Loose Angles at Paramount Show Promises Comic Mischief
A comedic plot centers on a heroine willing to pay for a brief companionate marriage to inherit a fortune with a man who agrees to the arrangement. The cast includes Douglas Fairbanks Jr Eddie Nugent Raymond Keane and Norman Selby. Also featured are Robert Street and Rin Tin Tin in upcoming Paramount and Warner Bros productions with a tale of aviation satire and canine star power.
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Paramount Theater
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Eddie Nugent
Raymond Keane
Norman Selby
Fairbanks
Robert Street
Warner Bros
Binty
Mr. Duncan
Duncan
Rin- Tin-Tin
Campaign clash leaves race in tight, partisan balance
Charles A. Hines, state manager for Senator Simmons, says Bailey’s hate campaign is failing and voters will vindicate Simmons. Bailey’s camp counters that Democrats tire of Simmons and will deliver a sweeping Bailey victory. With opposing claims and diverging majorities, observers predict an extremely close outcome and no firm forecast.
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Charles A. Hines
Simmons
Bailey
Ladies of Leisure and Call of the West At American Theatre
A Chicago Tribune review extols the film Ladies of Leisure starring Barbara Stanwyck as Kay Arnold and highlights strong acting, staging, and direction. It notes the two hour program includes News Reel Call of the West and praises the Southwest setting and outdoor imagery in the Columbia all talking drama at the American theatre Friday and Saturday.
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Ladies of Leisure
Belasco
Milton Herbert Gropper
Barbara Stanwyck
Arizona
Warner Baxter
Kay Arnold
Miss Stanwyck
United States
Southwest
Columbia
American Theatre
Denmark Imports Tobacco From Britain Germany and Holland
Denmark imports tobacco products including British cigarettes German cigars and Dutch pipe tobacco.
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Denmark
East Virginia Dry Agents Out of Jobs
One third of the East Virginia district federal prohibition personnel are on vacation due to funding shortfalls as the fiscal year ends. Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina officers are affected. From now until July first two thirds of the force will guard the rum front in three shifts amid low prohibition funds after extensive undercover work earlier in the year.
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Richmond
East Virginia District Federal Prohibition
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
R. W. Merrick
Pen Hoover Used To Sign King Monument
May 31. Rufus King was memorialized with a monument in Clinton North Carolina. The pen President Hoover used to sign the bill funding the memorial was presented to Clinton city officials during ground breaking ceremonies. Congressman Abernethy sponsored the King memorial bill and provided the pen as a permanent exhibit.
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Pen Hoover
King
Bill Given Clinton
Clinton
Hoover
Rufus King
United States
Sampson County
Clinten
Charles L. Abernethy
Congress
Mrs Floyd Young Returns From Columbia Visit
Mrs. Floyd Young and her daughter Millicent returned home after a two week visit in Columbia South Carolina where their husband and father Floyd Whitey Young a member of the Columbia baseball team joined them. Whitey Young played with Greensboro last season and has many friends here.
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Floyd Young
Millicent
Columbia
S. C
North Carolina university president search hearing set in Raleigh
A state committee will hold a fact finding hearing in Raleigh at the Sir Walter hotel on Thursday to consider candidates for the UNC presidency. Dr. Herman G. Baity is favored by many alumni though opposition to other candidates persists, and a final report will be sent to the Chapel Hill trustees on June 9.
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Graham
Raleigh
Sir Walter Hotel
A. H. Graham
Hillsboro
Dr. Graham
Board of Trustees
Chapel Hill
R. D. W. Connor
History Department
Connor
State Historical Commission
Herman G. Baity
Dr. Baity
Baity
Graham seen as front runner for UNC presidency
The piece argues Frank Graham is favored to win the UNC presidency over Bailey with broad support. It notes Graham’s North Carolina roots and suitability for a state university focused on North Carolinians, while discussing reactions to Bailey and related political dynamics in the party. It also mentions connections to the Graham family and the Johns Hopkins consideration of Edwin Greenlaw.
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Graham
Baily
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Chicago University
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Alexander Graham
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
E. K. Graham
University
Edwin Greenlaw
Langston Shift in Support Ties to Bailey
A fragment notes Langston becoming a Bailey supporter and cites Mr. Costen claiming Bailey was a collector of internal revenue at the relevant time. The text is incomplete but indicates political affiliation change and a claim about Bailey’s official role.
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Bailey
Costen
Internal Revenue
Mwas
Graf Zeppelin En Route Homeward After Long Atlantic Flight
The Graf Zeppelin rests securely in Friedrichshafen after a 15 900 mile journey spanning three continents. The return flight to Friedrichshafen with a Seville stop is planned for nine o clock Monday night. Crew totals fifty with a changing passenger list including three women and sixteen men. The voyage traversed Friedrichshafen Seville Africa Atlantic Pernambuco Rio Janeiro and Lakehurst. Dr Eckener described a severe squall in a hangar press room interview.
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Graf
Friedrichshafen
Seville
Africa
Atlantic
Pernambuco
Rio Janeiro
Lakehurst
Eckener
Doran Credits Prohibition Enforcement and Eighteenth Amendment
Doran describes cooperation between police and 2900 prohibition agents and reviews state laws in New England and Pennsylvania. He argues dry laws rise from quicker production and stricter controls as prosperity grows. The monograph is part of a prohibition education series funded by Congress with 56000 dollars.
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Doran
New England
Pennsylvania
Prohibition Bureau
Congress
Young Man Hurt In Attempt To Board Moving Truck
George Robinson 29 of Hillsboro, working with the state highway force on route 90 in Asheboro, was slightly injured when he tried to catch a moving truck on Main Street. He slipped, fell, and struck his head, was unconscious briefly, and taken to Memorial hospital for treatment. The incident caused notable excitement as onlookers feared fatal injury.
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Asheboro
George Robinson
Hillsboro
Main Street
Memorial Hospital
Fourth Group of Mothers Landed Paris Tribute to Unknown Soldier
More than 250 gold star mothers of the United States, the fourth group to land, paid tribute at the Arc de Triomphe to France's Unknown Soldier. They placed wreaths at the tomb and later dined in Paris with Ambassador Walter Edge and the party's officials. A bulletin reports Mrs. Margaret A. Price of Hiteman Town moved to a sanatorium near Paris for nervous trouble but expected to rejoin soon.
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Paris
United States
Arc-de-Triomphe
France
Flanders Fields
Eliza Wilson
Detroit
Mich
M. L. Smeaton
Fall River
Mass
Frank Cheatham
Walter E. Edge
Richard Tellis
General Ducant
Gold Star
Margaret A. Price
Hiteman
Southern Economic Conference Opens Monday in Atlanta
The Southern Economic conference opens Monday in Atlanta with about 200 leaders from Virginia North and South Carolina Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and Kentucky invited. Speakers include H. G. Hastings Atlanta S. Hobbs University of North Carolina W Ey Kay Jacksonville Dr Gus W. Dyer Vanderbilt and Robert Lathan editor Asheville Citizen.
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Atlanta
Southern Economic Conference
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
H. G. Hastings
H. Hobbs
University of North Carolina
W. Ey Kay
Jacksonville
Fla
Gus W. Dyer
Vanderbilt University
Robert Lathan
The
Asheville, N. C
Citizen
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