World’s Fair predicted to draw broader American crowds
William Allen White says the 1940 New York World’s Fair will attract more visitors from across the nation as schools close and summer begins. Parking lots show more cars from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and the West and South. Various country days and fraternal, religious and youth events are scheduled through early July, including Japan Day June 29 and American Bible Society Day July 6.
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Strand Theatre Debuts New Season With Virginia City
The Strand Theatre opens its new season this Saturday with Brother Rat and a Baby and The Fighting 69th. Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins and Randolph Scott star in Virginia City a Civil War era western about gold strikes and lawlessness in Nevada. Amanda Duff plays a bride entangled by a blackmailer in the forthright Warner Bros. tale.
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City of Chance at Strand Theatre tonight
An eight hour drama at the Strand Theatre unfolds in City of Chance a 20th Century Fox film starring Lynn Bari C Aubrey Smith Donald Woods andmanda Duff Bari plays a fearless girl reporter risking danger to expose a gambling club while a former sweetheart owner complicates the mission.
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Monogram's Danger Flight at Opera House
Two World War aces coauthored Danger Flight based on Tailspin Tommy. Hal Forrest and Edwin C Parsons, veterans of air service and the Lafayette Escadrille, present a modern flying tale. John Trent returns as Tailspin Tommy with Milburn Stone and Marjorie Reynolds leading a cast headed by Jason Robards and others. Howard Bretherton directs, Paul Malvern produces. this is the fourth Tailspin Tommy film.
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Julius Tannen
Dennie More
Howard Bretherton
Paul Malvern
Dixie Theatre Presents Too Many Husbands This Sunday
The Dixie Theatre opens a Columbia comedy Sunday starring Fred MacMurray Melvyn Douglas and Jean Arthur. Based on a W Somerset Maugham stage success the lively farce has been hailed as humorous and engaging for local audiences.
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Too Many Husbands scene fuels uproarious comedy
Jean is married to Fred who is reported dead at sea. She then marries Fred’s friend Melvin. Fred returns home to complicate matters. Director Wesley Ruggles built a witty screen comedy from these events, described as original and uproarious.
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Justices to be replaced by summary courts eyed in third proposal
A third proposal would substitute summary courts for the offices of justices of the peace, drawing strong opposition from the magistrates association. Senator M. M. Neely, Democratic governor candidate, will speak at a preliminary forum and banquet, with executive sessions to follow. Neely opposed the judiciary amendment two months ago, backing preservation of the present system.
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Earl of Athlone Arrives in Halifax Enroute to Ottawa
Governor reports the arrival of General Alexander August Frederick Wil liam Alfred George Cambridge, first Earl of Athlone, in Halifax Nova Scotia from England. He is en route to Ottawa and is described as the younger brother of Dowager Queen Mary.
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Harrisburg Police Hold Richard Millinder in Double Murder
Police in Harrisburg Pennsylvania hold Richard Millinder a 2 year old married WPA worker for the murder of Fay Gates a 25 year old Mt Eagle factory worker and he is also being questioned in the slaying of Rachel Taylor a 17 year old girl whose body was found fourteen miles from the Gates crime scene.
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RUX Compound Promises Pain Relief for Rheumatic Hands
A historic ad touts RUX Compound as a relief for rheumatic and neuralgic hand pains. It claims quick absorption, improved sleep, reduced nervous tension, and widespread user praise centered on Mrs Cook and Mrs. W. He in Star City. The ad notes availability from Grafton Drug and Rexall Store and specifies William SIK Laboratories Milwaukee as maker.
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CCC Calling for New Lads Enlistment Open in West Virginia
Applications for the third CCC enrollment of the year are now being taken in county public assistance offices. Young men aged 17 to 23 who enroll will leave for camp in July. Enrollment does not bind to any military service and emphasizes motor mechanics, road building, first aid, and communications. CCC continues conservation and employment training with same educational opportunities. Applicants must be physically and mentally fit and in need of employment.
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Italy and Germany push toward Britain war plan
Italian High Command boasts severe air attacks on Bizerta and Malta as German Italian forces claim land operations against the British in Africa. Gayda says Germany Italy prepare attack on Britain and empire with diverse means. Mussolini to set terms after France seeks separate armistice with Hitler. Britain faces renewed pressure on multiple fronts as Europe edges toward broader conflict.
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Roosevelt addresses Pan American economic plan limits
In a brief talk the president avoids detail on his Pan American plan while addressing critics who called him creating a war cabinet. He rejects large capital needs, saying 1 to 2 billion dollars is excessive and a plan would rely on private capital with broad participation from many countries.
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No Place for Exaggerated Pity Uproar Over France
The article notes Mussolini and Hitler terms already agreed upon by fascists and warns France against expecting mild conditions. The editorial in I Messaggero denounces harsh handling of conquered enemies and advocates strong actions, including submarines, to strangle England.
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France Done Continues on War Risks and Blockade
The article discusses continued French morale under arms and the island defense while warning that starvation looms from air raids and submarine blockade. It notes Germany's plan to choke Allied supply lines and observes England's industrial relocation to the south near continental raiders.
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