Chuckles and Howls at State Theater Philadelphia Story Goes Up
More than 200 chuckles and laughs are promised as The Philadelphia Story opens at the State Theater for a week. Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart star with Ruth Hussey Roland Young John Halliday Mary Nash Virginia Weidler and others in this Barry play adapted by George Cukor and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
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Philip Barry
New York
Cary Grant
Katharine Hepburn
James Stewart
State Theater
Miss Hepburn
Broadway
Shubert Theater
Barry
Hepburn
John Howard
Grant
Keyhole Society
Spy
James Stuart
Ruth Hussey
Robert Taylor
Flight Command
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The
Wie
John Poland
John Mary Virginia Howard - Young
Wider Training In Army Seen by Wadsworth
Rep. James W. Wadsworth a Genesee Republican and co author of the Burke Wadsworth Selective Service Act outlines a future where every young American receives military training as part of education. He calls the current selective service measure temporary and argues for a permanent compulsory program to seal a realistic defense policy founded on Washington and Jefferson. He notes that under the 1920 national defense act only recruiting remained unsolved.
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Rochester
N. Y
U.P
James W. Wadsworth
Genesee
Rep
Wadsworth
Washington
Jefferson
Tallulah Falls Name Ties to Irish Saint in 6th Century
Reader explores the origin of the name Tallulah and its Irish connections. The note suggests the name may derive from an old Irish form Tallula or Tulle laith and ties it to Saint Tallulah of County Kildare, celebrated January 6. The piece ponders whether the Georgia waterfall was named after an Irish girl among early settlers.
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Tallula
Tullelaith
Tileah
County
Kildare
Tallulah Falls
Georgia
Oglethorpe
Tallulah Bankhead Legend Debunked Over Waterfall Name
A reader letter clears Tallulah Bankhead from the waterfall origin tale claiming she was named after Tallulah Falls Georgia. The actress, famed for The Little Foxes at Paramount Theatre, has long hawked the myth tied to an Indian princess sacrifice.
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Tallulah O'Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Alabama
Tallulah
Tallulah Falls
Niagara
South
William Brockman Bankhead
Miss Bankhead
Congressional
Terrible
Paul Vincent Carroll
Sean O'Casey
Paramount Theater
Wadsworth Comments on Selective Service Age Thresholds
Wadsworth discusses military action provisions in skeleton form and considers selective service as part of education. He avoids committing to age brackets while noting Mayor LaGuardia’s idea that training could start with men under 25 if the current system runs smoothly in initial years.
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Congress
Wadsworth
FP. H. LaGuardia
March of Time Film Ends Run at Paramount Today
The March of Time episode Uncle Sam The Non Belligerent shows at the Paramount Theatre for final screenings today. Tickets are at box office with lower floor 2.50 3.00 and balcony 1.50 2.00.
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Call, Prices Inc
M.F
Uncle Sam
Paramount Today
Europe
Paramount Theatre
U. S
Bri
March of Time portrays Nazi rule in conquered Europe
The film depicts 85 million Europeans subjugated under Nazi control. French prisoners rebuild roads and bridges while children receive soup rations. Parisians endure regulations broadcast through street loudspeakers as their cities fall under occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Paris
Keys That Never Were Presented Mark Long-Running Garage Sale
In Shawnee Oklahoma O O Benfer and Ed Sittel marked the sale of their long running garage business with a ceremony to present keys to the new owner. A search found no keys to present because the partners had never used keys during the 21 years of operation and the garage had never been closed.
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Shawnee, Okla
O. O. Benfer
Ed Sittel
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