Giant Robbins Circus Arrives With Clyde Beatty In Town
Crowds fill Welch's circus grounds for the Robbins show led by Clyde Beatty and Hoot Gibson. Parade crowds boast elephants camels and horses as the 300 person production from Greensboro brings La Argentine with dancers singers and dazzling costumes. Harriet Beatty and the Hobson Family headline acts alongside the Behee Troupe in a high flying trapeze spectacle.
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High Point
Robbins
Clyde Beatty
Hoot Gi'son
Welch's
Greensboro
Harriet Beatty
Europe
Hobson
Moreen
Teeter Board
Germany
Behee
Velarde Sisters and Families Lead Night of Circus Stars
The Velarde Sisters join the juvenile tight wire act alongside the Moreen Family and Armita Velarde as notable performers. A cast of sixty clowns rounds out the show with Otto Breibling and Kinko among the listed names.
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Armita Velarde
Otto Breibling
Kinko
Happy Kellems and George Reid Stage Family Show
A traveling performance entertaining 700 spectators with a menagerie of numerous cages and dens features the famed John Robinson circus elephants. The piece notes historical auto prices and contrasts 1925 averages with modern costs, alongside New York state leading in motor vehicle registrations in 1937.
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Happy Kellems
George Reid
John Robinson Circus
New York State
Walter Johnson Wins Montgomery County Republican Nomination
Walter Johnson former Washington baseball star won the Republican nomination for Montgomery County commissioner in Gaithersburg Maryland. The report notes his unexpected entry into politics as a first run and victory in the party race.
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Gaithersburg
Walter Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Montgomery County
Strike Hits Carolina Container Company in City
Workers at the Carolina Container Company walked off the job this morning over union recognition. About 35 to 40 employees, organized by the United Box Makers, I. I. O. affiliate, voted for the union as bargaining agent amid management says bargaining had begun after the vote. Otto Price chairs the union chapter.
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Carolina Container Company
United Box Maker
I. 0
T. Ingram
Otto Price
O. B. Harnage
Carolinas
Firn
Mr Flagler Attends Butler Funeral in Roanoke
Fred J. Flagler attends the funeral of Gillie F. Butler in Roanoke Virginia. Butler was vice president in charge of traffic for the Norfolk and Western Railway. Flagler represents the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad company.
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Fred J. Flagler
Roanoke
Gillie F. Butler
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mr. Flagler
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Switzerland and avalanches in Uncle Ray stories
The article explains Switzerland’s terrain features and notes mountain climbing as a popular sport. It recounts a vivid Tyndall described avalanche with rocks and dust, and includes a village tragedy where 114 lives were lost after tons of rock buried homes and stores. A Swiss girl aided a younger brother during rescue.
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Switzerland
Holland
Swiss Alps
John Tydall
Switizerland
Italy
Uncle Ray
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Sherrod
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Children's Dept
Belk-Stevens CO
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MR. Butler
Mann’s
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Vick
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Castoria
Magnesia
Camay
Korjena
B. C
Noxzema
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