American Theater Marks Year of Talkies With Festive Week
The American theater celebrates one year of talking pictures with rose buds for ladies and cigars for gentlemen from local sponsors. Joe E. Brown stars in Top Speed for the first four days alongside Educational and Warner Bros. Variety talking news. A dance program, anniversary cake giveaway, and upgraded sound and lobby renovations accompany the celebration.
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American Theater
Dalton
Florist
Gnen
el Reeso Cigar Company
Joe E. Brown
Warner Bros. Variety
Acme School of the Dance
Hutchen
Food and Bakery Department
City Hall
Nichols
Bernice Claire
Laura Lee
New Crandeur screen upgrades theater image quality
The upgrade includes a Crandeur screen for full proscenium size pictures, Brinquet effect machine for fading color, and high intensity arcs delivering five times normal light to reveal details. The building’s cooling system maintains ventilation while September 22 marks Pathe News reel debut and new contracts with Warner Bros First National and Pathe broaden film offerings.
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Pathe Sound News
Mr. Nichols
Breckenridge Praises Local Painter Lewis Voorhees
Local architect and painter Lewis Voorhees has earned praise from Hugh Breckenridge for his landscapes and portraits. A Michigan graduate with a wartime service, Voorhees studied with Breckenridge in Gloucester and has won prizes at the state fair. He lives on Forest Hill Drive after a stint in Charlottesville and California bohemian circles.
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Amos W. W. Woodcock
Lewis Voorhees
Hugh Breckenridge
U. S
Voorhees
Emerywood Kindergarten
Greensboro
Gloucester
Frederick Koch
Carolina
New School of Modern Painting
Bohemian Club
New York
Lamb’s Club
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bret Harte
Herbert Hoover
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
Partly cloudy days with afternoon thundershowers in parts, mostly fair in the north later in the week. Temperatures run above normal with cooler air expected north of Florida on Thursday or Friday.
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South Atlantic
Florida
George Brown Longtime Masonic Member Reaches Milestone
George Brown of Randalia Iowa has been a Masonic lodge member for 62 years. He is seven years old.
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George Brown
Randalia
Iowa
Masonic Lodge
Toll Bridges Pay $18,072 into Tennessee Treasury in July
In July toll bridges contributed 18 072 dollars to the Tennessee state treasury. The release notes cash collected from toll facilities across the state for the period, detailing receipts and allocations.
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State Treasury of
Tennessee
Purdue Study Catalogue Translated for Chinese Circulation
Purdue University released a Chinese translation of its study catalogue intended for circulation in China. The move aims to broaden access to Purdue programs and academic offerings for Chinese students and institutions.
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Purdue University
China
Sears Roebuck marks 40th anniversary nationwide
Sears Roebuck and Co celebrates its 40th anniversary with a nine day event from September 18 to 27. The local store at 309 North Main Street joins 340 stores nationwide, highlighting the growth from a Chicago mail order house to a 340-store retail network with 38,490 employees and 12.6 million customers.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
North Main Street
M. P. Quinn
Chicago
Boston
Richard W. Sears
North Redwood
Minon
Young Sears
Sears Watch Company
Redwood
Adams Street
Halsted
Mr. Roebuck
Julius Rosenwald
Arthineton and
Homan
West Side
Money in Circulation Per Capita in United States
The current money in circulation in the United States averages about 39.60 dollars per person. This figure reflects the overall money supply available for daily transactions among the public.
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United States
Extension Courses To Be Offered By High Point College
High Point college plans extension courses for the coming school year. Professor C. R. Hinshaw says courses in English religious education political science and child psychology will be offered with potential additions. Hinshaw Kennett and others attended a Raleigh conference to map state extension work.
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High Point College
C. R. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Paul S. Kennett
Raleigh
North Carolina College For Women
North Carolina State College
The
State University, Lenoir-Rhyne
Catawba
State Department of Edu
Mrs J R Highsmith Heads to Arcadia Florida
Society notes report Mrs J R Highsmith departed yesterday for Arcadia Florida to visit relatives and friends for several weeks. They also announce J R Highsmith has returned to his office after a lengthy scarlet fever illness at home during the 1940s.
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J. R. Highsmith
Arcadia
Florida
Insect fair to be held in Frankfurt attracts global collectors
In Frankfurt an unusual insect fair brings together collectors from around the world. The event features rare butterflies moths beetles grasshoppers flies crickets and other insects with large sums exchanged in sales.
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Frankfurt
Germany
William Shakespeare Son of a Wood Stapler
A historical note identifies William Shakespeare as the son of a wood stapler. The detail places the playwright within a tradesman family context and connects his lineage to early English craft work.
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William Shakespeare
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