Satchmo Asked to Cool Off Tempo of His Dixieland Jazz
ACCRA reports Louis Armstrong and his band were ordered by Maj. Michael Collins to slow the tempo of their dixieland set to avoid rioting by African audiences. At Gold Coast University 70 tribal chiefs and native drummers watched as Armstrong adapted to a slower beat and resumed with Stomping at the Savoy amid the heat.
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Satchmo
Accra
Gold Coast
Michael Collens
Louis Satchmo Armstrong
Latchmo
Kwame Nkrumah
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Louis
Edmund Hall
Gold Coast University
Armstrong
Savoy
University
J. N. Duckworth
Community News and Visiting Guests in Cross Junction
Local residents share visits with relatives from Winchester Arlington Falls Church and Round Hill. The week includes a district Home Demonstration meeting at James Wood School and mentions a 94th birthday celebration.
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Alvin Baker
Washington
Gilbert de Haven
Dale Baker
Ziler Baker
Winchester
Ethel Taylor
Charles Taylor
Kenneth Taylor
Sandstrom
Albert Thompson
Canada
Linda Tinsman
Falls Church
E. C. Tinsman
Elmer Braithwaite
J. S. Braithwaite
Chris Spanos
Kenneth Lewis
Vernon Haines
Round Hill
Braithwaite
Carrie Grove
Floyd Fletcher
Nora Parrill
Reynolds Store
Ed Megury
Grove
Hazel Eppard
Chippy
Arlington
Marvin Grove
Frank Whitacre
George S. Whitacre
Maurice Luttrell
A. W. Taylor
Effie Braithwaite
Perl Braithwaite
Vernon Lee
Paul Braithwaite
E. W. Braithwaite
Jeannette Eaton
Salvation Army Plans Special Radio Program
The Salvation Army marks National Salvation Army Week with a radio broadcast at 6 30 p m over WINC featuring Miss Christine Painter and Lt and Mrs Lynn Wiseman. They discuss the Girl Guards their formation tests and progress and local welfare figures for 1955 are reported including meals clothing and housing aid.
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National Salvation Army
Christine Painter
Lynn Wiseman
Miss Painter
Salvation Army
Luther Painter
E. Cecil St
Handley School
WINC
Wiseman
Golden Agers Club
Uniform Man From Ravenswood Honored for Service Record
Ravenswood West Virginia honors Sgt Charles J Fast 50 for a record spanning six military branches two police forces a fire department and six volunteer and fraternal uniformed groups. He is recognized as a civic minded citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenswood
W. Va
Charles J Fast
Fast
U. S
Value of highway frontage along Straits bridge eyed
St Ignace Michigan reports interest in the price of highway frontage along the route leading to the new Straits of Mackinac bridge as planners study potential development sites and land values near the approach corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ignace
Mich
Straits of Mackinac Bridge
Land sales surge along highway to bridge completion
Land market analyst Frank A. Wood notes prices jumped from five dollars a foot to two hundred in some cases as land sales along U S 2 toward the bridge have risen about a third in the past year. The bridge is slated for completion in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Wood
U. S
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Collens
Satch
H. C. Sheetz Selling
H. G. Sheetz & Son
Loudoun
A. B. Solenberger
And
Mercy Veterans
Mason
General Insurance
Quota Club
W. Boscawen St
Henry T. Goode & Son
Hansbrough & Carter
N. Loudoun St
America
Merchants National Bank
Sama
Holland
Rolabar
Lupton
Orchard Service
J. W. Arthur
T. Wiseman
Spencer Tracy
Robert Ryan
Black Rock
Little Theatre
John van Crutem
Bark Mill Theatre
Shenval Music
Round & Square
American Legion Building
Berryville
Kountry Krackers
Patsy Cline
Daida
ROYAL
Old Airport
U. S. 50 East
Wwe
BROS
Cuatton Moore
Tay Silverheels
Mann Beanee Wes
Stuart Heisler
Warner Broqlet
Rainbow Inn
Rainbow Park
The
Sonny Frye and
Playboys
Saati Uhinchester
PEURS
Kirk Douglas and
Silvana Mangano
Ulysses
Richard Bartlett and
Jeanette Bordeau
Edmond O'Brien
Wayne Morris
Lonesome Trail
Nytt Aven
Columbia Pictures
Sen
Grace Kelly
Alec Guinness
Louis Jourdan
Eastman
Botany
Campus
Hickok
McGregor
Palm Beach
Samsonite
Amelia Earhart
Arrow
Gray & Eddy
Gray
and. Eddy
Armory
Don Patton
Featuring
Donnie Pearson On
Vocals
Northern
Stanley
Womars Capitol
Cagney
James Cagney
Cinam
Asd
OOM Dubbins
Stephen McMally
MORRO
Bene Papas
Camero
Technicolor
Gobel Aa
Gaynor
Swan
Niven
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