Pola Negri Critical After Intestinal Obstruction Operation
Polish motion picture star Pola Negri remains in critical condition after surgery to remove an intestinal obstruction. She collapsed at the RKO Pathe studio and was taken to a Santa Monica hospital where a ruptured blood vessel required Seton placement. Doctors cited a stomach ailment worsened by ptomaine poisoning and a recurring appendix issue as factors.
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Pola Negri
Pollah
Rkopathe
Mise Negri
Santa Monica
Leo J
Misa Negri
Diary Ad Led to Marriage with Secretary in Munich Ad
A Bavarian anecdote from Fliegende Blätter recalls a man who sought a wife through a peer matrimonial advertisement. He received many replies, kept a diary to sort them, and ultimately married the secretary.
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Fliegende Blaetter
Munich
Germany's Crisis At A Glance In Turbulent Rise
The piece outlines Bruening backing Germany's postwar framework including Young Plan and Versailles terms. Hitler presses for revision of Versailles and repudiation of war reparations while sparing commercial debts. A Prussian move seeks total cessation of tribute payments. fear of France action and a possible Communist takeover are noted.
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Germany
Heinrich Bruening
Paul von Hindenburg
Bruening
Adolf Hitler
German National Socialist Party
Mussolini
National Socialista
Hitler
Humber
France
Diately
World Court
Communist Party
Hindenburg
Insomnia Jokes in Tit-Bits Exchange
A light quote from Tit-Bits jokes about insomnia and the futility of counting sheep. The gag line notes the sheep fell asleep first, a playful quip reflecting late night weariness.
Parole Granted for North Carolina Bootlegger Under Scrutiny
Winston Salem lowlights show Tyre C. Taylor announcing an immediate probe into parole of Nathaniel Foy a bootlegger. Foy received two year road sentence after federal conviction prompting Governor Gardner to grant parole. Judge Finley says he would not have supported the move if aware of separate offenses. Hugh Cranor says sister petitioned for parole intervention.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Tyre C. Taylor
Gardner
Nathaniel Foy
Foy
T. B. Finley
Finley
Hugh Cranor
Wilkesboro
Answers Excerpt Sparks Lighthearted Questioning
A playful exchange shows two people joking about confessing love with one admitting the other had to coax the admission. The dialogue highlights light banter and flirtatious tension in an informal setting.
Edith Rockefeller McCormick and Harold F McCormick remarriage rumor
Reports in Chicago persist that Edith Rockefeller McCormick and Harold F McCormick may remarry after their 1895 marriage and 1921 divorce. McCormick recently divorced his second wife, soprano Ganna Walska.
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Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
Harvester
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. McCormick
Ganna Walska
Women smugglers prompt entry frisking on Detroit border
Detroit customs officials impose female frisking at all entry points after over 85 percent of liquor seizures involve women. Colonel Heinrich A. Pickert notes smugglers hide liquor in blankets, sleeves and strapped to bodies. fines are five dollars per bottle with liquid poured down a drain and an affidavit signed.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Heinrich A. Pickert
Cocoa Supplanting Beer as Germany’s National Drink
Report claims cocoa is replacing beer in Germany as the national beverage. Beer consumption stands 38 percent below 1913 levels while cocoa consumption rises 70 percent above that year.
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Germany
Five NC Counties Receive Rural School Supervision Aid
The North Carolina State Board of Equalization approved a $37,725.18 grant to 45 counties to cover one third of rural school supervision costs. Counties listed include Alamance Avery Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Cabarrus Caldwell Caswell Catawba Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Gaston Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Hertford Hoke Iredell Johnston Jones Lincoln Martin Mecklenburg Nash Northampton Orange Perquimank Person Pitt Robeson Rowan Sampson Stanley Vance Wake Wayne.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
LeRoy Martin
Board of Equalization
Hancock
Equalization Fund
Alamance
Avery
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Caswell
Catawba
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth
Gaston
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Hertford
Hoke
Iredell
Johnston
Jones
Lincoln
Martin
Mecklenburg
Nash
Northampton
Orange
Perquimers
Person
Pitt
Robeson
Rowan
Sampson
Stanley
Vance
Wake
Wayne
Parole Revoked and Prison Time to Be Served
Forsyth County Sheriff Transon Scott located Joe Swindell with a half gallon of whiskey after his parole was revoked by the governor. He will be returned to state prison to serve the remaining term of 30 years from Pasquotank County for relations with a girl under 16. He was fined 200 dollars for possession.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Transon Scott
Forsyth County
Joe Swindell
Gardner
Swindell
Pasquotank County
Identified Mother Scolds Boy Over Eye Injury
A mother reproaches her child after the Smith boy bears a blackened eye. The boy explains twin brothers caused the fight to distinguish between them.
Unprecedented Strain on Atlantic University Faculty
A relief committee warns that Atlantic University faculty and their families face actual destitution after salaries halted. The institution, founded in 1930 with Blumenthal backing, now owes over 100000 dollars. Receivership filed as two hundred students risk a year of study.
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van . Dee
Ork
Atlantic University
John D. Leitch
Morton H
Edwin B. Blumenthal
New York
William Moseley Brown
Holly EB. Cunningham
M. L. Taylor
Blumenthal
Fire Chief Returns to Church After Lutherans Blaze
In Albuquerque Fire Chief Westerfeld attends church under unusual circumstances and later helps extinguish a fire at St Pauls Lutheran Church. The blaze caused about $1000 in damage before he contained it, four years after a Sacred Heart fire. Police report Lieut Harry Savage noted the incident.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Westerfeld
Sacred Heart
Harry Savage
Art
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
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