Broadway Warms Up To Summer Visitors With Eleven Hits
Broadway shows hold steady as eleven productions remain on the boards this season. Room Service and You Cant Take It With You lead the box office while Ben Marden's Riviera draws cabaret crowds. Surfside on Long Island offers an all day stop with a three dollar package including dinner and floor show.
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New York
Ben Marden
Riviera
Istic Taj Mahal
Hudson
Long Island
Surfside
George Abbott
Manhattan
New York Central Railroad
New Jersey
Mount Vernon
New York Central
Heywood Broun
Gene Tunney
Crosby Gaige
Rose Wader Lane
Clay Morgan
Deems Taylor
Colleen Moore and Broadway Comebacks Highlight Club Voices
A survey of stage and screen figures runs through Colleen Moore’s family and Mitzi Green in Babes in Arms, with comics The Howard Brothers in The Show Is On. The piece notes comebacks by Joe Louis era stars and others like Dressler, Braddock, Gaynor, and Janet Gaynor in a Broadway revival scene.
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Tobacco Road
James Barton
Jeeter Lester
Mitzi Green
Howard Brothers
Willie and
Eugene
Winter Garden
Joe Louis
Carl Hoff
Marie Dressler
Hollywood
Benny Fields
Jim Braddock
Cora Griffin
Janet Gaynor
Colony
Ann Pennington
Jack Osterman
May Robson
Broadway
Ted Lewis
Stand By Bailey clubs reportedly forming in North Carolina
Raleigh July 15 Efforts to locate Stand By Bailey clubs in North Carolina have not succeeded though such organizations are said to be forming The motive remains unclear as Bailey nears another senatorial race and supporters weigh the 1940 and 1942 political landscape.
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Bailey
North Carolina
Senator Bailey
Leway
Simmons
al Smith
Senate
Roosevelt
Baileyites
Airline Passenger Miles In 1936 Reach Daily Average
During 1936 an average of 201017 passenger miles were flown daily over regular airlines, indicating robust air travel activity across the era.
Rankin High Student Winner Essay Award
Jack Johnson a 17 year old Rankin high school student from Rt 2 near Greensboro has been named Guilford County winner in the tenth annual cooperative essay contest. His essay is under judging with other central district writings as the district winner advances to Raleigh in August to compete for the state championship.
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Jack Johnson
Rankin High School
Rt. 2
Guilford County
M. G. Mann
N. C. Cotton Association
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Young Johnson
Raleigh
Bucknell Outs boxing title in Eastern tourney win
Bucknell defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to end their four year run as conference boxing champions and claim the Eastern tournament.
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Bucknell
Lewisburg
West Virginia Mountaineers
Excellent phonograph needles from cactus spines
A report notes that cactus spines can be processed into highly effective phonograph needles. The discovery suggests a simple natural material could supply a durable tip for early record players.
Fever Reported in Wayne County Case in Goldsboro
A Rocky Mountain fever case was reported today in Wayne county. The patient, 12 year old Edward Massingill of Goldsboro township, was expected to recover.
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Goldsboro
Wayne County
Edward Massingill
Goldsboro Township
Richard du Pont Holds Soaring Records in Sailplane
Richard du Pont president of the Soaring Society of America sets new marks in sailplane flight with a non stop distance of 158.29 miles and an altitude record of 6 253.73 feet.
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Richard du Pont
Soaring Society of America
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