Bridges Denies Communist Overthrow Intent At Deportation Hearing
In San Francisco on August fourth, CIO leader Harry Bridges testified he does not know if the Communist party advocates violence to overthrow the U S government. He said he has never heard them advocate such acts and would oppose them. The hearing enters its second day with Bridges on the stand amid charges he is deportable for belonging to a party advocating overthrow. He affirmed support for the U S form of government.
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San Francisco
Communist Party
United States
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Thomas B. Shoemaker
West Coast
CIO
Great Names Grand Film Adventure in High Society
A young woman seeks independence in business using a cold cream formula aided by an advertising man. They launch amid fanfare as a rich socialite finances the venture, only to reveal she is the wealthy widow who stole the beet ty operator's fianc é.
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Beatty
COUTS TO THE RESCUE AT OPERA HOUSE ADVENTURE
A plane catches fire and plunges toward the ground as scouts led by Bruce Scott rescue the pilot. Marvin pursues Scanlon, while Turk Morten and a counterfeit ring complicate the case. The film features Irving Berlin songs and stars Tyron Power and Sonja Henie.
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Hal Marvin
William Ruhl
Bruce Scott
JJ Cooper
Universal
Scanlon
Marvin
Skeets
Turk Morten
Yan Miller
Irving Berlin
20Th Century-Fox
Dixie Theatre
Tyron Powe
It s a Wonderful World Opens at Strand Theatre Saturday
Strand Theatre heralds the arrival of It s a Wonderful World starring Claudette Colbert and James Stewart. Colbert returns to buoyant comedy while Stewart plays Guy Johnson a private detective hired to keep a married Broadway playboy out of trouble. When murder erupts he escapes to solve the case with Edwina Corday the poetess played by Colbert.
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Claudette Colbert
Stewart
Strand Theatre
Miss Colbert
James Stewart
Joan Crawford
Carole Lombard
Guy Johnson
Edwina Corday
Woman Is Judge Attraction at Strand
A Woman Is the Judge opens at the Strand Theatre with Frieda Inescort Otto Kruger and Rochelle Hudson in major roles. The drama follows a woman judge who resigns to defend her daughter accused of murder amid underworld intrigue and rigid local procedure.
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Columbia
Strand Theatre
Frieda Inescort
Otto Kruger
Rochelle Hudson
Young Defense Attorney Faces Judge and Housekeeper in Court
A fresh defense attorney appears before a judge as the judge’s devoted housekeeper assists in courtroom matters. The scene hints at a complex dynamic between professional duty and personal ties within the legal setting.
Dixie Theatre to Open Irving Berlin Musical Next Sunday
Patrons leaving the Dixie will carry memories of a talent packed show titled Second Fiddie featuring Sonja Henie Tyrone Power Rudy Vallee Edna May Oliver Mary Healy Lyle Talbot Alan Dinehart with Berlin’s new songs and skating ice tango. The audience faces a choice of highlights from romance to song and dance in this lively musical revue.
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the Dixie
Irving Berlin
Sonja Henie
Beauty for the Asking comes to Opera House tonight
A romantic drama about the beauty business titled Beauty for the Asking screens at the Opera House with Lucille Ball Patric Knowles Donald Woods and Frieda Inescort in the cast. Ball plays a beauty parlor operator in love with a cosmetic salesman whose career is complicated by a wealthy widow's fortune and a quick marriage. The plot centers on glamour illusion and the cosmetic world’s intrigues.
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Lucille Ball
Patric Knowles
Donald Woods
Frieda Inescort
Miss Ball
Knowles
Anti British campaign grows ominous in China
In China on August 4 anti British sentiment escalates with posters plastered around the city featuring skull imagery.
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Chefoo
China
City Budget Shows Debt Rise and Street Upgrades
Municipal financial figures reveal prior year appropriations and current estimates for water, street, and sewer operations. Mayor Gillispie defends debt growth, noting $161,500 bonded debt and $19,500 annual interest, with 700 dollar judgment still outstanding as improvements proceed.
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Waugh
Gillispie
Roosevelt Silent On Taft Candidacy Question
President Roosevelt declined to comment on Senator Taft's remark that no sensible man would seek the presidency in 1941. At a press conference the exchange centered on whether Taft spoke about his own candidacy. Taft previously said he would be willing to run as a Republican in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Hamilton County
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SONJA
Tyrone Power
Guiting
Rudy Vallee
Edna May Oliver Mary Healy Lyle Talbot
Alan Dinehart
Sidney Sonfiels
Gene Markey
Harry
Irvin
Berlin
Masten
United Artists
Paramount
Couts
OPERA
Strand Picture
Strand
Opera House
Personal Finance Co
Deveny Elding
Monroe Street
Fairmont
W. Va
Farr
Colbert
Guy Kibbee
Nat Pendleton
Frances Drake
Edgar Kennedy
Ernest Truex
Bontecht
van Dyke
Frank Ove
M-G-M
FOX
Warner Bros.! Pictures
Electrolux
Loar Jewelry Co
Ervel Electrolux
Servel Electrolux
Pgh. & West Virginia Gas Co
Grafton
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