Alexander's Ragtime Band at Tivoli Theater Weekly show
The Tivoli screens Alexander's Ragtime Band with Irving Berlin songs 1911 to present including two new numbers. Tyrone Power plays a young musician chasing fame aided by Alice Faye and a starry cast. Also features Keep Smiling with Jane Withers and a Porky and Daffy cartoon.
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Alexander
Tivoli Theater
Irving Berlin
Berlin
Marie
Tyrone Power
Alice Faye
Ethel Merman
Jack Haley
Don Ameche
Jean Hersholl
Helen Westley
John Carradine
Paul Hurst
Wally Vernon
Ruth Terry
Chick Chandler
Eddie Collins
Douglas Fowley
McNamee News
Jane Withers
Jane
Hollywood
Henry Wilcoxon
Wilcoxon
Gloria Stuart
Jed Prouty
Robert Allen
Porky
Daffy
Charlie Chase
The Tivoli Showcases Lord Jeff and Riders of the Black Hills
The Tivoli presents a single day showing of Lord Jeff featuring Fred die Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney with supporting cast including Herbert Mundin and Charles Coburn plus added shorts. City Opera House screens Riders of the Black Hills starring the Three Mesquiteers with Max Terhune Bob Livingston and Ray Corrigan and Ann Evers, plus chapter 14 of Secret of Treasure Island and a cartoon. Frederick theater profiles Melody of the Plains with Fred Scott, plus Fighting Devil Dogs chapter 9, a novelty and a cartoon My Little Buckaroo.
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Freddie Bartholomew
Mickey Rooney
Tivoli
Lord Jeff
England
Possessions
Freddie
Mickey
Herbert Mundin
Gale Sundergaard
Charles Coburn
City Opera House
Black Hills
Max Terhune
Bob Livingston
Ray
Corrigan
Ann Evers
Treasure Island
Holywood
Fred’ Scott
Frederick Theater
$250000 Movie Quiz Contest Launch in Industry Drive
The motion picture industry launches a $1,000,000 campaign featuring a Movie Quiz contest. Prizes total 250,000 in 5,000 cash awards. Contest entry is simple: pick up a 32 page booklet at the theater, answer questions, and submit a 50 word statement explaining preferences and reasons. First 30 pictures answered become official answers. prizes go to the greatest number of correct answers and best 50 word statement. In case of a tie the 50 word statement decides.
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Alice Faye
Alexander
Warner Bros. Tre
Ambitious Opponent's Close Double Transforms Board in Tournament
A Master Point hand features Gordon M. Gibbs and Cecil Friedman turning an average board into a top result after an over ambitious opponent’s close double. The article discusses bidding themes including forcing bids and a seven-trick contract plan, with a problem posed: how South should respond to reach seven contracts.
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Gordon M. Gibbs
Bloomfield
N. J
Cecil Friedman
Newark
South
Duplicate-E and W opening lead in four spades play
In a bridge hand Gibbs with the North hand scored highest after a double and a careful defense. North held nine tricks in top cards six spades and ace in each other suit. The club ace in dummy won first trick, heart queen led, West covered, spade finesse, diamond ace regrouped, king dropped, yielding six spades and three aces.
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North
West
Gibbs
Thers
RACKET BUSTERS AT CITY OPERA HOUSE
A 1940s film program lists Racket Busters with George Brent and Gloria Dickman at the City Opera House on Monday and Tuesday. Humphrey Bogart leads the racketeers. Walter Abel is the special prosecutor. Also shows Booloo, Stolen Heaven, Wanted Be a Model, Snow Fool, and Six Shooting Sheriff with Ken Maynard, plus Pathe News and Treasure Island serial.
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City Opera House
George Brent
Gloria Dickman
Humphrey Bogart
Walter Abel
Allen Jenkins
Penny Singleton
Anthony Averill
Elliott Sullivan
Pathe News
Wild Bill Hickok
Booloo
Colin Tapley
Maylayan
Tapley
England
Mama Clark
Clyde E. Elrath
Gene Raymond
Olympe Bradna
Lewis Stone
Glenda Farrell
Porter Hall
Chopin
Strauss
Pathe
Ken Maynard
Maynard
Treasure Island
Court News Marriage Licenses and Property Transfers Listed
A list of marriage licenses includes Lester Eyler and Dorothy Hendrickson, David Curry and Evelyn Fogle, and others with ages and addresses. Also noted are divorces and property transfers with names and localities such as Woodsboro Gettysburg and Harpers Ferry.
