Golden Age musical planned by Paramount and Radio
Hollywood chatter outlines William LeBaron adapting Rio Rita for Paramount with Don Henderson Clarke writing the libretto and Harry Tierney set to supply the score. Lanny Ross to be featured. Fifi Dorsay returns to Hollywood to play a French actress in Going Hollywood. Gloria Stuart eyed for Madame Spy. Norma Talmadge-Joseph Schenck divorce rumored. Norma expected to wed George Jessel after divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella O. Parsons
Los Angeles
NRA
William le Baron
Bill
Paramount
Don Henderson Clarke
Harry Tierney
New York
Lanny Ross
W. K
Fifi Dorsay
M Hollywood
Fifi
Chicago
Marion Davies
Hollywood
Marion
Will Rogers
Pola Negri
Harold McCormick
Via-Film
Paris
Negri
Karl Freund
Gloria
Marshall Duffield
Norma Talmadge
Joseph Schenck
Norma
Reno
Carole Lombard
Ann Harding
George Jessel
George
Natalie Keaton
Natalie
Catalina
Social notes from St Albans and surrounding areas
Miss Laura May and Janet Rae Craig of Salt Lick visit aunt Mrs. E C Clayton on Fourth avenue as several residents travel for family visits and society meetings. Local figures attend or plan events including W C T U meetings, the Century of Progress expo, and upcoming conventions while families announce marriages and recover from accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura May
Janet Rae Craig
Salt Lick
E. C. Clayton
Fourth Avenue
A. Cofer
Sproul
Arch Stockton
Charleston
Owingsville, Ky
Ann ,Horseman
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Katherine Dearien
Madison
S. E. Dearien
Charlie Robertson
Kanawha City
S. E. Johnson
J. S. Barker
Kanawha County
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
A. C. Vandine
Lee Street
Johnson
Moody McCormick, Jr
Bernard Cottrell
Chicago
Carrie Thompson
Charleston Chief John Britton marks 12 years in police head role
Chief John Britton yesterday completed twelve years as head of the Charleston police department. Appointed August 21, 1923 by Mayor Grant P. Hall to fill the unexpired term of John H. Sarnneck, Britton has the longest tenure of Charleston chiefs. Capt. Dan Smith notes Britton’s service under eight leaders and his World War II era role as Nitro police head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Britton
Charleston
Grant P. Hall
John H. Sharneck
Dan Smith
Smith
Britton
Old White Week Opens with Recital and Golf Action
Visitors for Old White week gather in White Sulphur Springs ahead of Robert E. Lee week. Events include a Prince Raoul of Cattolica recital, children's fancy dress ball, and the Old White golf championship led by Elmore D. Hotchkiss Jr. Kanawha country club defeats White Oak for the cup. A miniatures show and photographs, plus needlework guild talk, headline a busy start with numerous arrivals and dinners at local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Robert E. Lee
Prince Raoul of Cattolica
Elmore D. Hotchkiss, Jr
Richmond
Virginia
Henry Waters Taft
Joseph 5
House
Lavelle McCampbell
New York
Kanawha Country Club
Charleston
White Oak Country Club
White Oaks
Richard Wilmer, Jr
Washington
Myrtle Holden
Alexandria
John Grant Wilmer
Rene Arb
Buffalo
Clara Louise Bell
Herbert C. Hoover
Loren R. Johnston
West Virginia
Old White Art Gallery
Greenbrier
Bell
Metropolitan Museum
Frick Foundation
Brooklyn Museum
Robert F. Adams
Huntington
Woman’s Needlework Guild of America
Thomas Jex Preston
J. Hyland Kuhns
Ethel Hood
Baltimore
Scranton
F. H. Eastman
Detroit
J. K. Crossman
M. L. Gans
Herbert Mallinson
Dallas
Texas
Kates Mountain Club
H. A. Williams
J. ¥. Wilkins
J. H. Bials
Gwendolyn Jones
Raymond E. Jones
Garland P. Peed
C. Coudert Erskine
J. van Wyck Osborne
W. Norman McMullin
Elizabeth McMullin
Margaret Devereux
Philadelphia
John W. Grant
Atlanta
John H. Howard
Richard Wilmer
Isaac D. Kelly
St. Louis
Private Detective 62 at Rialto and Kong at Greenbrae
