Soldiers stage Cologne opera in ruined house during war
In Cologne a comically improvised Allied gig became the first American opera in the ruined Cologne Opera House. Soldiers scavenged costumes and instruments from wreckage then staged a vigorous, rough spectacle, recalling a glittering Bowery ball. Names and home towns of several participants are listed.
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Cologne
Cologne Opera House
Richard Wagner
Opera
Bowery
Jacob Sarfaty
Bright Beach Avenue
Brooklye
Leon A. Immesota
Arkon Street
Rochester
Dominick’ J. _Fornarro
Bronk
Peter T. Amorso
New York
Kenneth Willams
Saratoga Springs
Jack D. Robertson
Logan
Former Manager of Jack Dempsey Under Indictment
Former Jack Dempsey manager Jack Kearns, 57, named in a 26 count indictment charging Securities Exchange Act violations, mail fraud and conspiracy. Also charged are Harry Lennon and Gloria Carruthers. Indictment filed in federal court. Arrests reported in Chicago. removal proceedings noted. Public losses cited at about 156000 between 1940 and 1941 through securities sales by a Delaware corporation tied to the defendants.
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New York
John Léo Kearns
U. S
Peter J. Donoghue
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Gloria Carruthers
Princess Zulieka
Donoghue
Kearny
Lennon
Chicago
Delaware
Federal Fire-Ex Company, Inc
Paris Theaters Hit By 40 Percent Wage Strike
Paris movie houses faced disruption as French theater workers pressed for a forty percent wage increase, closing some screens and prompting management to seek concessions.
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Paris
Postwar credit plans and hopes for consumer access
Expansionists argue credit should be available to all income groups to revive markets and sustain the economy. Rosenberg warns postwar planning is uncertain, stressing rehabilitation, unemployment, and the need to regulate credit, with Regulation W credited for promoting prompt bill payment and responsible lending.
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Bet
Goodman
Betief
Samme
Afr
Rosenberg
Rosenburg
Cambridge Valley Grange Card Party for Red Cross Fund
Valley Grange will sponsor a card party tomorrow at Roscoe SteEachron’s home to benefit the Red Cross fund. The public is invited.
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Cambridge
Valley Grange
Ret Cross
Roscoe SteEachron
McEachron
Women's Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
I. M. Westfall
Frank T. Hoek
Dei
Charles H. Holmes
Andrew Ashton
Mary A. Potter
J. L. Skellie
Embury Methodist Church
Francis Ackley
Gharlotte Record
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Joh Sherman
Bessie R. Maxson
George Peters
Mildred Decker
Lana A. Peters
Winthrop Ames
Dinner Chaos at Troy Industrial Club Meeting
With 208 reservations, Troy Industrial Club plans a dinner tonight. William Stacey, the MC of the event, was murdered yesterday. a council of war mapped a shopping foray to buy dinner items. McCracken and Hodgkins will run procurement and service while Mrs. Stacey supervises the meat dish. Robert Ames shifts to salad chef and assists in the kitchen.
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Troy
Wiliam Eatacey
M.C. A
Council of War
James McCracken
Harvey G. Hodgkins
Merning
Stacey
Messrs
McCracken
Hodgkins
Robertt Ames
Mr. Hodgkins
Ames
WOKO offers continued. stock ownership dispute emerges
Pickard testified he gave WOKO stock to Phelps making Phelps the owner. Ernst said under WOKO plan Pickard would get book value plus up to 20 percent goodwill, totaling about 75000 dollars, far less than a free market sale. He argued canceling the license would be a public hardship and disproportionate to any infractions. FCC had no prior complaints. station praised for cooperation with employees and war effort. The commission took the proposal under advisement.
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Pickard
Phelps
WOKO
Ernst
Goodwil
FCC
Heale
Commission
Ernat
East Side Alderman Willetts leads Red Cross drive
East Side Alderman Colin Willetts reports sixty ward workers collecting for the Red Cross War Fund with weekly returns totaling 1.30 dollars. In other notes, the Woman’s Society of Christian Service met at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church with guest speaker Mrs Mahson Wemple district vice president, and the Guild and church officers were elected at the Third Presbyterian Church.
