Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1947 — Page 6

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career in a nation-wide radio broadcast last night. 2. | The American Broadcasting Co. estimated that 15 million persons lstened to Miss Truman. -She is the first child of any President to —— i

seek a professional career.

| Her first performance was re- Was presented only as “a young

eeived favorably by the majority of ‘music critics. Many of the critics said the 23-year-old singer needed _ additional study before starting on the operatic career of which she had dreamed for 10 years. Talks to Parents Miss Truman said she had no, fmmediate plans except “to get & little rest.” 8 She talked with her parents by ~g-three-way telephone hookup fast | night—the President at Key West, | Ya. and Mrs. Truman in Wash-! ington. Then she said laughingly “They| were just as relieved as I am that it’s all over.” Her parents liked the performance, she said. “But of course, they're a little prejudiced.” { Dr. Karl Krueger, director of the Detroit Symphony orchestra with whom Miss Truman appeared as a guest star on the “Sunday Evening Hour” said: “I was very happy and proud to| have presented Miss Truman at her debut. I think she will have] 8 great career.”

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The studio audience was limited to some 30 newspaper critics, pho-| tographers and radio represéntatives. They were asked not fo applaud.

ay on Air | Many Musical Experts Doubt She + Is Ready for An Operatic Career

DETROIT, March 17 (U. P.)~—Margaret Truman was to return to!

apartment on the second floor of

her bed with a broken hip, was said “It was very interesting indeed. She position who aspires to notice in gered no votes and caused no mu. ticularly in the high tones.” Struck by Car TUESDAY .......... WINDY to have liked the program very'made a good impression.” 1 ; st. | «i 3 : iSa are our 445: sometimes.) ’ P (fields of public performance must, sical flurry. Her immature SOprano yn wid, half of the Wild Twins Other victims of that accident | WEDNESDAY SQUALLS m Ben Gross. New York News—“A' for very obvious reasons, be able was unobjectionable, unremarkable, _.__. } Ww irtas were William Wollman, Virgil (No squalls about our food.) | The broadcast from Music ; ; = : bo ; * singing act—"What I admire is that " RS Doc, Was {bit ragged at times, but yet showed to deliver on an ‘exceptionally high a parlor voice pleasant in quality, he had plenty of what it takes” |(Bames and LeRoy Lesser, all of |] THURSDAY ...... TORMY . TO! - a aun ‘ wo i J bat i {We lise spring better.) Hall, home of the Detroit Sym-|.,gigerable promise. plane of achievement. My impres- but too pinched off in the upper ee Py RL Anderson. FRIDAY NASTY phony. The program sponsors said, Seymeur S. Raven, Chicago Sun sion of today was that this excep- range to be a true coloratura and Gretchen Hood, former glee club, pnjured seriously in the county | Button up vour overcor \

panied by Mr. T. J. Strickler, her a broader sense of musicianship.”

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she went to her room to read con. | Yoice that should be a great asset to resemblance.”

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launching her professional singing

creosote by special processwith other | swerved off U. 8. 36 near Hume, Ill, 4 | ‘and overturned, J = ooveha, he His wife, Mrs. Nancy Decker, and |. NO matter how BY icine daughter, Miss Donna Decker, were foi Say 9 tried. tal Your diuggist 13

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from the opera Martha (Flotow).| The latter was in English. | When she had finished, she returned to her chair and drew her fur jacket around her shoulders.

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Other dead were:

Joseph N. Niersbach, 16, of Rich-| ‘mond, He was killed when the car which he was driving Sunday night | crashed into Whitewater river valley from the southwest end of G‘street bridge at Richmond. william Edward Mason, .88, of New Albany. He was struck and killed by an automobile while walking on State rd. 62, near New] Albany early Sunday. State police A said that Lewellyn Kirkham, 20, of Corydon was the driver of the car. 7800 E. WASHINGTON ST.

Melvin Workman, 27, of South | IRvington 8378 «ev 3379 Berd, He wa Xied Seollided Indiana's Finest Restaurant

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north of South Bend. Virgil Goyer, 49, of Anderson. He! was the fourth member of the An-! derson Moose lodge degree team to Kate Smith, radio star—"Beauti. die of injuries in a crash near Leb-

ful quality and wide range, par- anon Thursday night. |

the orchestral part of the program and. watched this studio audience. |

Grandmother Listens, Too

The President listened to his daughter from a couch in the living room ‘of the commandant’s house at Key West where he is vacationing. His press secretary Charles G. Ross, said Mr. Truman “listened with pleasure.” Mrs. Truman, who listened to the program in the private family,

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DEBUT OF PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER — Miss Margaret Truman is shown in three photographs taken during her radio debut with the Detroit symphony orchestra last night.

the executive mansion in. Washing- ! : ton, was quoted by Jane Lingo, one technique seemed, however, incom-|peal was in its simplicity. All three| control and a score of really beau- dio star—"She has a fine voice. . .

of - Margaret's closest Washington plete; her tones were generally {of her numbers revealed a care- | tiful tones, especially high in the yt came in nice and clear. I think friends, as saying she was “very Steady, but not always focused, a [fully-coached, talent ... her diction scale, combined to make her debut pleased” with her daughter's per- slightly nasal timbre noticeable was good.” |= highly agreeable event.”

formance. {7s and there.” Alfred Frankensteen, San Pran-| Her grandmother, 94, confined to] Noel Straus, New York Times— cisco Chronicle—"“Anyone

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she'll make a fine singer.”

Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune in her, _Mits Truman's singing endan-

Gretchen Hood, former glee club

i i. ‘ . Injured seriously in the county {Button up your overcoat Miss Town would be paid 8 __«)\ics Truman is by no means tionally high level performance had a bit shaky on its pitch pins in mo- teacher at Gunston Hall, Washing- yas ln Ackley of 1133 Belle- SATURDAY ...... FAIR-ER modest sum. ready, on the basis on this one not been achieved.” ments of ornamental stress.” ton, where Margaret was once a fontaine st. He was struck last SUNDAY. NOT SO NICE

Guest at Party hearing, for a concert career. She

" student—"She gave a fine pérform- night while walking with traffic in (Can't say-‘thateabout our food.) She arrived Saturday accom- needs a fuller vocal education and! Dorsey Callaghan, Detroit, Cyrus Durgin, Boston Globe— DAY ..

Pree. Press—"Miss Truman seschied “While ‘allowances must be made oC NEF Voice has good possi.) the 5200 block of the Allisonville rd. MONDA' COLDER |a nice legato and a deep apprecia- for nervousness, her voice is lack-| > The automobile was operated by | (Wh¥ cant sring—RORR¥D musie teacher; Miss Reathel Odum, Russell McLaughlin, Detroit News tion of the musical values of her!ing in the overtones that give a Robert Merrill, Metropolitan op- Howard Tatro, 26, of 317 Kenwood NDREWS her mother’s secretary, and Brig. —“She gave evidence of steadiness, songs. Save for two lapses from voice color. . . . She is a student era baritone—"A fine performance.” " ET {whose training. has a long way to: r. 0 sal e did no e | : § RESTAURANT

Wallace H. Graham, the diligence and ambition.” | ‘pitch, her voice was pure.” = ‘Paul La Valle, orchestra director victim until he was on top of him. 1606 N. ILLINOIS ST.

White House physician. Harvey Taylor, Detroit Times— ’ 'go.” After - : Glenn Dillar Gunn, Washington ®™ —"She had excellent diction, a fine Mr. Ackley was taken city hosthe broadcast, she was a “She sang as any fairly talented but! i es-Herald “Margaret Truman’s | a to city

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