Fete toned down. welfare board chair urges restraint
Dallas August 20 centennial events face pressure to curb nudity displays. Laurence Melton, chairman of welfare, told Mayor Sergent that Centennial press agents risk losing support as a "nudist lamb" and urged further curbs on unnecessary displays of feminine anatomy. City officials had already ordered changes to several stage shows at the Centennial. Building contractors advertise services in classified notices.
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Laurence Melton
Board of ‘Welfare
Melon
George Sergeant
Centennial exposition opens with charity audience in Dallas
In Dallas on August 20 the Centennial exposition welcomed over 4000 charity supporters and offered tickets to Macbeth. Tomorrow Senator Morris Sheppard will visit to unveil a Texas ranger statue presented by King Victor, a motion picture director, who will attend. Attendance to date totals 3,521,300. The ad asks readers to sell unused items via Light Classified.
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Macbeth
Morris Sheppard
Centennial Grounds
Texas Ranger
King Victor
San Antonio notes mix show biz tallies and civic quirks
Local clippings report August 26 engagements for Louis Armstrong at Municipal Auditorium and film work in Dallas Fort Worth. Also noted are departures and returns of local performers, church and civic snapshots, jokes on the city’s past venues, and remnants of entertainment listings amid miscellaneous county tick eradication updates and public notices.
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Louis Armstrong
Municipal Auditorium
Cros Pictures
Heaven
John Edward Bergman JR
Dallas
Fort Worth
Joe Gutierrez
Texas Theater
Henny Mer
Frogs Comment on Speeches At Smithsonian
Washington August 20 Miss Doris Cochran authority on reptiles at the Smithsonian said frogs enjoy political speeches and even imitate speakers. Her notes from cricket frogs describe their reaction to a radio xylophone program with shrill piping. She added the frogs’ croaks intensify with room acoustics, prompting comment from the amphibians on speeches.
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Washington
Doris Cochran
Smithsonian Institution
Applicants Seek S. A. Weather Post In Gat Antonio
Twenty nine applicants for the post of under observer for the Gat Antonio Weather bureau took civil service examinations Thursday. W E Gasking, civil service examiner, gave the examinations.
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S. A. Weather Post
Gat Antonio
No Primary Interest in Texas Absentee Ballots
Absentee voters in Texas showed limited enthusiasm in Saturdays election. Dallas county tallied 34 votes and Travis county 357, both well below first primary totals. Amarillo 440, Beaumont 450, Navarre 369. Longview 418, Brownsville 181, Corpus Christi 118, Sherman 98, Denison 58, with interest flagging elsewhere.
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