Atlanta Opens Light Opera Season With Big Plans
Atlanta launches a six week summer light opera season seen as an experiment by the Municipal Light Opera Association. It features 35 piece orchestra under a Met Opera Company director, principal artists from Grand Opera, a 50 voice local and regional chorus, custom sets and lighting, and an air cooling system.
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Atlanta
Municipal Light Opera Association
Fuzzy Woodruff
Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
Metropolitan Opera Company of
New York
Continuous War on Insects Urged by Health Officials
Atlanta June 17 Insect pests prompt a nationwide war on flies cotton boll weevil corn borer and other pests. Health officers say half of America’s potential crops are destroyed annually by insects and the fight must continue despite new pests arising each year.
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Atlanta
San Jose
America
Rotary International Opens Sixteenth Convention in Cleveland
Delegates from twenty six nations gather as Rotary International begins its sixteenth convention in Cleveland. Messages from King Victor Emanuel and Cuba's Gerardo Machado greet Rotarians. The opening program features past presidents, district governors, and a stage pageant, with reports from Chesley Perry and Rufus Chapin and remarks by president Everett W. Hill.
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Cleveland
Rotary International
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
International Organization
Herman L. Turner
Sheffield
Paul J. Harris
Chicago
Rotary
Chesley R. Perry
Rufus Chapin
Everett W. Hill
Oklahoma City
Okla
Hill
National Opera Company of Mexico
War on mosquitoes and flies demands victory
The piece argues that mosquitoes and flies spread disease and disrupt public health and sleep, describing a war without terms of peace. It stresses urgent, ongoing efforts to combat these pests and the difficulty of achieving a lasting finish.
18 Per Cent of People Wear Eye Glasses
Atlanta Georgia June 17 A street survey on Peach tree street counted one hundred people in one direction. Eighteen wore glasses, with seventeen of one hundred women and ten of one hundred men wearing glasses. The figures illustrate eighteen percent overall, based on the first hundred.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
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W. Feinberg & Son
Grand Theatre
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Doris Kenyon
Phillis Haver
May Allison
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Pathe
Norma Kerry
Laura LA Plante
Kenneth Harlan
Ruth Clifford
J. W. Blanton
Broad St
Walcott
Gingerale
Thomasville GA
Thomasville Laundry
Madison
W. L. Ball & Son
Monument
Gordon Davis
Broad Street
Thomasville Awurseries
P. J. Hiort
Thomasville
Messrs
Edgar Jioright
Ralph M’mms
Clarence Walker
Jinright
Boston
Arven
Moultrie
Glen Arven
Valdosta
Ochlocknee
Dick Murray
Tampa
Charles
Joe Rehberg
The
Baptist Church
W. Lewis Wilson Certified Public Accountant
Auditas
Citiz, & Son
Bank
Atlanta, Ga
Bainbridge
Banbridge
Decatur
McAvoy
Ferguson
Hand
Georgia
J. R. Bond
Elberton
Mr. Bond
Bethlehem Commandery
Knights Templar
Jos. Jerghr
Koc
F. Y. Speight
Ree
Jergers
Jergers Optometrist
South Broad Street
James Watt & Bro
Robison Hardware CO
East
Jackson St
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