Hollywood Extrashowdown downs 10 000 hopefuls in casting purge
Joan Jennett tears over packing as 10 000 extras are struck from Central Casting rolls under NRA code reductions. The elimination narrows the pool to about 6000, with half likely earning 20 to 40 dollars weekly and the rest 10 to 20. Many confront doors closing on film careers while Travelers’ Aid offers townward help.
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Hollywood
Dan Thomas
NEA Service
Joan Jennett
Joan
Chicago
Clark Gable
Gable
Bren
Brunet
Ted Joan
Central Casting Bureau
Travelers’ Aid Society
Du Ponts Face Row Over Old Hickory Contract Profits
Du Ponts defend their wartime Old Hickory plant deal near Nashville under scrutiny by war powers officials. Witness Irenee Du Pont argues profits justified by service, while War Industries Board figures suggest potential windfalls of 7.6 million a year under revised terms.
What It Takes To Be A Hollywood Extra Under The New Deal
Many cling to faint hope amid hardship as some face eviction from Hollywood. The piece notes absolute want forcing departures and speculates on uncertain fates for others while detailing the emergence of a dress extra who must wear the clothes of a debutante for film work.
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Hollywood
Paula Ray
Du Ponts Barter Contract Dispute Quietly Splits War Effort
In a wartime hearing, Pierre Du Pont accuses Baker of indicating Americans must act for themselves, while Colonel Harris notes three months lost in negotiations with the Du Ponts over the Old Hickory plant. The War Industries Board’s offer to arbitrate is rejected by Du Ponts as unworkable.
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Pierre du Pont
Baker
du Pont
du Ponts
Nye
R-Nd
C. T. Harris
Army Ordinance Bureau
Harris
War Industries Board
Hiss
Irenee du Pont
Mother's Petition Highlights Discord in Reynolds Family Trusts
The case centers on the Reynolds estate trusts with detailed allocations to Libby Holman Reynolds Anne Cannon Reynolds I and Christopher Smith Reynolds. Mrs Cannon argues proposed settlements rewrite R J Reynolds will and violate prior court directives delaying full inheritance until heirs reach 28. She contends the plan harms ward interests and seeks to uphold parental rights to transmit the estate while challenging amendments to trust provisions.
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Anne
Supreme Court
R. J. Reynolds
Katharine Johnston
Fisher Held In Grace Budd Case Murder Confession Details Emergence
Police say a man known as Frank Howard lured Grace Budd in 1928 and killed her with a nd weapon array. He confessed at headquarters though details were not released. Authorities traced him to addresses in the very district where Grace was taken.
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Fish
Police
Lewis J. Valentine
Budds
Edward
Frank Howard
Farmingdale
Grace
Westchester
Grace Budd
Family feud over ward's estate and trustee role debated
The dispute centers on an estate ward and the Reynolds Cannon divorce, with claims that Libby receives 750000 and that the Cabarrus Bank and Trust Co seeks control of ward’s property. The respondent defends the ward’s welfare, denounces the bank, and argues for court relief from a Forsyth decree due to changed conditions. She cites a long family feud involving J F Cannon, C A Cannon, and prior settlements affecting the ward. The petition seeks continued trustee support until ward reaches majority.
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Libby
Reynolds
Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company
Anne Cannon Reynolde II
Ward
J. F. Cannon
C. A. Cannon
Wiscassett Mills
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Annie L. Cannon
Reynolds-Cannon
Safe Deposit Company
New York
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Holmans
Cannon
Farmers vote today on Bankhead cotton control act
Cotton farmers in the Carolinas cast ballots on continuing compulsory control. Senator Byrnes says rejecting control would harm the south while J S Wannamaker notes a pro Bankhead poll but says rejection unlikely. Wyndham Manning says he supports using the act as a basis to move forward. Officials see the vote as a guide to voluntary or necessary future controls affecting the economy and prices.
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James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
South
J. S. Wannamaker
Matthews
American Cotton Association
Wyndham M. Manning
Sumter
S. C
Bankhead
Uni
Wallace
Roosevelt
Lions Club Plans Special Program With Underserved Youth
The Lions Club hosts a dinner meeting at the Elwood hotel featuring special music by Ivey and a presentation by R. H. on the miner’s child dream. Next Thursday the club will hold another program with each member bringing an underprivileged boy.
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Ivey
Lions
Elwood
Mr. Overcash
R. H
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