St Louis Muny Opera Opens 32nd Season in Forest Park
The St Louis Municipal Opera launches its 32nd season at Forest Park with Brigadoon on June 8 for 11 nights. Rosalie and other Rodgers and Hammerstein works follow through September 3 with a 50 piece orchestra and notable debuts by seven leading men and nine leading ladies. Advances near the prior record exceed 290000 while charity ticket programs continue to distribute 2500 tickets weekly to welfare groups. director team includes John Kennedy as productions manager and Watson Barratt as art director.
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Municipal Opera
Forest Park
David Atkinson
Harry Fleer
Hayes Gordon
Lio
Thomas Leech
Gene Barry
Anne Bollinger
Virginia Haskins
Winifred Heidt
Coretta Morrow
Virginia Oswald
Marguerite Piazz
Victoria Sherry
Brian Sullivan
Maureen Cannon
Wilbur Eden
Norma Terris
st e+ars
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hamm
Witith
John Kennedy
Watson Barratt
Edwin McArthur
Donald Burr
Kenneth G Schuller
Herman Glazer
Anthony Nelle
John Butler
Rudolph Brooks
Alan Green
John Scott
Andre Nethercott
First Bath Fatal Reported in Paris
Paris reports the death of Lucien Duquenel aged 50 from the shock of taking his first bath. Doctors cited the fatal shock as the cause of death in the June 6 UP dispatch.
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Paris
Lucien Duquenel
Metzler Orchards Expands With New Fruit Shed Packing House
Metzler Orchard Company begins a large scale packing house project on a 37 acre tract in Cobden with Dale Denny Construction equipment. A 20 foot deep lake for fire protection is being built, electric pumps and fire plugs will be installed as buildings rise, and a railroad switch site is prepared for Illinois Central rail spur to load fruit directly. The Metzler operation evolved from 1940 acquisition of land from American Fruit Growers and later reorganization into Metzler Orchard Company, Inc with H. H. Lamer continuing as manager.
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Dale Denny Construction Company
Anna
Metzler Orchard Company
Illinois Central Railroad
Metzler
American Fruit Growers
H. H. Lamer
L. T. Hardin
Roy Lamer
Fred Mangold
George Patterson
Mat Green
Metzler Orchard Company, Inc
Cobden
Haberdasher Awards Stalin as Worst Dressed Man
Paul D. Gilbert of South Bend Indiana head of the National Association of Retail Clothiers called Marshal Stalin the worst dressed man on the international scene at a meeting of the Association of Better Business Bureaus in Washington. The remark was made unofficially and reported by AP.
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Russia
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Paul D. Gilbert
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Ind
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National Association of Retail Clothiers
Gas Tax Allotments To Counties Announced
Springfield Illinois June 6 The Illinois Finance department announced the May gas tax share totaling 1 514 638 with county allotments led by Madison 32 936 and St Clair 33 116 The report also notes poaching groups raiding English and Scottish streams using explosives and poison with earnings up to 280 a night and calls for stronger enforcement.
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Scotland
Springfield
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Illinois Finance Department
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Marion
Montgomery
Morgan
Moultrie
Perry
Pulaskio
Saline
Shelby
St. Clair
Illinois Central Injunction Plea Rejected
A three judge federal panel refused the Illinois Central request for an injunction to resume two daily Chicago to Carbondale trains. The ICC had ordered service restored, IC argued no ICC jurisdiction and argued irreparable damage. panel noted open hearings June 29 and urged exhaust of remedies.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
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Walter J. la Bay
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Illinois General
J. H. Wright
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Sudanese Giraffe Hunting Quotas Reported Fading Interest
In Khartoum the AP notes a drop in appetite for giraffe hunting among Sudanese tribes. Officials cite quotas assigned to tribes allowing giraffes to be killed from horseback, with the official record showing a tribe receiving a quota.
Priest Bans Catholics From High School Rites
Rev Fr Thomas Lyons, superior of Sacred Heart monastery and St Josephs administrator, warns Catholics they may not attend Fairhaven high school baccalaureate exercises at a Unitarian church citing church law. He notes it is too late to change.
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Fairhaven
Thomas Lyons
Sacred Heart Monastery
St. Joseph's Church
Giraffe Population Grows Despite Poaching Pressure
Report notes a giraffe population increase even as some poaching occurs. It mentions a quota framework with 75 killed but only 49 achieved, and another tribe failing to meet its 20 quota.
Baccalaureate Exercises Set for June 21
Plans finalize for the high school baccalaureate with 108 seniors set to graduate. A suitable venue is being chosen to host the event on June 21.
Thai King and Queen Arrive in Switzerland for Studies
King Rama IX Phumiphon of Thailand and Queen arrive in Geneva from Bangkok by chartered plane. He will resume studies at Lausanne University and is not expected to return to Siam for several years.
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Switzerland
Rama IX
Phumiphon
Thailand
Bangkok
Rama
Lausanne University
Siam
I C Track Temporarily Blocked By Rock Slide
Illinois Central railway halted service between Carbondale and Gale after a rock slide at Leo Rock near Fountain Bluff. Tracks were cleared by Sunday morning. Local freight train service resumed with the Carbondale origin schedule, after the obstruction was reported.
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Rock Slide
Illinois Central Railroad
Gale
Leo Rock
Fountain Bluff
Carbondale
Warne
Texas Tornado Hits Southeast Texas Villages
A fast moving tornado struck five villages in Southeast Texas on June 6 injuring at least eight people. The AP report notes extensive structural damage across the affected area. Local crews rushed to search for survivors and secure damaged buildings.
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Kenny
Texas
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