Washington Jazz Jubilee showcases evolving U.S. jazz roots
The Washington Jazz Jubilee at a District hotel features Willie the Lion Smith and a lineup including Fletcher Anderson Duke Ellington Fats Waller and Count Basie with Toshiko and the Charlie Byrd trio. Louis Armstrong’s influence looms as a future legacy while a Capitol Hill benefit supports a settlement house. The event trails from Storyville to Capitol Hill amid elite sponsorship and lectures at the Library of Congress.
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Willie the Lion Smith
Willie
Fletcher Anderson
Duke Ellington
Fats Waller
Count Basie
Max Kaminsky
Pee Wee Russell
Bud Freeman
Joe Jones
Toshiko
Charlie Byrd
Buster
Louis Armstrong
Satch
Armstrong
U. S. State Department
Dizzy Gillespie
Benny Goodman
Louis Daniel
Storyville
New Orleans
Capitol Hill
Congressional Circle of Friendship House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Earl Warren
John Foster Dulles
Sam Rayburn
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard Bolling
Missouri
National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress
Dr George W Crane on emotional conflicts and unfit teachers
The piece argues emotional illness in children and adults as disguises for real conflicts, recounting Billy age five in a Chicago kindergarten. It blames an austere, unfriendly teacher, urges testing for good teachers, and warns that negative schooling can mar future education.
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Chicago
Billy
PTA
Congressmen Spending While Talking Thrift
Henry Cathcart surveys congressional records to show the stark contrast between rhetoric on economy and actual benefits enjoyed by lawmakers. Details include salaries, pensions, Cadillac perks for leaders, payrolls for relatives, extra office assistants, expensive office components, free services, travel and security perks, and lavish facilities funded by taxpayers.
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Henry Cathcart
Central Press Association
Washington
Congressional Record
Congress
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Steven V. Carter
Iowa
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Army
Navy
Europe
U.S
U S Faith in Bombers Shapes Berlin Standoff
Washington debates defense strategy as Eisenhower backs bombers over ground troops while warning on nuclear options. McElroy and Russell dispute American missile lead, stressing Strategic Air Command. Berlin crisis tests Western unity and courage against Soviet threats and missile futures.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Berlin
United States
Neil H. McElroy
American
Strategic Air Command
U.ss.a
Congress
McIlroy
Richard Russell
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nathan Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Russia
Western Alliance
Nikita Khrushchev
Home Delivered Subscriptions Terms Clarified
The notice states that home delivery by carrier or distributor is organized as independent contractor work. It notes weekly and monthly rates for daily and Sunday delivery, and disclaims responsibility for advance subscription payments to carriers, dealers, distributors, or representatives of Beckie New Davers Corporation.
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MA Onis
West Virginia
Co Op
Beckie
New Davers Corporation
Local servicemen listed from Shady Spring and Beckley areas
Airman 2 C. Billy L. Bennett of Shady Spring, 21, a 1954 Shady Spring High School graduate, son of Ray Bennett, last stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB with the 727th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. He is married to Nettie Tyner of Selma and has a son Ronald Lee. Pvt. Phillip L. Hostetter, 18, completing food service at Fort Leonard Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Hostetter of Summerlee, entered the Army last June and is a 1958 Collins High School graduate. James A. Hatcher, aviation structural mechanic airman, attached to USS Independence, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hatcher of Beckley. He is attending a damage control course while on temporary duty at Newport RI Fleet Training Center.
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Shady Spring
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
N. C
727Th Aircraft Control and Warning
Ray Bennett
Shady Spring High School
Nettie Tyner
Selma
Ronald Lee
Food Service
Fort Leonard Wood
Phillip L. Hostetter
Phillip R, Hostetter
Summerlee
Collins High School
Newport, R. 1
James A. Hatcher
Heber St
Beckley
Independence
New York
Richard Zanuck
Darryl Zanuck
Hollywood
Zanuck
Orson Welles
Long Beach
Clarence Darrow
Hal Boyle Average Driving 500 Miles A Year
A compact roundup of quirky trivia from Hal Boyle noting average annual miles driven by Americans and other curiosities. Eskimos lack a word for war, Ernie Kovacs smokes 20 cigars daily, and a 75th birthday beard could reach 600 feet if untrimmed. Canadians make 388 calls yearly vs Americans 382 and the English 68. Parking meters mislead with 63 minute hours, whisky requires 60 gallons of water per gallon, and a school sign reads Clothed for lunch.
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New York
Eskimos
Ernie Kovacs
Hollywood
Lafayette
John J. Pershing
Col
Charles E. Stanton
Try And Stop Me Try And Stop Me
George Gobel reveals a self funding eye opener costing 200 dollars. His wife Alice laughs but he cites that great inventors face ridicule. He mentions Robert Fulton and Eli Whitney as examples and hints at the cotton gin dispute.
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George Gobel
Alice
Gobel
Robert Fulton
George
Eli Whitney
Whitney
Fulton
Eskimo sunglasses story and prize drawing
A brief feature explains how Eskimos crafted bone sunglasses to guard against snow blindness. It notes a drawing activity for readers to color an Eskimo boy and fish, with a prize of 10 dollars to Lewis M. Hiller Jr. and a mailing entry to Junior Editors, Beckley.
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Lewis M. Hiller Jr
River Edge
N. J
Beckley
Prayer for Today by Ralph Ward Jr in Pittsburgh
An interdenominational prayer urging courage to be different and resist crowd influence. It asks to break with patterns that lead to intemperance and spiritual emptiness, and to be firm voices of truth despite personal cost. Read by Reverend Ralph Ward Jr of Mt Lebanon Methodist Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Ralph Ward Jr
Pittsburgh
Mt, Lebanon Methodist Church
Marriage licenses listed in Raleigh Register 1909 notes
Fifty years ago from the 1909 Raleigh Register files, marriage licenses include Ed Wilson and Sil va Carr Isaac Burks and Rachel Wool ford Charles R Harless and Lelia Pearl Toney John Carmack and Lizzie Lambie Oliver Ferrell and E E Arnold Lacy McMillion and Minnie Aliff A Raleigh farming column by J A Ewart argues milking five cows allows buying a cream separator Manufacturers promise about 20 percent savings and high labor savings claim.
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Ed Wilson
Silva Carr
Isaac Burks
Rachel Woolford
Charles R. Harless
Lelia Pearl Toney
John Carmack
Lizzie Lambie
Oliver Ferrell
E. E. Arnold
Lacy McMillion
Minnie Aliff
J. A. Ewart
Casey Stengel Elevates to Dodgers Manager Role
25 years ago from 1934 files Charles Dillon Casey Stengel was abruptly raised from coach to manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. William S. Knudsen of General Motors told the NLRB the company will not recognize an AFL union or sign contracts through it for any employee. C Q C Gallaher named division engineer of mines for the C C B group at Koppers Coal Co.
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Charles Dillon
Casey
Stengel
Brooklyn Dodgers
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
National Labor Reelations Board
American Federation of Labor Union
C. QC. Gallaher
C.C.B. Group
Koppers Coal Company
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