Movietone Warship Film Shown At Rex Theater
Movietone News screens at Rex Theater Sunday and Monday featuring warship plane battle footage. A 159 foot clip depicts a Nazi bomber attacking a British cruiser on blockade patrol in the North Sea. Bomb bursts surround the ship as a fighter planes chase and anti aircraft fire erupt. Narration by Laval Roma questions if air power can defeat sea dominance.
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Movietone
Movietone News
Rex Theater
Thas
North
Laval
Roma
Engagement footage censors reveal only partial details
Movietone officials praised the footage as an outstanding example of L EAM pictures taken under adverse conditions. The images were captured by an officer aboard a warship and purchased by the newsreel crew after censorship. Names of the cruiser and the engagement location remain undisclosed.
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Movietone
Ieam
N Lemoil
Wake Up and Laugh Phairie McCarthy Clock Gag
A novelty alarm clock features Phairie McCarthy in a wake up gag. The device shows a face that speaks and pens at times while ticking sounds accompany the novelty market item. The clock is marketed as a humorous aid for workers.
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Phairie McCarthy
Tromine
Dumeniy
National Public Housing Conference Plans Broad Base
The National Public Housing Conference announces its ninth annual meeting in Washington January 26 and 27 to broaden the public works program. Mrs Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch notes focus on housing needs of low income workers and those in rural, industrial, and agricultural sectors with proposed federal state and municipal loan reforms for cooperative housing projects.
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Washington
National Public Housing Conference
Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch
Congress
Jacob Crane
Suiject
C.F. Palmer
Atlanta Housing Authority
N. D. Dosker
Lousville Housing Commission
Sam Howell
Omaha Housing Authority
Wll
T He Lopic
Ancheon
Harry W. Laidler
City Council of
New York
Edith Elmer Wood
Jacoby Baker
United Federal Workers of America
Allan Tatrison
New York City Housing Authority
E. R. Bowen
Cooperative League of the U.S. A
Tra Robbins
Council of
New York State Division of Housing
Janitor Wins Charm Prize At Local School Event
In Lorain a charm prize exclusive to women was won by J. H. Brown, janitor of the building, who bought a ticket and donated it to be awarded. Women voted to give him a loaf of bread and a package of cheese as his prize. The piece notes popular drinks including Turkish rakı made from distilled prunes and anise.
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Lorain
J. H. Brown
Allies Expect Polish Forces Aid by Spring
London Jan 20 United Press reports the Polish army in France and air force units in Britain will be ready by spring. Major Janusz Ilinski says participation may begin then as Polish units now serve with the British fleet. Poland plans four or five divisions under Allied command with ages 21 to 38 eligible. An agreement with Canada is being negotiated to form units there.
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United Press
London
Po|ith Amy
France
Air Force
Unife
Britain
Janusz Ilinski
Tlinski
Jnitis
Poland
Canada
Model Plane Crash Shrewsbury Investigated
Reports of a gh airplane crash in Shrewsbury Mass drew two ambulances and three police cruisers with sirens. Investigators found wreckage of a motor driven model plane with a four foot wing span.
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Shrewsbury
County Tax Rate to Continue Seven Mills in 1940 Budget
County budget officials report the 1940 tax rate will keep seven mills, divided between county operations and the Erie county institution district. Commissioners Helen M. Schiura, Thomas Fiotley, and Dell Darling face a tightened requisition cut of $962 across four departments. Figures show county needs at $1,433,182.10 and Erie district at $298,070.34, with adjustments possible as budget sessions resume Monday morning.
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Helen M. Schiuraf
Thomas Fiotley
Dell Darling
Erie County Institution District
Erie
Bear Lake Notes and Local Happenings
Items from Bear Lake record mid year vacations for Dorothy Till etson and Jean Manwaring, returns from travel, local visits, and school vacations. Reports mention Pan Mu school exams, town line mission gathering, Boy Scout meeting, donkey basketball in Patona, and hotel talk by Reg Wilson in EDKA coverage. Also noted are family deaths, skating plans in Jamestown, Corry visits, and a Baby Tonian Prophecy study. Discovery of bacteria Pasteur noted.
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Carl Crosby
Clarence Kolstee
Erie
Ms. J. ©. Manwaring
Beverly
Town ‘Line
Maguilie
Ivan Hawkins
Robert
David
Corry
EDKA
Pittsburgh
Reginald Wilson
Earl Wilson
Lottsville
Roosevelt Hotel
Wilson
Sarah Vicars
Niobe
Klare Platt
Panama High School
Jamestown
Floyd Smith
William Cochran
Leon Cable
Evelyn Cornish
Sid Mbp
Harry Hawkins
D. B. Parsonage
I. W. Barrett
W. H. Evans
Beverly Wilsted
D. Balcom
Visthors
Scarlet fever death reported in Erie city
Scarlet fever rages through Erie and Astriet as the first death from the disease is confirmed. Donald Musha aged nineteen months, son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Myoha, died at home after a ten day illness. Health officers report ongoing outbreaks with 15 to 20 cases weekly despite efforts to curb the fever.
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Erig
Astriet
Donald Musha
Stephen Myoha
Marne Road
James Smith
Retired Steel Magnate Dies in New Jersey
Edwan Hughes, 78, prominent retired company official and longtime Franklin, New Jersey resident, dies at West Orange residence after illness. Survived by widow and two sons, Charles of Pittsburgh and Henry M. Hughes. Body to be brought to Franklin for state at St. Job's Episcopal Church. services to follow. Hughes was a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute and a personal friend of Charles M. Schwab, with strong ties to Franklin Steel Works. First wife died eight years ago.
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Franklin
Edwan Hughes
Taventor
Thomas AD Edison
West Orange
Brovelit
Charles
Pittsburgh
Henry M. Bughes
Miiday
St. Job's Episcopal Church
Hughes
American Iron and Steel Thalltirte
Charles M. Schwab
Franklin Steel Works
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