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Colin Willetts
Fifth Ward
Red Cross War Fund
Trinity Methodist Church
Vanderpool
Hamilton Avene
W.3. C. Li
Treasury
Women’s Guild
Presbyterian Church
H. Richard Perkett
Albert Babcock
Harriet Loesch
Charles Brunette
Albert T. Baylix
Bomb Blitz Hits Key German Vessels and Bridges
Allied air forces pound a vital viaduct near Muenster and another at Arnsburg while 60 German plants on Coblenz and nearby airfields are damaged. U S Ninth Air Force fighters protect the Remagen bridgehead, with three American bombers lost in collisions and an Eighth Air Force strike near Giessen triggering a massive explosion at a stockpile dump.
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RAF
Eleleteid
Muenster
Arnsburg
Dortmund
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Remagen Rhine River
Germany
Coblenz
Hemagen
Eighth Air Force
Giessen
Air Force
Wiliam H. Earle
Greenville
S.C
Church Guild Plans Camp Fire Activities and March Fund
Announced officers include Mrs. Charles Pen rose as secretary and Mrs. Alf Miller as treasurer. White elephant sale held Friday at Mrs. David Wilkins home to raise funds for the March group. Reports on Odako Camp fire and Bluebird groups. grand council fire set for March 22 at Hulckerbacker Junior High School. Guardians listed as Mrs. J.G. Strohecker Mrs. George Bonestesl and Mrs. Gaylord Belsen. Camp Fire Girls selling doughnuts with an award for the first seller. April group selling blankets, May group to train for a Mother and Daughter banquet. Guild to conduct Lenten service with Rev. Mary Vining of Averill Park as speaker.
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Ing
Charles Penrose
Alf Miller
David Wilkins
Ford Avenue
Odako
Guild
Hulckerbacker -Tunior High School
Mary Vining
Averill Park
Senators Oppose Movie Price Ceiling Move
Washington reports that a Senate Banking Committee session discussed extending price controls to movie admissions. The panel did not appear convinced by Bowles's arguments for broader ceilings, noting admissions rose 33 percent since January and citing prior exemptions for various living costs. The committee surfaced Bowles’s remarks from March 2 and appeared skeptical of extending controls to entertainment tickets.
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Washington
OPA
Senate
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Wagner
Biché Bowles
Bowtes
Nation
Opposition to Bowies Price Control Changes Draws Protests
Letters and telegrams opposing Bowies recommendation for changes in the price center act show barber shop and beauty parlor protests from May 1922 to November 19. The Senate committee weighs extending the Price Control act beyond June 30 1965 while retirement funds expand to additional cities and villages joining the state system.
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Ting
Bowies
Ceilipes
Senate
Chicase
CE —Musicinas Empoly
Civil Service Assembly
Census Reveals Millions Out of School Across Regions
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate federal data showing about 3,000,000 adults who did not attend school and 2,000,000 children under age likely not enrolled. The wording suggests a broad national census finding on schooling participation and nonattendance.
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Ethel Farmer
Wayne
Manhattan Club
Middleburgh End
7Th Ave
Saratoga GI
Mattola Alm Vitoate
MT Aar Alto
Zenith
Flemith
Headrick Hudson
Retail Credit Association of Troy
Thomas W. Rourke
National City Bank
Emory Hacker
Credit Association
James F. O'Crowley
W. H. Frear & Co
J. J. Goordman
Union-Fern Co
Joseph Rosenberg
Peertess Co
Steved Freiy
Rollickers
Fiver St
East Side
Harry Burgess
Greenfield
Mass
Richard Crone
Harold FE. Fitzgerale
Sampson
M. J. Fitzgerald
Winter Street
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Ye Ata
Waterford
Bisjou
Tonigh
Rita Victor Haxworth Mature
MY Gal
Sal
Geisger Rogers
James Stuart
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Casanova Brown
Wyman
Arner Bros. Theatres
Bing Crosby
Aroy
Betty Huttons
Sonny Tufts
Pete Smith
Teeghar
Eddie Cantor
the Kid
Spain
John Hoary
Ray Barbara Melland
Britton
AES
Joan Davis
Peet MacWrris
Bartary
Ray Sayser
Bead
S MY
Seorte A
Dennis Mongan
Elanore Farrer
Duke Clark
Todsy Sree Ertge
Lincoln
Tae Stork
Young ‘America
Andrea King
Dick Powell
Ik Powell
Ailip poRi T
Mary Astor
Felix Bressart
RED Cross
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