Oland the Film Star Visits Amarillo and Back to Hollywood
Film actor Warner Oland visits Amarillo with wife and dog Shaggedy Anne after a six day drive from New York. He discusses working in talkies, his upcoming Shanghai Express co starring Marlene Dietrich, and plans to retire on a California ranch while still enjoying oil country trips and theater experiences.
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Fu Manchu
Amarillo
Fac
Warner Oland
Mr. Oland
Mrs. Land
Shaggedynneé
Mily
Los Angeles
Shanghai Express
Ube
Marlene Jetsich
Joseph von Sternberg
Mike
Ives
New York
Stage
Hollywood
Hower
Oland
West Coast
Mexico
Nelson Still Held by Reds
American missionary Bert Nelson of the Lutheran United Mission, based in Minneapolis, has spent a full year in Communist captivity in Honan Province after being seized October 5, 1930, near Hwangohan. Despite a ransom of over $10,000, negotiators say captors demanded toys and supplies before release, with no government rescue attempt reported.
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Peiping
U.P
Bert Nelson
Minneapolis
Honan
Nelson
Lutheran United Mission
Hwangohan
First Red Army
Haakow
Hankow
Despondent quarrel blamed for Rice Institute student's death
Houston Texas October 5 1930 despondency after a quarrel with a girl led to the death by shotgun of 21 year old Rice Institute student Joe Wood son of the late Judge J W Wood Justice of the Peace Campbell R Overstreet ruled death by own action after statements from his mother and the quarrelling girl were obtained at the scene
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Houston
Texas
Joe Wood
Rice Institute
J. W. Wood
Wood
Campbell R. Overstreet
Dole Retires After 50 Years as Orrington Treasurer
Albert G. Dole aged 84 ends a half century in Orrington town treasurer role after serving 50 consecutive years in office.
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Orrington
Albert G. Dole
Periodical Pains Relieved In 3 Minutes
Periodical pains relief in minutes using H C and B C formulas promoted by two North Carolina druggists. The ad claims B C stops pain and quiets nerves, provides rapid relief from headaches neuralgia and periodical pains, advising readers to ask their druggist.
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North Carolina
Nurito
Telephone service offer promises private lines for families
A single line telephone service is advertised with privacy for individual users. It states a line will be in use only when the caller or a family member uses it and that costs are slightly higher than party-line rates.
Study Revisions of Income Tax under Hoover Aides
Washington officials including President Hoover study revisions in the income tax law amid shrinking government revenues. They assess the 1933 fiscal plan and possible tax increases after the first quarter of fiscal 1932 shows a $244 million treasury shortfall, mainly from lower income tax receipts.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Hoover era finances strain as deficits mount in year
The government shows widening deficits after the first quarter with a 380 million dollar shortfall this year, while calls for increased taxes on new industries and top incomes surface from Representative La Guardia. A separate Downey field fire destroys Van Cleave Airplane Works at Love Field, burning planes and equipment worth about 25 thousand dollars.
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Laguardia
Dallas
U.P
van Cleave Airplane Works
Love Field
Only One Woman Killed in New Orleans Auto Fatalities
1930 New Orleans traffic deaths totaled 87 with one female victim, per the commissioner of public safety statistics. The report highlights a gender disparity in deadly car accidents during the year.
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New Orleans
U.P
Commissioner of Public Safety
Woman Dies in Lewistown Crash Near Arp
The body of Mrs. W. M. Hendrick 33 of Vivian Louisiana who was injured fatally in an auto accident at Lewistown near Arp was en route to El dorado Arkansas for burial. The car she backed from a tourist camp collided on the highway.
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Tyler
Tex
U.P
W. M. Hendrick
Vivian
Lewistown
Arp
Eldorado
Ark
Swiftest Easiest Way to End Bilious Spell
Ad copy urges taking Cascarets to relieve constipation and bad breath. It claims cascara strengthens bowel muscles and promotes regular bowel action. The ad notes Cascarets are sold in drug stores for 10 cents.
Funeral held for John W. Key Fort Worth victim of speeding car
Funeral services were held in Fort Worth for John W. Key aged 56. He apparently was the victim of a speeding motorist.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John W. Key
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