Stage Shows Grow Scarce as Cities Turn to Movies
Theaters report a steady decline in road shows from New York and Chicago, with a 35 percent drop in medium cities and about 75 percent in small towns last year. Major productions route through Erlanger or Schubert agencies, and local theaters must accept dates wired from New York.
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Theatres Shift to Films Amid Shortage in Major Cities
The National Theatre in Washington has shown only two legitimate attractions since September 3, using motion pictures for four weeks with Wings and Simba. Poli's Washington opened the new season with a first show. Baltimore mirrors the trend as Ford's features a submarine film while Auditorio II runs stock.
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Peel named Secretary of State for India in cabinet reshuffle
The Right Honorable William Robert Wessley Peel, minister of works since 1924, is appointed Secretary of State for India, a post he held 1922 to 1924. Viscount Peel succeeds Lorc Birkenhead, and is followed by the Marquis of Londonderry. Meanwhile University of Alberta results show half the lambs die within four weeks after birth when ewes are fed timothy hay.
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Immature Cattle Market Classes Explained by USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture publishes a new explanation of tentative market classes and grades for calves and vealers. The bulletin, prepared by federal marketing economist Don Sleays, outlines immature cattle classifications used in various markets and notes differences in terms such as vealers and calves across regions.
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Departnént of Agriculture, Wiehington
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