Worldwide taste for American songs surprises many regions
A worldwide AP survey shows American jazz gaining acceptance in post Stalin Russia, with Moscow embracing Herbert melodies while Rome favors U S tunes and Tokyo enjoys Papa Loves Mambo. Egypt Cairo fans crave long Arabic songs as India preserves its mythic melodic rhythm, and China bans Western music apart from limited jazz under strict policy.
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Charles A
Grumich
Victor Herbert
Walt Disney
Moscow
Rome
Italy
Tokyo
Papa
Cairo
Davy Crockett
Associated Press
Russia
China
Kyodo
Egypt
India
Himalayas
Stalin
Germany
Marietta
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Herbert
Yolande Berbeze Leads Off Broadway Repertory Venture
New York theatre impresario and 1950 51 Miss America Yolande Berbeze teams with Ray Boyle to present Macbeth and future classics at an off Broadway venue once tied to burlesque. The company draws from Antioch Shakespeare troupe and Wellesley Group 20 and aims for serious drama. Backstage help from former Miss Americas and Deems Taylor boosts a project focused on classical and new plays.
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New York
Yolande Berbeze
Yolande
Ray Boyle
James Thurber
Shaw
St. Joan
Antioch, Ohio
Group 20
Wellesley
Mass
Ray
Deems Taylor
Mobile
Ala
Matthew Fox
Alabama
Morgan Town Clock Repaired After Months of Silence
The courthouse tower clock in Morgantown now shows the correct time after a repair. The service cost $22.75. William A. Blair of Clarksburg marked his 80th birthday by attending services at First Methodist Church. Born Oct. 9, 1861, Quiet Dell near Clarksburg. Spokespersons for Spencer’s first Black Walnut Festival on Nov. 5 announced Lt. Col. Ruby Bradley, Third Army chief nurse, will crown the festival queen. Robert Thomas, 31, faced Charleston municipal court for alleged drunkenness and property damage. 30 days in jail for disorderly conduct were imposed by Judge James A. McWhorter. Porter M. Jarvis, ex-Clarksburg resident and Swift and Company president, will address a Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce dinner. Bluefield, Princeton, and Grundy toll numbers are changing with a new inter-toll dialing system. Louise Sleeman of Belle won top honors at the Ohio Valley Writers Conference in Marietta for Waterfront review. Archbishop Swint of Wheeling to aid fundraising for a Charleston convent and a new wing for Charleston Catholic High School with a mass at St. Anthony’s Church. plans total $178,196. Spencer Presbyterians dedicate a $13,000 church addition. About 200 Roane County Methodist officials and laymen to meet Oct. 27 for Central District conference.
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Spencer
Roane County
Ruby Bradley
Third Army
Spencer’s Presbyterians
Credit restraints barely slow current business boom
Government credit tightening has raised interest costs and prompted banks to seek more funds, but the auto, housing, appliances, and retail sectors show strong activity. Producers expect a record year with continued demand and high Christmas trade, while steel mills run near capacity and show no near letdown.
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New York
Baltimore Food and Poultry Prices Report
Market notes show steady poultry receipts with prices largely unchanged or up by a penny. Apples and potatoes traded variedly across Maryland and nearby states with multiple sizes, grades, and packs listed, while sweet potatoes and Porto Ricans appeared with lighter offerings. Turkeys and ducks priced by weight, with broilers/fryers and hens showing modest shifts in value amidst steady supply.
Wealthy Drinker in Gastonia Pays Fine for Drunkenness
In Gastonia North Carolina a man picked up for drunkenness admitted to carrying a paper bag. He paid a $5 fine and $7 costs. Police Chief F Penninger stated the bag held $3 185 in cash.
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Gastonia
F. Penninger
Livestock prices move mixed in Baltimore market report
Cattle receipts light with steady to higher trends on certain canner and utility cuts. Calves steady to 27 lower from Monday with some lot specifics. hogs small and cleaned up with prices easing. Sheep offerings insufficient for price comparison. overall tone mixed across cattle hogs and sheep.
