Leslie Howard Begins Major Pictures Venture With Walter Futter
London reports Leslie Howard has joined with American producer Walter Futter to form Major Pictures Ltd funded largely by U S interests. The move ties British cinema closely to American distribution and studios like MGM Paramount and United Artists plan ambitious cross Atlantic productions and releases. Howard also eyes future roles including Lawrence of Arabia Caesar and Napoleon while staying in Britain and not returning to Hollywood.
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London
Leslie Howard
Walter Futter
Major Pictures, Ltd
Warners
Teddington
Columbia
Denham
Twentieth Century-Fox
Pinewood
Pygmalion
Alfred Hitchcock
United States
MGM
Elizabeth Bergner
Wilcox
Ruth Chatterton
Gainsborough
Islington
Paramount
Victoria the Great
Radio
Alexander Korea
America
United Artists
Lasie Howard
J. M. Barrie
And
Neleon
Mr. Pascal
Hollywood
London Lost Property Clearing House Marks 125 Years
The Covent Garden clearing house for lost property celebrates 125 years since 1913 when Mr. Machin opened an auction room. It handles pledges from buses trams and trains and sells thousands of second hand items weekly including shoes dresses gloves furs and coats. Thousands of odd gloves go to agricultural districts for farm work as historic catalogues reveal a bustling midland and northern trade.
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London
Covent Garden Market
Great “Clearing House
Midlands
Amarillo to Welcome Texas State Network Flight
Amarillo will receive a salute from the air tomorrow as the Texas State Network arrives via the Gail Northe Good Flight due at 5:45 on English Field. Orchids will be presented to Mayor Ross D. Rogers while Elliott Roosevelt and chamber of commerce leaders prepare to welcome the crew. The visit marks KGNC's tie to the Texas State Network.
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Amarillo
Texas State Network
Gail Northe
English Field
Ross D. Rogers
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
KGNC
Texas
Amarillo Citizens Urged to Hear Patriotic NBC Program
Mayor Ross D. Rogers urged Amarillo residents to listen at 6:45 tomorrow evening to a patriotic program by the United States Flag Association on NBC red network. Speakers include former Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley. Rogers recently received a life membership in the association, which fights Communism.
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Ross D. Rogers
Mrs. Weed Leaves Hospital After Crash Injuries
Mrs. J. F. Weed of 1809 East Sixth Avenue was discharged from Northwest Texas Hospital after sustaining painful cuts and bruises in a truck car collision. She suffered a leg laceration and a hip injury.
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J. F. Weed
East Sixth Avenue
Northwest Texas Hospital
Weed
Plans for Amarillo Water Works and Sewer Expansion
Plans and specifications for a 186000 PWA project to improve Amarillo water works and extend the sewer system are ready. Bids due by 10 a.m. December at the city commission office. plans available through city manager H. R. Smith. Work must start by December 19, with major focus on San Jacinto distribution to raise afternoon water pressure for homes and lawns.
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Amarillos
PWA
City Commission
H. R. Smith
San Jacinto
Father of News Employee Succumbs in Benham
Dosney a 70 year old pioneer resident of Fannin County and father of James Dosney, an employee in the Globe News advertising department, died this morning in Benham of a heart attack. Funeral services for the elder Downey who settled in Panmin County in 1886 are pending as word reached Mr. Downey.
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NA. Dosney
Fannin County
James Dossey
Globe News
Benham
Doaney
Downey
Panmin County
Rush for WPA Paving Aid Sparks City Commission Meeting
The city commission plans to renew a WPA style paving aid setup allowing property owners to pay for materials only. Last week no paving petitions were presented marking a lull in activity. Routine business is on the agenda for tonight’s meeting.
Retail Trade Shows Big Increase Here
Retail trade in Amarillo shows a marked rise aided by unusually warm weather and pre Christmas shopping. Merchants report higher bank clearings, with Amarillo Clearing House indicating strong weekly totals and optimism for holiday sales despite market-wide adjustments and holiday timing.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Wii
MANTS TEMPORARY WORK Dear Tack
A fragmented notice appears to reference a temporary work arrangement with a sender named Tack and a respondent described as a lady. The legible portion hints at a continuation on page AIX.
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Aix
FDR Asked To Put Embargo on Nazis
In New York at Madison Square Garden a mass protest demanded Roosevelt impose an embargo on all German goods. Police estimated over 20,000 attendees including Dorothy Parker actress and writer Dorothy Thompson columnist and H V Kaltenborn radio commentator with many Broadway entertainers present.
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New York
Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Thompson
H. V. Kalternborn
Twelvetrees the Dipsomaniac Dog Goes Missing Again
New York police search bars and grills after Twelve Trees, a pedigreed poodle with a noted beer habit, vanishes from home. Miss Florence Mc Feeley reports the dog’s latest escapade left him with a hangover, prompting renewed efforts to locate him.
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Twelvetrees
New York
Navy
U.P
Florence McFeeley
New Hampshire Renames Dwindling Indian Geographical Names
A survey shows New Hampshire, once a populous Indian territory, now has only 20 aboriginal names for counties, lakes, rivers and mountains. Scores of Indian names have been replaced by English names across the state.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Auction Sale Highlights Historic Memorabilia and Medals
A record describes 1895 sales including a 36 ounce silver tankard presented by Charles II to Sir Edmund Godfrey for services in the plague fight and a Balaclava bugle selling for 750 guineas. Also listed are Blondin medals and Niagara crossing memorabilia. A 1908 sale included the Chesapeake flag from the frigate defeat by the Shannon in Boston Bay, with bidding fights noted.
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Charles II
Edmund Godfrey
Blondin
Niagara Falls
Chesapeake
Channon
Boston Bay
Baby survives 16 foot fall with minor injuries
Eighteen month old Mary Ann Doerner fell 16 feet from a second story window in Painesville Ohio. She landed on soft ground three feet from a cement walk and suffered only a split lip.
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Baby Lands
Painesville, O
U.P
Mary Ann Doerner
American Wins Relic Auction Against English Buyer
An English and an American bidder competed for the relic with bids escalating from 100 to 2500 before the American secured the item for 4250. The sale concluded quickly as the hammer fell on the final bid.
Thief Lifts Sixty Pounds of Butter
A daylight theft from a Plains Creamery Company truck in Amarillo nets 60 pounds of butter. J. M. Collins of El Reno Oklahoma was arrested last night and pleaded guilty to stealing a suitcase from the Fort Worth and Denver station, receiving a 30 day county jail sentence.
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Amarillo
Plains Creamery Company
J. M. Collins
el Reno
Okla
Fort Worth & Denver
Hitler Receives New French Envoy in Berchtesgaden
At Berchtesgaden on November 22, Adolf Hitler announced that Germany and France were no longer divided by conflict, signaling a thaw in Franco German relations as a new French envoy arrived for talks.
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Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germany
France
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Italy
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Ford
Nunn Electric CO
William Jameson
William Jameson & Co., Inc
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Thrifty Service
Nnsheen
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