Crazy Captain Stirs Miami Weekend Boat Trip Nightmare
Suzanne Mathias recalls a December 1929 Miami weekend fishing trip that went haywire when the boat's captain disabled the crew, raved about royal connections, threatened violence with a wrench, and steered toward Miami after a night of fear. Officials later noted prior warnings, and the group survived with trauma but no disaster.
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Ello
Suzanne Mathias
New York City
Suzanne
Miami
Florida Keys
Sweden
Coast Guard
Norma Shearer May Change Gone With the Wind Role
Star Dust ITIS reports Norma Shearer, having won the role of Scarlett O Hara, seeks changes to the final half of the story. She fears the heroine’s late chapters are unsympathetic, which could anger fans who supported the casting.
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ITIS
Norma Shearer
Scarlett O’hara
Dreaming of Wild Animals Foretells Mind Turmoil
A London Tit-Bits writer explains that dreaming wild animals chasing you signals anxiety about present events. Being overtaken indicates misfortune, while being ignored suggests worry about minor matters. Friendly wild animals imply kindness from an influential person.
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London
Tit-Bits
Single Plan Town Richelieu Built Wholely by One Plan
Colliers Weekly says Richelieu France is the only town worldwide built entirely from a single plan and never altered. Its walls streets squares palaces houses church hotel and market place remained as when the town was completed.
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Richelieu
France
Collier’s Weekly
Making Bible Official in England Proclamation of 1538
The royal proclamation of 1538 established the English Bible as official. It requires every parish to provide the largest English Bible and place it for convenient public reading, while explicitly discouraging private or public obstruction to reading or hearing the text.
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England
Englyshe
The First Cash Register Invention History
The 1879 invention by James J. Ritty of Dayton Ohio gave rise to the first cash register. He observed a steamship propeller device in Europe and, returning home, developed a Dayton manufactured machine though initial models were inaccurate. in 1880 a more practical version followed.
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James J
Jake) Ritty
Dayton
Ohio
Europe
Harold Lloyd Buys 114 Film Negatives From Pathé
Harold Lloyd has purchased the negatives of 114 early pictures from Pathé for sentimental reasons and to reuse gags. NBC musical director Al Roth outlines nursery rhymes as basis for a Children's Symphony. Other notes mention Cantor's sturgeon trip, lookalikes for stars in England, Walter Cameron in Made for Each Other, Simone Simon contract doubts, Bancroft 25th year, Madge Evans and Jane Pickens at summer theaters, and Kay Francis in a mother role in My Bill.
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Harold Lloyd
Pathe
Professor Beware
Eddie Cantor
Europe
New York
Hollywood
England
Walter Cameron
Film. Com
Simone Simon
Georg Bancroft
Madge Evans
Jane Pickens
Massachusetts
Kay Francis
Deserter's Tale From Northland Trails
A deserter from the Royal Mounted shares why he fled a brutal, fame-hungry sergeant major who abused authority. He reveals a six year record of service and a plan to surrender to an inspector, anticipating justice as the madman is finally ousted months later.
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Mounted
The
Royal Mounted
Faol
Butch Manton Lynched After Carpet Tack Incident
In Gallos county a gunfight over cattle theft ends with Butch Manton hanged at a roadside tree. Sheriff Tom uses carpet tacks scattered on a dark floor to trap him after a barroom shootout and pursuit to the Diablo country border.
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Gallos County
Butch Manton
Butch
Johnnie Rucker
Johnnie
Tom
Diablo Canyon
Along the Highway on Polite Driving Faults
The article warns drivers that owning a car should not erode politeness and that drivers often blame others. It argues distraction and focus slips cause accidents, urging caution on busy roads and emphasizing responsibility behind the wheel.
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Lord
Shirley
Cops
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Virginia Vale
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Dorothy Lamour
Herbie Kay
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Texas
Galveston
New Orleans
al Roth
NBC
Captain G. Elliott
Nightingale
WNU
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Paeda Truck Ng Operation
Firestone
Firestone Tire
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Deer
Ka ™ Materis L
Champion Farmers of America
Everett Mitchell
Voice OF Firestone
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
N. B. C. Red
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