Stunt for Broadway Lights Up with Santa Claus Plan
In this 1930 Macaulay Company piece, Jimmy Crane pitches a publicity stunt for Aileen on Broadway. Aileen fears police interference and audience judgments as they devise a Miss Santa Claus act to promote Sara’s Christmas Stocking. The plan aims to draw headlines and caseloads for Klein’s show while delivering folders rather than money. The exchange blends Broadway bravado with radio era showmanship as they plot the publicity unit.
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Broadway
Aileen
Aijleen
Jimmy
Klein
Jim Crane
James Crane
Amy Price
Sara
Santa Claus
Santa
New York
Eas
Miss Santa Claus
Metropolis
Stock Exchange
Moe
Bulls
Bears
The
Macaulay Company
Overnight Flashes From Washington To Monaco In Brief
A rapid digest of international and domestic items: Norris declines a third party presidential bid. Naval Academy midshipman resigns over a room maze of wires. corn sugar allowed in foods without label changes. Levine questioned over missing securities worth 21 900 dollars. Hawley opposes veteran compensation plan. Also notes a forged pass used by Soviet secret police, Major Cannon bound over on a bad check charge, a New York derailment causing a three hour tie up, Monaco under Louis rule, secret police thwart a Havana plot, and a Vladivostok bank closure for illegal currency trading. Military orders threaten rail strikes in Mexico, Monaco reports, plus sports results from New York and Chicago.
Negro woman seeks address of her son in five year search
Jinnie Simpson of Hartselle writes the Daily seeking help to locate her son Simson Simpson whom she has not seen in five years. She reports the last communication put him in Pennsylvania. He is described as twenty three years old.
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Jinnie Simpson
Hartselle
the Daily
Simson Simpson
Pennsylvania
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A scrambled crossword puzzle listing across and down clues with numbered positions. The grid references many standard word entries including verbs, adjectives, objects, and common nouns as clues. Answers would fill a typical newspaper puzzle grid.
Brookhart to stay with GOP amid cross party talks
Senator Brookhart says Democratic leaders have not adopted a program and warns against jumping from the frying pan into the fire. He accuses both major parties of bi partisan Wall Street rule and says party regularity places party above country, threatening national policy.
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Washington
Brooks
Senate
Brookhart
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Wall Street
Little Child Called Home
Three and a half year old Lloyd Collins died on Christmas Eve at his parents Danville Route 1 home. Survived by four brothers and one sister. Funeral at 2:30 Thursday at Johnson's chapel conducted by Rev Mr Pritchett with burial in the family lot. Gibson and Priest in charge of arrangements.
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Lloyd Collins
B. F. Collins
Danville
Route 1
Johnson’s Chapel
Pritchett
Gibson
Leslie Burns Dies At Limestone Home
Leslie Burns state license inspector of Limestone and Lauderdale counties died at his Limestone home early Friday after a brief illness. He was about 38, married with children and served in France under Governor Bibb Graves before his appointment to the post.
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Athens
Ala
Leslie Burns
Limestone
Lauderdale
Burns
France
Bibb Graves
Graves
Yale Season Quiet For Athens Force
Christmas brought a quiet night for the Athens police led by Chief O. P. Flynt with only one arrest for driving while intoxicated. No crashes or fireworks injuries were reported in Athens Alabama.
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Athens
Ala
O.P. Flynt
Talkies To Acquaint Kenyon Sills With Father
A four year old boy, Kenyon Sills, son of Milton and Doris Kenyon Sills, will one day see and hear his father in motion pictures. A vault preserve holds The Sea Wolf, Sills last film, and Men of Steel, featuring Sills and Doris Kenyon. The plan is to show the boy these films when old enough to know his father through moving pictures. Doris Kenyon hints at future concerts and a possible return to acting, while retirement continues.
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Kenyon Sills
Mark Barron
New York
Milton Sills
Doris Kenyon Sills
Sills
Men of Steel
Doris Kenyon
Kenyon
Miss Kenyon
Two Are Killed As Cars Collide Near Tuscaloosa
A crash on the Gente Way near Tuscaloosa Saturday killed bus driver Dates Guthrie 35 of Birmingham and John Kite 58 Reform. Griffin Price 25 son of John Price and Mrs Sessions were seriously hurt as the bus heading to Columbus Mississippi attempted to pass the truck.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Colli- Sweedn
Columbus
Miss
Guthrie
Officials Seek Hilt of Washington Sword Lost Eight Years
Virginia officials search for the hilt of a sword missing for eight years from the George Washington statue in Richmond. The item disappeared from public display and authorities pursue clues to recover it.
