CITY PRINCESS AND OTHER FILMS AT LOCAL THEATERS
A review guide lists CITY PRINCESS at Warner Paramount with Joan Glenda Farrell and Robert Arm, praising its burlesque feel. INNOCENCE stars Irene Dunne in a period drama from the New York setting, noted for photography and atmosphere. IN THE HEAVENS offers war era aviation thrills, and WHOM THE GODS DESTROY features Walter Connolly in a dramatic tale of courage and downfall. I SELL ANYTHING depicts a corrupt antiques scam with mixed entertainment value.
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Rialto
Robert Florey
Pat O’brien
Ann Dvorak
Claire Dodd
Roscoe
Second Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Were We Rich Again film review at Rialto
The Wednesday Rialto program features Were We Rich Again a light comedy by director William Seiter with Marian Nixon Edna May Oliver Billie Burke Reginald Denny and Grant Mitchell. A family in financial trouble benefits from cousin Arabella's arrival in a breezy farce praised for its cast and staging though rated mediocre by D A R.
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RKO
Rialto
William Seiter
Marian Nixon
Edna May Oliver
Billie Burke
Reginald Denny
Grant Mitchell
Arabella
Side Streets at Rialto Opens With Notable Cast
The Rialto presents Side Streets directed by Alfred B. Green featuring Aline MacMahon Paul Kelly Ann Dvorak and Helen Lowell. The program adapts Fur Coats by Ann Carrick and Ethel Hill focusing on infidelity with a strong cast but a weak central theme.
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Side Streets
First National
Rialto
Alfred B. Green
Aline MacMahon
Paul Kelly
Ann Dvorak
Helen Lowell
Ann Carrick
Ethel Hill
Worn World of a Fleet Wife in a Sailor Tale
Aline MacMahon portrays a shiftless husband seeking meaning in a shipboard romance. The plot follows a blunt businesswoman marriage that yields little result, presented as routine and somewhat sordid. The film’s adult tone and uneven development mark it as a routine time-waster.
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Aline MacMahon
Busines
Buck Jones Stars In Fighting Ranger At Broadhurst
Buck Jones appears as an Arizona Ranger seeking revenge for his brother's death. He masquerades as a captured man to infiltrate The Cougar's gang and trap them during a gold shipment heist. The climax ends with the outlaw band destroyed and The Cougar killed. The program includes Tailspin Tommy and Edgar Kennedy comedy Blasted Event.
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Buck Jones
Tommy
States urged to reinforce new deal acts and codes
The administration aims to back the National Industrial Recovery Act with state laws. Fourteen states already penalize code violations. twelve would lose these provisions when NRA ends next June. A re enacted NRA may keep collective bargaining, minimum wages, and child labor bans. Perkins urges state unemployment insurance and a five day 40 hour week, with federal action to seed state funds. A labor standards conference backed state hour and wage laws.
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National Industrial Recovery Act
NIRA
NRA
Supreme Court
Perkins
Congress
Mise Perkins
Labor Department
Clark Seeks 95 Percent Wartime Tax on Industry Profits
Senator Vanderberg and the war policies group back a plan to tax profits above the three year prewar average at 95 percent. The munitions committee will probe mobilization schemes next week to show profits would rise unchecked. The measure aligns with American Legion support for wartime profit controls.
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Vanderberg
R-Mich
Old War Policies Commission
War Department
Munitions Committee
Clark
American Legion
War Policies Commission
Italy May Reject League Jurisdiction in Ethiopia Row
Diplomats note parallels with Greece Italy clash over Italo Ethiopian dispute. Addis Ababa accuses Italy of attacking an Ethiopian escort of a 42 man Anglo Ethiopian commission surveying pasture land. Italy denies and awaits League response as Rome contemplates Ethiopia's appeal.
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Italy
Greece
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tomlinson Plants To Celebrate Three Year Safety Record
A safety council dinner at the Sheraton hotel will honor Tomlinson plants for three years with no loss of time accidents. Ray Nibbleink announced the event as Charles Tomlinson and Liberty Mutual officials attend, along with Maj. Fletcher and Sen. elect Burrus.
