Reginald Owen Embraces Big Screen Promise as Scrooge
Hollywood reports Reginald Owen, famed for his explosive stage and screen persona, will take over the Scrooge role in MGM's Christmas Carol replacement after Lionel Barrymore falls ill. Owen, born in 1888 in England, served as a Royal Artillery lieutenant, acted in London and Paris before moving to America. He credits hard work, and a shift from stage to film, with his long career, including notable turns in The Letter and Madame Du Barry. He remains unmarried, living in Beverly Hills, with hobbies of boating, fishing, and badminton, while also pursuing writing and plays for Broadway and film.
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London
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America
California
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Jean Harlow
Robert Tayior
Wallace Beery
Mickey Rooney
Pot Luck
Barrymore
Tack Letters continued from page two readers seek companionship and help
A 21 year old seeks work and family support while offering to help with cooking. A reader requests a gentleman friend aged 45 to 55 with a good job and Christian values. A note asks a woman who found a white organdy apron to return it to Schulte-United office.
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Tack
M. E
C. R. Anthony
Schulte- United
Schulte-United
WANTS HOUSE CLEANING AND IRONING BY THE HOUR
Help wanted column notes Mrs Jones offering hourly house cleaning and ironing with references. Two other ads seek quilting help and a middle aged colored couple for ranch work with cooking and yard duties. Includes addresses and contact numbers for printing.
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R. T. Alexander
Canadian
Texas
Job Seeker Seeks Domestic Work With Board At Lincoln Street
A woman seeking permanent domestic work offers experience in house care child care and practical nursing. Desires room and board and can provide references. Contact at 507 Lincoln Street.
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Lincoln Street
Help Wanted for Ironing at 1710 North Hayes Street
Job offer seeks an ironing worker at 0.20 per hour to support a family with three children while husband is unemployed. Additional barter options include old rugs or a mattress. References available for verification.
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Tack
Colored woman seeks work as a maid with references
A colored woman offers maid service and willingness to perform any kind of work. She can provide references and lists contact details at 112 Van Buren Street and phone number 20153.
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van Buren Street Dial
Missing Boston Bull Niggie Needs Safe Return
A black Boston Bull named Niggie has strayed from home. The family requests any information leading to Niggie’s safe return and asks callers to contact the owner with sightings or location details. Reward offered for bringing Niggie home.
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Tack
Niggie
Remark on P W A sewing room booth display
The speaker recalls visiting the Amarillo fair and the P W A sewing room booth where a combined ironing board, step ladder, and chair was shown. The booth attendant said it was made in the understood time and place.
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Amarillo
Coolidge State Park Nears Completion in Vermont
Plymouth Vermont United Press reports Calvin Coolidge State Park is nearing completion after five years of CCC work. The 5000 acre area will offer two way roads picnic grounds fireplaces shelters tent platforms water fountains and park buildings. The park will include fish and game preserves and bird sanctuaries and stretches close to the late President’s homestead.
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Plymouth
U.P
Calvin Coolidge
CCC
Iowa trappers net 366000 pelts for 412000 dollars
During the fall and winter seasons of 1937 38 Iowa observers recorded revenue from trapping totaling 412000 dollars for 366000 wild animal pelts.
Senators Fight Appointments
Washington Oct 24 Senators hostile to major New Deal policies laid groundwork for bloc opposition to Senate confirmations of Roosevelt appointments since adjournment. They foresee a test on Floyd H. Roberts of Bristol for the western district of Virginia, with Glass and Byrd leading the opposing effort. If blocked, administration may withdraw other appointments.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Floyd H. Roberts
Bristol
United States
District of
Virginia
Glass
Roberts
Byrd
Rep
Flannagan
Holt
West Virginia
Neely
McCarran
Nevada
William S. Boyle
Reno
Wheeler
Montana
Murray
O'Connell
William W. Crawford
James V. Allred
Texas
Sheppard
Brantley Harris
Galveston
Connally
Walton D. Taylor
Houston
Mendaco tablets claim to ease asthma symptoms fast
A doctor prescribed Mendaco tablets to dissolve mucus and ease choking coughing and wheezing. The ad promises quick relief after meals, safe usage with no injections or smoking, and a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
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Mendaco
113th Birthday of Former Slave Silvia Hoover
More than 200 descendants attended the birthday celebration for Mrs. Silvia Hoover, a former enslaved woman living in San Francisco. She marked her 113th year choosing a daughter’s birth date for the annual observance, a practice she has kept for 85 years.
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San Francisco
Silvia Hoover
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