Ghost studios haunt Hollywood old film sites
An International News Service report observes Hollywoods ghost studios from Sunset and Santa Monica to Edendale and Inceville. It notes decaying sets and former stars tied to Mack Sennett Realart Selig Lasky and Famous Players lines, with many sites now gone or repurposed as real estate.
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International News Service
Hollywood
Cal
Filmland
California
Sunset
Santa Monica
Silence
Charles Ray
Miles Standish
J.ountry
Charlie Ray
Waterloo
Dustin Farnum
Constance Binney
Alice Brady
Billie Burke
Irene Castle
Marguerite Clark
Dorothy Dalton
Elsie Ferguson
Ann Forrest
William §. Hart
Madge Kennedy
Mary Miles Minter
Doris May
Planta
Mack Sennett
Edendale
Sennett
Gloria Swanson
Marie Prevost
Vera Reynolds
Charlie Chaplin
Juanita Hansen
Ford Sterling
Fred Mace
Phyllis Haver
Griffith
Lillian Gish
Henry Walthall
Douglas Vairbanks
DeWolfe Hoper
Sir Beerholm Tree
Jimmy Valen
Deenicacraca
Metro
Valentine
Four Horsemen
Viola Dana
May Allison
Alice Lake
Bert Lytell
Selig Zoo
Selig
Tom Santschi
William Farnum
Kathryn Williams
Realart
Bebe Daniels
Constance ‘Talmadge
George Beban
Fritzi Scheff
Edna Goodrich
Maxine Elliott
Inceville
Famous Players-Lasky Studio
Cecil de Mille
Lasky
San Fernando Valley
Wm. S. Hart
Wallace Reid
Peggy the Monkey Adopts a Bite of Cigars and Ashes
Peggy, Oscar Randal's famed monkey and head of his private zoo, has begun showing interest in nicotine by handling ashes and cigar butts. The behavior, reported after extensive media attention, highlights her unusual habit and the public fascination it inspires.
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Peggy
Oscar Randal
Mr. Randal
The
Pet Shop
New York
Red Pantheon opens to preserve Soviet brains in Leningrad
The Red Pantheon in the former Grand Duke Nikolai palace in Leningrad will display brains of Soviet statesmen scientists and artists with biographies. Prof Bechterev leads the project with Ossipov Ostankov and Kashkadamov aiding as scientists note the brain as the key to human greatness and urge open access for researchers and the public.
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Leningrad
Nikolai Nikolaivich
Nikolas II
Vladimir M. Bechterev
Alexander F. Kony
Leon Tolstoi
Russian Academy of Arts
Prof
Bechterex
Pantheon
Ossipov
Ostankov
Kashkadamov
Prof. Bechterey
Brain
New Bureau Will Battle Paralysis at UC
Berkeley January 2 A fund established at the University of California to found an infantile paralysis serum bureau. Dr Karl Meyer directs the effort to store and distribute emergency serum made from convalescent blood for early treatment.
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International News Service
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Karl Meyer
Hooper Medical Research Foundation
Country Cousins form in Shelbyville to revive neighbors
In Shelbyville Indiana farmers organized the Country Cousins to revive the good old days when neighbors were neighbors. They plan periodic family gatherings with a big dinner and discussions of community news.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Chicago Holiday Purchases Reported At 183 Million
A survey shows Chicago area merchants earned 183 million dollars over the holidays, about six percent below last year. Forty department stores along with drugs jewelry gift shops confectionery radio and music shops are included, with Christmas meals counted in the total.
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International News Service
Chicago
Conditions Make Us Think Winter Milder
In St Louis on January 2, meteorologist Montrose W. Hayes argues that memories of harsher past winters are exaggerated. He cites comfort-driven changes and cyclical weather patterns, noting the 1917-18 cold spell as a recent extreme and urging consult of almanacs for accuracy.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
Yesteryear
Montrose W. Hayes
Hayes
Hunters bag 3000 Michigan deer in UP season
The Upper Peninsula deer harvest is estimated at 3000, an unusually heavy total. Hunters also took about 10000 Christmas trees, and a white buck weighing 140 pounds with pink eyes and ten inch horns was shot near James Oliver Curwood's hunting lodge.
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Laurium
Mich
Upper Peninsula
James Oliver Curwood
Inn Proprietor Killed as Three Men Open Fire
In Buffalo at the Peacock Inn on Washington Street three masked gunmen entered during New Year’s celebration and killed proprietor Michael George, 30, wounding a girl patron and three other celebrants. Wounded are Charlotte Gaiser, Eugene Graysecn, Jose Baggs, and Wilbur Metz. Suspect Roger Lavin was sought. deputy chief Carr says he knows who they are.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Peacock Inn
Washington Street
Michael George
Roger Lavin
Charlotte Gaiser
Eugene Graysecn
Jose Baggs
Wilbur Metz
Soviet War Plans Accelerate Defense Effort Across Population
Moscow reports rapid expansion of wartime prep with every citizen urged to contribute. Osoaviakim has raised 3.5 million rubles for aircraft, 36 bombers delivered, with plans for ten times more. State Theaters fund a tank named State Theaters, artists guild contributes 20,000 rubles, and many trade unions fund rifles and ammunition.
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International News Service
Moscow
Soviet Union
Osoaviakim
Society For Aerial and Chemical Defense
Defense Fund
Shortage of Leather Forces Worldwide Shoe Trade Action
London reports a global leather shortage driven by rising demand and shrinking cattle herds. Dr. Snow of the United Tanners' Association warns stocks are exhausted and prices have risen 40 to 60 percent. If prices rise further, shoe quality may fall and box calf supplies may run short.
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International News Service
London
Dr. Snow
United Tanners’ Association
United States
Russia
Barbers for Women Scarce in Paris
Paris oilers note women’s hairdressers are scarce despite high pay. Shops can hire many barbers for men but struggle to find specialists for female clients. Capillary artists for women now earn enough to own country homes and commute daily.
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Paris
Sunday Movie Trials Set After Weekend Openings
County Attorney Leo Sparks said trials for Sunday movie cases, arising from Sunday theater openings, will likely be held Wednesday or Thursday this week. The San Jacinto theater and two downtown playhouses showed films yesterday with multiple arrests recorded. Docket totals reach forty four after Sundays from December 4 onward. only one trial has occurred so far.
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Leo Sparks
San Jacinto Theater
Tax Collector Enjoined in Bus Collection
A temporary restraining order halts the passenger tax on service cars issued by Judge W. EB Gee in the case Jess English et al versus J W Collins county tax collector. The suit claims the four dollar per passenger tax is invalid for vagueness and seeks to block collection.
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W. EB. Gee
Jess English
Unclear Fragments on Tax Reporting Demands and Labor Pressure
Fragmentary text describes workers or proprietors facing demands to report earnings to tax authorities and threats of striking if not complied with. The passage implies coercive tactics and side payments but lacks complete context or names.
Forbid Formal Garb for Berlin Executioners
Berlin ministers ban full evening attire for executioners while performing duties the rulers refuse to abolish the death penalty but decree executions to be carried out in plain dress without festive garb.
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Berlin
Geremany
Bonds Required From Plaintiffs Pending Cane Case Hearing
Court records show plaintiffs were required to post bonds ranging from 50 to 780 dollars as a condition pending the final hearing of the cane case.
Norwich to Erect Statue of Abraham Lincoln
Norwich city council decides to honor Abraham Lincoln with a statue in memory of the US president who had Norwich origins. Funds for the memorial will be raised in the United States.
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Dy International New
Norwich
Eng
Abraham Lincoln
America
Norwich Stock
United States
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