Global tensions and political maneuvering dominate week
Central Europe discusses Horthy visit to Berlin and potential axis pacts with Italy and Germany. The Little Entente considers nonaggression deals while Franco expands during Spain’s civil war. Roosevelt, U. S. labor leaders, and Canadian ties color the broader international scene. Meanwhile a New York subway wreck and purges in Georgia Maryland and New York shape domestic politics.
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Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Europe
Nicholas Horthy
Hitler
Italy
Rome- Berlin
League of Nations
Horthy
Jugo- Slavia
Bled
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hankow
Wang- Ching-Wei
Japan
Britain
Wang Ching-Wei
Wang
John Public
U. S
New York
Maryland
Georgia
Franklin Roosevelt
Walter F. George
James W. Arnold
Republican National
G. O.P
George
Lawrence S. Camp
RFC
Edgar B. Dunlap
Millard E. Tydings
Commonwealth
Will
Bindle Pete Seeks Hobo King's Head
A regular column notes tensions in the hoboes with Bindle Pete calling for deposition of King Jeff Davis over Europe bound travel and Hollywood work. It profiles Jeff Davis’s 40 years on the road and World War I speeches, plus brief notes on Bette Davis and Franz Lehar.
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Bindle
Pete
New York
Ben Reitmann
Chicago
Bindle Pete
Jeff Davis
Europe
Hollywood
James Davis
Cincinnati
Jeff
Hobo Brotherhood
King Jeff
Franz Lehar
Vienna
Kurstenstrasse
Herr Lehar
Budapest
Vienna Rotary Club
Dvorak
Neolidater
Good Enough For Bob Taylor Films Refresh On Ranch
Robert Taylor, film actor, cools off with water at his Northbridge ranch near Holly in a casual scene captured amid daily life.
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Bob Taylor
Robert Taylor
Northbridge Ranch
Holly
Rats Take Over Airfield Near Karachi
Report from an airfield near Karachi describes thousands of rats tunneling beneath. Officials tried poison, gas, shooting, and traps with no success. The London Daily Express notes authorities finally yielded as rats now dominate the airfield.
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Karachi
London Daily Express
Smith Too Busy Keeps 5 AM Start At Sharpsburg Anvil
Henry Hofer, a Sharpsburg blacksmith with 44 years of experience, begins work at 5 a m most days, sometimes 17 hours, despite neighbor complaints to the police. Officials said no legal limit could stop him.
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Henry Hofer
Sharpsburg
Henry
Star Dust and Pearl White Tales from Film's Early Era
A column recalls Pearl White and Earl White with odd facts about ages and fame, and notes Warner Oland’s death after her. It reviews The Crowd Roars starring Robert Taylor and Bill Gargan, hints at Changes for Alias Mrs. Jones, and ponders Hedy Lamarr’s rise and Von Sternberg’s directing debut for Metro.
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Earl White
Mary Pickford
Warner Oland
Pearl White
Charlie Chan
Robert Taylor
Bill Gargan
Leslie Howard
Hedy Lamarr
Algiers
Josef von Sternberg
Metro
Pictures in the Spotlight at Large The Crowd Roars and More
A roundup notes many fine films at large venues with listings including The Crowd Roars Alexander's Ragtime Band Mother Carey’s Chickens The Rage of Paris and if foreign pictures come your way May- erling.
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Alexander
Mother Carey
Paris
Erling
Bergen puppets spark BBC attempt with Willie Winkett flop
The piece notes Charlie McCarthy’s success prompts BBC to try a Willie Winkett puppet but it flops. It says Edgar Bergen remains clever and hints at the public tiring of the same act, with Bergen already planning another puppet.
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Charlie McCarthy
British Broadcasting Company
Charlie
Willie Winkett
Willie
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Odds and Ends from Hollywood Headlines
Watch W C Fields stage a comeback as author and actor in You Cant Cheat an Honest Man and spark Paramount regret. Carole Lombard and Bill Powell to star together again while Harold Lloyd fumes at production power and eyes England. Shirley Temple cuts vacation short amid chatter about Simone Simon’s stalled contract talks in New York.
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W. C. Fields
Paramount
Carole Lombard
Bill Powell
Harold Lloyd
England
Shirley Temple
Simone Simon
France
Pearances
New York
Unica
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Francisco Franco
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United Art Workers
Toledo
Ross Lewis
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Sidney Hillman
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Gorman
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Kingston
Ontario
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Massachusetts
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Pearl Tehwei Liu
Hudson
Robert Fulton
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