Fields and a Circus of Fools in Hollywood
Paul Harrison visits Universal where W W Fields rehearses with a ventriloquist dummy while Oliver delivers quips. The article notes Fields’s idiosyncratic humor, the on-set mood as crowds shift from deadpans to real faces, and introduces Hele McCaffrey, a rising script girl from San Diego who rose to prominence on major pictures.
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Hollywood
WW. C. Fields
Universal
Mr. Fields
Teddy Roosevelt
Oliver
Allyhop
C Oliver
Fields
Bergen
Bill
Harrison
Hele McCaffrey
San Diego
Movietown
Tita Bho
Miss McCaffrey
Davey O'Brien Receives Walter Camp Trophy
East coast sports figures gathered Monday night as the Touchdown Club awarded the Walter Camp memorial trophy to All-American back Davey O'Brien. George H. Brobeck praised the young star, saying few players have been so acclaimed for their contributions to football.
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Washington
Touchdown Club
Walter Camp
Davey O'Brien
George H. Brobeck
America
Miss McCaffey’s Dreams and a Fields Punch Line
Miss McCaffey hopes to direct, write, and act in films after seven Screen tests and roles in several Pictures. Oscar Hammerstein promises a job in New York when she chooses to go. She wins a perfect leg contest, works in local theater, and leads a life as wife and mother. Fields supposedly never repeats a line, even after 25 takes.
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Whalen
Miss McCaffey
Littles
Fields
No Time to Marry in a City Park
Serial story scenes unfold with Janet Dwight and Lance Barstow as they plan a future home overlooking a ravine and a white brick house Lance builds. The couple faces finance and career pressure from Hallowell and Benton, while Janet guards a secret about their relationship in a tense park moment.
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Janet Dwight
Neroine
Neeance Barstow
Hero
Lance
Brent
Cynthia Cantrele
Ince
Barney McKnight
Cynthia
Janet
Barney
Barney ‘McKnight
Woodbine
South Carolina
Mr. Benton
Cyn
Whizzer White Arrives in England to Study
Whizzer White landed in Southampton and faced surprise at customs. He planned to study law at Oxford, not to play football, and would decide after talking with officials. He drove to Oxford, avoiding London, while noting his unusual nickname and lack of recognition abroad.
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Whizzer White
England
Southampton
Eng
Whizzer
White
Colorado
Oxford
London
Port of New Orleans Exports Reach Billions in Value
The Port of New Orleans spans 133 miles of water frontage. Each year handies export about 300 million dollars and timparts about 250 million dollars in goods.
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New Orleans
Stamp News: U S Post Office 1938 Philatelic Issues
The 1938 stamp issue totals 37 new stamps and 712,395.65 in first day sales with over 10 million stamps released. Highlights include the $2 presidential series, airmail, and commemoratives like the Northwest Territory and Delaware. The 1939 Standard Catalog edition by Nicolas Sanabria, Inc. totals 650 pages with 3000 illustrations.
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U. S. Post Office Department
Franklin
Coolidge
Northwest Territory
Delaware
Iowa
Nicolas Sanabria, Inc
Four Perfect Hands in One Bridge Deal
SOUTH BEND, Ind. A claim of four perfect hands in one bridge deal arose when Jacob Lechner and a partner reported all players received 43 cards, Lechner achieving a grand slam in seven spades. Statisticians estimate such a deal could recur about once every 300,000 years if dealt once a minute from now.
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Janet
Lance
Jan
South Bend
Ind
Jacob Lechner
Lechner
Hope street improvement district tax notice 1939
The tax books for the special assessment in Hope Arkansas Street Improvement District No. 3 have been placed in the collector W P Agee s hands. All property owners within the district must pay within thirty days or face collection action and penalties. January 10, 1939.
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W.P. Agee
W. P. Agere
Missouri Pacific
Hope
W. P. Agee
Citizens National Bank
Special Assessment Notice for Hope Arkansas Districts
Property owners in Hope Arkansas districts must pay assessments within thirty days or face collection actions and penalties. Notices cite collectors W. P. Agee and Johnnie McCabe, with references to January 1934 and 1939 dates, and payments to Citizens National Bank and First National Bank.
Arkansas to Play Texas at Austin
Arkansas basketball opens drills after two league losses as they prepare for two game series with Texas at Austin. Coach Glen Rose criticizes shooting while John Adams heads the Razorbacks scorers. Texas, recent Oklahoma City tourney finalists, features Bobby Mow as a key threat and seeks a repeat of last year's sweep in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Texas University At Austin
Glen Rose
Parkers
John Adams
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma City
Rice
Southern Methodist
Bobby Mow
Moor
Razorbacks
Want
Ito
Brown fires coach Jerry Dalrymple amid upheaval
Providence reports that Brown University will not retain Jerry Dalrymple as head coach after two seasons. Dalrymple, a Brown alum and former All American at Tulane, had previously coached at three Southern colleges and led Brown’s end squad for several seasons, noted for its strength.
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Providence
R. J
Gerald Qi
Jerry) Ratrymple
Brown
Bex
Dearmond McLaughry
Dalrymple
Tulane
Dalrympple
Texas Tech favor in Southwest Conference poll
A Texas poll of University of Texas students shows 67.6 percent in favor of Texas Tech joining the Southwest Conference, 23.6 percent against, and 8.8 percent undecided. Officials oppose admission citing fewer interconference games and adding a new member.
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Texas
Tech
Austin
University of ‘Texas
Technological College
Bureau of
Moonday
Ad Mitines
Texas Tech
Southwest Conference
Arkansas
Technological School
Skin Clears After Using Attlevika Says Verna Schlepp
Verna Schlepp claims her skin cleared of pimples and blemishes after Attlevika. She says her complexion now looks smooth and healthy, noting the product relieves constipation that worsens skin issues. John S. Gibson Drug Co.
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Verna Schlepp
Attlevika
Atlevika
John S. Gibson Drug Co
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Stamp News
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