Kansas Millionaire Sets Gershwin Opera Tour to Europe
A Kansas millionaire funded more than 200000 dollars to send the all Negro cast of Porgy and Bess overseas this Fall. Ira Gershwin says the group proves American culture is not borrowed from Europeans and that fifty talented Negro musicians will showcase high artistic achievement.
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United Press
Hollywood
Porgy and
Bess
Europe
Red
Blevins Davis
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Gershwin Tour Plans Face Iron Curtain Ban
The good will troupe plans concerts in Berlin Vienna Paris and London with a non profit tour allowed to break even but the State Department bans the opera from curtain behind the iron curtain. Gershwin praises Davis and Porgy and Bess while noting past tours and future performances across Europe and a busy year of Gershwin activities.
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Chicago
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
London
Yugoslavia
State Department
Davis
Gershwin
Labor Leader Says Nixon Will Haunt Eisenhower Ticket
CIO political chief Jack Kroll warns Nixon as running mate sinks Eisenhower with labor voters. He cites Nixon’s 1947 Taft Hartley Act ties and compares his labor record to Taft, saying the selection seals labor support loss for the Republican ticket.
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Washington
CIO
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jack Kroll
House Labor Committee
Kroll
Nixon
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Labor
Eisenhower
Vincent visits relatives and local social notes
Vincent visiting relatives in Phoenix area for two months. Short items note illness of John Wickham of Ashland. Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Boyd of Hoginsville spend week with Isabelle Boyd, Mrs. Remshak, and Heidrick family. A bridal shower honors Miss Winifred Adler with twenty guests including Jane Adler and Josephine Clark. Miss Adler receives many gifts.
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Vincent
Harry Post
Phoenix
Ariz
John Wickham
Ashland
Wayne Boyd
Hoginsville
Isabelle Boyd
Carol Remshak
Cletus Heidrick
North Ridge Road
D. F. Eschtruth
Nancy
Priscilla
Winifred Adler
Shirley Dawson
Chestnut Ridge ‘Road
Marjory Lesnick
M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
Jane Adler
Josephine Clark
Cleveland
Army Engineers Test Gear in Desert Heat Near Yuma
A U S Army Yuma test station near Yuma Arizona simulates desert conditions to stress test equipment from small jeeps to giant tank transports. Maj Ralph W Petring explains they dismantle failures and advise on improvements while verifying weapons and vehicles in heat often reaching 110 degrees.
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Yuma
Ariz
Sahara
United States
Ralph W. Petring
Ordnance Climatic Test Detachment
Army
Ordnance Proving Ground
Aberdeen
Corps of Engineers
Maj
Petring
Hollywood
City bars white mice dealer after neighbor complaints
Mt. Clemens Michigan reports that Gerald Schmitt faced city commission action to stop his white mice business. He sold about 1000 mice monthly to laboratories and hospitals for experiments, and was told to give up the mice or relocate due to neighbor complaints.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Gerald Schmitt
City Commission
Early auto clubs fought livery stables to gain access
Besides aiding motor travel, one of the main purposes of early auto mobile clubs was to overcome the antagonism of livery stable operators who frequently barred "horse less carriages" from their premises.
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Dean
Doan
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P. X. Drug Store
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Gandeam
Lorain
County Bank
New York
Porgy and Bess
Zurich
Switzerland
Copenhagen
George
Broadway
Lady Morlene
Fuller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Crosley
Shelvador
Mars
Crosley Shelvadors
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Tonae
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Elyria
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