National Music Week Highlighted By Communities Nationwide
The annual observance May 4 to 11 mobilizes more than 2,500 communities to promote year round music interest and education. Local committees run programs from hymns in small towns to major city festivals, with churches, veterans programs, and living memorials expanding public appreciation of music.
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New York
Central Committee
Music Week Committee
Los Angeles
Calif
Hollywood Bowl
700 Voices
America
Baltimore
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Playground and Recreation Commission
Alton
Springfield
Ohio
Paris
Tex
Parent-Teachers Association
Rotary Club
Civic Music Association
Doan
Wea
al Fratell
gAbor
Texas Paradise Stays Crimeless for Four Years
Sarita Texas earns notoriety as the crimeless section of the state with no crimes recorded in four years. District court sessions focus on juror selection only as no cases arise. Clerk Nettie P Woods notes no divorces, no juvenile delinquency, and births deaths and marriages as county news.
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Sarita
Tex
Texas
Nettie P Woods
Barber Shop Narrow Yields Haircuts Only
Tulsa customers discover the so called Big 9 bar ber shop cannot provide shaves as its chairs cannot recline. The barber concentrates on cutting hair due to the shop’s cramped layout.
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Tulsa
Okla
Police Add Cow Handling To Campbell County Duties
In Covington Kentucky Campbell county police were tasked with cattle control during a week taking in 20 stray steers from pastures a rampaging bull and two wandering cows.
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Covington
Campbell County
Waseca County Horse Thief Detectives Look for Training Dummy
The aging Waseca County Horse Thief Detectives association plans its annual meeting. They seek a dummy horse to teach new members saddle fitting and harness techniques while veterans recall past exploits. The group remains active mainly for yearly reminiscences rather than law enforcement.
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Waseca, Minn
Waseca County
Baseball season preview signals strong bets and bold guesses
The essay surveys 1947 baseball outlooks with debates over Cardinals and Red Sox supremacy, Dodgers’ finish, Feller’s arm risk, and Ted Williams hitting around .360 with 40 homers. It names Musial, Schoendienst, Kurowski, Pesky, Doerr, and Yogi Berra as key figures and considers dark horse Braves and rookie Berra as rising stars.
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Cardinals
Red Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pete Reiser
Yankees
Tigers
Bob Feller
Feller
Cleveland Star
Joe Gordon
Lou Boudreau
Oregon
Boudreau
Gordon
Marion
Schoendienst
Pesky
Doerr
Reese
Stanky
Dodgers
Athletics
A. L
National League
Reds
Pirates
Phillies
Giants
Mize
Cooper
Greenberg
Musial
Kurowski
Cregar
Glaviano
Boston Braves
Mort Cooper
Braves
Billy Southworth
Yogi Berra
Yogi
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WNU
The
Choral and Instrument Music Association of Chicago
Texas Paradise
Aseball
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Hal Chase
Matthewson
Alexander
Sumanes
Ted Williams
Williams
Hal Newhouser
Stan Musial
Secy
Robert P. Patterson
Patton
Arlington National Cemetery
George S. Patton Jr
Ross Calvert
Patterson
C. B. Ferenbaugh
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert F. Bradford
Massachusetts
Albany
Nebraska
Truman
White House
Office of Indian Affairs
Alaska
Bust
Alaska Or
Chris J. Burris
Judith
Buddy
Edward Repetti
Washington, D. C
Port Chilkoot
Moscow
London 100
Jimmy Carrick
Winnah
Naval Academy, Annapolis
Carey Dickinson
Nancy
Jane Penington
Grantland Rice
Business & Invest
OPPOR
Mano Realty CO
Blackfoot
Idaho
FOX Studios
Billings
Montana
Lake Mead
Overton
Nevada
Ealt Lake Desk Exchange
South State St
Salt Lake City
Utah
U. S
Richard Dickow
Stanger Striker
Cresk
Garidein
Marine's
Perry-Morse Seed CO
Detroit
San Francisco
Dre
Orthers
Tobecco
NNU
Rae
Doans
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