First Movies in Asheboro and North Carolina Stages
A historical look at North Carolina cinema begins with 1907 to 1911 efforts in Asheboro led by Tom Tucker and L. B. Lambert. The traveling show used carbide power, traveled by wagon and later truck, toured Randolph County and nearby states, and educated audiences before talkies. Tucker later influenced theater roots in Raleigh Greensboro and beyond, with ongoing public curiosity.
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Harriette Hammer “Stalker
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Greensboro
Gate City
Asheboro
Tom ‘Baker
New Bern
Tom
Tucker
Tom Barker
L. B. Lambert
Mr. Barker
Tom Tucker
Draper Tucker
Mr. Lambert
Jude
Virginia
India
Edison Machine
Tuckers
Purd Robbins
Ashebord
Francis White
Mr. Tucker
Raleigh
Durham
Sandhills
Concord
Jackson Training School
South
Rush
Evangelist Bob Ingersoll to Lead Weeklong Gospel Services
Michigan evangelist Bob Ingersoll will start a series of services at Gospel Tabernacle on Willowbrook Street Monday at 7 p.m. with a gospel song service led by a large chorus. The events run nightly through the week ending next Sunday. Ingersoll, a relative of the famed atheist, has preached widely across the U S and Canada. An invitation is extended to all to attend.
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Bob Ingersoll
Michigan
Gospel Tabernacle
Willowbrook Street
Ingersoll
America
Canada
Henderson Creates Cotton Panel To Advise Price Office
Washington July 12 Sean Henderson price administrator announced a cotton textile advisory panel to aid his office on price control and supply. The group of 15 will meet here next Tuesday to discuss issues arising from the recent cotton gray goods schedule, with plans to expand to about 80 members. Named on the panel were Robert Amory Nashua Pa H.
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Washington
Sean Henderson
Henderson
Robert Amory
Nashua
Pa H
Walter Winchell and wartime press satire reflections
A compact snapshot of Walter Winchell style notes and media jabs on wartime reporting. It cites Richard Boyer’s Germany trip, Goebbels era gatekeeping, and a ribbing of censorship and propaganda on the Russian Front with quotable quips from Edward Howe Abe, Shaw and others.
Names and towns listed in scattered travel article
A fragmentary roster shows individuals and their locations including Howard Baerger Baltimore Ted Broughton New Bedford Donald Comer Sylacauga Charles Canna Kannapolis Guy Harris Danville Harry Oppenheimer Scott Russell Macon J E Sirrine J L Smith Chicopee Earl Strait Robert J Stevens Charles Sweet W Vereen Moultrie Nearby mentions New York City and Greenville South Carolina appear among the locales reflecting a regional directory or travel feature.
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Howard Baerger
Baltimore
Ted Broughton
New Bedford
Mass
Donald Comer
Sylacauga
Ala
Charles Canna
Kannapolis
N. C
Guy Harris
Danville
K.P. Lewis
Durham
S.C
Harry Oppenheimer
New York City
Scott Russell
Macon
J. E. Sirrine
Greenville
S. C
J. L. Smith
Chicopee
Earl R. Strait
Robert J. Stevens
Charles Sweet
New York
Cingy
W. d. Vereen
Moultrie
Mrs Louise H Holton Dies in Albemarle
Mrs Louise Harley Holton 29 wife of Tedi Holton of Albemarle died yesterday afternoon in an Ashe ville hospital after several months illness and a two week serious illness. Survived by husband, her parents, one child, a Albemarle brother, three sisters and one brother in High Point. Sisters include Mrs Dewey Allen Mrs James Ellington Miss Myrna Hatley and Carl Hatley. Funeral plans were complete last night.
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Louise
Harley Holton
Tedi Holton
Albemarle
Asheville
High Point
Dewey Allen
James’ Ellington
Myrna Hatley
Carl Hatley
Australia defense program to employ whole families
Australia plans extensive labor use as entire families are assigned jobs under defense measures. Russia intends to supply electricity to 150 more collective farms within the coming year, expanding rural electrification efforts.
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Australia
Russia
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Courier
Christian Advocate
Odell Hardware
Lambert
Moving Picture Show
Erator
Hollywood
Flint
Mich
Buici
General Motors
Wrenn Street
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
High Point, N.C
BUICK
Gospel Tabernacle Hee
Walter Winchell
Donald Wickham
London Times
Richard Boyer
Germany
Ratzi
Goebbels
U. S
Times
Berlin
Hitler
FDR
Nate Collier
Punch
Ed Howe
Rebecca Wrang
Fifth Ave
Lyman Beecher
Abe Martins Hain
Haint
Anon
Brandon Sun
Jack Wanwick
George Bernard Shaw
Dolores Anderson
Don Herold
Lana Turner
H. Klarfeld
Louise H. Holton
Palestine
Japan
Fenneve
PLAID
Watt
PART
Don Falt
Ftus
Sartin Dry Cleaning Co
English Street
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