Five Stages Screen at the Theaters
A sprawling Interstate vaudeville bill at the Fair features Sally ONeill in The Mad Hour and Johnny Jolson in The Jazz Singer. The Rialto shows The Broken Gate with a stellar cast while Nat King and his Imperial Orchestra headline. Also noted is Jimmie Creighton’s Hudtown Vaudeville and On a Trampage with Reynolds and White, plus Fox’s Honor Bound with George O’Brien and Estelle Taylor.
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Sally O'Neill
Mission
al Jolson
Rialto
Harry Hunt
Imperial Recording Orchestre
Nida
Germain la Pierre
Henry Saxe
Gallagher
Cox
Sharon de Vries
Miss de Vries
Jimmie
Nehe Creighton
Ukele
Reynolds
White
Umtala
Iola Kokin
Swanee River
Fred Galetti
Alfred E. Green
Fox Films
Alabama
George O'Brien
Estelle Taylor
Green
Hooper and Catchett
Germaine la Pierre
Sharon Duvries
Blanche
Jimmie Creighton
Reynolds and
Galletti & Rokin
Jazz Singer Themes in Kaleidoscopic America
Samson Raphaelson traces jazz as a symbol of America's chaos in The Jazz Singer context. He discusses America's vibrant surface, moral tension, and Jewish roots shaping jazz through Irving Berlin, Al Jolson, and Gershwin, asserting jazz as a form of prayer and cultural expression.
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Samson Raphaelson
America
Matthew Arnold
Americas
Irving Berlin
al Jolson
George Gershwin
Sophie Tucker
Sharkshaunts Australian beaches endanger bathers
Sharks have become frequent along Australian beaches spoiling the sport for thousands as the season closes. At Bondi near Sydney a rumor of two man eaters near caused the lookout to ring the alarm bell four times in one day and thousands fled to the sand only to return after scares passed. Several swimmers were claimed last season.
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Bondi Beach
Sydney
Giant Ohio telescope at Ohio Wesleyan University
The largest telescope in use at any college in the United States is at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. Weighing 38 tons, it was installed in 1924 as a memorial to donor Professor Hiram Mille Perkins, who died that year. The mounting cost about $100,000 and lenses are being ground at the Bureau of Standards in Washington with Harvard loaned lenses in use. The instrument is an entirely American product and can move its base by one one-hundredth of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Hiram Mille Perkins
Perkins
Ohio Wesleyan
Berkins
Clifford C. Crump
Bureau of Standards
Washingon
Harvard University
Woman assists in execution at guillotine in Paris
Paris April 3 The first time a woman lawyer assisted at a French execution Madame Erlich accompanied her clients two Polish men to the public guillotine on Boulevard Arago near Santa prison. She spoke to them in their language and left after the knife fell saying she was moved by the scene.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Madame Erlich
Zinzouk
Pachowski
Arago
Sante Prison
Telescope project to cost half a million at college
Work and accessories for a major telescope were made in this country. When finished, it will be one of the most expensive apparatus for college or university use and the largest available for student instruction. The Bureau of Standards will grind and polish the lenses for two years, using the largest moulded lenses ever produced in the United States. Total cost is estimated at about $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
United States
Chauncey Depew Illness Reported in New York
Chauncey M Depew aged 04 was confined to bed in New York on April 3 after a chill in travel from St Petersburg Florida. A rise in temperature led Dr HW Lyman Hooker to call in consultants though the physician said there is no reason for alarm.
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Associated
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
St. Petersburg
Florida
HW. Lyman Hooker
Yale to offer 12000 covered seats for varsity baseball
New Haven Conn April 3 Twelve thousand covered seats will be provided for Yale varsity baseball season tickets as the athletic plant expands. The addition enters service informally with opening next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
bKy International News Service
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Condemned men choose Polish attorney for murder case
The condemned men, guilty of seven murders and homicides and numerous thefts, could not speak French. They selected Madame Erlich as their attorney because she was of Polish descent and spoke their language.
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Madame Erlich
Yale and Harvard Clash On Commencement Week Day
The new stands replace a collection of wooden bleachers as Yale faces Harvard on the single vig base ball day of the year during Commencement Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Harvard
Yale Baseball Field Maintenance Described in Article
A damaged marginal line discusses long term upkeep costs for athletic facilities. It notes Yale’s baseball field has not undergone changes in recent years and implies ongoing neglect in repairs and funding.
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Athletic, Association
Yale
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Will H. Hays
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
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Ee Larry Kent
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Colleen Moore
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Lowell Sherman
Norman Trevor
Robert Kane
Joseph C. Boyle
First National Pictures
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Ferguson & Curry
Jersey
Joe Gray Dairy
A. P. Morrow Dairy
Cy Patton Dairy
Taylor
Willys-Overland
Willys-Knight
Amherst, J. C. Autry & Sons
Brownsfield
E. Spears
Whippet-Knight Co
Canyon
Gamble Motor Co
Gamble-Martin Motor CO
Amarillo
Crosbyton
Hereford
Whippet-Knight Motor Co
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Floydada
Geo
Finkner Motor Co
Friona
Turner-Parr
Memphis
Webster Bros
Ralls
Heather Motor Co
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Handy Man
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Stetson
Knox
J. Levy
Nofade
Columbia
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