Black French mare Jeanne d Arc to lead Memorial parade
Jeanne d Arc, a 28 year old French artillery mare famed for Verdun and the Argonne, will march in Chicago's Memorial Day parade along Michigan Boulevard. She is pictured at the 122nd Field Artillery stables with Sergi Ernest Luttrell and her gold chevrons, as a large cast and school staff accompany the event.
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Soissons
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Jeanne d’Arc
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Jeanne
United States
122Nd Field Artillery
Sergi
Ernest Luttrell
It Happened One Night opens at the Opera House Sunday
Fans rejoicing over Columbia's It Happened One Night will find the film debuting at the Opera House Sunday. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert star in the romantic comedy with Capra directing and Riskin adapting from Adams. Also listed are dance acts and a classifieds section including sales jobs and government exam ads.
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Gable-Colbert
Columbia
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Gable
Prio
Frank Capra
Robert Riskin
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Strand Theatre Brings Rumba Dancers to Rumba Film
Paramount's Rumba starring George Raft and Carole Lombard heads to the Strand Sunday after a global search. Havana duo Olga and Luis Barrancos, ages twelve and fifteen, plus Ambrosio Sardinias and a Curbelo, join the cast, invited by director Marion Gering.
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South America
Paramount
George Raft
Carole Lombard
Strand Theatre
Havana
Cuba
Marion Gering
Olga
Luis Barrancos
Sage
Ambrosio Sardinias
The Lost City at the New Dixie starts Sunday
The New Dixie Theatre presents The Lost City as its main attraction Sunday through Tuesday. Actor William Boyd nearly died during filming when a high voltage stunt went awry during a scene involving a six foot high voltage device.
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Lost City
The
N. Dixie
New Dixie Theatre
William
Mr. Boyd
Valley Plan Advances Building Code Adoption
Continued discussion on establishing graded streets under city supervision to ensure sound future development and the adoption of a building code. The text notes a plan to regulate street grade requirements and formalize construction standards for orderly growth.
Strawberries Now Boost Rural Economy in West Tennessee
Four year old Miss Norma Louise Hall helps her mother pick berries in Humboldt as West Tennessee reports a million dollar strawberry crop. The piece notes a shift from cotton to fruit, urges civic surveys, playgrounds, and rural programs, and mentions Rotary Kiwanis joint session plans and Memorial Day activities in Grafton.
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Norma Louise Hall
Humboldt
Tenn
West Tennessee
Dixie
Grafton park and road plan to curb slums and boost development
A speaker urged a movement to limit flimsy construction, create all weather roads to the valley south of Grafton, and rebuild a western ridge highway. He proposed urban rural meetings, housing reform, and a rural settlement to segregate and supervise dependents while providing food clothing housing and medical services to eliminate slum conditions.
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Grafton Park
Grafton
Schoeder
Final Count and Possible Fulton County Voting Issues
The report notes a majority of 8,748 in favor of legalization with 83,847 for and 75,245 against but official results delayed to Monday. It mentions Fulton County Atlanta possible additional votes and Hastings claiming about 20 affidavits due to misunderstandings that could disfranchise residents.
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Fulton County
Atlanta
Wiliam C. Hastings
Federal aid plan debated for relief program funding
The article notes a proposed $4 billion relief program with questions over federal contributions. Harry L. Hopkins and Ickes weigh funding methods while the applications division, led by Frank C. Walker, considers whether the federal government should cover half of all non-federal project costs.
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Noraseerne
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Ickes
Prank C. Walker
Joan
Grant mix bargained separately for states and cities
The president reiterated that the present 30 per cent grant 70 per cent loan idea would be negotiated with each state and city separately. Projects in cities receiving 100 per cent grants are to be administered by Hopkins' progress division as senior class drama continues with a romantic interest and comedy angles amid the high school production of The Crisis.
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Hopkins
Progress Divise
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Virginia Lee Tucker
Norine Sterling
Mabel Rogers
Georganna Bennett
Mary Shaw
Gladys Riley
Jean Harter
Luke B. Ross
Sarah Frances Sturm
Jessie Lee Valentine
Junior Brown
James Hart
Paul DeMoss
Harold Rawcett
James Gelhausen
Howard Robison
Herbert White
Charles Robinson
Anna Lee Ellers
Janetta Stemple
Hilda Mahaney
Mary -Jane Spaur
Jade Spaur
Gertrude Cockrell
Juanita Newhouse
Edna Moats
Gladys Tucker
Ruth Gerkins
Helen Brown
Clara Fordyce
Elisabeth Collier
Barbara Drainer
Virginia Powell
Gertrude Sampson
Beulah Stevens
Elizabeth Vasicek
John Evans
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Chile
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Hotel Grafton
New Dixie
Kiwanis
Rotarians
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Panhandle
C. E. Burke
Rotary Club
National Cemetery
Walnut Street
Santinnae
U.S
Stanley
Otey
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Spose
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Doc Pillsblays
Etta Kett
Sweetie Pie
Tonkui
Health Department
Fiu
By Paul Robi
Big Sister
Byles Forgrave
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