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Lester Thomas Eyler
East Sixth Street
Dorothy L. Hendrickson
Jefferson Street
David H. Curry
Evelyn G. Fogle
Woodsboro
William Preston Fisher
Union
Bridge
Freda Fogle
John Ingersoll Wiegle
Blue Ridge Summit
Martha Grace Royer
Sabillasville
Herbert F. Cogle
Ada Longerbeam
Baltimore
Elizabeth V. Potts
Harpers, Ferry
W. Va
Raymond J. Garling
Marian
Catherine M. Hoover
Greencastle
Jesse D. Williams
Nittany
Evelyn J. Snavely
Spring Mills
Mount Vernon Shrine Gardens Menaced by Beetle Invasion
Mount Vernon head gardener A C Reath, with help from the Agriculture Department, reports control of a Japanese beetle outbreak in the Washington home’s rose garden. The piece also notes that 19th century astronomers once named a supposed planet Vulcan between Mercury and the Sun, though modern astronomers deny its existence.
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Mount Vernon
Americas
George Washington
A. C. Reath
United States Department of Agri
Ben Blue Career Rise in Paris Honeymoon Era
Ben Blue, Montreal native and Baltimore upbringing, rose from window dresser to Hollywood chorus boy and pantomimic comedian. His skating dance propelled him to big time as he joined the film world with the Paris Honeymoon era looming, part of the established movie era of entertainers.
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Bill Porter
George Scarbo
Ben Blue
Montreal
Canada
Baltimore
Haberdashery
Detour Detour Social Notes From Long Green Valley and Nearby
Detour and nearby communities note visits by Elizabeth and Merle Yoder to the Withide and Warner households after trips to New Jersey and relatives in Pennsylvania. Several Yoder relatives from Baltimore County and Towson are mentioned visiting Littlestown orphanage events and returning home. Other items report Katherine Mentzer's illness, Durboraw family visits near Gettysburg, Carroll Cover’s gradual recovery, and Eleanor Wilhide visiting Durboraw. A baby boy arrival for Raymond Schildt is announced.
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Elizabeth Yoder
Long Green Valley
Merle Yoder
Towson
Carroll Withide
E. L. Warner
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
M. Wilhide
E. J. Clabaugh
Lloyd Wilhide
George W. and Agnes Hoffman
Littlestown
Stella Metzler
Altoona
Katherine Mentzer
George Mentzer
Russell Durboraw and Sons
Gettysburg
Physician To Appeal Suit By Dr. Tabler
Attorneys for Dr. Homer E. Tabler say they will take the injunction case against Dr. F. H. Cutler to the Maryland Court of Appeals to continue practice restrictions in Hancock after Circuit Court refused to sustain a demurrer. The petition, filed in July, sought to bar Cutler from practicing within a fifteen mile radius of Hancock following Tabler’s resignation as chairman of the State Roads Commission.
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Hagerstown
F. H. Culler
Hancock
Maryland Court of Appeals
Frank G. Wagaman
Homer E. Tabler
Cutler
Tabler
State Roads Commission
Gene Autry Horse Q Chaimp Breaks Into Hollywood Tale
In a humorous interview Gene Autry's horse recounts its rise to screen stardom. The animal traces a lineage from Morgan trotters in Vermont to a Hollywood career after being bought for 75 dollars. It recalls ancestral Godiva anecdotes, a rodeo background, and a life of public appearances and radio broadcasts.
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Paul Harrison
NEA
Hollywood
Gene Autry
Q—Chaimp
Trates Efoment
Brgvest
Tuan
Lady Godiva
Godiva
Coventry
Ges
Mamta
Vermont
Gallup
N. M
Papa
Sire Morgan
Pegasus
Gene
Tulsa
Clark Gable
Barrymore
Man to Resume Medical Practice After Han Rock
An unnamed figure announced his intention to resume the practice of medicine after the Han rock incident, signaling a return to professional duties and medical service despite recent events. The statement suggests readiness to re-engage with patients and clinical work.
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Hanrock
Rev Shaffer Addresses Lions On Recreation
Rev Charles D Shaffer secretary of YMOCA spoke to Lions highlighting recreation as vital yet nervous Americans need more thought given to music worship and sports. He was introduced by Rev Ralph Hartman who presided at the meeting.
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Charles D Shaffer
YMOCA
Ther
Pune
Wong Sn Tee Francis Scot Ki
Ralph “. Hartman
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T. M Beg
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Geonce
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HAL Roach
Warners
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Demsberg
Tyrone Alice Power - Faye- Ameche
Jean Hersholt
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Herbert Mandin
Geo. Brent
Gloria Dickson
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Warmer Bros
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