Noahs Ark floods scene uses 14000 tons of water at Warner Bros
The article describes the colossal flood sequence in the Vitaphone film Noahs Ark at Warner Bros. studios with 14000 tons of water. Concrete tanks were built on a hill as flood gates opened under director Michael Curtiz and production head Darryl F Zanuck.
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Curtiz
Darryl Francis Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck
Zanuck
Jack L. Warner
Fred Jackman
Warner Brothers
Jackman
Michael Curtiz
Indiana geology division to study oil and gas in several counties
State geologists plan summer field work in Vigo Sullivan and Spencer counties to examine oil and gas potential. Dr. W N Logan leads a team including Whitlatch Bierry Fix Freed Organ Stockdale to map horizons. clay and shale work aids ceramic industry. Borden formation studies continue. a statewide water survey is included.
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State Conservation Department
Indiana
W. N. Logan
George Whitlatch
Johnson Bierry
Philip Fix
George Freed
James Organ
P. B. Stockdale
Vigo
Sullivan
Spencer
Vigo-Sullivan
Logan
Whitlatch
Borden
Stockdale
Garfield pool plans announced for summer completion
Architect's plans for an eighteen hole golf course at Dearborn park were expected today by James E. Perry, park engineer, along with plans for a new swimming pool in Garfield park. Perry said Dearborn work would be slow, but Garfield pool should be finished this summer as the sixth municipal tank. Two playgrounds and leveling of sites at Little Eagle creek, Eagle creek, and Havers ford and Forty-ninth street will be undertaken this summer.
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Dearborn Park
James E. Perry
Garfield Park
Dearborn
Perry
Garfield
Win Cash and Movie Tickets With Daily Photo Dialogue
Readers submit short dialogue lines for a Fox Movietone photo feature in The Times. Top six entries win two dollars and Lyric theater tickets, judged by Indianapolis Times staff and Fox reps. Actors Lois Moran and George O'Brien star in True Heaven at the Lyric.
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the Times
Lois Moran
George O’brien
Fox Film Corporation
Indianapolis Times
Mayans Were Dentists 1000 Years Ago
Mayans in Central America practiced dentistry with drilling and filling techniques. J Eric Thompson reported iron pyrite filled teeth from a vault burial at Tzimin Cax in Belize. The Field Museum expedition also uncovered painted pottery, new burial artifacts, jade ear plugs and jade beads.
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Science Service
Chicago
Central America
J. Eric Thompson
Captain Marshall Field
British Honduras
Field Museum of Natural History
Tzimin Cax
Daughter of Musician Achieves Reputation in Boston
Little Elsa Tokman not yet three years old has gained a neighborhood reputation as a violinist. Her father Lewis Tokman, former Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist, hopes she may someday emulate her cousin Jascha Heifetz.
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Tokman
Lewis Tokman
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jascha Heifetz
Boys 4-H Camp Instructor Named for Tee Cumseah
V. J. Mann, Clinton county agent, selected to instruct at the 4-H Club camp at Camp Tee cumseh from July 25 to 28. The event will be attended by boys from Howard county, announced Foster D. Poe, Howard county agent.
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Times Special
Kokomo
Ind
V. J. Mann
Clinton County
Camp Teecumseh
Howard County
Foster D. Poe
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