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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1934
Page
2
Columbia presents Most Precious Thing in Life at the Alabama Theatre Sunday. Stars Jean Arthur Donald Gook and Richard Cromwell lead in Lambert Hillyer directed drama based on Travis Ingram story about four lives entwined by all consuming love.
On July 14 in Chicago AP reports seven year old John Peltz slept unaware after picking up a rifle and shooting his eleven year old sister Mary Ann in the head. She died later in a hospital. The father Frank Feltz says the boy had fired the weapon. A stray sentence about cake frosting ends the piece.
The Three Ring Circus of Screen Entertainment comes Thursday to the Houston Theatre. Hollywood Party, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's spectacle, blends music dance and drama with fifteen hundred beauties, animated scenery and spectacular details. The all star cast features Laurel and Hardy Jimmy Durante Polly Moran Lupe Velez Frances Williams Jack Pearl Eddie Quillan June Clyde George Givot Ted Healy and his Stooges and more.
The Royal Hawaiian band greets travelers as tourism in Hawaii surges with the cheaper dollar and U S flag favoring visitors. Hawaii Tourist Bureau reports double the business from last year and notes Americans seek greater value under the flag. The piece traces the band’s history to King Kamehameha V hiring Henry Berger from Germany 62 years ago at $60 a month.
The passage notes Kamehameha III’s era with Hawaiian terms and King Lunalilo who ascended in 1873. He often attended band practice and wished to play the drum in a street parade, but adviser Berger argued it would not be dignified.
A compact recipe card detailing a chicken rice dish with rice boiled salted, then added to a chicken mixture of butter chicken and livers, plus a sweet Apfelstrudel with dough, apple filling, and a baked finish. Includes steps for dough, filling, rolling, twisting, and baking.
The heavyweight clash between Baer and Carnera lands in Houston Tuesday with Baer poised to unleash a fierce assault on Carnera. The bout features multiple knockdowns, a dramatic finish, and accompanying highlights plus the regular screen features.
Jackson county commissioners cut the next year’s budget by 17,175, lowering estimated needs from 136,510 to 119,335. The change could enable a millage tax drop from 27 to 21, with debt service and bridge and road funds driving most of the reduction.
The method describes placing nuts in a cloth and rolling with a rolling pin to crush them for nut cookies. It emphasizes a simple, manual technique to achieve desired texture without using electricity or specialized equipment.
Bog Over Frisco a First National mystery thriller arrives in Houston next Saturday with Bette Davis Lyle Talbot Donald Woods Margaret Lindsay and Hugh Herbert in lead roles. The story follows an international band of swindlers based in San Francisco operating a vast theft network spanning society speakeasies and murders. The film promises fast action suspense and a romance arc as Davis leads a cadre of conspirators and officers in a quest to stop the gang and rescue a kidnapped heroine.
Jack Haley Mary Boland Neil Hamilton Patricia Ellis Isabel Jewell lead the Paramount comedy Here Comes the Groom directed by Edward Sedgwick from Richard Flournoy play. A duo of burglars romance chaos ensues as bandits interfere and a groom poses as a husband to a deserted bride. Sidney Toler and Larry Gray also featured.
The Dothan Eagle lists cinema across the week featuring Wallace Beery in Viva Villa with Fay Wray Leo Carrillo and Stuart Erwin. Betty Boops Trial on Monday. Here Comes The Groom with Jack Haley and others Tuesday and Wednesday. Baer Carnera Fight Tuesday only. Hollywood Party with Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Jack Pearl Ted Healey and his Stooges Laurel and Hardy Thursday and Friday. Also The Gypsy Fiddler Masks and Memories. Saturday shows Fog Over Frisco with Bette Davis, Our Gang and The Vanishing Shadow. Alabama slate includes Jean Arthur in The Most Precious Thing In Life and Good Scout. Joel McCrea in Half A Sinner Monday Tuesday with Big Casino musical act. Jack Hott in Black Moon with Fay Wray and Dorothy Burgess midweek. Hello Prosperity comedy. Friday to Saturday Lane Chandler in Gun Fire with Scrappy Theme Song cartoon.
Hollywood scouts romantic teams and Universal brings Joel McCrea and Sallie Blaine as a new on screen couple for Half a Sinner at the Alabama Theatre. Berton Churchill plays the Deacon in this Alias the Deacon adaptation, with Laemmie pairing the pair to fulfill producer needs.
Peanut butter thinned with butter and a touch of cream makes a good filling for sugar cookies. Assemble by spreading between cooled cookies after baking for a soft rich center.
Wallace Beery stars in Viva Villa which opens Sunday at the Houston Theatre. The film portrays Pancho Villa’s tempestuous life with battles at Chihuahua and Torreon, romantic scenes with Fay Wray and Kathrine De Mille, and spectacular war sequences using large crowds and gunfire. Beery’s strong performance and the film’s blend of spectacle and humanity recall The Birth of a Nation in tone.
In Chicago on July 14 AP reports Pat Smith told a judge his wife’s bridgework kept him from his work claiming facing penalties if he could not repair it. The court ordered him to provide overdue alimony and suggested the wife might, if feasible, address the bridgework problem.
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