The Crowd Roars and Sky Devils in Local Screenings
The week features James Cagney in The Crowd Roars as an auto racing champion who sacrifices love and title for family. Also showing is Sky Devils a Howard Hughes aerial comedy with Spencer Tracy and William Boyd leading a strong cast including Ann Dvorak and Billy Bevan.
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Rey Op Briday
eThe
James Cagney
Jon’ ‘Blondel
Cagney
Miss Blondell
Ann Dvorak
Eric Linden
Guy Kibbee
Frank McHugh
Bill Arnold
Leo Nomis
Harry Hartz
Fred Frame
Howard Hawks
Howard Hughes
Hell’s Angels
Sky Devils
Edward Sutherland
Spencer Tracy
William Boyd
George Cooper
Yola D'Avril
Billy Bevan
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm on Fox sound version
The Fox sound version of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm features Marian Nixon as Rebecca and Ralph Bellamy as Dr Adam Ladd in a romantic drama directed by Alfred Santell. Their meeting courtship and final happiness form the highlights of the show.
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Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Fox Sound
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Charlotte Thompson
Marian Nixon
Ralph Bellamy
Adam Ladd
Alfred Santell
Gate bee Sa featur others in he strong
An OCR fragment mentions a gate feature and references a cast and strong elements as part of a damaged text snippet. The readable portion offers no clear event, person, organization, or location to ground a fuller summary.
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Gate Bee
4 H Clubs Prepare War Demonstration at 35th Newport County Fair
Newport County 4 H clubs will stage a large display at the Portsmouth Fair Grounds for the 35th annual Newport County Agricultural Society fair. Exhibits cover dairy garden poultry handicraft clothing food and room improv ement with full club awards and two 1933 State 4 H Club scholarships. Children and Governor's Day attendees in uniform enter free and a 4 H health demonstration debuts countywide. Boy Scout work from Portsmouth and Middletown Troops includes a village of buildings camps and bridges with free admission for uniformed scouts.
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Newport County
Newport County Agricultural Society
Portsmouth Fair Grounds
Kingston
Lee L. Towsley
Nettie H Simmons
EL. F. Kinney, Jr
Rhode Island
Portsmouth
Middletown
Funeral services for George Clowes
Funeral services for George Clowes age 72 who died after a long illness were held yesterday afternoon at his home 45 Union Street with Rev Nelson Kellogg of Trinity Church officiating. Committal followed at North Cemetery. Bearers included Town Councilman Elisha Hibbert School Committee member Harry W Munro Fred Hodgdon and Wallis E Howe of Bristol.
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George Clowes
Union Street
Nelson Kellogg
Trinity Church
North
Elisha Hibbert
Harry W Munro
Fred Hodgdon
Wallis E. Howe
Bristol
Tuberculosis loses grip as leading death cause
The article notes heart disease pneumonia cancer cerebral hemorrhage renal disease and accidents surpass tuberculosis as the leading killers. It cites 1882 Koch's bacillus discovery and says heredity ceased to fully explain TB while Pottenger highlights sex age disparities with girls showing higher death rates in the teen years.
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Koch
Pr. F. M. Pottenger
Hygeia Magazine
Buy British Movement Referred To by Pepy Smell of 1607
A Manchester Guardian extract recounts Pepys noting the old cry Buy British in September 1607. He meets Sir George Downing who compares leather gloves and argues English sheepskin can replace French goods, claiming substantial annual savings and pride in promoting domestic trade.
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Pepy
Manchester
England
Guardian
G. Downing
France
Colorado two-bit campaign fund scheme defeats purpose
The Colorado legislature passed a law to pay 25 cents per vote to party chairs from the state treasury with half for campaign expenses and the rest to counties. Each candidate could donate up to 40 percent of the first year's salary. Any other contribution was a felony. The plan never became operative and the Colorado Supreme Court ruled state funds cannot be used for partisan purposes.
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Colorado
Colorado Supreme Court
Washington Star
Bermuda Reef Dangers Stymie Ships Near Sea Venture Site
The northeast breakers off Bermuda frequent many marine disasters as reefs near Sea Venture wreck site hinder vessel escapes. Shoals lie close to the surface forming a dangerous barrier that traps ships rather than sending them to deep water.
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Bermuda
Sea Venture Flat
Sir George Somers
Virginia
Virginia Company
Manson Notes Filari a Sanquilinis Discovery
Dr Patrick Manson observed a sputum sample tinged with blood revealing a worm under the microscope. The incident, noted by Dr Claude Lillingston in Hygela Magazine, reflects a pivotal moment in early filarial research.
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Patrick Manson
Mace
Noman Darin
Manson
Claude Lillingston
Hygela Magazine
Hairpins Through Time From Homeric Age to Modern Styles
Hairpins have been used by women and even men across ages. Origin tracing to Asia with a private pin and ornamental head. A gold hairpin from the Homeric age, about the eighth century B.C., rests in the British Museum. The form likely evolved as curls were worn close to the head.