The Rialto presents Private Detective 62 starring William Powell and Margaret Lindsay. Greenbrae screens King Kong featuring Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray. Virginian shows Captured with Leslie Howard and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Capitol offers Before Dawn with Stuart Erwin and Dorothy Wilson plus news reel and Flip the Frog. Kearse presents Solver Slipper Revue with Don Lanning and Wells Winthrop, screen It's Great to be Alive with Joan Marsh Gloria Stuart and Herbert Mundin, plus news and comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
William Powell
Margaret Lindsay
Greenbrie
Robert Armstrong
Fay Wray
Virginian
Leslie Howard
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Paul Lukas
Margaret Lindsey
Capitol
Stuart Erwin
Dorothy Wilson
Warner Oland
Dudley Digges
Flip the Frog
Don Lanning
Wells
Winthrop
Joan Marsh
Gloria Stuart
Herbert Mundin
Polo Player Tells His Side of Story
Cecil Smith, Texas polo star, defends his conduct after an alleged Friday night assault on Miss Eugenia Rose. He says he drove her from Hubbard Woods to her Evanston doorway after assisting a hospitalized friend, denying any impropriety and seeking to remain in Chicago for upcoming matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cecil Smith
Eugenia Rose
Evanston Hospital
Smith
San Antonio
New York
W. R. Brightmire
Evanston
Miss Rose
Eugene Wachowski
Hubbard Woods
Rube Williams
Deerpath Inn
Alice Home Hospital
Lake Forest
Rube
Central Avenue
Pattern Details and Ordering for Anne Adams Dress Patterns
A vintage advertisement describes pattern 1502 in sizes 16 through 44 with yardage for 39 inch fabric and illustrations. It highlights new waistline and seam details, shoulder capes, and options in silk print or matelasse crepe. Catalogs and patterns priced 25 cents, with order address in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Charleston Gazette
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Liberty Head Nickels Of 1913 Are Valuable
CHICAGO Aug. 21 The rarity and value of Liberty Head 1913 five cent pieces stems from a treasury quirk says Max B. Mehl of a Fort Worth Numismatic firm. He notes no mint records exist for these coins and that 1913 coinage was restricted to Buffalo nickels, though calendar year production allowed only a few pieces to be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Treasury Department
Max B. Mehl
Numismatic Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Milk Horses Wear Sneakers in Houston Dairy Con
A Houston dairy concern outfits its delivery horses with rubber shoes to quiet their steps so customers may sleep. The wagons also ride on rubber-tired wheels, reflecting an unusual effort to reduce noise and disruption during deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Toma Tablets Promoted In Stomach Wellness Ad
An old style pharmaceutical ad urges relief from ulcers indigestion gastritis and hyperacidity using Toma Tablets. It touts a free booklet Your Stomach and You and asks readers to send their name to Tome Inc Dept H5 Ligonier Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome, Inc
Dept
Ligonier, Pa
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Paramount Card
St. Albans News
Pennsylvania Avenue
James Weimer
Agnes Colcord
W. A. Heslop
J. E. Payne
Leon
W. A. Canterbury
Peter Canterbury
Macl Long
Michigan
J. J. Cash
Naomi
John Edward Lowther
Lowther
Highlawn
Bush White
Ruth Watts
Ashland
Ohio
Millard Taylor
Margaret Lewis
Robert Lewis
Oak Hill
John Snyder
Mount Hope
E. B. Lee
Dunloop
T. A. Lewis
S. L. Mullins
Marita
Jack Mullins
W. di Hopper
Floye Foote
Hurricane
Irene Reveal
Kanawha Terrace
Lewisburg
Margaret Weimer
Camp Alleghany
C. L. Nisbet
State Council
Order of United American Mechanics
Elkins
Howard Collins
F. E. Short
Bert Wright
H. Meadows
Louise White
Maggie Pruden
FBI Kins
Daughters of America
White
Pruden
Aginian
Warner Brothers Theatre
Leslie
Howard
Douglas Fairbanks
J. Paul Lukas
Warner
Leosary
Private Detective
Anita Page Chas. Starrett
Skeets
Bruce Cabot
Micky McGuire
Mickey Mouse” and News
Nema
Polo
McCorkle
Lick Branch
Ed. Friedrich
San "Antonio, Texas
J. E. Zeigler
Dist
Mgr
Raul Roulisen
Edna May Oliver
Gloria Stuart Herbert Mundin
Betty Boop Comedy — News
Afesterfield
Liccerr & Myers Topacco Co
Hesterfield
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