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Baltimore
USDA
Grain futures open steady on light Board of Trade activity
Chicago grains opened with steady prices as traders waited for clearer guidance. Wheat futures showed small fractional gains across nearby contracts while corn oats rye and soybeans posted modest moves amid sluggish activity and mixed demand signals. Old crop lard prices were listed for several months with narrow ranges.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Poultry Market Reports From Harrisonburg and Moorefield
Live poultry markets in Harrisonburg Virginia show steady demand and adequate supply with farm prices ending yesterday at 12 noon for broilers under 3 pounds at 19 42 0s. over 3 pounds 20 21, white rocks 22, heavy hens 18 19, turkey fryers 31 31 44, heavy hen turkeys 32 33 and toms 28 28 1. Prices in Moorefield West Virginia to 9:00 AM yesterday: 43,400 birds average 2.85 per pound 21 22 mostly 21, Beltsville turkey fryers 31 4 3134, finished Beltsville hens 33, total 147,600 head sold of 193,000 offered in 76 lots.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Moorefield
W.va
Agriculture Dept
South Branch Valley
South Branch
Beltsville
Happy Boy Dies in Fall From Rooftop Pigeon's Grip
Two boys fed pigeons on a drizzle slick roof at an East 100th Street tenement. Twelve-year-old Victor Jimenez grabbed a pigeon then slid on wet rungs, slipping five stories to land in the cement courtyard and die.
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New York
100Th St
Victor Jimenez
Edward Blevins Funeral in Glen Daniel
Edward Blevins aged 65 of Glen Daniel died in a local hospital at 1 30 a m Saturday October 15. Body remains at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home until the funeral hour. Funeral services at Ques Chapel 1 p m Wednesday October 19 with Rev J B F Yoak officiating. Burial in Sunest Memorial Park. Active pallbearers Ralph Franklin Burton Blevins Harry Bumgardner Claude Scheingruber Arthur Blevins Bruce Blevins. Arrangements Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home.
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Blevins Blevins
Edward
Glen Daniel
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
J. B. F. Yoak
Sunest Memorial Park
Ralph Franklin
John A Greer 21 Killed in Korea to be Buried
Private First Class John A Greer of Glen Rogers aged 21 was killed in Korea in 1950. His body arrives at Prince Station at 7 50 a m Tuesday October 18 then to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home 512 Neville Street. Viewing until 1 p m Saturday October 22, then to his parents home at Glen Rogers for 2 30 p m Sunday October 23 funeral service at Glen Rogers Community Church conducted by Reverends Donnelly Richardson and Cook. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park with pallbearers Bobby Nuckols Danny Simpson Kelly Sizemore Adalee Bailey Frankie Farley and Jamey Brooks.
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Glen Rogers Community Church
Shirley Donnelly
Lee Richardson
Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Bobby Nuckols
Danny Simpson
Kelly Sizemore
Adalee Bailey
Frankie Farley
Jamey Brooks
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
James B. Taylor obituary at Beaver Methodist Church
James B. Taylor age 63 of Glen Morgan died October 14 in Oteen North Carolina. Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday October 18 at Beaver Methodist Church with reverends Cook Walker and Wilson officiating. Burial in Caffee Cemetery Mt Tabor. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. Body to rest at church one hour prior. Calfee Funeral Home
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Howard Miller
Stanley Bender
Everett Broyles
Lacy Wilhelm
Charlie Pauley
Frank Pierce
W. W. Vines
L. P. Bragg
W. W. Butler
S. F. Andrews
A. B. McClure
J. H. Winner
J. W. Mulray
B. E. Griffith
Clarence Rule
J. R. Diehl
C. S. Marshall
G. V. Martin
R. W. Brash
Walter Ford
Corvin Pittman
R. E. Sawyers
I. W. Dilley
D. B. Dilley
W. B. Pate
John Pate
H. G. Huffman
G. P. Starr
A. D. Cooper
Calfee Funeral Home
Patterson Patterson Ezra Russell Dies at 44 in Resoco
Ezra Russell Patterson, 44, of Resoco, died Sunday at a local hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Tennis Painter and Rev. Everette Shaf er officiating. Burial in Garden of Devotion, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity. Active pallbearers named Carson Booth, Clyde Farley, Theo Hatcher, Charlie Swift, L. A. Shrewsbury, Paul Jenkins. Honorary pallbearers listed.
