Thirteen New York Theatres Dark Amid Actors' Strike
The New York actors strike closes two more theatres and brings total closures to 13. The Ziegfeld Follies at the New Amsterdam and 39ast at the Maxine Milott shut down after disputes over arbitration and management stance. Executives for the Producing Managers' Association resist Equity recognition while offering negotiations on other issues.
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New York
New Amsterdam
Supreme Justice
Lydon
Shuberts
Producing Managers’ Association
Frank Gilmore
Actors’ Equity Association
William H. Taft
Charlies Hughes
Arthur Hopkins
Equity
Trains Move Amid Strike Despite Demands
Rail shopmen walkout last week seek 25 percent wage rise. Rail officials report trains still moving with no withdrawals yet, though schedules may suffer if striker unity endures. several yard and roundhouse factions report no workers returning while some mechanics resume duties.
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Great Northern
Interbay
Everett
Malden
Milwaukee
Union Pacific
Tekon
Thousands of Soldiers Homeless in London Housing Shortage
Sir Wood Kingsley MP said in a Tottenham speech that thousands of soldiers are homeless in London and 50,000 houses are needed. He warned that overcrowding undermines morale as troops return home.
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London
Wood Kingsley
Tottenham
Boldt's French Pastry Shops Located Uptown and Downtown
Readers note two Boldt pastry outlets in the city with storefronts at 1414 3rd Ave in Uptown and 913 2nd Ave in Downtown.
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Boldt
Uptown
2D Ave
Comedies and Plays Listed in Weekly Entertainment Pages
The issue features multiple stage listings across venues including Coliseum News and Strand Weekly. Notable titles include Deretha Phillips in Peld in Advance and Madge Kennedy in Daughter of Mine and Shades of Shakespeare with Sennett and Christic comedies also noted.
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Colishom
Deretha Phillips
Peld
Montgomery and Keck
Zest
Coliseum News
Clemmer
Madge Kennedy
Liar Arty
Norma Talmadge
Kim Rough
Sennett
Liberty Weekly Trand
Pthel Clayton
Strand Weekly
Colonsial
Millle Rhodes
The
Te0
Ken—Paire Binney
Seae Hivredy
Marie
Littish
Kay Leorell
Double bill at the Coliseum and Clemmer features starry turns
Dorothy Phillips stars in Paid in Advance as Joan Cray amid Yukon gold rush pages at the Coliseum, with William Stowell saving her from Barker. Madge Kennedy headlines Daughter of Mine at the Clemmer, while The Sporting Chance at the Strand features Jack Holt and Ethel Clayton in romance and brawling.
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Coliseum
Canadian Northwest
Fur Country
Dawson City
Klondike
Yukon
Dorothy Phillips
Joan Cray
William Stowell
The
Dorothy
Barker
Madge Kennedy
Rosie Mendelsohn
Clemmer
Jack Holt
Ethel Clayton
Marie Hilliar's Millinery in Mission Dramas At Five Boroughs
Entertaining Mission audience this week features Alice Hrady in Ma rie et al with Marie Hilliar's Fifth Avenue shop as the focal point. A deceitful suitor nearly ruins the store while the daughter rescues the family business amid metropolitan life. The program also showcases Open Your Eyes on health propaganda. The Lamb and the Lion offers Polka Dot with Billie Rhodes at the Colonial.
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Alice Hrady
Mission
Marie
Fifth Ave
Marie Hilliar
Mins Brady
Billie Rhodes
The
Colonial
Return of railroads favored by security holders
Washington August 14. United States railroad security holders urged Congress to restore private ownership with a fixed maximum return. Luther M. Walter testified that surplus earnings would be shared among labor the public and the roads after a 6 percent return to capital. He urged regional ICCs beneath a central commission and opposed federal incorporation and cabinet-level transportation control.
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Washington
America
Congress
Luther M. Walter
National Owners of Securities
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Walter
Chamber of Commerce
Transportation Board
Secretary of Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Labor Order Aims to Put Los Angeles in Front Rank
Plans to organize precinct captains to unionize the unorganized and alert labor voters to boycotts were approved by the Central Labor council. The move seeks to elect candidates to defeat judiciary injunctions against labor. A strike vote by platform men and car repairers of the Los Angeles Railway is set for tomorrow over war labor board recommendations.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Central Labor Council
Labor
Los Angeles Railway Company
War Labor Board
Silent Era Stars Tie Up Big Screen Pairings
Picture patter notes Sam Sothern join forces with Douglas Fairbanks in His Majesty the American. James Young exits Vitagraph with a new director to be named. Teddy the Sennett dog leads Treating Em Rough at Liberty. John Bowers signs with Goldwyn for Thru the Wrong Door with Madge Kennedy. Anna Luther shoots The Great Gamble serial in Florida. Barbara Castleton and Jack Richardson in Americanism v Bolshevism. Frank Losee stars in The Way of a Woman with Norma Talmadge at Liberty. Blanche Sweet headlines The Hushed Hour. Jane and Katherine Lee still in Fox comedies. Mary Thurman co stars with William Desmond in The Prince and Betty. George Walsh, recovering from scarlet fever, now back as an extra in a Fox sports drama set in New York.
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George Walsh
Fordham
Fox
New York
Great Northern Becomes Army Transport To Pacific Route
The Great Northern, formerly on the Seattle to San Francisco run, is reassigned as an army transport replacing the Sheridan. The vessel will operate between Vladivostok Manila Honolulu and San Francisco. After minor repairs she will commence voyages on September 15.
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San Francisco
Great Northern
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Sheridan
Vladivostok
Manila
Honolulu
Smoke bombs urged to save fruit crop in wartime
London Aug 14 The minister of munitions is asked to allow fruit growers to use smoke bombs, originally for naval and troop shielding screens, to protect crops. He will consider the request and seeks to grant it.
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London
Oil of Korein promise for rapid weight loss
An advertisement targets women with obesity claiming fat reduction is easy and healthful. It promises 10 to 60 pounds loss under guarantee without strenuous exercise or strict dieting, urging readers to buy Oil of Korein capsules from the druggist and follow directions to feel younger and sparkled eyes.
Adler-i-ka Miracle Cure Ad Manure Claim
An advertisement quotes a Brock Texas user praising Adler-i-ka for curing a long stomach catarrh through a single bottle. The piece touts the product as expelling gas and foul matter, flushing the alimentary canal, and preventing constipation and appendicitis. It lists ingredients as buckthorn and gentle compounds and notes Swift Drug Co. and leading druggists carry it.
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Parker
Brock
Texas
Adler-ika
Swift Drug Co
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