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Virginia
George Washington
Richmond
Morocco stars Marlene Dietrich at Princess theater
Marlene Dietrich makes her American screen debut in Morocco at the Princess for two days under Paramount. Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou lead a love triangle as Dietrich chooses between two contrasting men amid foreign legion drama and stylish worldliness. Dietrich’s English is fluent, and her Berlin discovery by Josef Von Sternberg is noted.
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America
Morocco
Gary Cooper
Princess Theatre
Paramount
Marlene Dietrich
Germany
United States
Berlin
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings
Miss. Dietrich
Marlene
Dietrich
Dapper
Adolphe Menjou
Miss Dietrich
Cooper
French Foreign Legion
Menjou
Norris Advocates Election Reform and Third-Party Push
Senator Norris of Nebraska unveiled a campaign for election reform aimed at abolishing the electoral college. He suggested an independent run could emerge without party organization, while not ruling out supporting a progressive Democratic nominee in 1932 and leaving open the possibility of bolting again.
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Washington
Nebraska
John Dewey
League For Independent Political Action
Borah
Idaho
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Norris
Alfred E. Smith
Theatre Notes Spotlight Wednesday through Friday at Princess Theatre
Stuart Erwin tops the bill in Dangerous Nan McGrew and other selections while Norma Shearer appears Thursday and Friday in Let Us Be Gay at the Princess Theatre in an all talking adaptation. Rod La Rocque stars opposite with a large cast including Marie Dressler Hedda Hopper and Sally Eilers.
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Stuart Erwin
Nan McGrew
Sweetie
Eagles
Playboy of
Paris
Marie Dressler
Gilbert Emery
Hedda Hopper
Raymond Hatchett
Sally Eilers
Shiners Become More Careful After Raid Gone Awry
Athens Alabama officers staged a tightly planned raid against bootleggers but missed the targets as planted spies fired warning shots. The still was destroyed along with ten gallons of whiskey and two thousand gallons of fermented beer.
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Athens
Ala
Extension of National Roads in France Estimated Cost
The work to extend national roads in France will cost about 600000 dollars over the next two years. The project aims to improve transportation infrastructure and connect key regions across the country.
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France
No Business Change Is Seen In Prospect For Athens
Athens merchants expect little change as 1931 begins. Local banks remain in first class condition with prime assets and unimpaired surplus.
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Athens
Ala
Another Arrest In Town Creek Blaze
State fire marshal D. M. Slaughter, returning to Montgomery, reports another arrest in the Town Creek fire case. Miss Lillian Ward, said to have worked at the music store where the blaze began, is in custody. G. L. Morris, a Decatur druggist, and Ward Holland are held in connection with the fire.
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D. M. Slaughter
Montgomery
Town Creek
Lillian Ward
G. L. Morris
Decatur
Ward Holland
Bonus Checks for J C Co Employees Total $536 778 36
The J C Co reports Christmas bonuses totaling 536 778 36 for 1930 benefiting 6 671 employees including 144 more recipients than last year. Bonuses depend on service length and salary rate. local store participants include H H Higdon manager and top names Mrs E McKnight Mrs W C Sanders Mrs W M Prince Miss Ora Bartlett Miss Sarah Ruth Wilson.
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J. C. Co
Ees
H. H. Higdon
E. McKnight
W. C. Sanders
W. M. Prince
Ora Bartlett
Sarah Ruth Wilson
Family Reunion at Wear Home Shares Holiday Joy
A Wear family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wear’s home was a festive gathering with Christmas colors and evergreen decor. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wear and family of Huntsville, J. R. Howell and family, Mrs. George Stephenson and son Billy of Hartselle, F. C. Free, Mittie Wear, and J. T. Robinson and family of Decatur.
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Wear
B. F. Wear
T. J
Huntsville
J. R. Howell
George Stephenson
Billy
Hartselle
F. C. Free
Mittie Wear
J.T. Robinson
Decatur
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Ty Howard
Askears
Onoun
Dewey
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Hyde
Charles A. Levine
Hawley
Garner
Denver
Alice W
Europe
el’ Monte
Calif
Richard M. Cannon
Southern Methodist
New York Central
New Haven
Hartford
Grand Central Terminal
Monte Carlo
Prince Louis
Monaco
Havana
Moscow
Vladivostok
Bank of Korea
Mexico City
Teal Railways
London
Lord Melchett
Wolgast
Genaro
Chicago
Professional Golfers’ Association
Chuck Klein
Phillies
Giants
RED Ash
Cahaba
Jellico
Decatur Ice & Coal CO
Iver
Yale
Charles Rogers
A Rewnantie
Electoral College
Nebraskan
Penney Group
R. H. Goddard
Roswell, N. M
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