Danny Kaye Musical Film at the Midway Drive In Theatre
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty stars Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo in Technicolor from Samuel Goldwyn. Boris Karloff Fay Bainter Ann Rutherford lead a strong cast under Norman Z McLeod with adventures from a surgeon to a global conspiracy. Show runs Tuesday and Wednesday at the Midway Drive In.
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Virginia Mayo
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Ann Rutherford
Lovely Goldwyn
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Florence Bates
Gordon Jones
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Reginald Denny
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Mitty
Freddy Martin and His
Palestine Peace Talks Expand With Trans-Jordan Delegation
In Lausanne on April 30 a Trans-Jordan delegation joined the Palestine peace talks. With Egypt Syria and Lebanon already present, the four Arab states now participate in UN conciliation commission led negotiations. Core issues include 800,000 Arab refugees and Jerusalem's future.
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Switzerland
Trans-Jordan
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission
Middle East
Jerusalem
Rogers Brothers Circus Comes to High Point Saturday
The Rogers Brothers 3-Ring Circus arrives in High Point on Saturday May 7 just before dawn with 65 tractors and trailers. Two shows are scheduled at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Piedmont Shrine Club sponsors the event featuring wild animals elephants and horses with tents going up by the morning.
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Rogers Brothers
High Point
Rogers Bros
Piedmont Shrine Club
Piedmont Shrine
Amundsen Polar Ship Goja Undergoes Refurbishment
The historic Amundsen Polar Expedition ship Goja has been refurnished in San Francisco at a cost of 37300 dollars. The vessel was hauled ashore at the city ocean beach in 1909 and the recent work includes new deck and hull timbers.
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INS
Goja
Ocean Beach
Whiskers Have Special Touch Receptors in Cats
Cat whiskers act as highly sensitive touch organs. Each whisker base connects to many nerves allowing cats to sense even tiny pressures.
O Mistress Mine to Play Greensboro May 12 Evening
Harold Bromley Eddie Rich and Dean Goodman bring their production of O Mistress Mine to the National Theatre Greensboro for a single performance on Thursday May 12 at 8 20 PM Co starring Sylvia Sidney John Loder and Dick Van Patten in the cast Sidney and Loder are noted film and stage stars with long careers including Blood on The Sun For Love or Money How Green Was My Valley and more Van Patten is known for earlier Broadway roles The play will be staged by Harald Bromley in the original Broadway production style.
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Dean Goodman
National Theatre
Greensboro
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London
New York
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John Loder
Dick van Patten
Hollywood
Legitimate Theatre
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Mr. Loder
Alfred
Scotland Yard
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Monte Christo
Henry VIII
Mistress
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Leo the Lion Eludes Africa Safari Trophy Hunter
Meadville hunter A. E. Peterson returns from a two month Africa safari with a haul including elephant rhino giraffe and buffaloes but misses the only lion he sees. He says the lion crouched 40 yards away on tall grass and he muffed his chance. He plans to build more space for trophies.
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Leo the Lion
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Africa
Fire Ignites Oil Tanks Along Toe River Near Spruce Pine
Fire swept upstream on the Toe river to ignite and destroy three storage tanks of gasoline and oil near Spruce Pine. Blaine C. Miller of Standard Oil said no explosions occurred and the tanks held about 15 000 gallons of oil and 30 000 gallons of gasoline. A leaking pipe likely released gasoline downstream where it was ignited. Volunteer firemen controlled the blaze after about four hours of fighting.
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Toe River
Blaine C. Miller
Standard Oil
Miller
Crapty Play Wins Tough Contract in Bridge Puzzle
A bridge hand shows when to draw trumps. South wins diamond queen, then plays hearts and clubs to preserve trump control. Proper sequence leads declarer to make the contract despite opponent defenses.
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South
West
Dummy
East
Ace
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