Music in Air Is Big Time In Colleges
A study of college bands shows their growing size and prominence on campuses. At the University of Michigan the musical corps totals 120 players, with a 110 piece concert band and a large varsity band for basketball. Harris Hall houses the department, reflecting music’s rising role in boosting school spirit, attendance, and funding.
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University of Michigan
Harris Hall
Evant
Muale
Mu: Perform Intricate Mooves More Comptex Than Those of A Crack Deel
Detroit
South Israel Seeks Women as Frontier Bands Grow
In southern Israel a gender gap worries settlements as young men plan to move north. Educators note music plays a vital role with 30 000 bands in high schools and growing programs from kindergarten onward, training youths in piano and instruments to fuel school bands and cultural life.
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Zelma Nolzman
Beersueba
Israel
Horace Greeley
Southland
Gim Suey Locke Father of Ten Builds Family Legacy
Gim Suey Locke, a Seattle resident, measures success by his ten children, with one becoming a physician. He is famed locally as the “grand old dad” around 3212 East Terrace Street and at Virginia Mason Hospital. His father came to work on the railroads, shaping the family’s life around work and home as he recounts.
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Seattle
Ins
Gim Suey Locke
Terrace St
Virgina Mason Hospital
Lock
Smuggling Ring In Indonesia
Rangoon ambassador to India and Burma cites large scale Indonesian Chinese involvement in cross border smuggling with Malaya. He says traders move goods between islands and Singapore Penang, harming Indonesia’s economy and challenging coast guard efforts.
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Rangoon
Seedarsono
USI
India
Burma
Indonesia
Malaya
Indonesa
Singapore
Penang
Soedarsano
Jtgling
Jewels of the Kaisers Hidden in Vienna Vault
The 50 Holy Roman Empire crown jewels, long kept in an underground Viennese safe, remain unseen by most locals. After Hitler moved them to Nuremberg in 1938, Austrian officials now guard the collection, with only one known key to the vault. Citizens still pass the guarded artifacts daily in the international district.
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Vienna
Hitler
Nuernberg
U. S
Children’s Bureau
Marvin Stone
Vns
Havel
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mark Clark
Austria
Leopold Figi
Charlotte Straus
Gali
Corsica
Winns
Blue Island
Temesvar
Hungary
Napoleon
Reichs
Acion
Fch
Hapsburg
Meinz
Tina Gchic
Ades
MacArthur Sees Japan as Oasis of Hope in Occupation
General Douglas MacArthur, addressing postwar Japan, says the nation can become an oasis of hope for Asia as it rebuilds under occupation. He emphasizes democratic reforms, stresses that future plans will outlast the wars, and praises Japanese resilience and cooperation in rebuilding health, education, and welfare systems.
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Washington
Congress
Tokyo
INS
Douglas MacArthur
Histor
Japan
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