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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1936

Page

10

Russell Bros Circus to Visit Athens May 14

Russell Bros Circus brings a novelty filled program to Athens with exclusive wagon wheel act by Capt. Dalbearie and Ernie White aerial balancing stunts. Prof Myers Band will perform The Wagon Wheel during the show. Two performances are scheduled Thursday May 14, highlighting daredevil acts without a safety net.

Russell Bros Russell Circus Russell Bros. Circus Athens Capt. Dalbearie Prof. Myers Ernie White Barnum Circus Ernie

George Bancroft in Hell Ship Morgan at the Ohio

George Bancroft returns from retirement in Columbia’s Hell Ship Morgan at the Ohio Theater Sunday with Ann Sothern and Victor Jory leading a tale of sea peril aboard the Southern Cross. A mutinous crewman strains a romance between Bancroft’s wife and Jim Allen as a tropical storm menaces the ship.

George Bancroft Columbia Bancroft The Southern Cross Jim Allen Ann Sothern Mary Taylor Morgan Allen

Underground fort plans sold to German agent disclosed

The Newspaper sIndependance Belge reports secret underground Belgian fort plans were sold for 500 dollars to a German agent by a construction foreman. Dr Bernard Sachs in New York City criticizes a group of pseudo-psychiatrists for causing hypochondria and introversion in children through their examination methods.

Brussels Independance Belge Bernard Sachs New York City

Folly and Farewell by Marie Blizard continues

Hollywood social intrigue unfolds as Linda navigates Thorne and Dix while Gretchen Morgan hosts a stork shower for Hilda Howe. Gardiner enters the scene and Linda weighs her mounting entanglements amid party chatter and fashion.

Gretchen Morgan Hilda Howe America Hollywood

Eddie Cantor's Strike Me Pink at Athena Theater

Eddie Cantor stars in Strike Me Pink his sixth annual musical extravaganza for Samuel Goldwyn shown at the Athena Theatre. The lavish million and a half dollar production features Ethel Merman Sally Eilers Parkyakarkus William Frawley and a new wave of Goldwyn Girls. Cantor plays a timid college tailor who seeks a glamourous night club singer Miss Merman and ends up managing a vast amusement park entangled with slot machine racketeers. The show includes snappy songs by Harold Arlen Lew Brown and other hits and notable dance sequences staged by Robert Alton with Toland photography. It is released through United Artists.

Eddie Cantor Athena Theater Goldwyn Girls Samuel Goldwyn Ethel Merman Sally Eilers Parkyakarkus William Frawley Goldwyn Eddie Francis Martin Norman Tuurog Harold Arlen Lew Brown Robert Alton Gregg Toland Omar Kiam Richard Day Helen Lowell Gordon Jones Brian Donlevy Jack LaRue Sunnie O’dea Rita Rio United Artists

Grade Schools Plan Track and Field Meet

Ward Town ship public schools grade teachers met at Jobs school with Mr Scott Bowers as temporary chair. They scheduled the annual field meet for May 20 at New Pittsburgh playground with Roy Beal elected chairman. Competing schools include Sand Run Jobs New Pittsburgh Carbon Hill Orbiston New Town and Monday.

Murray City Ward Township Jobs Scott Bowers Pittsburgh Roy Beal New Town New Pittsburgh Carbon Hill Orbiston Louise Rice

Young upholsterer's assistant to stand trial for murder

John Fioren a 24 year old upholsterer's assistant will go on trial May 19 on a murder charge in the death of Miss Nancy Evans Terton writer strangled in her apartment on April 10. Salt is used in freezing ice cream to lower temperature about 21 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.

Thorne Hollywood Linda Newtown Pickfair Pasadena Europe New York John Fioren Nancy Evans My Terton

United Press political coverage emphasizes national campaigns

United Press reports from bureaus across the United States provide an authoritative near-term view of presidential year activities. It highlights campaign maneuvers by party leaders and shifts in public sentiment, portraying a comprehensive, unbiased snapshot of the political scene.

United Press United States

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