Paramount on tsfeet for 1944
Paramount reports progress after bankruptcy as Adolph Zukor and executives outline 1934 position. Paramount employs over 2000 at Hollywood studio, production chief Emanuel Cohen praised. Fox signs Walter Connolly for Charlie Chan remake. Doris Fox and Charles Beahan divorce on calendar. various Hollywood rumors about Lila Barney, Evelyn Venable, Al Jolson, and pranks during the era.
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Louella Q. Farsons
Mivion Mieturn Klar Uplezint Syee
Delverral Servier, Inc
Los Angeles
Paramount
Sal Adolph Zukov
Mr. Zuker
Halywood
T du Jay Ural Paramount
Emanuel Cohen
Hollywood Gossip and Party Prospects From Hollywood Buzz
The column surveys Busby Berkeley’s on set fashion, Sam Goldwyn’s plans for Nana in Russia, Anne Sten’s language woes, Jolson entertainment on Wonder Bar, Merna Kennedy and Ruth Roland’s ventures, Dietrich’s NYC Paris break, Mary Pickford and Frances Marion socializing, and Frank Orsatti hosting a dinner as Joe Mann courts college night.
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Busby Berkeley
Samuel Goldwyn
Nana
Russia
Anne Sten
Miss Sten
Bub Sam
Hollywood
A Jolson
Ruby Ereler
Merna Kennedy
Merona
Bushy Piap
Ruth Roland
Los Ane Eeles
David Arlin
Marlene Dietrich Wilk
New York
Paris
Mary Bickford
Chicago American
Mary
Frances Marion
Jack Gilbert
Cole
Greta Gerbo
Frank Orsatti
Joe Mann
Hollywood Roosevelt
Lucile
Kimmie Glewson
Toj
Rice Marketing Hearing Ordered
Secretary Wallace signs an order for a hearing in Shreveport Louisiana on January 22 to amend the market agreement for the Southern rice milling industry and reduce 775000 acres in Louisiana Texas and nearby areas by 20 percent to preserve 270000?900 of the 1933 rice crop value. Canary singers and hens for sale cheap see Classification 121 Light Classified Ads
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Wallace
Shreveport
Louisiana
AT+ lenses
Texas
Second Stage Show At Majestic In San Antonio
The Saturday program at the Majestic in San Antonio features the Second Stage with Bottoms Up a musical revue and Pop Cameron. The cast includes Lee Geils Helen Hohan Beth Miller Hobby Bixler Dolly Dell and 16 Chester Hale girls. Also on screen Ann Harding stars in Right to Romance with Robert Young Sari Martina and Will Asther. Kay Francis appears in The House of Fifty-Sixth Street with Joan Halliday and Ricardo Cortez. Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen with Dorothea Wicks Alice Brady and Baby Leroy. Broadway to Hollywood features Alice Brady Jackie Cooper Jimmy Durante and May Robson. The Lone Cowboy Carnival Lads and Mickey Morse join the bill with upcoming Ann Vickerts starring Rene Dunne and Walter Huston.
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Woolford
San Antonio
the Majestic
Pop Cameron
Four Camerons
Lee Geils
Helen Hohan
Beth Miller
Hobby Bixler
Dolly Dell
Chester Hale
Ann Farding Gla
Robert Young
Sari Martina
Will Asther
Hollywood
Antec
Alice Brady
Jackie Cooper
Jimmy Durante
Frank Morgan
Madge Evans
Erle Dle Quillin
Fay Templeton
May Robson
City News Chamber of Commerce Weekly Dance Advert
A fragment listing weekend dances at Milam Building and Highland Palais venues. Ads note orchestras Avalon, Happy Ramblers, and Braun plus Buddy Hancock. admission generally 15 to 40 cents for men and ladies, with several venues hosting Friday and Saturday night events.
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Chamber of Commerce
Willets
Fesh
Katy Boosters Club
Avalon Orchestra
Highland Bodel Club
Happy Ramblers
Congress Debates Ranges of Bills Across Committees
Senate and House panels advance on waterway, tax, and agriculture measures. Banking, Agriculture, and Ways and Means push bills while Judiciary and Interstate commerce hold hearings on birth controls, cattle pricing, and motor carrier regulation. Debates and committee actions mark a busy Congressional day with funding votes and regulatory reviews.
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Senate
St. Lawrence
Detroit Bank
Agriculture
Banking Committee
House
Interior Department
Interstate
AAA
Judiciary
Cofmage Committee
Wallace
Agriculture Committee
Fuller
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Illiteracy Drops Among Negroes in United States
The census bureau reports a 6.6 percent drop in illiteracy among African Americans from 1920 to 1930. The measure reflects improved schooling access and literacy rates across states, with gains noted in several regions and communities.
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United
Census Bureau
Tickets put on sale for The Nineteenth Hole at San Pedro Playhouse
Tickets go on sale at 1 08 at Municipal auditorium for The Nineteenth Hole a comedy opening on Broadway by Frank Crayer. Milton Ung directs with production staff Arthur Fehr Jack Allensworth Fred Bueng Mrs Paul Adams and others listed as assistants sponsors and ushers including Debutantes.
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San Pedro Playhouse
Little Theater
Milton Ung
Frank Crayer
Arthur Fehr
Jack Allensworth
Fred Bueng
Paul Adams
Leo Tynan
Gilbert Denman
Bernadine Rice
Denman
Moody
D. G. Francis
Denman Moody
Weedon Nichols
Sam Steves
Reba Wright
Arthur Mathis
Iwen Steves
William Klein
Sasistanta
Frederick Buenz
Hugh Hall
Galveston Seawall Grant Decision Sought in Washington Conference
Galveston seeks a quick decision on a $2,000,000 public works grant to extend the seawall two miles westward. The request will be discussed this afternoon in a conference in Washington with Cal H. M. Waite, deputy administrator of public works.
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Washington, D. C
Galveston
Cal H. M. Waite
Idepuity Public Works
Texas Canning Plants Closed in Recovery Effort
Texas beer canning plants closed under the surplus canning program after completing a 500000 dollar effort that employed about ten women. The Texas relief commission seeks an additional million dollars to continue operations. Largest outputs included Houston 363964 and Fort Worth 262238 with others from Wichita Falls Waco Austin Dallas El Paso San Antonio Dallas and Austin.
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Austin
Jan
INS
Texas
The
Recovery Administration
Barry Hopes
Texas Relief Commission
Hopkins
Wichita Falls
Waco
Fort Worth
el Paso
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Mishaps Injure Trio of Victims at Local Homes and School
Barley Dosler at 1100 West Poplar street received a deep cut below the knee while chopping limbs at home Friday. Hospital attendants report Manuel Martinez, 6, of 311 North San Baba street, and Jose Martinez, 9, of 924 West Travis street, suffered scalp lacerations at school Thursday. Three stitches were required to close each wound.
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West Poplar Street
Robert B. Green
Manuel Martinez
North
San Baba Street
Jose Martinez
West Travis Street
Miss Fane's Baby Kidnapped in Hollywood Mystery
Hollywood star's eighteen month old Michael Fane is abducted from a Beverly Hills mansion. Kidnappers demand $100,000 for safe return as public authorities launch a nationwide publicity blitz coordinated by Captain Dan Murphy. News reels and theater ads urge public help and describe the missing child.
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Miss Fane
Michael Fane
Hollywood
Beverly Hill
Madeline Fane
Ahs
Dan Murphy
Police Department
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