China Seas at Paramount Delivers Swashbuckling Drama
Paramount keeps China Seas showing through Thursday as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Wallace Beery headline. The Singapore coast adventure follows a hard bitten sea captain and a treacherous pirate brain while romance and intrigue unfold. Burns and Allen open Friday with Here Comes Cookie.
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Clark Gable
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Wallace ‘Beery
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Asia
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Cookie
The Old Homestead and No Ransom At Iowa Tuesday
The Old Homestead opens Tuesday at the Iowa theater featuring Lawrence Gray Dorothy Lee Mary Carlisle Willard Robertson and Eddie Nugent with six musical numbers. Damon Runyon’s No Ransom stars Phillips Holmes Jack La Rue and Leila Hyams in a humorous gangster tale built around clever dialogue and engaging situations.
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Old Homestead
Damon Runyon
Iowa Theater
Lawrence Gray
Dorothy Lee
Mary Carlisle
Willard Robertson
Eddie Nugent
Phillips Holmes
Jack la Rue
Leila Hyams
Theater listings feature Gable Harlow in China Seas
Local theaters show a mix of cartoons and early talkies including Zasu Pitts in Hot Tip, Norman Foster in Behind the Lights, Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in China Seas, William Boyd in Hopalong Cassidy, Wiley Post in The Air Hawks, The Informer with Victor McLaglen, Rudy Vallee in Sweet Music, Shadow of Doubt with Ricardo Cortez, Girl in Danger starring Ralph Bellamy, and Desert Trail with John Wayne.
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Iowa
Zasu Pitts
Norman Foster
Paramount
Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
China Seas
State
William Boyd
Rialto
Wiley Post
Air Hawks
the Informer
Victor McLaglen
Palace
Rudy Vallee
Ricardo Cortez
Ralph Bellamy
Desert Trail
John Wayne
Japan Demands Naval Parity Before Conference
A Japanese note delivered to the British foreign office declares naval equality with Britain and the United States as a condition for a October preliminary naval conference. Japan insists on a common upper tonnage limit as the basis of any new fleet agreement and will not participate otherwise.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
United States
Charles D
Fugli
Japan
Medal of Honor Recipient and Poem Fragments in War Era Text
Fragmentary wartime text lists a Medal of Honor recipient and scattered items including numbers, deities, trees, lads, a pot of irony, and random words such as snake and cabbage. The line breaks and punctuation suggest a lexicon or coded glossary rather than coherent narrative.
Williams career spans ministry to NYA office
A long profile traces Williams from Maryville College and the University of Cincinnati through ministry and artillery service in World War I to a NYA administrator role. It notes his compassion for suffering workers and felled plans from TVAs audit fights, alongside memories of Will Rogers and a life of varied public service.
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Maryville
Tennessee
Chautaunua
University of Cincinnati
Ohio River
Nya
Aiman
Montezuma College
New
Mexico
Utah
Heckscher Foundation
Roosevelt presses Pittman neutrality act amid congressional clash
An intense exchange between President Roosevelt and a mixed delegation of Democrats Republicans and a farmer laborer focused on passage of the Pittman neutrality act. Roosevelt defended executive power over foreign policy and warned the policy aims to keep the U S out of war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Senate
House
Sam McReynolds
Tennessee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Hull
Maverick
Texas
Congress
Sisson
New York
Woodrow Wilson
State Department
Wilson
Capitol Hill
Boral
Zoo
Borah
Ener
Radio Schedule Snapshot From 4 PM To Midnight
A dense list of afternoon and evening radio programs across NBC CBS and local outlets. The guide names shows, hosts, and times including WEAF WJZ CBS NBC WCCO WABC WMAQ and others, with multiple orchestral, dramatic, and talk segments noted.
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Princess Marie
CBS
NBC
WEAF
Siiver Thule
Wain Dantes
Weathers
WABC
WCCO
Sade
INBC
Weaf Ware
CBS Lo Dreams
Ity
Reb
NEC
Uate Review
KMOX
Weaf Chain
Dhs
Widz Chain
WBBM
Maurie Sherman
Woc Ween
Beake Carter
CBA
You
Ae Ethmeet Y Weaf
Marie Dessi
WJZ Chain
Rehs
Weap i Marmecben Sreh
Lomsr Wai
Elime
Wayne King
WEAP
Ben Bernie
Jack Reber
WEAY
WTAM
Gracie Barre Nile Gratendee
Glaskin
Behamir Ersi
Chain
WEEM
EMOX
Prima
WSEM
la Porte Ereh
Weap Chain
Simon Orch
WHEEM
Gene Buck Gave Rogers His Chance in Early Broadway
Washington recalls Will Rogers joining the Follies after Gene Buck discovered him in vaudeville. Buck helped bring Rogers to fame despite Flo Ziegfeld's initial objections. Rogers earned 175 dollars weekly with a simple gag and rope bit before the act failed to become a world beater.
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Washington
WiLl Rogers
Eddie Dowling
Garner
Eddie
Will
Sands Point
Dowling
Broadway
Hollywood
Shuberts
Crescent Theater
Brooklyn
America
Dinty Moore
Gypsy Rogers
Gene Buck
Rogers
Roosevelt
CCC
Jack
Uvalde
New York
Flo Ziegeld
Ziegfeld
Buck
Peggy and Terry Observe a Hidden Cabin Intrigue Aboard
Peggy discovers Mrs Johnson rummaging in her cabin on the boat and confers with Terry. They discuss the suspicious visitor, speculate on her motives, and note Mrs Hilling's deft, flirtatious manner as they plan to proceed.
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Peggy
The Adventure Begins On The Nile Trip
Peggy and Terry plan a voyage stopping in Cairo and Aswan while debating trust and temptation. Peggy feels excited yet uneasy as the trip unfolds and Terry plays a risky game with Mrs. Hilling during their voyage, with the boat docking at Alexandria marking a turning point.
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Peggy
Terry
Pegay
Aswan
Cairo
Explosion Levels Illinois Coal Mine Engine Room
The Walter Coal Company's mine engine room seven miles from Benton Illinois was leveled by a blast early Monday. Authorities believe a time bomb caused the explosion after an alarm clock was found in the wreckage. Damage is about 100000 dollars. no injuries reported. The mine, idle for a month, may resume work in about ten days.
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Benton, Ill
INS
Walier Coal Company
Bandit Robbery in Denver Slips Bag of Cash
Three armed men seized a bag containing 1000 dollars from bank messenger Leon Ponte and fled as bystanders watched. Ponte said robbers missed 2000 dollars in a second sack. A separate note mentions a racial stereotype about Negro girls ages nine to fourteen being taller than boys of the same age.
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Denver
Leon Ponte
Ponte
Death notices: Donna Beatty Robinson found dead at home
Mrs Donna Beatty Robinson aged 36 died by her own hand at 10 p m Sunday at her parents home 2000 First Avenue East Coroner B L Knight reported no inquest funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 20 a m in Barta chapel Rev Ez Winslow to officiate Burial in Linwood cemetery friends may call Sunday evening
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Psychopathic
Kee
Upland Drive
Mie
Ellin
Barta
Ez. Winslow
Brown
Bée
Linwood Cemetery
Friends
Roosevelt Prediction: Lemke Says Roosevlt To Sign Bill Soon
Rep Lemke predicts the Frasier-Lemke farm moratorium bill will receive presidential attention shortly. The claim comes as Roosevelt is urged to sign the measure within a day or so, with expectations of early action from the White House.
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Lemke
Washington
Rep. Lemke
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