Stage Built At Fairgrounds For Lorain County Pageant
Work has begun on the Lorain County Fair Festival pageant stage at the fairgrounds in front of the grand stand under director Robert Bancroft. The set rises twelve feet high and 150 feet wide with drops and hangings, 1000 watt floodlights, and microphones for narrators as costumes arrive for the 400 piece production. The event, depicting local agricultural history, will be staged August 8 to 10 with Lorain County talent performing under stage lighting.
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Robert Bancroft
Fairgrounds
Lorain County
Bancroft
Elyria Man Makes Carvings From Flint
Elyria resident A F Cline, 77, of 2 Adelbert Street, creates carvings from flint as a hobby and business. He presented two knife carved pieces to the Chromele-Telegram offices, one bearing a lion from a picture Leo At Home and a Moorish castle, the other showing an Indian chief and his pony. Cline has made four engravings, three large ones taking six months and the smaller about a week.
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F Cline
Adelbert Street
Cline
Chromele-Telegram
Leo
Moorish Castle
Curiosity Traps Cat In New Orleans Vending Slot
A cat in New Orleans crawled into an open one way slot of a vending machine. It could not escape until the machine owner removed a partition, trapping the animal briefly before it was freed.
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New Orleans
Dance Numbers Draw Up To Fifty Guides In Scene
The production plans large dance numbers featuring as many as fifty guides per scene, highlighting coordinated chorus work and expansive stage movement. The ensemble reflectively fills the floor with synchronized steps designed to showcase scale and precision.
Merry-Go-Round Exposures Stir Louisiana Scandal
The Washington Merry Go Round column by Pearson and Allen traced Louisiana politics and WPA meddling at Louisiana University in Jackson. It named Caldwell and others, led to jail or bail, and spurred federal scrutiny of five percent state salary deductions. Seymour Weiss surfaced in July indictments tied to the Bienville Hotel deal and other scandal notes.
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S Allen
Louisiana
Chronicle Telegram
Washington Merry Go Round
Pearson
Allen
Drew Pearson
Bob Allen
George Caldwell
Louisiana University
E . Jackson
James Marshall
Leche
Bienville
James Monroe Smith
Weiss
New Oleans
John Rogge
Rogges
Baton Rouge
Pearson and Allen
G-Men
Pearson and
Neff Presides At Townsend Club Meeting
Townsend Club No 1 opened with Mr Neff presiding at eight o clock Monday night. Minutes and secretaries reports, national bulletin, treasurer report, and Legion bulletin were read. Discussion touched on Louisiana graft cases and an unusual press probe into state politics. Upcoming Townsend events and speakers were announced with invitations to members.
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Townsend Club No 1
Neff
Doane
Legion
Waltz
Fritz
Lorain Club No 3
Townsend
Lorain
Wellington Townsend Club
John Green
the Baptist Church
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Elyria
Herbert
Robert
Pinel
Alefas Company
Townsend Club
Fanchon
Rhythm Step
York
Baers
Coca-A
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