Untiring Swanson Chases Boundless Opportunity In Hollywood
H N Swanson emerges as a standout youth in 1936 press profiles. After college he edited College Humor, moved to Hollywood as associate producer for RKO, then built a literary agency and bold ventures. The piece notes his grit, timing, and knack for spotting talent amid Depression era uncertainty. It also recalls Col E H R Green’s rise from humble roots to wealth and influence, including a lavish car, bank gift, and aviation interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Press Association
New York
H. N. Swanson
Chicago
Hollywood
RKO
Card Of Thanks From The Leyshon Family
The Leyshon family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy during bereavement and for floral tributes and cars donated.
New salad by Anne Shirley highlights fresh peach cottage cheese
Picture star Anne Shirley presents a salad idea using halved peaches filled with cottage cheese and sprinkled with chopped pineapple. Each portion is finished with a half walnut as garnish.
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Anne Shirley
Picture Star
The Parent Problem Parents Form Play Groups
A practical plan for two or three parents to supervise preschool play at homes, alternating days to give mothers relief and children playmates. Emphasizes health checks, cooperative play, and story reading, with groups of four or five and potential future nursery school guidance from experts.
Notary Appointed in Ellwood City and Court Updates
Walter P. Simpson of Ellwood City gains a Notary Public commission on Court House Hill. Attorney Walter S. Reynolds, recently released from Jameson Memorial Hospital, attends court for the Mary Taylor estate. Frederick Taylor of Saskatchewan is recognized as a lawful claimant, with Mrs. Laura Linton, accepting real estate and cash in a partial distribution. Registration Clerk Thomas Edmunds notes only about thirty five voters changed addresses since the last primary and urges others to update records and names for voting. The Seevers murder trial raises precedent on retrial for life inmates returning from Western Penitentiary. Judge Chambers revokes three club charters and notes Brunswick Club may go to hearing. Thirty-nine instruments filed at the registrar including fourteen deeds and eleven mortgages. County money flow improves and delinquent taxes may be collected under a new act, with 1935 taxes due now and prior-year taxes payable at twenty percent per year over five years.
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Walter S. Reynolds
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Court House
Mary Taylor
Frederick Taylor
Saskatchewan
Laura Linton
Thomas Edmunds
West Pittsburg
James A. Chambers
Young Men's Social Club
Ellwood City
Belmont Club
Catholic Protective Society
Mont L. Riley
Brunswick Club
Register and Recorder’s Office
Frank W. Hill
Beaver Falls social notices and church schedule
Rose Point visitors include the McCrackens and family from Beaver Falls. Local residents visit relatives in Sarver Butler and Portersville. Reformed Presbyterian church announces morning worship at 11, sabbath school, Crusaders and C Y P A at 7 30, and prayer meeting at 8. Also notes Mrs Stoner and son visiting New York and Detroit plans. Fashion note mentions pillbox turbans as alternative to wide brim hats.
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O. D. Stickle
W. H. Todd
Sarver
Henry McClymonds
Butler
M. E. McClymonds
James Hazlett
Wilkinsburg
Fred Pryor
Robert Young
Charles Kennedy
Dorothy
Portersville
Ed McFarland
Wendel Dean
Charles McFarland
Martha Stoner
Lynn Stoner
Stoner
Detroit
Shenango U. P. church class meets at Annie Spiker home
Highland Heights notes record a young married people's class gathering with a social, lunch served by the hostess, and gifts for an engaged member who set July 25 for marriage to Thomas Bromley, with out of town guests Dorthea Wooding and Fred Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenango U. P. Church
Annie Spiker
Della
Helen Sadler
Rachel Reynolds
Thomas Bromley
Dorthea Wooding
Ellwood City
Fred Clark
New Wilmington
Mr and Mrs Mitchell Host Informal Evening for Sister
Mr and Mrs Robert Mitchell entertained a group of young people at their home Saturday evening in honor of their sister Dorothy Sadler. The informal gathering named Estella Reynolds and Mike Mitchell as contest winners.
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Robert Mitchell
Dorothy Sadler
Estella Reynolds
Mike Mitchell
Deadline Set For Hairdressers Registration Fees
The department of public instruction announces July 1 as the deadline for barber and beauty culture professionals to pay 1936 registration fees. Prosecutions will begin against those who practice without registration after the deadline. The News By Mail rate is one year for five dollars.
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Harrisburg
Department of Public Instruction
Laurel Bloom Spreads Across Pennsylvania Forests
The Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters reports mountain laurel, the state flower, in full bloom across state forests and hillsides. Deputy secretary W. J. B. Winters notes extensive blooms in Logan Penn Moshannon and Bald Eagle districts, with fine growths in Mont Alto Michaux and Buchannan forests across Franklin Adams Cumberland Fulton and Bedford counties. A separate note mentions life imprisonment in North Dakota and Rhode Island for murder and a claim about unmanned balloons reaching 22 miles altitude.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters
W. J. B. Winters
Department
Logan
Penn, Moshannon
Bald Eagle
Mont Alto
Michaux
Buchanan
Franklin
Adams
Cumberland
Fulton
Bedford
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Manhattan
Col. E. H. R. Green
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
the Waldorf
Dallas
Texas
Massachusetts
America
Peeples
Aiest
Armstrong
East Washington St
Neisner
AC Cuz
Asl
Aen
Normandy
H.E. Washington
NORGE
Duffor
Washington St
Automotive
RADIO
North Mercer
Cramer
E. Washington ST
Court House Hill
Walter P. Simpson
John Dewey Seevers
Catherine Rodgers
Lawrence County
Western Penitentiary
Seevers
Cor
Mercer & Washington
Rose Point
Mrs. McCracken
Beaver Falls
Ford
Gure
Ind
Sidy
United States
New Universal Credit Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Fred Waring
Pennsylvanians
Columbia System
Blue Network
Francis Motor Sales CO
N. Croton Avenue
Highland Heights
PARTY
Doris Boalick
N. B. C. Club
Betty Brooks
Betty Freaser
Cortelyou Glass
W. J. Brooks
Saxonburg
June Maine
West Middlesex
Winifred Dawn Gibson
Stephen McBride
New Castle
Carl Hilliard
Prospect
John Coulter
Carl Klink
Donald and
Frederick
Pittsburgh
Verona
Millard Brown
Grove City
Brown
Rosa Glass
James Knight
East Palestine
Mrs. E Reynolds
L. B. Black
D. L. Heckathorne
Lackawanna
Edna Gibson
500 Fun Club
William Murphy
W. C. Book
Butler County
Jacob F. Perelman
Laurel
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Jack Groves
Casa Royal Orchestra
Hyde’s
Seventh Ward
Gilmore’s Drug Store
East Side
Shaffer and Snyder
Long Ave
Love and Megowns
N. Mill St
Mill Street
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