Shows Close in New Yorks Worst Season
The Associated Press reports New York theaters suffer a dire season with 9 shows closing Saturday night and more than 100 actors left unpaid. Between August 1 and December 15 about 104 openings faced closure, as producers cite bad business, with 3,000 of 10,000 Actors Equity members believed idle. Reasons range from sex plays to radio popularity, musicals faring better than straight drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pres
New York
Actors’ Equity
Broadway
John Golden
Lightnin
Equity
Four escape from jail at Woodville
Four prisoners escaped from the Woodville county jail, including a murder defendant and an alleged killer of two officers. John Jackson, once an inmate at the Louisiana penitentiary, was among the escapees. Also fleeing were Carl and Austin Watkins serving five year terms for robbery and Jesse Adams convicted of murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Woodville
Tex
John Jackson
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Jackson
Louisiana
Carl
Austin Watkins
Jesse Adams
Tom Allen
Court of Appeals Takes Up Raef Versus Texas Employers
A cross suit from Ammarillo area involving FE Raef who won 4000 against Texas Employers Insurance Assn for injuries while working at Achaeon Gunn was appealed after a void provisions ruling and new trial denial. Raef allegedly faced the loss of a leg due to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. T. Raef
Texas Employers’ Insurance Association
Achaeson & Gunn
Amarillo
Youth Pleads Guilty in Sweetheart Death Case
Vincent Rice, 17, a high school student in St George New York, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the death of 15 year old Alice Joost. He admitted striking her unconscious and choking her with a light cord. The defense had offered a guilty plea after damaging testimony including a confession. Sentence is set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
ST. George
N. Y
George Kirby
Rice
United Mine Chief May Be in Cabinet
John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, may be offered the secretary of labor post in Hoover's cabinet. State leaders and large union officials reportedly back him after his re election as UMWA president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Dress
Springfield, II
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hoover
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Chocolate and Wine Found Good for Use
Rosyth Scotland December 18 After lying at the bottom of the sea for nine years bars of chocolate are edible and wine in good condition. They were part of the supplies of the German warship Moltke sunk with other ships in Scapa Flow in June 1919. Salvagers report more relics found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Rosyth
Scotland
Moltke
Scapa Flow
A Galaxy of Gaiety
A galaxy of gaiety spotlights prominent writers Robert Benchley Ellis Parker Butler and Richard Connell along with Sam Hellman in a literary showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Benchley
Ellis Parker Butler
Richard Connell
Sam Hellman
Europe trip plans clash with Mellish clan and politics
In a humorous town talk, Ira and Dora debate traveling to Europe with Minnie and Dan. The group plans a five member voyage while quarrels over savoir faire and language ease spice the discussion. A blast at the Louvre anecdote frames the banter. Forty new school districts add to Albert Canada's 1928 pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie
Noah Winzel
Ira
Dan
Europe
Edna Eifel
Joe Davis
Spain
Davis
Upper
Slovakia
Joe
Dame Mellish
Mellish
Africa
Nick Papagoupolis
Homer
Dora
Paris
la Mellish
Ohio
Albert
Canada
The Inn Cont’d From Page Eight
In a heated scene Gerane resists the ambitious plans of Jenifer and her suitors Peter Matthew and Joseph. Jenifer orders the men out, vowing to assert authority over his daughter despite her defiance. The family power struggle highlights Gerane’s hold over the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenifer
Peter
Joseph
Matthew
King's Highway
Gerane
Janife
Latson Says Flu Epidemic Lighter Here
City physician Dr HW Latson reports fewer flu cases now than in the past weeks though scarlet fever remains present in limited numbers. Superintendent W A McIntosh notes just over 400 pupils out of school in Amarillo after Friday closures, with Buchanan School leading in sickness with 77 pupils and five teachers out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HW. WH. Latson
Amarillo
Buchanan
Fragmented dramatic line interrupts villain’s boast
A tense voice interrupts a villain’s plan as a character vows to change clothes and orders Selingia sarl to be killed at once. The excerpt ends with a tease: To Be Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selingia Sarl
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
New York
School illness absenteeism rises amid flu and cold season
About a thousand pupils are reported out at the school due to influenza scarlet fever and colds. Dr. Larson notes the current snow and cold spell will curb activity and hinder travel during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
Sterling to Attend Panhandle Highway Meeting in Amarillo
Sterling, chairman of the state highway commission, will attend the Panhandle Highway association session in the Amarillo hotel on January 8. He will outline a state bond issue. George Briggs of Pampa, president, said the executive and legislative committees meet January 7 to set the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 8. Sterling
State Highway Commission
Panhandie Highway Association
Commission
Amarillo Hotel
Panhandle
George Briggs
Pampa
Education Board to Decide Contracts
The state text book commission will determine if tentative contracts for state school book supplies should be signed after Attorney General Claude Pollard ruled several bids invalid and questioned others under state law that maximum bids must not exceed the minimum net prices from publishers to other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
State Textbook Commission
Claude Pollard
Texas
Panhandle landowners map title protections meeting
Landowners from the Panhandle schedule a 2 PM Saturday gathering at Amarillo hotel to push proposed legislation to shield land titles from state suits tied to oil discoveries. The meeting, called by Will O'Brien of the National Bank of Commerce, follows court actions and new state lawsuits. A large turnout is anticipated despite the article noting unrelated Canadian industrial plant data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
State of Texas
Will O'Brien
National Bank of Commerce
Oil and Gas Bureau
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Yorks
Court OF Appeals
United Mine
Don Marquis
Dorothy Parker
Donald Ogden Stewart
P. G. Wodehouse
America
Mange
Idaho
Utah
Minnie Mellish
Min
Louvre
Madame Mellish
Champs Eliza
Mellishes
France
Cherbourg
Picardy
Remmins
THE
Latson
Sterling
Maritime Provinces of Canada
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Reo
Flying Cloud
Red Flying Cloud
Zasem
REO Motor Car Company
Lansing, Michigan
Mmate
Ballew-Satterfield CO
Polk St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!