Strasbourg Strangler Haunts City as Manhunt Intensifies
Strasbourg residents live in fear as the so called Strasbourg strangler, linked to at least three murders, taunts police by phone and letter. Citizens demand action while authorities trace the killer through Lacé and Soap streets and near Schiltigheim.
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Schiltigheim
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Strangler's Letter Ties to Marie Karcher Death
Neighbors recall blood curdling screams from Marie Karcher's room ending with her strangling. Police nabbed Andre Muller, 19, then cleared him after an alibi. An eighth letter from the Strasbourg strangler arrived the day after her funeral.
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Andre Muller
Strasbourg
Paramount Presents Good Old Soak at the Paramount
Wallace Beery stars in Don Marquis comedy Good Old Soak at the Paramount Tuesday and Wednesday with Eric Linden Betty Furness Janet Beecher Una Merkel Ted Healy and Janet Beecher in supporting roles. The film follows a simple old reprobate who shows virtue and courage to save his family from disaster.
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Don Marquis
Paramount
Beery
Eric Linden
Betty Furness
Old Soak
Janet Beecher
Una Merkel
Nellie
Ted Healy
Adequate Water Systems Cut Fire Risk Rates
Chicago April 24. Adequately distributed water supply lowers fire insurance rates in cities with modern systems. National Board of Fire Underwriters findings show water supply quality, artery mains, valve layouts, pipe durability, and pressure as key factors in fire protection standards. Four inch mains deemed insufficient for fire distribution.
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National Board
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Richmond
Berry Crop Below Normal Across North Carolina Markets
Enterprise Bureau reports all state markets open with Burgaw Wallace Chadbourne and Rose Hill trading. Only about half a crop expected due to cold rainy weather and frost damage from January and February. Prices hold around 4.50 to 5.00 per crate. shipments may fall from 1,400 cars last spring to under 800 this year.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Burgaw
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Chadbourne
Rose Hill
Dark Angel Plays at Rialto Theatre This Weekend
The powerful romance The Dark Angel opens at Rialto Theatre for a two day run. Starring Fredric March Merle Oberon and Herbert Marshall the story follows Kitty Vane and two suitors Alan Trent and Gerald Shannon amid war.
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Samuel Goldwyn
Fredric March
Merle Oberon
Herbert Marshall
England
Kitty Vane
Alan Trent
Gerald Shannon
Kitty
Alan
Gerald
Possum debate ends at Medical College of Virginia
In Richmond Virginia nurses argued over a donated pair of possums and whether the female carried young in a pouch. Three days later a litter was born, ending the discussion.
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Medical College of Virginia
Firemen Quiet Bank Blaze in Fremont Spring
Firemen extinguished a bank fire in Fremont and began an investigation. A bystander speculated that playful youths with time on their hands and a magnifying glass might have started the blaze during springtime.
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Parks Sought Rotary Office in Raleigh Election
Publisher John A Park active Raleigh Rotary candidate for district governor to be elected May 10 at Pinehurst District conference. A veteran Rotary leader since 1914 he has led state press groups and the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and earned a silver anniversary as head of The Raleigh Times. Opponent M B Hill of Greensboro Rotary.
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John A. Park
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Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
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Raleigh Times
Europe
Nice
France
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Greensboro Rotary Club
National Child Health Day Observance Planned
National Child Health Day to be observed nationwide with joint efforts by the Child Welfare League of America and the U S Children's Bureau and cooperation from welfare groups. The program features a May Day radio broadcast from New York and Hollywood highlighting national figures in arts and media, with local demonstrations across the country.
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Roosevelt
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America
Stamp News Turns Up Global Postage Shifts And Oddities
Isle of Man revenue and local bank notes highlighted as unique issues. Britain plans a single coronation stamp while Newfoundland expands its series. Argentina corrects a map stamp to Chile, Falklands question remains. Czechoslovakia issues triangular service stamps, Japan revises designs and explores civil aviation stamps.
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Irish Sea
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British Empire
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Japan
Motion Picture Guide Roundup of 1930s Films
A dense list of 20th Century Fox Paramount and other titles previews Harsh social dramas like SEVENTH HEAVEN and A WOMAN REBELS with stars Simone Simon James Stewart Katharine Hepburn, plus musicals MAYTIME with Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy and John Barrymore. Also BLACK LEGION MAD HOLIDAY HIDEAWAY GIRL THE DEVIL IS A SISSY HAPPY GO LUCKY POLO and TWO IN A CROWD with brief notes on plots, cast, and reception.
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Simone Simon
James Stewart
Jean Hersholt
J. Edward
Brombert
Austin Strong
Paris
RKO Radio
Paramount
Mark Sandrich
Katharine Hepburn
Herbert Marshall
Elizabeth Allan
Donald Crisp
David Manners
Netta Syrett
Aida Johnson Young
Virginia
St. Cloud
Cszaritzs
Tschaikowsky
Black Legion
Warner Brothers
Broadhurst Today
Archie L. Mayo
Humphrey Bogart
Dick Foran
Erin O’brien- Moore
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MGM
Ee Wenette
Thursay
George B. Seite
Edmund Lowe
Elilssa Landi
Zasu Pitts
Ted Healy
Elissa Landi
Healy
Maure
Carolina
George Archainbaud
Shirley Ross
Martha Raye
Robert Cummings
Martha
Raye
Devil
van Dyke
Freddie Bartholomew
Jackie Cooper
Mickey Rooney
Ian Hunter
Peggy Conklin
Republic
Aubrey Scotto
Phil Regan
Evelyn Venable
Jed Prouty
William Newell
William McGann
Joe EB. Brown
Carol Hughes
Skeets” Gallagher
Gordon Blott
Family
Universal
Rialto
Alfred B. Green
Joan Bennett
Joel McCrea
Henry Armetta
Alison Skipworth
Andy Clyde
Two Halves of a Thousand Dollar Bill Plot Comedy
A clever amoral tale follows a hero and heroine who split a single $1,000 bill into two halves to fund their needs. Mutual distrust gives way to funny schemes as they pool their interests. The cast features well known names.
Power firm breaks with TVA over Nashville area power sales
Commonwealth and Southern says TVA blocked renewal of TVA power supply and seeks approval to build a 2.088 million dollar steam generating plant at Bordeaux Cumberland River near Nashville. J C Guild Jr of Tennessee Electric Power says TVA may invade territory and take customers. Wendell L Willkie, president, pushes a non compete clause for Nashville area. TVA warned it would sell power cheaper than own generation to win customers. Plant site purchased with preliminary work underway.
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Nashville
J. C. Guild, Jr
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TVA
Wendell L. Willkie
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