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Tomlinson
Sheraton
Ray Nibbelink
Nibbelink
Charles F. Tomlinson
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Maj. A. L. Fletcher
J. T. Burrus
Industrial Commission
Charlies R. Wilderm
New York
Varneys. Ward
Atlanta
Guy §. Chesick
Charlotte
Walter Gaudet
Ethiopian Italian clashes raise stakes on Africa border
Addis Ababa protests alleged Italian aggression in the Ethiopan Somali border region. The cablegram claims Italian tanks planes and troops attacked an Anglo Ethiopian land survey team at Yalual, 100 kilometers inside the frontier, with further bombings of Ado and Gerlogibi. Rome reports 110 Ethiopians and 30 Italians killed at Ualual.
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Africa
Addis Ababa
League
Haile Stlassie I
Yalual
Ethiopia
Ualual
Austro-Hungarian Reunion Rumored and Its Global Stakes
Observers say a Vienna reunion of the Austro-Hungarian realms would trigger war and redraw Europe’s map. Demands threaten the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and shrink Romania and Yugoslavia, with provinces shifting between Italy, Austria, and Hungary. The scenario also touches on the fate of Alsace Lorraine and the ambitions of Otto.
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Hun
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Austria
Italy
Hungary
Otto
Alsace-Lorraine
Ger
Demands of the Staatswehr for a World War One settlement
The document urges the League of Nations to nullify postwar treaties restore 1914 borders and Austro Hungarian monarchy, return lands and assets to robbed states, reward war reparations, ban certain weapons, protect minorities, and repel non-European powers with unified European force. It also calls for halting use of colored troops and pursuing brigands and pirates.
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France
England
Poland
Staatswehr
League of Nations
Hapsburg Dynasty
Europe
Lawmakers Face Push for Expanded Authority in Five Day Session
The piece suggests lawmakers plan to seek more power from the solons to speed up the legislative process. It notes a potential five day session if progress continues, referencing the 1934 agenda and the 309th law as precedent.
Louisiana Public Service powers debated in pre Christmas session
Senator Long outlined a program to empower the Louisiana Public Service Commission over utility rates and revenues. He cited LSU building expansion including a 60,000 watt radio station and urged state control of records and pensions while targeting New Orleans political figures. Citizens feared a drift toward a centralized dictatorship under Long.
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Tates
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Long
Washington
Congress
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walmsley
LSU
Southern Bell to contest phone reductions plan
Southern Bell plans a challenge to a commission order on phone rate reductions citing annual gross receipts tax savings of over 28 000 for the company. Subscribers would save in several exchanges led by Charlotte about 63 000 and Raleigh and Greensboro around 33 876.60 each.
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Commission
Winborne
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Bret
Wilmington
Naval Talks After Golf Net Nothing
Davis told the British foreign secretary and Matsudaira that resumption of naval conversations next year depends on a marked change of attitude in Tokyo in the next days. It was the first discussion with all three delegations present. They played a wet golf round as cameras and spectators watched. The Americans sloshed to defeat on the first.
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Davis
Matsudaira
Tokyo
Harris Arrested On Manslaughter Charge
William Harris was arrested at his home by Police Officers Ridge and Charpin on a manslaughter charge in the death of Jordan. He was jailed on a $1,000 bond after allegedly driving the car that struck Jordan at Commerce and Perry streets and fled the scene.
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William Harris
Jordan
Ben Ridge
Paul Charpin
Harris
Commerce
Perry Streets
Naval talks echo in a wet and friendly match
The article compares a golf match between an Anglo-Japanese pair and a naval talk, noting Matsudaira and Sir John gained lead while Standley and Davis discuss refusing to reconvene talks unless Japan drops demands for naval equality. The match ends with Japan ahead three up and two to go, amid remarks about uncertain outcomes.
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Standley
Sir John
Matsudaira
Davis
Japan
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