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Asia
British Museum
Birds Flight Speeds Revealed by Agriculture Dept
The U S Department of Agriculture timed game birds and found pintail ducks fly 55 to 65 mph teal 50 to 59 mph mallard 50 to 58 mph sand grouse 43 to 47 mph brant 45 mph Canada goose 44 mph and albatross 60 mph. A duck hawk reached 180 mph in a fastest spurts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Olympians lose star duo to Alabama bound transfers
Marty Biancuzzo and Tony Perry of Bristol depart after last night’s game with Defiance to enroll at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Biancuzzo leads the league with 25 hits in 54 at bats and strong power numbers, while Perry sits among the top batters with 18 hits and 15 runs, leaving a big gap in Bristol’s infield for the Bristol vs Warren intertown series. Ira Newman accompanies them to Alabama for matriculation.
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Marty Biancuzzo
Tony
Baker) Perry
Bristol
Olympians
Defiance
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
University of Alabama
Ira Newman
Biancuzzo
Olympian
Baker
Perry
Raym
Brightman
Defiance Fire Company
Warren
Bristol Welterweight Al Diodati to Box in Providence Card
Bristol welterweight Al Diodati fights Monday at the Cycledrome Providence in a six round bout with Eddie Foti as support for a ten round main event pitting Eddie Holmes and Bat Battalino. Holmes is trained by Manny Almeida, a Bristol native.
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al. Diodati
Bristol
Providence
Eddie Foti
Eddie Holmes
Bat Battalino
Hartford
Holmes
Manny Almeida
Bristol Brown Loses Narrow Decision in Westerly Bout
Bristol Brown, a rugged Italian light weight from town, drops a six round decision to Eddie Kid Mays of Miami. The Flan a bout takes place at St Michael's Arena in Westerly on Wednesday night.
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Bristol Brown
Eddie
Kid) Mays
Miami
Flan
St. Michael's Arena
Westerly
Red Sox Sign Former BC Shortstop Andy Spognardt
Andy Spognardt, ex Boston College shortstop who played for the Fazia Drug and Colonial Hotel nine clubs in last season's playoff series, has been signed by the Boston Red Sox. He will join after August 31 when the 23 player limit is lifted and MLB clubs may carry 40 players.
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Andy Spognardt
Boston College
Colonial Hotel Nine
Boston Red Sox
Andy
Spognardt Delivers Two Hits in Colonial Defeat
In his lone town appearance on Wednesday September 2, 1931 Spognardt collected two of four Colonial hits against Luther Farrell. One hit was a homer scoring two runs as the drug store nine lost 8 to 2.
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Luther Farrell
Colonials
Spognardt
Drug Store Nine
Pelorus Jack the Dolphin of Pelorus Sound Legend
The article cites W D Boyce describing a 14-foot dolphin named Pelorus Jack that guided ships through French Pass between New Zealand's South Island and a nearby islet. Parliament passed an 1904 act to protect him, but he disappeared after a whaling steamer visited the area. Maoris hailed him as a taniwha, an ocean god, with legends claiming ages old existence.
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New Zealand
W D
Boyce
Australia
French Pass
Pelorus Jack
Felorus
Premonition by Pit Pony Oscar Saves Itself at West Pelton Mine
After 26 hours rescuers found the body of Edward Hall and two others entombed by a coal mine fall at West Pelton England. The pit pony Oscar reportedly sensed danger and bolted the drift racing to pull away loaded tubs, but the warning came too late for the men.
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Edward Hall
West Pelton
England
Oscar
Inquest Sparks Storm Over Gender Driving Opinion
Reginald Kemp coroner for West Middlesex faced backlash after saying men keep heads better than women in traffic emergencies during an inquest in Brantford into a girl’s death caused by a woman driver.
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Reginald Kemp
West Middlesex
England
Brantford
Peroration on the People Is Not Lincoln’s Sole Original
The Gettysburg Address closing line “of the people, by the people, for the people” is not Lincoln’s sole invention. Earlier expressions by Webster in 1830 and Parker in 1850 echo the idea, though Lincoln popularized it in a historic setting.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Theodore Parker
New England
Boston
Lowell
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Never seen a horse or ride a car across Britain and beyond
The London Mail notes a string of “Nevers” across Britain and beyond. A backwoods American imagined never seeing a horse or hearing prohibition. Stories include Lord Oxford never using a telephone, St Kilda-bound natives never seeing trains, and a Lincolnshire girl taking her first train at seventeen. A Longford centenarian never saw the sea.
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Nevers
Great Britain
Lord Oxford
Scotland
St. Kilda
Lincolnshire
Wolds
Cleethorpes
Longford
Nuneaton
Plymouth
London Mail
Character and Fees The Man That Makes a Character Makes Foes
A compact quotation noting that creative portrayal creates rivalries and opposition. The line emphasizes the social cost of shaping character and public perception.
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