Texas Prison Board Seeks Broad Reforms in Legislature
The Texas Prison Board called on the next legislature to approve sweeping changes to the state system. Their platform includes expanded vocational programs, more maximum security units with single cells, higher prison employee salaries, and state-financed rehabilitation and welfare programs. The plan aligns with Osborne Association recommendations.
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Houston
Texas Prison Board
Rds
Osborne Association
National
Legisslature
T. N. Whitehurst
Beaumont
Nocturne Casting Hunt Seeks 10 Brunette Suspects
Hollywood producer Joan Harrison tests over 100 girls to find 10 brunettes for the mystery melodrama Nocturne with star George Raft. Candidates were recruited from schools, agencies, and theater groups. Each will play a discarded girlfriend named Dolores in a plot linking them to a famed composer’s alleged death.
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Hollywood
Joan Harrison
George Raft
Harrison
Dolores
Emperor Waltz to Roll May 20 with Crosby Fontaine
Paramount schedules The Emperor Waltz for May 20 in Technicolor set in Vienna starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine. It marks the Brackett Wilder team’s first project together since The Lost Weekend and follows Crosby’s Welcome Stranger run. A separate notice lists an impounded stock sale at City Barn on May 11 with a chestnut sorrel horse described.
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Bing Crosby
Joan Fontaine
Paramount
Vienna
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
W. F. Turner
Poreman
Arrivals on Both Coasts
Ships arriving on both coasts include the Rushville Victory from Bremen and the Norway Victory from Cairo in New York harbor, the Siboney at San Diego, and at San Francisco the Gen. John Pope and Admiral W. S. Sims from Manila, Gen. R. M. Blatchford from Shanghai, Pickaway from Samar, President Hayes from Honolulu, Buchanan from Pearl Harbor, Cape Friendship from Yokohama, and William T. Sherman from Yokosuka, with Seattle delayed from yesterday.
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Rushville Victory
Bremen
Norway
Victory
Cairo
San Diego
Siboney
San Francisco
John Pope
Manila
W. S. Sims
R. M. Blatchford
Shanghai
Pickaway
Samar
President Hayes
Honolulu
Buchanan
Pearl Harbor
Cape Friendship
Yokohama
William T. Sherman
Yokosuka
Seattle
Population losses of Poland and Serbia after World War I
Poland and Serbia suffered severe famine after the war, losing about one quarter of their populations. The famine devastated communities, impacting demography and recovery prospects in the interwar era.
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Poland
Serbia
Kellogg’s All-Bran promotes constipation relief
An old Kellogg's advertisement touts All-Bran as a daily high fiber aid for constipation. It claims bulk in the colon aids regular elimination, notes the cereal is nutritious with iron calcium phosphorus vitamins and protein, and urges daily consumption with water.
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Battle Creek
Omaha
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