Anniversary of Sound Movies Recalls Early Panic of Stars
The rise of talking pictures began in 1927 with The Jazz Singer and stars panicked by their voices being recordable. Notable transitions include John Barrymore and Conrad Nagel, while Fox led with In Old Arizona. The Hoxie Kinemagraphone helped sync picture and sound, later adopted nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
May McAvoy
al Jolson
John Barrymore
Conrad Nagel
Nagel
MGM
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Greta Garbo
Wallace Beery
Paramount
Zazu Pitts
Charlie Chaplin
Deear Ays
Schenectady
N. Y
Charles A. Hoxie
General Electric
Europe
Douglas Fairbanks
Bessie Love
Farmers Pack Guns to Curb Rustlers in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin report says Wood county farmers formed a vigilante band after a cattle rustling spike. About 50 men armed with old style muskets and rifles scoured woods from midnight to dawn chasing possible rustlers after Bernard Kroening spotted a car with two men entering a farm woodlot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wood County
Bernard Kroening
Rock
Ins Farm
Kroening
Wisconsin Rapids
Town Opens Secession Move From Utah to Nevada
In Wendover Utah Nevada residents seek to redraw the state line to join Nevada. About 2 000 locals in a town of 2 500 push secession claiming Utah laws are too strict and noting easier access to gambling and alcohol across the border. Petitions will go to Utah and Nevada legislatures and then Congress to alter the boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendover
Utah-Nevada
Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats
Nevada
Ester Giffen
Giffen
Congress
Westover
Mesquite Teen To Host Own Radio Cowboy Program
Dale Berry, 17, Mesquite High School senior, will host a sustaining program on WRR with his own cowboy band. He secured a sponsor and previously played with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. Band members include Robert Jenkins Cleo Landolt Benny Willbanks and Matt McGlothern. Berry teaches himself piano and guitar, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesquite
Texas
Dale Berry
WRR
Berry
Bill Boyd
Cowboy Ramblers
Nashville
Robert Jenkins
Cleo Landolt
Benny Willbanks
Matt McGlothern
R. S. Berry
Mansion Built To Appease Ghosts Draws San Jose Prospects
In San Jose California a mansion begun 37 years before Sarah Winchester's death attracts many house hunters amid a housing shortage. The sprawling crazy quilt structure features hundreds of odd windows and doors opening to walls or outside, 40 stairways with 13 steps each, and secret passages. Built to pacify ghosts of gun victims the house received constant additions as Mrs Winchester hosted nightly banquets for visitors for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Sarah Winchester
Bobby Jones
Byron Nelson
Jones
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Tris Speaker
DiMaggio
Joe
Gray Eagle
Ty Cobb
War contracts inquiry could get out of hand
Washington reports the Mead committee investigates war contracts tied to May, Garssons and Coffee amid Democratic Republican tensions. The probe touches income returns and potential links, with pace set by election timing and party maneuvering, as lawmakers debate political fallout and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
May
House Military Affairs Committee
Mead
New York
Mead Committee
Garsson
Henry Garsson
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Ferguson
Garssons
Wayne Johnson
New York City
High Heaven
Truman
PAC
John M. Coffee
Brewster
Maine
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Coast
That Old Iron Bed Easily Rejuvenated
An inexpensive hack to convert an old iron bed into a foundation for an upholstered head piece. Use a hack saw or take it to a plumber. From Home-Making BOOK No 3. Readers may order two copies postpaid for 15c by request.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fox
Arizona
Warner Baxter
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Bill Hart
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
News 5
Behind the News
Paul Malion
Western Newspaper Union
REP
Cobb
Joe Jackson
Napoleon Lajoie
Babe Ruth
Wahoo
Sam Crawford
Bobby Beach
Bob Feller
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Feller
Old Barney
Athletics
Red Sox
Pete’ Alexander
Cy Young
Christy Mathewson
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Old Pete
Phillies
Alexander
Bandbox Park
Cubs
Pete
Johnny Evers
Evers
Brooklyn
Cardinals
Dixie Walker
Pete Reiser
Pewee Reese
Dodgers
Stan Musial
Marty Marion
Country Slaughter
Red Schoendienst
Terry Moore
Whitey Kurowski
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
Soretone
Wade
Mmessons Robbins
ST. Louis 2
Cen. Pat. of
WAR Morting
Bisway
Oss
Locke Stove Te Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!