Falcon Racer Aims To Break World Speed Record In Film
Hollywood crafted the Falcon racing car for the film Speed to push the limits of aerodynamics and high speed. Designed by Arnold Gillespie and built by Harlan Fengler and Lou Moore, it aims to exceed 140 mph on Utah salt beds during summer trials.
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Automotive Techni
Hollywood
Lucien Hubbard
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Automobile Vest Pilots
Strand Theatre
Hubbard
Arnold Gillespie
Gillespie
Hubert Hobson
Leo Goosen
Harry Miller
Harlan Fengler
Lou Moore
Edwin L. Marin
James Stewart
Wendy Barrie
Weldon Heyburn
Una Merkel
Ted’ Healy
Fengler
Moore
George Eyston
Utah
Car with 4 carburetors aims for 180 mph on Utah salt beds
The high horsepower vehicle, a 1,587 cubic inch motor with four carburetors, completed seven miles at 140 mph during Speed film tests at Muroc Dry Lake California. Fengler said the car should reach 180 mph on the Utah salt beds with the current engine.
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Muroc Dry Lake
California
Fengler
Utah Salt Beds
Return of Jimmy Valentine in Republics Opera House showing
The Jimmy Valentine saga returns in The Return of Jimmy Valentine at the Opera House tonight and Saturday. Roger Pryor plays the breezy reporter with Charlotte Henry as Midge Davis and J Carrol Naish as Tony Scapelli in a fast moving mix of drama and comedy praised for pacing.
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Jimmy Valentine
Underworld
Republic
Opera House
Roger Pryor
Charlotte Henry
Midge" Davis
Pryor
J. Carrol Naish
Tony Scapelli
Robert Warwick
Lois Wilson
Midge
Wade Boteler
Edgar Kennedy
James Burtis
Jeannie Roberts
Kennedy
Paul Armstrong, Jr
Wallace Sullivan
Scott Darling
Jack Natteford
Clive Cooper
Lewis D. Collins
Bicycle thefts reported in Morgantown area
Morgantown police noted a wave of bicycle thefts with a recent report from Mrs. C. B. Lawall stating her son's bicycle was stolen from the back porch of their home.
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Morgantown
C.B. Lawall
Two Western Songs for Treachery Rides the Range at Dixie
Warner Bros western Treachery Rides the Range opens at the Dixie tonight and tomorrow. Songwriters M K Jerome and Jack Schall provide Ridin Home and Leather and Steel sung by Dick Foran, with Paula Stone and Craig Reynolds in the cast.
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Warner Bros
Dixie Theatre
M. K. Jerome
Jack Schall
Cavalry
Jerome
Schall
Paula Stone
Craig Reynolds
Monte Blue
Carlyle Moore, Jr
Henry Otho
Don Barcelay
Jim Thorpe
Jane Withers in Fox Comedy Little Miss Nobody
Jane Withers stars in a Fox comedy at the Dixie theatre as a merry orphan in Little Miss Nobody. Supported by Jane Darwell Ralph Morgan Sara Haden Harry Care y and Betty Jean Hainey, the film follows a mischievous orphan's escapades as she tries to be good while facing comic misadventures and adoptive-dad complications.
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Jane Withers
Dixie Theatre
Fox
Jane Darwell
Ralph Morgan
Sara Haden
Harry Carey
Betty Jean Hainey
Jane
Betty Jean
Jane’s Escape and Romance in Celebrity Reformatory Tale
An arrogant newly rich woman sparks a chain of events ending in reform school trouble. She escapes en route and finds refuge in a pet shop run by an escaped convict who helps arrange a secret meeting with Betty Jean. A blackmailer named Dutch overhears plans and traps Carey. Jane outwits the crook and wins happiness for those who helped her. Then Came the Indians is a new song hit accompanying her return to performance and light romance.
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Jane
Reformatory
Harry Carey
Betty Jean
Dutch
Carey
Jack Stern
Henry H. Tobias
Harry Tobias
Sidney Clare
Edwin Humphreys Enlists for Panama Service
Edwin W. Humphreys of Martinsburg West Virginia has joined the U S Army infantry for Panama. He is at Fort Slocum New York awaiting shipment for Panama with the army stating more vacancies in the regular force.
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Edwin Humphreys
Panama
U. S. Army
Martinsburg
W. Va
Infantry
Edwin W. Humphreys
W. Wilford Street
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Man Drops Dead New Haven
Alonzo Dunn aged 55 was found dead in front of a hardware store in Mason county town doctors said a heart attack caused his death He was known throughout the county.
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New Haven
Alonzo Dunn
Mason County
Healthiest Chosen in Wheeling District Contest
Ohio county 4-H officials named Miss Carrie Hambrick aged 17 and Roy Johnson aged 16 as the healthiest girl and boy. They will represent their district in state health contests at Jackson's Mill in July.
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Wheeling
Ohio County
4-H
Carrie Hambrick
Roy Johnson
Jackson's Mill
Ju-ly
Trail of the Lonesome Pine First Outdoor Color Film
Walter Wanger praises Paramount leadership for backing color outdoor production. He notes the High Sierras shoot at 10,000 feet elevated terrain proved color can flourish outside studios, expanding early Technicolor use beyond indoor settings.
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Walter Wanger
Grafton
John E. Otterson
Paramount
Lonesome Pine
High
Sierras
Trail of the Lone Pine in Color at Strand
Studio critic Walter Wanger credits director Henry Hathaway screenwriter Grover Jones and production team including Toluboff for a standout color film. He praises Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Spanky McFarland and Nigel Bruce among the cast and thanks Technicolor cameramen for the high mountain shoot. The picture opens Sunday at the Strand.
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Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Henry Hathaway
Grover Jones
Alexander Toluboff
Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
Fred MacMurray
Fred Stone
Pug Knight
Beulah Bondi
Spanky McFarland
Nigel Bruce
Robert Barrat
Walter Wanger
Strand
Bevioh Bondi
Fuzzy Knight
Welt 4
Wanger
Paramount
Paul Ludwick Explains His Status in Wyoming Visit
Paul Ludwick, visiting his father Russell Ludwick on route one, states he is not the Paul Ludwick fined yesterday in Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys court for a hit and run driving charge. Investigation shows another Ludwick on route one was the man involved in the case.
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Paul Ludwick
Wyoming
Russell Ludwick
Route One
Ona C. Jefferys
Ludwick
Lake steamer disaster stalls passengers at Tashmoo
A lake steamer halted by a crowd refused to depart the Tashmoo for a time before the vessel sank, submerging the lower deck while the upper remained above water. A July Fourth picture in color on the Declaration of Independence will appear in the American Weekly on June 21, part of the Baltimore American.
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Baltimore American
Adv
Tashmoo Ship Built in 1900 Valued at $700000
The captain said the vessel struck a rock. The Tashmoo, built in 1900, carried a valuation of $700000.
Temperature Drops Two Degrees In Taylor County
Thermometers in Taylor county fell two degrees yesterday from a high of 94 degrees reported by U S Weather Observer W E Clayton. The peak temperature occurred between 1 and 5 p m as the day cooled.
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Taylor County
U. S
W. E. Clayton
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