New Show World Brings Paramount to High Point at Broadhurst
Paramount Famous Lasky’s New Show World opens September 1 at the Broadhurst theater in High Point, offering a mammoth program of entertainment. The affiliation with Publix theaters and Paramount’s renowned stars, directors, and technical prowess promises a premier experience combining stage, screen, music, and radio.
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High Point
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Adolph Zukor
Sarah Bernhardt
Paramount Aims to Roll Out New Show World Offerings
Broadway caliber Paramount pictures and short features headline a grand Paramount program at the Publix Broadhurst in High Point. The lineup includes Harold Lloyd in Welcome Danger, Moran and Mack in Why Bring That Up, Four Feathers with Arlen and Powell, Fu Manchu with Warner Oland, The Coconuts with the Marx Brothers, Glorifying the American Girl, The Vagabond King, The Love Parade by Lubitsch, plus Eddie Cantor and other acts. Paramount Sound News, renamed The Eyes and Ears of the World, caps the package as a showcase of talking and singing prestige. The event promotes a new show world of talking, dancing, color, and star power, echoing Broadway’s best and reinforcing the slogan If it's a Paramount picture it's the best show in town.
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Harold Lloyd
Moran
Mack
Richard Arlen
Clive Brook
William Powell
Fay Wray
Noah Beery
Dr. Fu Manchu
Warner Oland
Dennis King
Hal Skelly
Maurice Chevdlier
Ernst Lubitsch
Eddie Cantor
Tito Schipa
Rudy Vallee
James Barton
Paramount Sound News
Broadway
Marys Other Husband comedy at American theater
Shelton Amos players present the New York farce Marys Other Husband at the American theater with Shirley Booth and William Skelly. A wry tale of a young wife who fabricates a perfect image of her husband to impress her western uncle.
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New York
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William Skelly
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American Theater
Mary Marshall
West
Delay in Gastonia murder trial explained by executive counsel
Executive Counsel N A Townsend outlined why Gastonia murder trial is postponed to August 26 in Mecklenburg County after a venue change. The 20 day publication requirement and avoiding other court terms delayed the opening, with Governor Gardner consulted by telephone. Confidence grows that Judge Barnhill will limit the trial to the charges and ease local tensions.
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Charlotte
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Mary's Other Husband at American Theater delights with wit
The Shelton Amos Art players present a New York hit at the American Theater. Clever dialogue and brisk situations promise spontaneous merriment and a memorable evening.
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Mary
Shelton-Amos
New York
American Theater
Bad News Hale Receives Shotgun After Three Homers
In Alexandria La on August 1 the Cotton States League star known as Bad News Hale hit three home runs in a double header. After his first homer the mayor presented him a $100 shotgun on behalf of fans and Hale added two more homers in later at bats. Hale, a third baseman, remains a celebrated slugger for the Alexandria team.
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Question Mark center engine heads to Smithsonian
The center engine of the Question Mark, the army plane that previously set an endurance record, has been placed in the Smithsonian institution.
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Heavy boll weevil infestation seen in North Carolina
The State Department of Agriculture reports indicators of a heavy boll weevil infestation across North Carolina. Factors include 21.5 percent winter survival, wet weather, and reported heavy initial infestation, with severe potential unless a dry period occurs. Calcium arsenate dusting should begin around August 1 to curb the pest.
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North Carolina
Save on Roadwork in California Fire Lines
Fresno report notes savings of over 400 dollars per mile in building fire lines across California. Indicates cost efficiency gains in state roadwork projects and related suppression efforts.
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California
Machinery Cuts Through Parks to Build Forest Route
Officials report 125 miles of line laid at 45 dollars per mile in rough forested terrain. Hand-work costs rise to 450 dollars per mile. Heavy machine aided motor ways through parks estimate 95 dollars per mile.
Flashes of Life from The Times
The report previews several brief items from New York and New Jersey. It notes Ruth Babe’s long home run at Yale stadium and mentions record distances once held, amid a tangle of miscellaneous incidents including a motorist accident, a baby Bennie at a hospital, and a family tragedy in Goshen with several relatives hospitalized.
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Princeton University shows moon via telescope camera
Moving pictures of the moon are captured at Princeton University by fitting a camera to a 23 inch telescope. The image shows lunar features creeping across the landscape at about nine miles per hour, taken at a rate of one over six seconds and depicting things one hundred times faster than real time.
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Princeton University
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