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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1939
Page
7
Conflicting statistics obscure business outlook this week as Gunga Din and other titles headline at center Theatres. Cary Grant and cast lead adventurous melodrama with Kipling poetry, while Burn Em Up O Connor and Man to Remember offer action and social drama.
Sensational screen drama based on Kipling winds through romance and adventure in India. Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe and Joan Fontaine star as sergeants and the bhisti in a story of courage, treasure quest, and Thuggee confrontation.
Greensboro guests preview the Broadway After Dark show at the Paramount featuring Ted Miller and Art as hosts, with the Six Decardos acrobats, the Siegfrieds juggling, Ratcliff and Rae dancers, Ray Haig and Sylvia Haig singing, and the Chicago Rocketts plus the Swingsters providing musical and visual flair.
Tarzan and the Green Goddess debuts at the Rialto today and tomorrow in Guatemala jungle adventure. Herman Brix stars as Tarzan with Ash-ton-Dearbolt Expedition crew filming on site alongside scenes of lions tigers and jungle tribes. Also on bill are Hop Along Cassidy Pride of the West Girls on Probation South of Arizona and Hawk of the Wilderness Chapter Two.
Conflicting signals from steel and motor output versus carloadings and electric power create a mixed view of the economy. Analysts note gains in steel and telephone installations offset by softer motor production, rail demand, and retail trade, with private finance eyeing new bond issues and tax capital moves as signs of cautious optimism.
A musical comedy with Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross screens Tuesday and Wednesday. The review highlights classic Hawaii songs including Sweet Lei Lani and Blue Hawaii with comic turns by Bob Burns Martha Raye and Bing Crosby set on a beach parody scene with Wafford the razor back pig.
Raleigh lawyer J. M. Broughton will address the Young Democratic club at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro Tuesday evening March 7, announced by Miss Helen Bolling of High Point.
Doris Stevens chairman of the group remains in her Pan Am Building office in Washington while Mary Winslow, ex-analyst for the Labor Department, is named by President Roosevelt to the Inter American Commission, sparking a dispute over the sole U. S. representative.
A powerful drama portrays a rural doctor’s twenty year life. Ellis, Bowman, and Miss Shirley lead a cast as the physician faces epidemic danger, family sacrifice, and a son’s rival ambitions culminating in marriage.
Hedy Lamarr and Gene Markey were wed at the governor’s palace in Mexicali Baja California ceremony officiated by Atapdionio Nunez. Witnesses included Gustavo Padres Jr Raul Mateus and Jimmy Alvarez. They cited two reasons for the marriage one to wed now and the other to have mutual friends witness. They will return to Hollywood tonight for work assignments.
Mr. Broughton will speak on How to Get Into Politics. The event features his guidance and remarks aimed at readers interested in political participation.
A long 1832 letter from Philip Horney to Samuel and Henry Teague traces the Guilford County gold mining craze of the 1830s and earlier. It describes migration to Illinois and Indiana, lawsuits over mining rights, failed attempts to profit, and social tensions including slave uprisings nearby. The writer links mining activity to regional depopulation and warns of upcoming legal struggles and market dullness.
Asheboro Rotary Club will sponsor another Crippled Children Benefit Ball in March at the Asheboro community gymnasium. J D Ross Jr, dance committee chairman, announced the event.
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