Etta Brown Dies Silent Film Star at 50
Eureka report says former actress Etta Lee Brown died at her home after illness. She acted opposite Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and co starred with Greta Garbo in Camille. Her husband Frank Brown is a KAQM radio commentator. Other noted films include The Sheik and The Chief of bagdad.
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Michele Morgan Says Paris Traffic Worse Than Hollywood
French actress Michele Morgan, visiting Los Angeles, says Paris traffic is worse. In an interview she found Los Angeles atmosphere exhilarating and easier to drive in than Paris, noting that anyone who can drive in Paris can drive in Hollywood.
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Movie Veteran Dies in Greenville at 76
Johnny H. Ricek, a 76 year old veteran of silent films and medicine shows, died Friday in Greenville South Carolina. Born in Espbjerg Denmark, his career spanned early cinema and touring medicine shows.
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Dean Jinx on Doc’s Car Sparks Porsche Cult
In Hollywood racing circles a doctor Dr William Eschrich battles superstitious Dean fans around a Lotus Porsche powered car built from Dean’s legacy. Eschrich says the Porsche front engine machine, bought for 1000 dollars, has inspired intense intrigue though he dismisses the Dean link as mere coincidence. He has won one race and placed second in another amid ongoing repairs after a gravel mishap.
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Balloonists Trained For Altitude Flight In Stratolab
Two Navy balloonists M D Ross and Lt Omar L Lewis prepared for a high altitude flight in a stratolab gondola. They spent six hours in a pressure chamber simulating conditions expected in the stratosphere as part of the six hour simulated flight prior to a Rapid City, South Dakota test next week.
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Boy Cleared of Desertion After Month in Custody
MILTON W VA PiNine teen Ellis Smith was held for over a month as a suspected Army deserter. Fingerprints proved he was not the man who enlisted under his name and later went AWOL. He had gone to Columbus Ohio last summer to join, but did not smoke during enlistment. The Navy plans a stratosphere flight near Rapid City for scientific data in sero medicine and atmosphere studies, with Capt. Barr leading research efforts.
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Intriguing Army Identity Case At Dudley Gap Farm
Fraudulent enlistment using Ellis Junior Smith forged records, including a missing billfold and enlistment papers, led to an Army swearing in at Columbus for three years on July 9. The imposter, said to have a bad heart, was shipped to Ft. Chaffee Ark and soon AWOL. Ellis arrested at the Smith farm with no draft card.
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Mostly Clear Skies Reported Across U S Weather Map
A fragmented weather briefing notes mostly clear skies over the United States with showers along the East Coast and parts of the Northwest. Cool air spreading from the central states shifts toward the southern plains as warmer trends move into the Great Lakes to the East and western regions with rain prospects along the mid Mississippi Valley and Atlantic states.
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