Mary Doran Signs Long-Term Contract With M G M
Hollywood profile notes Mary Doran, red haired actress with personality, talks, and stage background, has four films to her credit and recently signed a long-term MGM deal. She rose from Bell Baker's Betsy to Ziegfeld's Rio Rita and now plans a first talking film on the MGM lot.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mary Doran
Miss Deran
Moviana
Columbia University
Mary
New York
Bell Baker
Betsy
Make-Believe Village
Rio Rita
Flo Ziegfeld
Manhattan
Paramount Organization
Pictures
M-G-M
Red Head
Naval experts praise Zeps transport aid in peacetime plan
Washington November 15 Navy aeronautics chief Edward P Warner calls the Graf Zeppelin and the Los Angeles great future liners of the skies. He notes the Atlantic crossing proves airworthiness and predicts zeppelins will haul passengers and freight like trains. He foresees airships handling peace time transport while combat remains to faster airplanes.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Edward P. Warner
Navy
Warner
Germany
Atlantic
Naval Air Chief
Conference Aims to Spur Coal Industry Reform
United Press reports Pittsburgh hosts the Second International Conference on Bituminous Coal next week under the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Leaders from twenty nations, led by Thomas Baker, will discuss reshaping the coal industry as fuel technologists seek new directions beyond traditional burning use.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie Coal Congress
Thomas 8. Baker
Mem ber joins club after perilous jumps from plane
The Detroit National Guard major Floyd E. Evans fell 2,000 feet when his plane wing collapsed but survived. Less than ten days earlier Lt H. W. Pennington and Pvt J. S. Wilson from Fort Crockett Texas jumped from 7,000 feet during a storm over Fresno Texas and landed unharmed.
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Floyd E. Evans
Detroit
Mich
National Guard
Evans
H. W. Pennington
J. S. Wilson
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Texas
Fresno
Coal Conference to Probe New Uses for Bituminous Source
More than 2,000 scientists and engineers gather to explore turning coal into higher value products. European, Japanese, Russian and South American delegates join discussions on coal liquefaction, fuels from coal, fertilizers, gases, and cleaning methods amid talks by Bergius and Krauch on liquefaction processes.
Eye-Testing Devices Approved by Court
A state optometry license law restricting unlicensed merchants from more than displaying eyewear was ruled unconstitutional by the court of criminal appeals. Merchants without licenses may allow customers to use self fitting eye testing devices to choose spectacles.
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Austin
Aspironal Promised Quick Cold Relief Ad
An advertisement touts Aspironal as a superior cold and cough remedy claiming it is tested approved and endorsed by authorities. It promises rapid relief within two minutes with a 60 cent bottle available at drug stores and urges broad use for adults and children alike.
World air armament debate and future airship plans
The article notes that formal talks on aerial arms control were informal and progress scarce. It suggests in the next two to three years airships may grow larger than current dirigibles, with U S giants of 6,500,000 cubic feet each at Akron and a larger British ship under construction.
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Warner
Caterpillar Club Nears Its Hundredth Member
The Caterpillar Club, an exclusive order for emergency parachute jumpers, reports a 99 member roster as of November 15. The next American flier to jump from a plane to save a life may become the hundredth member, with fate unknown between death and fame.
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International News Service
Washington
Caterpillar Club
Army Air Corps
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