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70III1IIItInithataxcigchcles,WiW.assforRuueitheofsurpeipui11cer(i(((cer(fifthi(roclt;pei]lt;IRICHARD B. HARRISON (“DE LAWD”)Richard B. HarrisonDe Lawd*twctothigetieiiOf The Green Pastures**Diesimlt;prreiPermanent Beer Tax■IApproved By AssemblyAged Negro Actor Who)r■■Madison, Wis.—(/P)—The assembly Thursday passed a bill to make the beer tax permanent and amended out of the picture a senate attempt to obtain a private secretary for Lieut. Gov. Thomas J. O’Malley. The beer tax bill, which now goes to the senate, leaves the rate unchanged but exempts light wines. The tax previously had been only an emergency levy.Played In Noted Rolebuprth1,632 Times, SuccumbsTo StrokeClcanasthpoiHuey ObstructsRelief Bill ActionSenators Seek Methods:Of Removing ObstacleIn Long's TacticsIEWashington — (/P) — Matching threat for threat in a struggle that strained nerves to the snapping point, senators seeking action on the $4,800,000,000 work and relief bill sought Thursday to remove the obstacle of Huey Long’s filibustering tactics.Talk of mght-and-day sessions to smash the Kingfish’s strategy or of a drastic “cloture” rule which would limit debate and thus stop him from talking was heard.The Louisiana senator was playing for time because, he charged, thereundercover movement toNew York—(/P)—Richard B. Harrison, 70, who played “De Lawd” in “The Green Pastures/’ died Thursday in the Fifth Avenue hospital. He succumbed to a stroke suffered two weeks ago as he was preparing for a matinee performance of the show.Harrison, Canadian-born Negro, had appeared in 1,652 performances of the play when stricken.Traveled 40,000 MilesWeary after 40,000 miles of traveling to 203 cities, and troubled by the illness of his wife and daughter in Chicago, Harrison had stipulated that the New York engagement be limited to three weeks.Harriso n,on itinerant Shakespearean reader and head of a Negro dramatic school in the south, was placed in the role after a chance encounter with Marc Connelly, the author, in Harlem.Induced To Take RoleHe hesitated to accept the part at first, fearing it would be sacrilegious to impersonate the Lord, but was induced to enter tha role by religious friends.1ET1JiinDuring the five-year engagement Harrison was repeatedly honored for his understanding performance by educational and religious groups.Harrisonis survived by his widow, a daughter Marian, and a son, Paul Dunbar Harrison, orchestra leader.gr0Ctuin$5be4tiiwas anprevent the votes of two absent andRichard B. La Crosse in last Dec. 4.Harrison appeared in “The Green PasturesmI Pisa siiuigcsildlt;tii ci♦ 1 * *n _____ i
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La Crosse Tirbune and Leader Press
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Mar 14, 1935
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