Broadway Sings Praises Of Flo Ziegfeld Dead Promoter of Show World
New York July 23 Broadway mourns Florenz Ziegfeld a master showman whose life and work shaped the American stage. Tributes recall his partnerships with Sandow Anna Held and a string of hits from Sally to Show Boat with shows earning fortunes and revivals.
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Broadway
Flo Ziegfeld
New York
Florenz Ziegfeld
Main Street
Ziegfeld
Anna Held
Broad Way
Sandow
Monte Carlo
Gibson
Anna
Flo
Cement Garden of Eden builder dies at 89
Samuel P. Dinsmoor who built the cement Garden of Eden near Lucas Eas died at age 89. He began in 1907 reproducing Biblical figures in cement and created a mausoleum with a cement angel. Survived by four sons and a daughter from his first marriage and a son and daughter from his second marriage. Thousands visited the site in the last 25 years.
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Dinsmoor
Elisie Brozek
Ziegfeld Follies Founder Heralds Publicity Passion
The story outlines Florenz Ziegfeld's rise in theater from early publicity zeal to creating the Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. It notes costs for initial productions, the scale of later shows, star names such as Ed Wynn and Will Rogers, and the escalating weekly running costs and top ticket prices from $2.50 to $6.60 with openings and closings selling for high sums.
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Europe
Flo
New York
Ziegfeld
Ed Wynn
Charles Winninger
Eddie Cantor
Will Rogers
USDA Advises Turning Turnips Into Sauerkraut
The Department of Agriculture suggests slicing turnips and fermenting them like cabbage to make sauerkraut, offering a simple alternative for preserving turnips at home.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Paris Beach Pajama Fashion Draws Mixed Reactions
Paris fashion notes a fad for beach pajamas with eccentric sun backs and decollates. Critics call them impractical and unattractive, urging simple, shadow proof fabrics and coordinated jackets or boleros for modesty and ease.
State Forms Instructional Service to Aid Education
Raleigh July 23 The state department of public instruction creates the division of instructional service to connect with all public schools statewide. Dr A T Allen leads the unit with divisions of Negro education research and school libraries. Staff includes J Henry Highsmith and aides Hattie S Parrott A B Combs Nancy O Devers Juanita McDougald Willa M Ray Alberta Ingram. Main aims include equitable teaching load, pupil grouping, grade standards from elementary to high school, and professional study for administrators and instructors. The effort seeks greater unification within administration and school divisions. A handbook for elementary schools accompanies the unification push for teachers under county and city superintendents.
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Raleigh
State Department of Public Instruction
Division of Instructional Service
A. T. Allen
Division of Negro Education
Division of Research
J. Henry Highsmith
Hattie S. Parrott
A. B. Combs
Nancy O. Devers
Juanita McDougald
Willa M. Ray
Alberta Ingram
Department of Public Instruction
Shaw University ministers conference set for August 8 to 10
Raleigh reports Shaw University will host its first annual ministers conference from August 8 through 10. Rev. Howard Thurman of Howard University School of Religion will be the principal speaker for the three days.
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Raleigh
Shaw University
Howard Thurman
School of Religion
Howard University
Firemen to Meet Hamlet in State Association Session
The North Carolina State Firemen's Association will hold its annual meeting in Hamlet from August 1 to 4. State president Robert C. Whitley of New Bern announced the event.
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Hamlet
North Carolina State Firemen’s Association
Robert C. Whitley
New Bern
Glorifying Yourself Tips for Wrinkles and Beauty
Alicia Hart offers home beauty advice to reduce lines around the eyes mouth and forehead. She suggests gentle massages cool compresses rest and playful exercises to keep skin elastic and promote a cheerful smile over frowning.
Parties Ready for Battle in Randolph County Convention
Republicans and Democrats in Randolph County prepare for nominations. The GOP will meet at the courthouse July 30 to nominate county candidates. Gov. O Max Gardner has tentatively agreed to address the Democratic convention the following week.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina Women Win National Publicity Awards
Greensboro July 23 The North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs won five prizes and two honorable mentions in seven nationwide publicity contests. North Carolina led in inches of news copy per club and total individual items, with Ashe ville and Leakeville Spray clubs also setting records. An editorial in the Smithfield Herald received honorable mention for relief coverage.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
National Federation
Myrtle Sllen Labarr
North Carolina
Leakeville-Spray
Asheville
Smithfield Herald
Smithfield Club
Infant Accepts Orange Juice After Mug Trick
A mother overcomes a baby’s reluctance to drink orange juice by using a bright enamel mug and a dropper for the oil. The toddler, over ten months old, began accepting the juice and even the medicine after the novelty of the mug reduced resistance. The method may also ease future feedings for other infants.
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Junior
North Carolina Moves Up in Population Ranking
North Carolina becomes the twelfth state to join the Union and climbs to twelfth in population, reflecting shifts in state rankings.
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North Carolina
Public Auction Notice for Lot 43 Campbell Plat
Legal notices announce a public auction to the highest bidder for cash of real estate described as lot 43 in the J. N. Campbell Plat of the Frank Bain survey. The parcel measures about nine hundred six square feet and is bounded by Ray Street Campbell’s line King Street and related corners.
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Ray Streets
Salon Street
Cambell’s
Said Street
Caes
Campbell's
King Street
J. N. Campbell
Frank Bain
Foreclosure Notice in Guilford County North Carolina
Notice of foreclosure sale by trustee on August 16 1932 at Greensboro NC for Vera Gray Sechrest and Hubert M Sechrest. Describes property on Vine and Denny streets in High Point with detailed lot description and references to recorded deeds and fields plot.
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State OF
North Carolina
Guilford
Vera Gray Sechrest
Hubert M. Sechrest
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Metropolitan Life Insuranceompany
Office of the Register of Deeds
Greensboro
High Nt
Vine Street
Mint Street
J. C. Bouldin
Denny Street
A. K. Payne
High Point
Wraore
E. H. C. Fields
Bell Lands
Allen A
Austin
Atty
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