Carmel Myers Returns to Screen Prominence With Sound Films
Hollywood reports Carmel Myers, once a top screen subject, is making a comeback aided by John Gilbert in Four Walls. The actress, who faded from public eye, delivers a strong, distinct performance as a sexless, unappealing character. Sound pictures are seen as pivotal to restoring her former status.
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Dan Thomas
Hollywood
Calif
Carmel Myers
John Gilbert
Gilbert
Miss Myers
Sound Pictures
Carmel
Hoover Prepares Major Speech for Republican Nomination
Herbert Hoover works at his Stanford hillside home to complete astadium delivery address accepting the Republican nomination. He will discuss prohibition and farm relief and outline his governmental philosophy, with final content personally shaped and approved.
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Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
Stanford Stadium
Hoover
Death of Gen James Calvin Foster Honored Confederate Leader
Gen James Calvin Foster 81 former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died at his Houston home. Messages of condolence poured in from across the South as friends recalled his smiling departure and a life devoted to Confederate memory and kin.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
James Calvin Foster
The
United Confederate Veterans
Jackson and
Lee
Pair Who Killed Clerk in Prison Are Hanged
Charles P. Carey and Benjamin F. Spragins were hanged today at the Maryland State Penitentiary for the July 1927 killing of prison clerk Albert H. Walker during an attempted escape. Neither execution broke the neck. both died by strangulation. Carey was executed first as 60 witnesses watched in the death chamber.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Charles P
Carey
Benjamin F. Spragins
Albert H. Walker
Maryland State Penitentiary
Nominee Reviews Speech Drafts Before Campaign Journey
The figure scans a printed copy of his address paragraph by paragraph after removing personal affairs and preparing for a northern journey through redwoods and fish streams. He works at a large desk with only the speech print in view.
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Redwoods
King George Praises Kellogg Pact For Peace
King George in Proroguing parliament expressed confidence that the Kellogg pact to outlaw war will guarantee world peace. The throne speech said the treaty has been accepted by Britain, its dominions, and India and will become a new guarantee of peace. Miss Virginia Harned became a stenographer with C R Garner.
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Associated Press
London
George
United States
Dominions
India
Visiting notables and trips around the region
Mrs Etta Duncan of Palestine Texas arrives for a visit with her brother G C McDaziel. Miss Blanche Rodell vacationing at a girls camp in New Mexico. Mrs Bad Spillman acts in Plecher and Fischer office during her absence. W S Nicoll family to Denver for a month. W M Foster travels to New Mexico and south on business. Miss Martha Lasalle recently returned from Wabash and Chicago. L A Thompsen family travels to Denver for several weeks. Tomi Watson hosts Gaston Watson of Wichita Kansas.
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Etta Duncan
Palestine
Texas
G. C. McDaziel
Blanche Rodell
New Mexico
W. S. Nicoll
Denver
W. M. Foster
Martha Lasalle
Santa Fe
Wabash
Chicago
L. A. Thompsen
Tomi Watson
Gaston Watson
Wichita
Kansas
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Miss My
Betty
P. A. Zehringer
Polk
New York
Madeleine
White
Kirk
King George
U. S
Virginia Harned
R. Garner
Ty Her
Plecher and Fischer
Bad Spillman
Polk St
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