Meat Night at the Bijou and Hollywood Box Office Slump
It notes a film box office downturn with exhibitors seeking parallel entertainment tie ins and home appliances as radio shows run giveaways. Greta Garbo’s signing is cited as a potential boost, while anecdotes touch on Marie Wilson and Tex Ritter’s publicity stunt with White Flash the horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
Bob Walker
Pat Sheaf
Tex Ritter
White Flash
Washington, D. C
Ohio Act Proposes Non-Voting Penalty
Ohioans qualified to vote who fail to vote would face penalties under a constitutional amendment proposed by Charles H Hubbell. Eligible voters would lose right to sue in state courts and to own property over $500 or obtain a driver's license. Corporations with 25 percent or more officers failing to vote would face the same restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Charles H. Hubbell
Cleveland
Hubbel
73 Year Old Artist Began At 68 In Texas Exhibit
Clara Williamson started painting at 68 to keep busy and now, at 73 this November, shows work at Elisabet Ney Museum in Austin. Critics call her work primitive in style with tin type like figures, drawing on childhood memories from West Texas Iredell and a Huey P Long bridge scene that inspired a painting after a New Orleans trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabet Ney
Clara Williamson
Dallas
Steve Perkins
Austin American Amusements
Texas
Old Century
Harper’s
Lincoln Drama Staged At New Salem State Park
The Abe Lincoln play Abe Lincoln in Illinois is staged yearly at New Salem State Park Illinois. Robert Sherwood’s drama features forty Lincoln players with state legislator William Horsely as Lincoln. Sixteen scenes use authentic props including live oxen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
England
Stratford-on-Avon
New Salem State Park
Illinois
Lincoln
Robert Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
New Salem
Lincoln Players
William Horsely
Roll Out Empty Barrel
LEEDS England reports Melbourne brewery director J W Ford suspects opposition to beer drinking after a climber scaled the 12 foot wall with barbed wire and knocked the bungs from 250 casks. About 3000 gallons valued at 3600 pounds spilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds, Eng
J. W. Ford
Melbourne
Nine Hundred Thousand Polish Children Benefit From UN Aid
WARSAW Poland Nine hundred thousand Polish children will receive aid this summer through the United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund Fostered by the Polish ministry of education camps. Paul F White of Alexandria Va director for Poland said foodstuffs are distributed to children in summer camps.
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Warsaw
Poland
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Paul F. White
Alexandria
Ministry of Education
Broadway Ballets Flood New York Stage With Star Power
New York hosts a ballet boom with 40 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and City Center venues. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo marks its 10th anniversary while the Paris Opera Ballet headlines at City Center as critics note choreographic naivety.
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W. B. Rogers
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
City Center
Corps de Ballet
Metropolitan
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Paris Opera Ballet
Chaffee
Fifth Avenue
Danilova
Franklin
Krassovska
Boris
Moylan
Markova
Slavenska
Dolin
Demille
Torres
Paris Ballet Troupe
Yvette Chauvire
Bers
Charles Weidman
Ram Gopal
Serge Lifar
Paris Ballet
Montreal
Chicago
Mia Slavenska
Yugoslavia
Slovenska Ballet
Los Angeles
Crime Does Not Pay as Safe Crackers Strike City Office
In Haverhill Massachusetts thieves forced the City Oil Transportation office safe during the night. Dawn revealed an empty desk and a previously emptied safe from the prior afternoon, with the culprits fleeing after the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Mass
City Oil Transportation Company
Tomato wedges filled with fish salad luncheon dish
Peel tomatoes and cut stems. Cut crosswise into four parts without cutting the bottom. Spread wedges apart and fill with fish meat or poultry salad. Garnish with mayonnaise and parsley and serve on salad greens.
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Hes
Erskine Johnson
Marie Wilson
Marie
Ken Murray
Irma
Greta
Garbo
Walter Wanger
Eddy Howard
Bey
Bacon
The
A al
Sueet Poor
Jonnathan
Libby
ARES
Idaho
Bird’s Eye
Honor Brand
Raspberries
Enfield Food Mart
Sherd
West
Armour's Corni
Delmonte Coffee
Pride OF
Bosque River
Iredell
Mrs. Williamson
Broadway
Mr. Ripley
Society OF Amateur Chefs
Beef
Ripley
Neill & Libby
Ill
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