Rice Growers Avert Dreath Loss by Unique Irrigation Method
Wharton Matagorda and Colorado counties saved a 62000 acre rice crop through long range irrigation using 14000 acre feet of water purchased from Gulf Coast Water Co. Flood gate jam at Brownwood Dam caused excess discharge, but growers still harvested a above average yield aided by recent rains and a Gulf storm.
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Wharton
Texas
Gulf Coast Water Company
Brownwood Dam
Matagorda
Colorado
Colorado River
Irrigation Company
Brownwood
Gulf of Mexico
Homesick Ketti Gallian Finds Hollywood Breakthrough
French born actress Ketti Gallian tells of lying about her homesickness to Winfield Sheehan at Fox. Her mother comes to Hollywood, they speak French briefly, then Ketti learns English and lands the lead in Marie Galante. The piece covers her background, early career, and the studio’s ban on French.
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Ketti Gallian
Hollywood
Kett
Ketti
Winfield Sheehan
Fox Company
Sheehan
Mamma
Mrs. Gallian
London
Gamin
Studio
Paramount and Theatre Lineup for 1934 35 Season
The list details Paris Interludé with Madge Evang and Robert Young and Wonder Bar with Al Jolyon and Kay Francis. It notes The Masquerader with Ronald Colman and Eliesa Landi for nonchildren, Bottoms Up with Spencer Tracy, Coming Out Party with Gene ceeens, Nat Night Club Orchestra, and Roseland program with Bob Mueller and The Thirteen Dutchmen. It mentions Wagon Wheels as Paramount's outdoor romance, new signings, Show boat cast, Mississippi project, Win or Lose option, Anne of Green Gables casting at RKO, and The Gay Divorcee song development.
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Paramount
Paris
Madge Evang
Robert Young
al Jolyon
Kay Francis
Texas
Nat
Ray Lanford
Nat Night Club
Roseland
Bob Mueller
Happiness, society, and the drift of power in troubled times
The column argues happiness resides inside the mind not in homes, contrasts President Roosevelt’s control of industries with fears of a society that could seize the means of production, and notes public anxiety about inflation and future upheaval. It also recalls a San Francisco girl who cannot recall her name, emblematic of identity questions.
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Mr. Green
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Earth
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Gordon and Revel
Don Conrad
Herb Magidson
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Mae West
William LeBaron
Kent Taylor
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New York
Cecil B. DeMille
Arcturus
Tommy Smith
Constantine
Algeria
Elie Kalifa
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
United States
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Yvonne
Annette
Emille
Cecile
Edmund Kelly
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Lloyd's of London
Europe
Monte Blue
Reymond Hatton
Leila Bennett
James A. Marcus
H. P. McGowan
Jan Duggan
Molasses
Mississippi
W. C. Fields
Lanny Rosge
Frank R. Adams
Tom Brown
RKO
JL. M. Montgomery
Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Business
Oliver Eakle
Sherri & Moeas Tosacco Co
M. S
Kirk
Castile
Citizen
Roswell
New Mexico
Frocter & Gamble
News-Globe
Jack Morley
Vivian Janis and
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