Hollywood Gossip Roundup of Salient Stars and Anecdotes
A column notes celebrities cutting pay, taking life easy, and pursuing quirky hobbies. Jimmy Cagney, Slim Summerville, Gary Cooper, Benita Hume, Jolson, Norman Taurog, Jack Oakie, Alice White, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan, Helen Hayes, Marie Dressler, Otto Kruger, Walter Huston and others are profiled with offhand antics, hospital stays, contracts, and curiosities across studios and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Jimmy Cagney
Slim Summerville
Niagara Falls
Gary Cooper
Fox
Benita Hume
Ither Hospital
Jean Parker
Myrna Loy
Maureen O'Sullivan
Ireland
Helen Hayes
Marie Dressler
Coney Island
Otto Kruger
Arriva
Daughter at Cermak's Side After Assassination Attempt
Mrs. Mary Kenlay daughter of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak reached his side after an assassin wounded him during a visit by President elect Roosevelt. She left her car for a plane to Miami after hearing of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kenlay
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Florida
Kenlay
Miami
Fila
George Hill
W.S. van Dyke
Henry Ford
M-G-M
Three Barrymores
John
Ethel
Lionel
Gary Cooper
Bishop Survives after Shipwreck in Unalaska Blizzard
The 78-year-old Greek Catholic Bishop Antonin Pokrovsky of Alaska is the sole survivor among ten men stranded when a motorship sank near Unalaska. Found in a blizzard with frozen extremities, he reports nine companions perished in the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonin Pokrovsky
Alaska
Unalaska
Insurance Broker Freed After Child Stealing Charge Dismissal
William Fredericks, an insurance broker from Los Angeles, was arrested on charges of child stealing but the case was dismissed after he testified the child was his own. He had taken his six year old daughter Marilyn from the custody of his former wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William Fredericks
Edward R. Brand
Fredricks
Marilyn
Seven Duke Professors Abroad For Study And Research
Seven Duke University professors from six departments study abroad this semester. They travel to Germany England Scotland Spain France Finland and other countries for research and exchanges. The program marks Duke’s first faculty exchange with Edinburgh University and aims to broaden teaching and scholarly efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Scotland
Durham
Duke University
Germany
England
Spain
France
John W. Carr, Jr
Department of Education
Munich
Berlin
University of
Orege
Edinburgh
George W. McCrea
Vosburgh
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Jolson
Norman Taurog
Jack Oakie
Alice White
Aetay
Buster Keaton
Elizabethtown
Walter Huston
Lia
Sen Hobby
Dan Thomas
Cermak
Long
Julius K
New Orleans
Earl Long
Huey Long
Overton-Broussard
Julius Long
Huey
Finland
Clement Vollmer
Sabatic
Weimar
Goethe
Sweden
Esthenia
Central Europe
C. B. Hoover
Economics
Hoover
E. J. Hamiltton
International Scientific Commission of Price History
Madrid
Seville
Pamplona
Hamilton
F. K. Mitch
Oxford
Oriel College
Mitchell
Rhodes
F. G. Hall
Cambridge University
Copenhagen
Denmark
Warren C. Vosbureh
Community Exchange
KOTEX
Belk-Stevens CO
Percales
P. K
Stehli Crepe
Cies
BAYON
Atched
Dleoo
Children’s Department
Tom Sawyer
Childr
Iarly
Yarde
Madras
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