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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
5
John Brogan of Antioch Illinois was convicted after biting the town marshal and then biting jurors in the jury box. Jacob Van Wingen of Grand Rapids Michigan has used the same penfolder for 24 consecutive years.
Trustee Julian R. Allsbrook will auction publicly on August 9 1932 at 12 30 PM in front of the Halifax Court House door two Roanoke Rapids properties Lots 915 and 917 on Hamilton Street Rosemary village Roanoke Rapids Township Halifax County North Carolina. The parcels front 30 feet and extend 140 feet to an alley, conveyed to Harvey W Taylor and wife by J W Taylor and M D Collier October 15 1924.
The column notes Elissa Landi and Joan Bennett facing potential contract renewals after upcoming pictures. It mentions the Barrymore family co starring in Rasputin with Lionel, Marlene Dietrich in The Blonde Venus, Jean Hersholt as a Dane, and Crawford’s best scenes cut from Grand Hotel. Diane Sinclaire and Karene Morley in Washington Masquerade join a Hollywood joke on national origins. Joe E. Brown rests after operations in Los Angeles and Maurice Chevalier sails to France.
Liberty Magazine applauds Jean Harlow in Red Headed Woman at Peoples Theater. Lil Andrews pursues wealthy victims and marriage, draining wallets and breaking homes as the hard boiled adventuress moves from one conquest to the next. The film debuts under the summer admission price of ten and twenty five cents.
Both Roanoke Rapids theatres announce new low prices of 10 and 25 cents for all shows. The rates will apply daily to matinees and nightly performances for the rest of the summer, with possible permanent continuation if patronage warrants.
Lucille Brandenburger of St Louis Missouri marries Dr Nathan Palmer Fitts on Tuesday July 12 1932 with the ceremony at home in Williams burg Virginia. The announcement was received by Mrs V T Lamm sister of Nathan Fitts. The couple is described as forming a bright future for Roanoke Rapids readers who knew the groom as a cheerful boy.
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