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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1940
Page
3
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Marjorie Manning, known as Dun, is a mile-race jockey from Cornish, New Hampshire. She has competed at Agua Caliente in Mexico and won a steeplechase against men, also owning horses as a hobby and pursuing painting, swimming, badminton, and bowling.
Universal signed Julie Duncan to co star with Johnny Mack Brown in all westerns this year and as heroine in serials. Duncan proved superior in horsemanship after testing among 30 candidates, and is noted as a skilled rider with a Shetland pony gift from early childhood and ownership of Rory O Moore, a premier Pacific Coast Irish hunter.
On the film set Constable explains that mocked machine guns with motors and gas fixtures imitate real fire without firing bullets. When depicting bullets making holes, holes are drilled and concealed to create the effect safely.
Larry Collins, a reporter turned ranch hand, investigates smugglers connected to the Miles ranch after his own car crash near Monnie Miles. He buys boots and gear, disguises as a cowhand, and grows romantically entangled with Monnie while Colonel Miles rants at two hired hands over failed calf roping and cow damage.
Larry tracks the Colonel after a tense exit and a looming ranch reshuffle as three cowhands face uncertainty. The Haydook truck heads to town while Larry looks for Monnie and a possible job opening on the Miles place. The Colonel vents about cowpunching strain and falling profits.
Larry Collins arrives at the Colonel Miles ranch seeking work but clashes with Monnie Miles and faces a dangerous mount. Pete Barnes introduces Larry, a stubborn test ride ends in a brutal bucking and a near accident, while Monnie watches with sharp pride. The tale ends with a promise to continue.
UNCLE RAY discusses the idea of offering a million dollars to capture Adolf Hitler and bring him to trial. He notes the guarded state of Hitler, the existence of doubles, and the practicality of actually capturing him. He reflects on whether Hitler could be proven guilty of treason and argues that building a big Germany has harmed its own people.
A reader writes to Uncle Ray at The High Point Enterprise requesting membership in the 1940 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club. The note asks for a Membership Certificate a leaflet on making a Corner Scrapbook and a pasted-on cover design.
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