Hollywood Short Takes on Screenwriters and Romances
Paul Harrison reports on Hollywood rumors about a high paid screenwriter who refuses bedtime stories for his kids and values his tales at 25000 dollars each. He notes possible Powell Rogers project pairings and off screen romances. News writers follow real trials as Warner Brothers suspends Mountain Justice and Black Legion to track cases.
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Hollywood
Jean Horton
William Powell
Ginger Rogers
Ellery Queen
Paramount
Queen
Frederic Dannay
Manfred Lee
Lyle Talbert
Warner Brothers
Black Legion
Subscription rates and Associated Press policy notes
Subscription rates payable in advance vary by delivery method and region with figures of 5 per week or 650 per year by carrier and 3.50 to 6.50 by mail depending on county. The paper credits Associated Press dispatches and disclaims responsibility for unsolicited memorials and tributes.
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Nevada
Hovard
Miller
LaFayette
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Tenn
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Mich
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Surplus Tax Willface New Charges
Senator Harrison of Mississippi faced pressure as Jesse Jones warned that the corporation surplus tax act might be revised next session. The White House signals a potential relaxation of the tax squeeze, allowing more earnings to be kept in reserve but taxing higher reserves. Corporations protest the tax on profits and dividends, arguing financial strain and wage fears.
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Preston Grover
Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Jesse Jones
RFC
A& Finance Committee
White House
Moaney Fai
Eye strain and headaches remedies and caveats
Medically oriented advice on headaches from eye strain, including proper glasses, avoiding squinting, and resting eyes by looking into the distance. Warns against sedation or narcotics, notes anemia and brain tissue changes as potential causes, and stresses thorough examinations to detect abnormal conditions.
John Becomes Assistant Clerk and Family Struggles
Dén'Iohn returns home to a new job as an assistant clerk at a wholesale house earning $20 a week. His mother dreams of fixing finances for Lottie and Jane, but by six months John and Lottie grow distant, borrow from relatives, and the family bears the burden of bills while parents blame themselves for failing to hold back earlier.
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Dén‘Iohn
Ernest
Prout
John
Dad
Jane
Lattie
Lottie
Mathie
Uncle Fred
Turkey
Mother
Teither
iWick
Love and danger amid a missing silver treasure
Kate Meed, Jeff Howard, and two enslaved workers chase a long lost silver trove amid Civil War memories on a mountain estate. Kate survives being shot as Jeff covertly watches, while Caroline tends the injured and questions the strange bond between Kate and Jeff as tension rises.
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Kate
Caroline
Meed
Sam Meed
al~ Thy
Zeke
Morgan Prarntiss
Slater
Caroline Meed
Soe
Jo Howard
Mr. Howard
Jeff Howard
Lawyer Lincoln argues Lincoln’s legal training shaped presidency
Bruce Catton reviews Albert A. Waldman’s Lawyer Lincoln, arguing Lincoln’s formal legal schooling and nearly twenty five years practicing law in frontier courts forged his constitutional mastery. The book contends Lincoln needed legal training most of all as president and that his career clears the title to democracy.
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Abraham Lincoln
Albert A. Woodman
Lincoln
Houghston- Mifflin
Middlewest
Mr. Waldman
White House
Hollywood Gossip Mix of Cast, Cash, and Candid Quips
A stream of star notes from the film world covers Universal plans for a Spain scene with American tourists stranded and 20th Century Fox lining up an epic about the Alcazar defense. It notes painters and musicians like Joseph Sawyer and Joseph Cullen, coexisting with glamorous names such as Carnly Lombard and Robert Burns adopting stage identities. The piece looks at Eleanor Powell's dance tempo on Born to Dance, foreign stars eyed for American offers, and a Peruvian playboy Ricardo Salcedo amid cinema chatter. A Warners hiccup episode ends with a playful anecdote about a quick marriage proposal that quickly resolves a hiccup.
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Universal
Spain
20Th Century-Fox
Zanuck
Alcazar
Joseph Sawyer
Joseph Cullen
Oakie
Jack Oakie
Carnly Lombard
Robert Burns
Eleanor Powell
Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Elizabeth Bergner
Jessie Matthews
Robit Donat
Playboy
Lion
Ricardo Salcedo
Rupert Hughes
Fred McMurray
Lloyd Nolan
Pat Brien
Richard Arlen
Warren William
Warners
Dick Powell
Corporate taxes and plant expansion fuel debate in congress
The article discusses rising taxes on corporate debt and profits to fund plant expansion and relief measures. It notes arguments that tax hikes deter expansion and employment, while Wall Street hints the tax could push markets higher. Investors may avoid selling, sustaining price rises, even as some lawmakers favor taxing corporations and market operators. The piece includes scattered remarks from figures such as Jones and Harrelson and ends with a metaphor about Swiss cheese holes forming during ripening.
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Rome
Jones
Wall Street
Congress
Pat Harrelson
Political Announcement for Hope Mayor Race in 1936
The Star announces a municipal election in Hope on Tuesday November 24 1936 for mayor with candidates A Ruff Boyett and Albert Graves. Voters are urged to note the contest and eligibility.
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City of Hope
A. (Ruff) Boyett Albert Graves
New Seed Vernalization Claim Sparks Moscow Debate
A report from Moscow describes a claimed seed vernalization method by a young scientist that moistens seeds at a set temperature for a period to speed germination and maturation. Proponents say this could boost vegetation and maturation rates and increase yields by about twenty percent, with potential for broad agricultural use if validated.
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Moscow
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