCA clubs promotes a busy autumn schedule. Highlights include a 5 to 6 30 coffee hour at the Cameo room of the Virginia Hotel hosted by the Business and Professional Girls club and an evening at the Recreation Center with dancing cards and games. Guest speaker Leon Hammond will present colored photos of Monroe and nearby areas at YoWoCa Business Girls meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameo
Virginia
Auxiliary To Medical Society Holds Meeting
Mrs. H. V. Collins, president of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Ohuachita Parish Medical Society, led the opening luncheon of the new year at Frances Hotel in the Butterfly room. Hostesses presented pink asters, with a plaque of pink dahlias at the table for twenty three members and one guest, Mrs. Robert Ormond. Mrs. A. D. Tisdale spoke on the Murray Wagner Dingle bill as members listed include Mmes. Bendel, Bennett, Practer, Rizzo, Milam, Simonton, Shaw, Carroll, McHenry, and others.
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H. V. Collins
Woman's Auxiliary
Ohuachita Parish
Robert Ormond
Forest
A. D. Tisdale
Mmes. W. L. Bendel
F. C. Bennett
John Practer
Rizzo
Simonton
Shaw
Carroll
A. G. McHenry
D. T. Milam
Clifford Johnson
J. B. Vaughan
Irving Wolff
C. B. Flynn
Coon
C. P. Gray, Jr
C. P. Gray
Sr. Talbot
Gallaspy
McConnell, Wiles
Autumn Frolics Coffee Hour and YoWoCa Meeting
The fourth Autumn Frolics event hosted by B and P Girls of the YWCA features a Coffee Hour in the Cameo Room at Virginia Hotel from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. The YoWoCa Business Girls Club plans a supper program at 6:30 p.m. with Mr. Leon Hammond presenting local scene photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. and P. Girls
Cameo
Virginia Hotel
YoWoCa Business Girls
Wallace clash over Truman Byrnes policy clash
James Marlow reports the Wallace speech trip showing a rift in U S foreign policy. Truman approved Wallace's delivery while Byrnes in Paris follows a different line. Wallace vows further speeches on peace as a potential policy clash unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
ABC
Henry Wallace
Truman
Byrnes
Paris
Mr. Truman
Wallace
State Department
New York
Mr. Byrnes
Russia
Britain
United States
Mr. Wallace
OPA Restores June 30 Meat Meal Ceilings and Cloth Price Rise
Washington reports an OPA order restoring June 30 meat meal ceilings to all meals and menu items with meat as major ingredient while cotton clothing prices rise another notch. The price board considers dairy ceiling restorations, opposing controls in nine of twelve statements. OPA notes restaurant costs may reflect about 10 percent increases, with meat base prices up about 31.2 cents per pound versus June. Textile prices for cotton cloth are up about 1 percent to cover wage hikes, affecting sheets towels and table linens with effects felt in four to eight weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
General Motors
Ford
Vetzil
Srmnciowe
Abo
Street-mark plan drawn for Tokyo
U S army engineers propose a new street marking scheme for Tokyo to reduce car confusion. Plan labels principal radiating streets from the imperial palace with letters and designates circular streets by number, addressing shifting street names since the prewar era. Tokyo's population is about 3,500,000 and most main arteries narrow into twisting alleys.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
Imperial Palace
Old Castle
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