Students Prevent Trotsky Death in Early Life Tale
Wenatchee Washington February 4 Associated Press recounts an early life incident of Leon Trotsky now known as Trotzky. His cousin Mrs Rose Kornbilt of Manson describes how student peers dug a tunnel to free him from a czarist cell before he was hanged and later fled to Paris and then America adopting the name Trotzky to aid his escape.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Sociated Press
Leon Trotszky
Rose Kornbilt
Manson, Wash
Trotzky
Mrs. Kornbilt
Leon Brunshtoen
David
Anna Brunshteen
Russia
Paris
America
A Trotzky
Leon
Red Army
Leningrad
Kornbilt
Aaron “Ixornbilt
Lake ‘Chelan
Seattle
Marriedusband
Iso
After Hours Calls Surge in Los Angeles Conference Traffic
Southern California telephone officials report a daily surge of thousands of after hours calls in Los Angeles as workday ends around 5 pm. Men call home to tell their wives they cannot get home for dinner due to conferences or special events. Weather, fires, radio requests, and stiffer social schedules also boost switchboard activity, with about 1.75 million calls checked daily. In Scotland, real estate activity remains weak with one-third of hands changing hands over six years, and sale volumes down from prewar highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Associated Press
N. R. Powley
G. de Nevers
California
Ug Khoty
Aera
Scotland
London
Assoced
Awhershire
Fragmented OCR Note From a Circus Observation
A damaged fragment notes someone seeing a scene at a circus. The unreadable text shows stray phrases like Look at and What a with garbled characters and partial words. The passage lacks clear event details or identifiable names.
Stations strongest American radio penetrates where British cant be heard
London dispatch notes American radio stations have a greater transmission radius than British. A Daily Mail sailor correspondent reports six Mediterranean voyages with a home made four tube set picking up KDKA Pittsburgh WBZ Springfield Mass and WGY New York across the Atlantic to Gibraltar and even KIKA off the east coast of Spain. With two tubes distant reception reached 2 4500 miles, while four tubes struggled to reach British stations 1 000 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Sailorman
Daily Mail
Mail
Mediterranean
United States
KDKA
Pittsburgh
WBZ
Springfield
Mass
WGY
New York
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Kika
Spain
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
St. Hormuth
Rain and Rain and Rain at Bowersock Theater
Lawrence theatergoers enjoyed an evening of Rain at the Bowersock theater with Georgie Lee Hall as Sadie Thompson. The Orduna passengers sketched a harbor quarantine scene as Rev. Davidson slashed his throat in this dramatic program. John Walker portrayed the Reverend and Joe Horn, played by Shep Camp, lent further character to the production.
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Kan‘sas
Pago Pago Island
Joe Horn
Sadie Thompson
Rev. Davidson
Georgie Lee
Hall
Sadie Yras
John Walker
Alfred Davidson
Shep Camp
Flapper Fanny Delivers Laughs In Stage Production
Flapper Fanny drew laughs as the humorous lead while Ameena and other minor roles lagged. The reviewer praises writing and production yet criticizes the modern drama’s portrayal of a professed Christian as the villain and questions the use of religion as a stock example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameena
Joe Horn
Timid Girls of Years Ago Sought in London
London reports scarce thrill in 1930s era as Timid Girls of Years Ago are recalled. Associated Press dispatch notes two London anecdotes including Broadmoor confinement and a veteran’s astonishment at modern traffic and independent young women.
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London
Associated Press
Broad-moor
Kings Cross
Kiwanis Club
H. B. Bullock
A. W. Shaw Publishing Company
Chicago
Ill
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Aime
Gloria
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Marquis de Falaise
Flapper
Welf’s Book Store
Law‘rence Business
Will
J. Bruge Curry
University of Kansas
Lawrence High
Liberty Memorial
Lydia E. High
Pinkham
Mountain State of
Vermont
L. A. Gunmann
Union Village
Lydia E. Pinkham
Horlicks demieLn Ewe
American Legion
Bowersock
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Obi
Landowska
Lawrence
N. Y. Tribune
Round Corner Drug Store
Bell’s Music Store
School OF Fine, Arts
Reginald Denny
and Laura la Plante
Terry
Connie
Directed By
Avilliam
Lefter
George Barr McCutcheon
Edith
Mack Sennett
Normia Talmadge
Cecil B
Jeanie MacPherson
Rod LA Rocque
Vera Reynolds
Aluan Rich
Warner Baxter
Theodore Kosloff
Julia Faye
Wallace Irwin
Garamount
Jesse Ls
DeMille
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