Conscience And The Talkies In Hollywood Debate
The article discusses censorship at the source for the motion picture industry, critiquing film content from crime and sex themes to morals and public uplift. It notes pressures for stricter rules, the influence of box office, and writings by James R. Gregson on writing talkies, urging rapid submission of story ideas to producers.
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Hollywood
Ente
Dilinger
Wood Court
Chicago
Hollyme
Avenae
Pose & New
James R. Gregson
Mercury
Galsworthy
Leeds
Eng
Madox Ford
Bret
Aban
Big salaries in motion picture stars beat Roosevelt pay
A 1933 NRA study shows 110 film industry executives earned more than President Roosevelt after government pay is stripped. One unnamed actor received the peak 315000 year, another 296250 to an artist earning 10000 weekly during work. The industry posted a 19589595 loss last year.
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United States
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
N.R.A
Film Industr
University Gets Radium From Mme Curie Legacy
The gram of radium bought in 1921 with funds raised by American women’s committee goes to the University of Paris with the stipulation that Irene Curie may use it at will. Mrs. William Brown Meloney says Mme Curie’s daughter is a renowned physicist and long served as her assistant. The radium is presented as Mme Curie’s sole monetary asset besides a bank account, land in a Paris suburb, and personal effects.
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Tate
Mme. Marie Curie
University of Paris
Irene Curie
William Brown Meloney
Marie Curie Radium Fund
Mme. Curie
Meloney
Paris
Giant Mersey Tunnel Opens World’s Longest Underwater Roadway
The king formally opened the Mersey tunnel linking Liverpool and Birkenhead after nine years of construction. The Queen’s way bears a four lane roadway with pedestrian sidewalks and cost about 35 million dollars. More than a million people were reportedly present to witness the ceremony and curtain unveiling.
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Mersey
Liverpool
Birkinhead
Thames
Forth
Sydney Harbor
Queensway
Construction Boom In British Columbia Ports Alberni Mill
British Columbia sees active construction with road surfacing theatre and home building. The Great Central Sawmills mill at Port Alberni is under construction, costing about 600000 dollars and employing about 500 workers. May 1934 Canada grain output declined for all grains except buckwheat, with wheat 5258707 bushels and oats 578306.
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British Columbia
Great Central
Great Central Lake
Port Alberni
Canada
Australian lace and wood carvings sent to Canada
William Blacker of Home Creek Queensland sent to Col. Wilfrid Bovey at McGill University a lace sample and two carved serviette rings. He learned knitting during illness and envisioned lace making, while wood carving drew on Aboriginal watching. He fears Canadian girls lack time and skill to keep the craft alive.
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William Blacker
Home Creek
Queensland
Canada
Wilfrid Bovey
Canadian Handicrafts Guild
McGill University
Pink Lemons Grow on California Tree in Grove Mystery
Scientists are puzzled by pink lemons growing on a single tree in a California grove that has become a magnet for researchers. The fruit and skin are vivid pink, the trunk and branches are striped with white and green, and the white branches show little fruit.
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California
Mecca
German Import Order Targets Dominion Fruit Into Germany
Canada is named in a German government order on fruit imports requiring all Dominion shipments to go direct to designated ports and upon arrival to be inspected for San Jose scale and railroad wagons.
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Canada
Germany
Dominion
San Jose
Route to China via North Pole noted as shortest path
An old transit claim suggests the shortest route from New York to China traverses the North Pole. The idea reflects historical debates on great circle paths and polar travel efficiency. The statement combines geography with speculative navigation, lacking contemporary proof or endorsement.
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New York
China
North Pole
Mountie Chosen Weather Expert For Shackleton Arctic Quest
Corporal F A Stallworthy of the RCMP, formerly Alberta constable, is named by Edward Shackleton to accompany the Oxford University Arctic expedition to Ellesmere Island. The party plans a base in the region and a possible North Pole attempt. Miss Hilda Austin, Stallworthy’s wife, will stay in England during his absence.
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Edward Shackleton
Oxford University
Canadian Arctic
Far
F. A. Stallworthy
R.cm.p
Alberta
Ottawa
Ellesmere Island
Corp
Stallworthy
Shackleton
Arctic
Bache Peninsula
Corp. Stallworthy
Hilda Austin
St. Catherine's Church
Edson
England
Ellesmere Land
North Pole
Soviet Union Rises To Second In World Gold Output
The Soviet Union is now the world’s second largest gold producer after dramatic gains over the past two years. Official estimates for this year project 4,000,000 fine ounces, surpassing Canada and the United States. In 1933 output reached 2,489,000 fine ounces, a 142 percent rise from 1932, with over 500 million rubles spent on mining in four years and rising foreign orders for mining machinery. Officials insist deposits are near inexhaustible and that the USSR may exceed the Transvaal in time.
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Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Canada
United States
South Africa
Russia
U.S.S.R
Shelter Belt Plan From Canada to Texas Announced
United States Secretary Henry Wallace announced a forest shelter belt project costing 75 million dollars to span 100 miles wide from the Canadian border to Texas with work to begin immediately. President Roosevelt issued an executive order on July 11 allocating 15 million dollars in emergency funds to start the program.
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Canada
Texas
United States
Henry Wallace
Canadian
Roosevelt
Minister Protests Over Offertory Buttons
A Sunday evening sermon recalls a minister who laments six buttons found in last week’s offertory. He appeals for better attention to offerings and cites the Bible text Rend your hearts and not your garments.
Soviets Discover Hodzha Salt Mountain Near Afghan Border
Soviet prospectors report an immense salt dome named Hodzha in South Tabjukistan near Afghanistan. The mountain rises 24 000 feet and is believed to contain about a milliard tons of pure white salt. mining is planned to begin.
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Tabjukistan
Hodzha
Flies From Brazil Aimed At Saving Sugar Crop
Three men barely survived a 1300 mile trip to transport Amazon flies to Georgetown British Guiana by air and river to combat the moth borer. Discovered by Dr J G Myers of the Imperial Institute of Entomology, the insects may protect the sugar crop by destroying the pest.
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Brazil
British Guiana
Georgetown
Amazon
Para
J. G., Myers
Imperial Institute of Entomology
Myers
Myera
Puzzle Solved Japan Sells Scrap Iron to Home Makers
The New York Post reports that Japan bought scrap iron at cost for domestic manufacturers, after earlier claims of overseas procurement. Nipponese authorities reportedly sold three quarters of a million tons of idle shipping abroad for five million dollars fob, with ships set to return to the American market.
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Japan
Jingo
Haltic
Megantic
Tokyo
New York Post
Cancer Diagnosis via Chlorine Injections Claimed in Russia
Professor Taitovitch announced a blood injection method using chlorine to diagnose cancer and to identify individuals predisposed to the disease. He claimed the approach could reveal both present cases and predisposition within a population.
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Russia
Taitovitch
Canada May flour production tops April but lags year ago
May flour output in Canada reached 1,175,433 barrels, higher than April but below May last year when 1,334,101 barrels were produced. This indicates a recovering month over April yet a year-over-year decline in production pace.
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Canada
Dorothy Dix on women aiding husbands to success
A quip attributed to Dorothy Dix suggests many wives help their husbands rise. It notes a satirical twist that such partners may later shift allegiance or pursue different ambitions, reflecting social expectations of gender roles.
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