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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1936
Page
2
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey star in The Nitwits at the Carolina Theatre Monday. The duo play cigar counter proprietors with sleuthing props as Woolsey builds a confession machine and Wheeler pens murder themed songs.
An extortionist called The Black Widow terrorizes the city and has killed two men. Betty Grable plays the wheeler's sweetheart accused after being found with the murder weapon.
A loose bumper mooring could lead to a mole that proves difficult to locate. The article warns about potential structural or environmental impact and advises inspection to prevent further issues.
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times opens at Paramount on Thursday through Saturday. The nearly complete production, Chaplin's most ambitious, follows his factory worker character through jail and varied jobs in a large urban setting with new sound effects. Paulette Goddard stars as Chaplin's love interest, with Chester Conklin Hey Bergman and Henry Bergman also in the cast.
The Nikanthin and Thaleam Literary societies at High Point College held their annual event with Society Day exercises at 10 and a banquet in the dining hall. Dr Pred G Pose delivered the morning address on self control amid invention, and a Thaleam intra-society debate debated North Carolina sales tax. May Day festival crowned Lois Madgecock May Queen. Banquet motif Hawasian Isles. Awards went to Salom Ferreo and Gilmer Waggomer.
J Sylvester Higtins earned the best debater medal in the afternoon Thalean Society debate. Miss Unity Nese and Michois Hedgecock attended, with Nese presenting the prize for the newly named Willuette Nekanthin.
A crowded program lists multiple films and vaudeville acts including Modern Times with Charles Chaplin and A MOTHER OF THE CONNEN, plus several cartoons and newsreels. Stars such as Buck Jones Ruth Mittin and Hato Mane perform in mixed showings across weekday and weekend slots.
A fragment from a historic page mentions Myra Ley and Cary Gramton in a comedy likely tied to a theater program. The text references Mack Brown and a piece titled Valley Of The Lewden, suggesting an entertainment or revue listing.
Berry Brockmann hosted the Priscilla Club Friday at her Paleway Drive home. Members sewed and knitted while spring flowers decorated the living room. Refreshments were served to Mes cimes Hoke Bullard Fred Thom as C. C. Robbing W. W. Tol J Hayden A B Taptin F F Dickson Fred Imgram B C Clark and guest Mise Carrie Ogburn of Winston-Salem.
Paul Muni appears as Louis Pasteur in The Story of Louis Pasteur a Cosmopolitan First National release at Paramount. Sheridan Gibney and Pierre Collings adapt Pasteur's battle against ignorance and disease, showcasing his vaccine work amid opposition. Josephine Hutchinson plays his wife with Anita Louise as Pasteur's daughter.
Jean Harlow shows new versatility in Riffraff at the Rialto theater Tuesday and Wednesday. She stars with Spencer Tracy in a sea framed romantic drama that blends comedy with pathos and showcases their strongest screen pairing to date.
Postal receipts compiled by Assistant Postmaster J. Payne show a total of $289,169.18 for the month, compared with $1,602.36 in April 1995. The jump marks one of the largest monthly increases this calendar year.
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