Indian War Vets Plan Convention at Fort Leavenworth
Kansas National Indian War Veterans schedule their annual convention for September 7 and 8 at the National Military Home, inviting veterans of all wars. National commander Luther Barker coordinates, with Gov. Charles I. Martin pledging support and a program featuring Topeka Chamber of Commerce acts, musical performances, athletic contests, and a Boys Industrial School band. Events run both mornings and afternoons. attendees include members from Wichita and Clay Center, with remarks on picnic success and local entertainment.
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Fort Leavenworth
A. P.J
Kansas National Indian War Veterans
National Military
Luther Barker
Clay Center
Barker
National Indian War Veterans
Kansas
Wichita
West
Charles Wingrove
H. L. Burgess
Olathe
George W
Texas' first regular air passenger flight takes off
Dallas inaugurates air passenger service as Herbert Kindred pilot flies the Travelair from Love Field at 7 44 AM heading to Chicago on the national mail line. The event marks the start of air freight and passenger routes linking Texas with New York Chicago and Marion Ohio with Express consignments to New York, Chicago and Marion.
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Dallas
Texas
Loverfeld
National Air Transport
Chicago
R Knuteman
Herbert Kindred
Travelair
American Railway Express Company
New York
Marion
Ohio
Kindred
Kansas City
Lecompton Harvest Home Picnic Attracts Big Turnout
The annual Lecompton Harvest Home picnic drew about 1500 attendees Thursday for home talent entertainment while Friday brought about 2000 people for a magical program by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and an eight o'clock program by the Topeka Chamber of Commerce. The "Little Folks' Dance" featured 24 community children directed by E. J. Hill and Miss Mary Nace, marking a festive gathering that doubles as a homecoming and reunions event for many families.
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Lecompton
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
E. J. Hill
Mary Nace
Few Negroes Act in Movies Today
Hollywood film casting agency operator James Smith says few Negroes want acting roles. About a hundred Negroes work regularly in California pictures with moderate screen incomes and many do outside work. Negro extras often earn more per day than the lowest paid white extras, typically seven dollars fifty cents, though they work fewer days per week.
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Hollywood
Cal
James Smith
Negro actors rarely cast in lead roles in early cinema
The article notes that most prominent negro roles went to white actors and highlights James Lowe, a negro, as Uncle Tom in a Screen version of Uncle Tom's Calm, seen by fellow actors as the first real break for black film performers since cinema began. It mentions a handful of independent all Negro productions in Hollywood since 1915 but cites limited nationwide release as a barrier.
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James Lowe
Uncle Tom
Hollywood
Paramount study prompts use of Negro actors in film
Reports suggest Paramount may cast Negro actors in a picture starring Fil Jensen, a German character actor, as a cannibal king. Metre Goldwyn-Mine plans a Negro war comedy, DeMille to produce Porgy, and Universal to screen Octavus Roy Cohen's Negro stories, leaving optimistic reactions among Black players.
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Paramount
Fil Jannings
Goldwyn-Mayer
Prospect
DeMille
Universal
Octavus Roy Cohen
Hagenbeck Wallace Circus to Perform at Woodland Park
The Hagenbeck Wallace Circus will show at Woodland Park on September 21 after a run starting September 5. Local residents are invited to enjoy a day of entertainment by the traveling troupe and familiar circus acts.
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Woodland’ Park
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Florence Leachman
Mica Marguerite Beckert
Myra Warner Reading
Jean St. John
Bethel Gross
Beva Gately
Lila Poynter
Thelma
Peell
Mary Edwards
F. Sellars
J. Youngman
Baker
B. Wagner
Mabel Crook
Veal
J. B. Walker
Florence J.eachman
Marguerite Beckett
Myra Warner
Lila Pyonter
Topeka
George Lasswell
Ray Baldwin
Orval Balda
Mary Agnes Walter
Lucile Hildenbrand
Naomi Beatty
Wilma Shaffer
Norman Lasswell
Charles Shaw
F. Cummings
Tom Dick
Mr. Denning
David Paslay
John Taylor
Hazel
Prescott
Ariz
B. Stauffer
United Brethren Church
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Methodist Home
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Ruth Maxine
Mr. Brubaker
E. P. Day
Eliza
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19Th
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RADIO
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Stetson
Florida-Cuba
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L. D. Wells
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Thorobred
Hata
Siter School
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