Jack Oakie Still Films Pal After 100 Movies
Hollywood veteran Jack Oakie reflects on a 23 year film run playing the leading man’s pal in Last of the Buccaneers and earlier roles. He recalls using the same expressions since 1927 and notes his early heavy role in Road House before finding comedy stardom.
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Hollywood
Jack Oakie
Mary Brian
Oakie
Paul Henreid
Buccaneers
Henreid
Clark Gabie
Spencer Tracy
Clara Bow
Fox
Lionel Barrymore
Paramount
Mussolini
Charlie Chaplain
Hitler
Europe
Paul
Montgomery
Registering Odd Thoughts in Emergencies
DeWitt MacKenzie reflects on the instant thoughts during crises from executions to warfare. He recalls experiences with an electric chair, a burning train moment for his wife, and war recollections with William Phillip Simms at Vimy Ridge. He ponders fear, regrets, and what dominates a last minute mindset.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
England
Irish Farmers Rebel at Sunday Drinking Laws
Irish farmers plan another protest against licensing laws on Sundays. A World War I shelling incident a shared frontline memory is described from a U S correspondent in Dublin as German gunners bracketed a target and a dud shell landed near the writer and Phil, prompting a rapid retreat.
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Derry Moran
United Press
Dublin
Phil
Dail
Parliament
Martin Corry
Cork County
Temperance Society
Exchequer
Uncle Samuel Questions a Farmer on Census Form
A Virginia farmer answers a Census Bureau questionnaire printed on a circus poster sheet. He jokes about questions on beekeeping, crops, livestock, and mortgage while noting missing receipts, a red tractor, and a claimed farm value near a million dollars. The piece blends humor with family letters and 1950s quips.
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Frederick C
Othman Mclean
Uncle Samuel
Census Bureau
Federals
Clarabelle
Tommy
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328
United Features Syn
Now He's Got His Irish Up
Sir Basil Brooke says New York Mayor O Dwyer can boycott his United States visit. Brooke spoke at Enniskillen after anger over a St Patrick s parade ban. He defends the trip invited by New York Irish groups and says O Dwyer s criticisms target American hosts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Basil Brooke
New York
William O’dwyer
Brooke
United States
Sir Basil
Enniskillen
O’dwyer
St. Patrick’s Day
North Ireland
City Hall
Ulster Society
Philadelphia
Cannibalism Rumors Amid Chinese Famine Warned
Reports of children taken to the hills to be eaten circulated with no confirmation. Dr F L Chang, Shanghai vice chairman of the World Federation of Churches, said the famine may become China’s greatest scourge. He warned cannibalism would rise unless immediate food shipments reach starving Chinese.
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F. L. Chang
Shanghai
World Federation of Churches
China
Chang
Salt Becomes Art at Smith College Sculpture Class
Smith College art professor Randolph W. Johnston uses blocks of salt in a sculpture class replacing marble. He was inspired after watching a cow tongue shape a pasture salt block into form and texture.
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ART
Northampton
Mass. U.P
Smith College
Randolph W. Johnston
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