Legion Will Not Request Pension From World War Veterans
Indianapolis January 25 Harry W Colmery national commander of the American Legion announced the Legion would not ask for general pensions for World War veterans in the February issue of the Legion Monthly He said the Cleveland convention produced no such resolutions and that the Legion will not seek pensions while backing measures to protect widows and orphans of veterans.
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Harry W. Colmery
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Legion
American Legion Monthly
Colmery
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Cohmery
Congress
America
Death of ex star Marie Prevost in Hollywood
Hollywood coroner held the body of Marie Prevost, ex film comedienne, awaiting a full autopsy. Preliminary findings point to acute alcoholism as the cause, with the 44 year old found in her apartment by a houseboy, surrounded by empty whisky bottles, after an apparent two to three days dead.
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Hollywood
Calif
Marie Prevost
Frank Webb
Crown Prince Mihai Improves After Appendicitis
Florence Italy Jan 25 The condition of Crown Prince Mihai of Rumania who had appendicitis Saturday continues to improve a late medical bulletin said today Fever and coughing from a slight influenza attack have subsided and his general condition is good Prince Mihai 15 was stricken during a visit here with his mother former Queen Helen.
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Italy
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Mihai
Rumania
Helen
Gods Country and the Woman at Granada bold in technicolor
At the Granada a new Technicolor drama Gods Country and the Woman stars George Brent and Beverly Roberts. A logging camp feud in the north woods drives the plot with Roberts as the rugged owner and Brent as a visiting lumberjack. Barrat plots against the rivals while his brother wins Roberts’s favor. Supporting players include Barton MacLane Alan Hale Ed Brendel and Roscoe Ates.
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James Oliver Curwood
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Roberts Camp
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Barton MacLane
Alan Hale
Ed Brendel
Roscoe Ates
Metro
Prevost Remembered as Comedienne in Early Screen Years
The obituary notes Miss Prevost was a shapely Mack Sennett bathing girl who rose to full length features in the early 1920s earning high weekly sums. In talkies her star faded with Rex Lease praising her stage presence. Kenneth Harlan and H C Kerke were named as partners in two marriages.
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Miss Prevost
Mack ‘Sennett
Kenneth Harlan
H. C. Kerke
Factory Goes To Sea Surge Sets Court Of Fish Debate
California vote on an initiative to curb floating sardine reduction plants draws lines between canneries at sea and shore operations. Backers claim depletion risks. opponents say fleets already sustain a $5.6 million industry with seven mother ships and 120 purse seiners.
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San Francisco
California
Pacific Coast Fisheries Institute
Stanley Hitler
Lake Miraflores
Northwest
State Fish and Game Department
State Federation of Labor
Banking in Jerusalem Many Holidays Confuse Depositors
Jerusalem bank customers must track three calendars to avoid locked doors. Depositors rush between nine and twelve only to find signs like closed for Mauled el Nebi, a date confusion involving Whit Monday, Durban Bairam, Passover, or King George VI’s birthday, with 31 public holidays plus Sundays.
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Jerusalem
el Nebi
Mohammed
Durban
George VI
Model Husbands Course Teaches Tolled Household Skills
Stephenville Texas reports John Tarleton college home economics teachers Mattie Walker and Ida Lou Nelson offer a course for young men to become model husbands. Topics include marriage law, budgeting a home, diet for underweight men, clothing, introductions, hosting events, and social etiquette, with ad help for classified copy via phone.
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Stephenville
Texas
Mattie Walker
Ida Lou Nelson
John Tarleton College
Let's Make a Million at the Varsity cinema
Edward Everett Horton stars in a comedy about a man who wins a big bonus to marry his secretary while his two maiden aunts clash over how the money should be spent. The feature also replays These Three with Miriam Hopkins Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea.
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Edward Everett Horton
Margaret Seddon
Margaret McWade
Mr. Deeds
Varsity
Horton
Charlotte Wynters
Miriam Hopkins
Merle Oberon
Joel McCrea
Woolworth in Jail Over Old Bank Robbery Charge
Allan Woolworth returned to Lyon County jail in Emporia after being accused of the $16,000 Citizens National Bank robbery four years earlier. He was placed in solitary confinement and denied access to a lawyer, telephone, or newspapers while in custody.
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Emporia
Allan Woolworth
Lyon County
Citizens National Bank
Woolworth
California
Robbery Suspect Accused of Many Bank and Merchant Heists
The report accuses the man of taking part in numerous other bank and mercantile store robberies, suggesting a pattern of theft across multiple incidents.
Creomulsion Advertises Quick Cough Relief
A vintage ad promotes Creomulsion for chest cold bronchial irritation claiming it targets the seat of trouble to soothe inflamed membranes and loosen phlegm. It guarantees money back if results aren’t seen from the first bottle.
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