Talkies Birthday Recalled as Sound Film Era Began
Film fans celebrate Warner Bros tenth anniversary of sound in cinema with Vitaphone and Don Juan as milestones. Bets on Danton and Tate discuss Bette Davis, Laughton, Kate Smith moves west, and Don Ameche and Loretta Young in new roles. ODDS AND ENDS notes include Shirley Temple earnings, Hepburn’s vacation, Selznick’s casting search, Colbert boots, Hersholt meeting the Dionne quintuplets, and RKO and Martha Raye.
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Warner Brothers
John Barrymore
Will Hays
Loretta Young
Twentieth Century-Fox
Lloyd’s of London
Don Ameche
Freddie Bartholomew
Sir Guy Standing
Virginia Field
C. Aubrey Smith
Freddie
Don Loretta Youneameche
Lloyd’s
Loretta
Shirley Temple
Twenteth Century-Fox
Katharine Heppern
New York
Hollywood
Collander
Ontario
Sheeler
Woolsey
Europe
Rko-Radio
Martha Raye
Paramount
Western Newspaper Union
Verbal Clash Sparks House Not Now for Two High-Brows
A satire chronicles Alonzo Frothingham and his wife Mehitabel clashing over slang versus cultured speech. He vows to prune his long words to one syllable, but she ridicules him, ending with a moral: there never was a house big enough for two high brows.
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NCE
Alonzo Frothingham
Dominie
Mehitabel
the State University
Sir Walter Scott
Robert W. Chambers
Elihu Root
Calvin Coolidge
Pope
Eliot
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Alonzo
George M. Cohan
George the Fifth
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Joseph Addison
Walter Pater
Indians Used Heat From Geysers in Yellowstone Park
Native peoples in Yellowstone used geyser heat for cooking food. The note highlights practical use of geothermal resources by Indigenous communities within the park.
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Yellowstone Park
Sarpy levy cut by .41 mill and county notices
Sarpy county commissioners cut the county levy by .41 of a mill lowering the tax total by about 6532 dollars. Nebraska City residents rejected a 20000 dollar pool bond by 864 to 554 in a special election. Robert Rowell noted about 100 temporary trucking certificates and 50 new daily applications.
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Sarpy
James Spearman
Nebraska City
PWA
Robert Rowell
Nebraska Railway Commission
Motor Transportation Division
W. H. Smith
Nebraska
Smith
Garden County
Douglas County
FERA
Norman Durfee
Durfee
Drouth
Little Princess dress pattern for Barbara Bell 1828-8
Simplicity and charm of a princess frock appeals to mothers and daughters alike. Slightly fitted waist, mild flare skirt, puff sleeves and Peter Pan collar with small front buttons. Patrons may choose printed muslin, percale, challis or sheer wool and sew with minimal effort. Pattern No 1828-8 in sizes 4 6 8 10 requires fabric and contrast yardage. send 15 cents for pattern and Fall Pattern Book.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Bel
WNU
Prague man holds strange job as living tailor dummy
Rudolph Nedvidek of Prague earns his living by standing still as a living tailor's dummy. He can stay motionless for hours in shop windows or on a street cart, a skill honed through long practice to avoid blinking or movements.
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Rudolph Nedvidek
Prague
Rudolph
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Bing Crosby, Ltd., Inc
Bing
Karem Morley
Elissa ‘Landi
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Myrna Ley
William Powell
Bell Syndicate
George
Mrs. Frothingham
Leon Errol
State News
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Army District
Missouri
Omaha
Iowa
Q. R. Toman
Lincoln
Cuming County
Statte
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West Point
Wisner
Loup River
American Road Builders’ Association
Tilley
Charles M. Upham
Washington
Association
H. R. Tolley
AAA
Tolley
Kearney
WPA
D. F. Felton
Felton
Little Princess
Ta Lincoln Hotel
A. Lew
Ae AQ
AAEL
Omalia
Blackstone
Chetterbon Unusnel
Tive Sututes
Feta WuseEss
Roy Pawnee
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Carnie
Omaha, Nebe
Haki
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Stone
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Lechy Rabbit
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