Memorial Day Plans With Radio Session And Poppy Sale
Plans for Memorial Day include a 9 9:30 pm broadcast on station WDAG. Friday graves of World War veterans will be decorated by patriotic groups. Saturday features the poppy sale, with proceeds supporting veterans and a disabled veteran maker. Imperial Barber Shop hosts poppy headquarters. This year each flower sold nets the veteran one cent.
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Memorial Park
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Daughters of the American Revolution
R. R. Nation
J. O. Cade
Henry Pond
C. C. Gibson
Floyd Sloan
W. 8
France
Glass flower clusters woo European fashion notes
Clusters of flowers crafted from glass appeal to stylish European women. The artificial bloom groups shimmer like jewels at night and are said to greatly enhance evening gowns.
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Europe
Lincoln Bust to Be Unveiled Amid Romance Trend in Films
Hollywood shifts from brutal gang warfare to romance and mystery as gangster films fall out of favor. Major studios drop ultra vivid mob plots, while titles like The Public Enemy and Quick Millions show mixed results. Will Hays notes changing public tastes drive the decline, with several films using gangland as backdrop rather than focus. Romance dominates new releases with The Star Witness and Free Soul illustrating the trend.
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Calif
Hell
New York
Producers’ Association
Will Hays
Norma Shearer
Helen Twelvetrees
Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol Building
Providence
R. I
Andrew O’connor
Chaplin Offered England Talkie of National Significance
London reports Charlie Chaplin may direct an all talking motion picture of national significance for the British government. Negotiations with the Foreign Office have run three months, with plans to title the project London and depict the romance of the British capital. Chaplin rejected an epic about the Pilgrim Fathers and the Daily Sketch notes a potential honor upon completion.
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London
Charlie Chaplin
London Daily Sketch
Screen Comedian
Foreign Office
Chaplin
England
America
Colorado Co-Ed Beauty Returns with Classic Screen Pairings
The piece notes Colorado Co-Ed Beauty returns with Janet Gaynor in Daddy Long-Legs and Merely Mary Ann and Ramon Novarro in The Son of India, plus Western romances and boy-and-girl tales like Skippy and Tom Sawyer. It highlights revived kid pictures and growing interest in mystery themes.
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Cated
Tom Bawyer
Skippy
Universal Joins Frankenstein Trend With Dracula Success
The era’s film wave centers on monstrous classics as Universal expands after Dracula while Paramount offers Frederic March in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde signaling a bold push into horror themed productions.
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Paramount
Frederic March
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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