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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
9
Reed notes Hoover’s stance perplexes many Republicans as the current stage show Klondike Annie stars her leading man. The article recalls her early career from Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin to Little Willie in East Lynne and mentions burlesque vaudeville success and notable collaborators.
Herbert Hoover's role in the Republican party remains enigmatic as he travels, critiques the New Deal, and weighs a 1936 bid. Party leaders privately suggest he may wait, while old guard factions waver between supporting him and opposing a renomination.
Hollywood gossip column notes Mae West's paradoxical secrecy despite outspoken image. She deflects questions with a muffled “Mm m” while revealing little about rumored marriages, occult interests, or her backers. West downs liquor, eschews nightlife, yet mentors talents like Cary Grant and others to larger roles.
A new ultraviolet light method for sound recording is set to remove squeaks from actors voices. Glenn L. Dimmick explains the process which uses pure blue ultraviolet rays to print the soundtrack, improving vocal clarity without changing equipment. In Ontong, Java, copra is used as money.
Thousands of pieces of valuable stained glass, enough to restore five windows, were uncovered under centuries of dust in Salisbury Cathedral’s arcade. The fragments came from windows torn out by thieves years ago for the lead in their frames. Dr. Stanley Baker, vicar since 1897, had long sought the lost glass, which fell as thieves dragged frames through the arcade.
Justice of the Peace C B Smith in Jacksonville Illinois offers free wedding ceremonies all Leap Year as long as the prospective bride signs an affidavit that she proposed. The pledge boosts Leap Year matrimonial business with brides initiating nuptials.
In Berkeley UC history professor Herbert E. Bolton vows a daily prize for the best limerick summarizing his lectures. In Pacific Grove Frank DuBois reportedly towed a skater at 25 miles per hour, riding on roller skates while clinging to a German police dog, according to traffic agents.
A West Seattle fire station has kept a black cat as its unofficial mascot for five years. The cat lives in the hose compartment of the fire truck and joins all calls, though none of her kittens will approach the vehicle when alarms ring.
An analgesic claim promotes Allenru as a swift 8 ounce prescription for rheumatism aggravated by uric acid with relief in 48 hours and a price around 85 cents, advised by druggists nationwide.
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