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Louis Calhern
Joyce Grenfell
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Paul Robeson
Gorky Amusement Park
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Sovietskaya Hotel
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Robert Wright
George Forrest
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Alexander Borodin
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Bill Coleman
Cole Porter
Offenbach
Bal Taberin
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American Forces Network
U.S
Japan
Cerisa Rosa
Shady Lane
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Raleigh County
Edith Blackburn
Thomas Blackburn
van Faites
Clay S. Crouse
P. Q. Losis-Tuess-Stre
Circuit Court
Julia Richardson
Julia Fekete
James H. Richardson
van Hunter
Weldie Dickens
Delmar E. Dickens
van At
Clark Payne
Samuel J. Payne
Morgantown
William A. Blair
Clarksburg
First Methodist Church
Quiet Dell
Robert Thomas
Charleston
Ella Thomas
Bob
James A. McWhorter
Porter M. Jarvis
Swift and Company
West
Ginia City
Bluefield
Princeton
Grundy
Louise Sleeman
Belle
Ohio Valley Writers’ Conference
Ohio
Budd Schulberg
John J. Swint
Wheeling
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Charleston Catholic High School
Swint
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
West Side
Business Mirror
MD & Pa
Usis
MD & del
Happy Boy
Post-Herald and Raleigh Register
Beckley
W Va
A Ann
Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
Greer
Taylor
DIAL
Keyser Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
Met
South Oakwood Ave
James C. Griffith
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home, Inc
Vance Drive
Mhoc Cho
Amos E
Quesenberry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Neville St. Dial
Woodlawn
Bellevue Lane
Fairlawn Avenue
Beagle
Virgil Agneni
Thompson's
Church OF Christ
R. C. Egnor
Oak Hill
Logan
H. B. Snead Gardens
Bostick Ave
Haddad’s TV and Furniture CO
Wright
Crab Orchard
Frank
GMC
Sprague
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince
W. E. Harvey
R. B. Gravely
Lucy
Helene Curtis
Lucy Wheeler
Thompson
Marguerite’s Children’s Permanents
Del-Mar
Neville St
Gene H
Church Bookkeeping Service
H. Co. Kinzer
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
James Rothwell
Burgess St
James Greene
E St
Prince ST. Dial
Lovitz Television
GEO
Sparks
Ashworth Home & Auto Supply
Prince St. Beckley
B. S Palusky
Wyoming Avenue
Harold Adkins
Mabscott
Bob_ Daniels
Venetian Blind Cleaners
W. Va
Termites
Mountain State Termite Control
Jame
Mutual of Omaha
Combs St. Beckley
Carolina Super Market
Phone Oak Hi
Taylor & Davis
South Oakwood
Cyril “Cy” Lilly
Lilly
Midway
Peerless Packing Company
Mutual of
Omaha
Combs St
Julia Shalosky
Bridge's Tavern
Scarbro Road
Hawaii
California
West Virginia State Employment Service
South Fayette St
Ruby Scott
Shirley Mitchell
Belmont
Massachusetts
G. F. Miller
Pine Knob
Stanley Home Products, Inc
Mr. Clower
Waterdale Inn
Pfizer Laboratories
H. J. Taylor
Matz
Mr. Brown
President Hotel
Fuller Brush Co
Montgomery W. Va
Oceana Lumber & Supply CO
Oceana
National Corporation
Care Beckley Newspapers
Whitener Roofing & Heating Co
City Ave
Eases
Wwe
Byus Manakin Lumber CO
North
Kanawha
Easy Terms
Beckley Glass Co
M Dia
Sters
Landers Upholstery, Inc
South
Oakwood Ave
Lowe Bros
Elco Lumber CO
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