Teach Youth How to Play Lesson by Local Dean
Oliver H. Shurtleff of Fairmont State College spoke at the Grafton Kiwanis meeting at Debendarfer's Cozy Best Inn. He urged parents and educators to teach children how to use leisure time, noting shorter workdays will yield longer playing days and that teaching how to learn remains the key goal.
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Oliver H. Shurtleff
Fairmont State College
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendarfer
Best Inn
Dean Shurtler
British press debates royal scandal and king’s private life
This excerpt reports a wave of editorial reaction in Edinburgh and London to the king's private life. It notes Times coverage praising royal alliances with Scottish families, editors denying hidden references, and widespread criticism from bishops and provincial papers urging divine grace for the monarch.
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Tive
England
Destiny
Edinburgh
Edward
Times
George
Geoffrey Dawson
The
London
Gland revival promise appeals to men seeking vigor
An advertisement targets men claiming a new gland discovery can restore sexual power after impotence. It urges men over 40 not to despair and promises rapid, guaranteed results to revive vigor, sexual desire, and ambition regardless of age.
King Edward and Conscience Debate Stir British Press
Amid intensifying royal coverage, Yorkshire papers urge the king to heed church and state guidance on moral conscience. The Leeds Mercury and others warn against personal affronts to national conscience, as cabinet debates of the royal romance between Edward and Mrs Simpson hint at a push to pull the king toward public moral leadership.
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Leeds Mercury
Yorkshire Observer
Darlington
Bradford
Doctor Blunt
Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire Conservative New
W. G. Beckett
Eden
Simpson
Baltimore
Cumberland Terrace
London
News-Chronicler
Birmingham
Edward
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Initiation Staged Before Year End at Grafton Lodge
Last initiation of the year was held by Grafton Lodge No. 308 Ben dent and Protective Order of F where the James T. Hallinan class members were inducted. The next class is planned for December 29. Following the lodge session, social time was held with a Dutch lunch served.
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Grafton Lodge No
Bendent and Protective Order of F
James T. Hallinan
Otter
William P. Clark
Fruit Grower Killed in Highway Collision at Romney
Thomas Robinson, a prominent fruit grower, was fatally struck by a car along the highway near Romney. State police trooper Fred Cunningham found Ellis Conley not at fault in the Dec 2 incident, with investigation details unspecified.
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Romney
Thomas Robinson
Fred Cunningham
Ellis Conley
North of Nome Brings Arctic Setting To Screen
Holt, who spent five years prospecting in Yukon country before returning to the United States and moving into films, stars in an Arctic themed movie alongside Evelyn Venable. Gavin Williams returns as Holt’s co star after a key role in End of the Trail. Other featured players include John Miljan Roger Imhoff Paul Hurst Dorothy Appleby Robert Gleckler Ben Hendricks Frank McKlynn Sr and Miki Morita.
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Holt
Yukon
United States
Arctic
Evelyn Venable
Nome
Miss Venable
Easy to Take opens at Strand Theatre amid radio ties
Paramount backs the comedy romance Easy to Take at the Strand Theatre. John Howard stars as Uncle Reddy a radio hour storyteller drawn into a will prompted custody scheme. He initially resists but meets Marsha Hunt and agrees to care for the spoiled ten year old nephew Douglas Scott to win the girl’s favor.
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Paramount
Strands Theatre
John Howard
Uncle Reddy
Howard
Douglas Scott
Marsha Hunt
Roaring Guns at Opera House Features Tim McCoy Cast
The two day showing of Roaring Guns at the Opera House stars Tim McCoy and a cadre of expert riders described as A-1 hands. The article notes skilled cattle handling and authentic riding, promising a vivid western spectacle with real cowhands in the cast.
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Eeme
The
Bees
Tim McConh
Opera House
Tim McCoy
Roarin Guns film showcases expert range riding
The piece praises unbranded steer work and the skill of real cowboys who can calm a herd without fuss. It highlights Roarin Guns with riders who know the western game from A to Z, praising their quiet efficiency and authentic range life portrayal.
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West
Texas
North of Nome opens at Dixie Theatre tonight
New Break Alaska presents Jack Holt in Columbia's North of Nome at the Dixie Theatre tonight. The rugged tale unfolds in a frozen frontier corn town defending against invaders with a grim, cold barrier.
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Alaska
Jack Holt
Columbia
Nome
Dixie Theatre
Musical Western Part of Twin Bill Opening Today
Grand National releases Song of the Gringo at the Dixie theatre tonight marking Tex Ritter screen debut in a musical western. Ritter stars as a dashing range rider with five songs featured, opposite Joan Woodbury who co-stars and contributes a song as well. Edward Finney produces the series aiming for action music and light humor for broad theatre appeal.
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Grand National
Dixie Theatre
Tex Ritter
Edward Finney
Joan Woodbury
Tex
Edison’s Son Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison, son of the late Thomas A. Edison, has been named assistant secretary of the navy by President Roosevelt. He is currently state director for New Jersey of the National Emergency Council, taking over after Henry L. Roosevelt death. The position has previously been held by four Roosevelts.
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Charles Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Navy
Roosevelt
Edison
New Jersey
Natonal Emergency Council
Henry L. Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
John Ringling Early Life and Personal Milestones
John Ringling born in McGregor Iowa and moved to Wisconsin as a child. He began collecting pins at age five to gain admission to family performances. His first wife died in 1929 and he remarried in December 1930 to Emily Haag Buck, from whom he was later divorced. He once played the bass viol in the family shows.
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Vduiduem Troibane
Sarasota
Fla
Ringling
Emily Haag Buck
August Ringeling
John Ringling
McGregor
Iowa
Wisconsin
Gav
John
Ringling Brothers Rise From Baraboo to Madison Square Garden
The Ringling brothers and their father left Baraboo after buying harness and departing without paying. Four brothers pursued the bill to collect and joined the show. Their first merger occurred in 1907 as they built a major circus venture, paying $420,000 for a rival business and later bringing the shows to Madison Square Garden.
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Baraboo
Ringling
Classic
Madison Square Garden
Hitler regime plans youth training and state control moves
The document outlines stern decrees including mandatory Hitler Youth indoctrination for all youths, accelerated exploitation of mineral resources, standardized real property taxes, Berlin administration under state officials, and converting the welfare agency into a state foundation led by Joseph Goebbels, alarming Catholic circles.
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Hitler Youth Movement
Reich
Berlin
Winter Relief Organization
Paul Joseph Goebels
Nazism in Future Youth Training Program
A fragment outlines a youth organization applying for fall training outside home and school linked to religious education. The text hints at a design motif centered on Nazism and future ideological indoctrination.
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