Franz Lehar Dies Light Opera Composer in Vienna
Franz Lehar, famed creator of The Merry Widow, died at his Bad Ischl home after six weeks of illness from cancer. He left a will gifting his Bad Ischl home to the town as a shrine and more than $1,000,000 estate. Lehar, born April 4 1870, shaped light operetta and waltzes known worldwide, with enduring works such as The Land of Smiles and The Count of Luxembourg. He died with his brother and sister at his bedside. funeral planned for Saturday.
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Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Wall collapses kill boy and injure parents near Webster
In Webster, a ten year old Craft boy was killed and his parents injured when the wall of an abandoned dwelling area near a small cannery settlement collapsed. Dr. Gerald McGuire cited a broken neck for the boy. Alan Craft, 29, dislocated shoulder and chest injuries. Barbara Craft, wife, suffered severe concussion and scalp lacerations.
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Gerald McGuire
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Slaying Suspect Bound Dead in Hills Case
In Conklingville Bearold Allen 25 who had been missing since April 13 was found dead about three miles from home. State police said the body showed he killed himself after disappearance a 12 gauge shotgun under him in the Adirondack foothills underbrush. Floyd Allen a cousin found him while hunting.
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Radio Prize Winners Unchanged by Luck
New York UP reports winners of radio giveaways say winning big prizes did not alter their daily lives. Ruth Subbie of Fort Worth traded mink and paid taxes, kept key items, and wrote a book after a brief uplift. Other winners from Rhode Island, Providence, buffton and St Louis describe similar modest shifts and ongoing normal routines.
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Hawaii
Russia Plans 15 Year Drive to End Droughts and Double Harvest
Moscow reports a 15 year Soviet plan to abolish droughts on collective state farms across Russia. It calls for 300 million acres of reforestation, 45 thousand reservoirs, eight forest belt systems totaling over 3000 miles, irrigation and hydro power, and a new crop rotation system on eighty thousand farms. The program aims to shield European Russia from hot dusty winds from the Asian deserts and boost grain output by 1965.
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Standarized Articles Aid To Industry
New York reports Mrs. Caral Willis Moffett of the American Standards Association told the 30th ASA meeting that sustained consumer pressure by women buyers can push for standardization, saving 25 cents per dollar spent. She cited bed sheet standards as nearing approval and urged women to demand labeled threads, shrinkage, sizing, and yarn type, noting industry savings from standardization.
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