Youths Shy From Hollywood Girls In Money Drive
Hollywood youths avoid romance off screen due to money pressures and high living costs. Photoplay notes push toward marriage or sports as safer paths, while alimony and quickie jobs on Poverty Row loom as cautions for the aspiring actors.
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Charleson Gray
Photoplay
Avers Gray
Charlie Farrell
Phillips Holmes
Larry Kent
Buddy Rogers
Gray
Doug Fairbanks
Carroll Nye
Raymond Hackett
Chester
Hollywood
Poverty Row
Montmarte
Parcels Held Up At Indianapolis Postoffice
The Indianapolis post office resembled a Santa Claus storeroom with undeliverable gifts due to mutilated addresses. Items ranged from holly tagged messages to a can of talcum powder and a toy iron, while many untagged objects included handkerchiefs and clothes. One turkey wrap was corrected after a postal worker traced the prior gift tag and forwarded the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Mary
Johnny
Charley
Pete
Dickey
Santa Claus
Uncle Hi
Little Margaret
Mother
Frank
Helen
Myrtle
Cleta
Edna
Jean
Prince of Wales Air Trip for Christmas Visit
The prince of Wales flew part of the way to Sandringham to spend Christmas with King George and Queen Mary despite safety warnings. The rest of the royal family traveled by train, contrasting with last year’s illness of the king.
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United Press
London
Prince of Wales
Sandringham Castle
King George
Queen Mary
Prince Henry
Duke
Duchess of York
Prince George
Princess Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Buckingham
Palace
St. Maddalene’s
Castle
Bowers Envelope Honors Fifty Emploees With Dinner
Fifty employees of the Bowers Envelope and Lithograph Company were treated to a turkey dinner at the plant on West Michigan Street. Speakers included Clyde A. Bowers, W Myron Yorger, Frank De Laus and Jesse E. Hanft.
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Bowers Envelope and Lithograph Company
West
Michigan Street
Clyde A. Bowers
W. Myron Yorger
Frank de Laus
Jesse E. Hanft
Unusual Baby Names Revealed by Hiram House Survey
A Cleveland report notes a widow naming her son Tennessee Iron and Coal Jackson after his father. The survey of the Hiram House register also lists children named Virgin Mary Dairy Lunch Oldham Bacon Elijah Donkeye Joshua Moses Pictorial Review Johnson Erie Canal Jackson Admiral Dewey General Lee and others among boys and girls with names such as Vaseline Malaria Queen Esther Marietta Pickle Ivory White Rosysee Fearl Cotton Etta Bird.
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Bn United Presse
Cleveland
Tennessee Iron and Coal
Jackson
Register
Hiram House
Virgin Mary
King Solomon
Dairy Lunch
Oldham Bacon
Elijah Donkeye
Joshua
Moses
Pictorial Review
Johnson
Admiral Dewey
General Lee
Munsing Underwear
Major Calhoun
Etta Bird
World champion girl tumbler Helen Petch shown
A 15 year old girl from the Los Angeles Athletic Club, Helen Petch, is described as the acrobatic world’s standout. She performs hard feats with male-level power, claims to be the world champion woman tumbler, and aims for acrobatic stage dancing with several offers pending. Ben Price coaches her, noting her small stature despite immense muscular effort.
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Los Angeles
Helen Petch
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Ben Price
Helen
Miss Petch
Robert Leando
Leando
Price
Pretty Helen
Petch
Hind Faces Five Charges After Eve Highway Incident
Theodore W. Hind of Whittier place was arrested on five charges after passing cars on the left on Christmas Eve. Deputies pursued him to 3911 East Washington street and charged him with intoxication and reckless driving, then found a pint of whisky and a Luger pistol in the car, adding concealed weapon and gun charge counts.
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Theodore W. Hind
Whittier Place
East Washington Street
Residents petition to rename Peiping street
Residents of Cow's Stomach street in Peiping petition authorities to replace the old name with Big Praying court to better reflect the district's glories. The move reflects a modernizing trend in China and local sentiment.
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United Press
Peiping
China
Gifts Dropped From Airplane Amid Kansas Christmas
Orphaned children in Knightstown receive Christmas gifts via a Santa Claus air drop. The stunt, lasting over fifteen minutes, used a Curtiss-Robin plane piloted from Mars Hill airport by Earl W. Sweeney. H Weir Cook of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service supplied the aircraft, with Mrs. Paul Meisenhelder coordinating the welfare effort.
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Knightstown
Santa Claus
Mars Hill
Indianapolis
H. Weir Cook
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service
Earl W. Sweeney
Paul Meisenhelder
John H. Holliday
Kris Kringle
Wilhelm Riedmann Aground Blocking Elbe Traffic
The German American Petroleum Company's 12 000 ton steamer Wilhelm Riedmann ran aground near Blankenese in the River Elbe today blocking traffic but not considered in danger.
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United Press Hamburg
German-American Petroleum Company
Wilhelm Riedmann
Blankenese
Elbe
Christmas in Jail For Homeless Man In Columbus
Martin E. Thompson, 71, without a home, spends Christmas in Columbus jail at his own request after being barred from his daughter's house. He receives a turkey dinner despite confinement.
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Columbus
Ind
Martin E. Thompson
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KY. Ave
Riley
Economy Rag CO
Washington Street
Fourteenth Street
the Times
Shaw Ue
Astrakhan
Chinchilla
Girls’ Dept
Boys’ Dept
Navy Chinchilla
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