Will Rogers Tops Ten Most Popular Film Stars of 1934
Will Rogers leads the 1934 ten most popular film stars in a survey by independent exhibitors. Clark Gable Janet Gaynor Mae West Joan Crawford Bing Crosby Shirley Temple Marie Dressler Norma Shearer complete the top ten. changes reflect shifting audience tastes toward comedy and light entertainment. Eddie Cantor and Jean Harlow drop from the list.
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Will Rogers
Shirley Temple
Bing Crosby
Eddie Cantor
Jean Harlow
Clark Gable
Janet Gaynor
Wallace Beery
Rogers
Gable
Wallyry
Mae ‘Est
Joan Crawford
Norma Earer
Jean Harn
Eoe
Wear
Temple
Dressler
R L Gardner Dies Near Sophia After Lengthy Illness
R L Gardner age unknown, longtime farmer of Sophia route 1, died at home after several months of illness. He was born to Frank and Elizabeth Gardner. never married and left no close relatives. Survived by nieces and nephews including Mesdames Vester Davis, Sam Frazier, and John Newby, among others. Member of Old Union M E Church. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from Old Union M E Church, Rev C O Kennerly officiating, burial in church cemetery. Body at Sechrest Funeral Home until noon Thursday then to John Newby home prior to service.
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R. L. Gardner
Sophie
Route 1
Randolph
J. F
Thad
Clarence
Tom Adams
Sophia
A. O. Adams
Climax
Harry English
Trinity
Old Union M. E
C. 0. Kennerly
Sechrest Funeral
John Newby
Berlin reports plan to build lignite gasoline plant
Berlin reports Germany will build a plant to produce gasoline from lignite. Output costs are estimated at about four times the world price. A semi-Diesel adapter will be marketed to convert gasoline engines in trucks and buses to a semi-Diesel mode.
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Berlin
Germany
Armless 23-year-old Raymond Myers masters multiple instruments
Raymond Myers of Vintage Pennsylvania, armless since birth, has learned to play piano guitar trombone harmonica and other instruments using his feet. He has developed fluency across a broad musical range and performs locally.
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Raymond Myers
Vintage
Tax and settlement notes from early American era
The 1794 tax lasted two years. The first tobacco tax under the internal revenue system began Sept. 1, 1862. Early strikers were treated as conspirators with few convictions. Forks of the Tay River originated in 1771 by James Bonner who owned the land.
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Internal Revenue System
Forks of the
Tay River
James Bonner
Market Trends In New York Butter Prices Remain Steady
Market notes show butter prices in New York stable with higher creamery demand but no overall change in rates. Butter and cheese categories display mixed scores and grades, while most prices remain flat and other grades hold steady.
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New York
New York Market Prices Report Mixed Colors and Standards
New York prices list mixed colors and standards for meat and produce from fresh receipts. Figures include firsts 26 percent, mediums 40 pounds, dirties No 1 42 pounds, seconds 21 to 22 percent, and other items unchanged.
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New York
Chicago Butter Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago producers report butter market activity with unsettled prices and multiple grade categories. The bulletin lists creamery specials, extras, firsts, seconds, and standards with percentages and percentages for various lots, plus current receipts and refrigerator firsts. No egg sales are recorded.
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Chicago
Eger
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady amid Quiet Trades
In New Orleans on December 12 cotton opened steady but quiet. March futures rose to 12.61, July to 12.69 with 12.35 noted. March advanced after opening at 12.62, while July and October held, May at 12.61 late in the first half hour, leaving net gains up to 3 points versus yesterday's close.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures open barely steady as liquidation affects bids
New York prices edged up modestly amid steady Liverpool cables and liquidation by commission houses. Early quotes put Dec at 12.54, March 12.69, May 12.58, July 12.66, Oct 12.32 with later months gaining 2 3 points as March traded around 12.62. The New York Cotton Exchange service estimated domestic November consumption at 480000 bales versus 520000 in October and 476000 last November.
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New York
Liverpool
Commission House
New York Cotton Exchange Service
Foreign exchange rates in New York markets
The daily foreign exchange report lists irregulars with Great Britain at 4.94 percent and 60 day bills 4.94. It shows France 6.39 and 6.23, Italy 8.54, with multiple country demands including Belgium 23.34 and Germany 40.17. Regional cotations cover Tokyo 28.92 and Shanghai 36.10 with various cross-border values.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Rumania
Argentine
Brasil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Hongkong
Mexico City
Montreal
n-Normal
Reynolds Honored by Military Order of Fidelity
Sen Reynolds of North Carolina elected to honorary membership in the Military Order of Fidelity a national fraternal and patriotic honor society of army reserve officers in Washington on December 12.
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Sen. Reynolds
Washington
Senator Reynolds
North Carolina
Military Order of Fidelity
Army Reserve
Colored News Gathers Pledges and Death Notice
A community club reports $136.50 in pledges and cash received with $52.50 in cash. Mrs Blanche W Whitt ed is listed for further contributions. Also noted is the death of Mrs Alice Horton Dice at 811 Short Norman Street following a two month illness. She leaves two daughters two sons three sisters and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Victor Blackburn of Harnett County and Mrs M H Blackburn visited with Prof Lebbetter of Greensboro over the weekend.
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Wee Vaseeee
Effie Able
Joseph Young
William Saunders
Ministerial Union
Blanche W. Whitted
East Washington Street
Alice Horton Dice
Alice Horton
Short
Norman Street
Victor Blackburn
Harnett
M. H. Blackburn
Blackburn
Prof
Lebbetter
Greensboro
Boiling Water Temperature Unchanged by Applied Heat
A report notes that heating a pot of boiling water does not raise its temperature. The observation focuses on the thermal behavior of water at its boiling point under continued heat input.
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Inter
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Bendix
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Borden
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Brook Man
Curtiss Wright
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Eastman Kod
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Eeye
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Pemney Icores Cone
Phillips Pet
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Studebaker
Werner
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Revere
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Heboro
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High Point
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Stack
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Clein
Kenmore
Bulova
Elgins
Hamiltons
Harllee’s
S. E. Washington
S. EB
S. E
Townley
N, Main
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Ronson
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Co-Op Finance CO
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Meadow St
Hamilton
Apply
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Claude Hiatt
Asheboro Road
J. B. Kelly
Lexington Ave
Neti
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Hiatt Tire Co
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Big Bill
Florida
Care Enterprise
City
West Commerce
Gibson Ice Cream Co
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Gibson Guitars
Morgan's
Menting
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The
University of North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Piedmont Insurance & Realty CO
Carrick Ave
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