Building upswing in mid Atlantic area this year
Building contracts across the Middle Atlantic region rose 14 percent in the first seven months of the year, totaling $27,941,000 more than 1939. Residential and non residential work posted gains, with Baltimore Pittsburgh Detroit and Boston posting notable increases, while national LPG consumption rose 35 percent from 1938.
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Middle Atlantic
J. T. Little
Dodge Reports
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Dodge
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Boston
Pride and Prejudice on Screen at Maryland Theatre
Janet Austen's Pride and Prejudice becomes a bright comedy starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier shown for three days at the Maryland Theatre. The film portrays Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy with a witty supporting cast including Mary Boland and Edna May Oliver, with Roberts Z Leonard directing a festive period production.
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Janet Austen
Greer Garson
Elizabeth Bennet
Laurence Olivier
Darcy
Maryland Theatre
Miss Austen
England
Bennet
Elizabeth
Mary Boland
Edna May Oliver
Edmund Gwenn
Maureen O’sullivan
Ann Rutherford
Marsha Hunt
Heather Angel
Bruce Lester
Frida Inescort
Edward Ashley
Karen Morley
Robert Z. Leonard
James Roosevelt Ill in Hollywood from Influenza
James Roosevelt son of the President and movie producer contracted influenza in Hollywood studio officials reported on Monday. He has a fever around 101 degrees and will be away from his desk for three or four days.
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Hollywood
James Roosevelt
Sandy Is a Lady opens at Henry's Air-Conditioned Theatre
Baby Sandy stars in Universal comedy Sandy Is a Lady at Henry's with a rib tickling cast. Mischa Auer Eugene Pallette Billy Gilbert Edgar Kennedy Fritz Feld Butch and Buddy headline with Tom Brown Nan Grey in romantic leads. Short subjects include Movietone News cartoons and a travel piece Going Places. The film runs today as the last showings.
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Bing Crosby
Heaven
Universal
Sandy
Henry
Mischa Auer
Eugene Pallette
Billy Gilbert
Edgar Kennedy
Fritz Feld
Butch
Buddy
Tom Brown
Nan Grey
Horace MacMahon Plays Heavy in Gangs of Chicago
Horace MacMahon, educated at Fordham Law, stars as a thug in Republic’s Gangs of Chicago now at the Academy Theatre. The film co stars Lloyd Nolan Lola Lane with Barton MacLane Astrid Allwyn Ray Middleton Addison Richards and Leona Roberts. Arthur Lubin directs under Robert North.
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Horace MacMahon
Chicago
Republic
Academy Theatre
MacMahon
Fordham University School of Law
Great White Way
Lloyd Nolan
Lola Lane
Barton MacLane
Astrid Allwyn
Ray Middleton
Addison Richards
Leona Roberts
Arthur Lubin
Robert North
Not Extraordinary Stop By Mexican Gunboat Off Acapulco
Authoritative circles say the stopping of the American freighter Werman Frasch by a Mexican gunboat off Acapulco was not extraordinary since the Navy Department is watching the coasts amid a disturbed political scene and world affairs. The government offered no official comment.
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Mexico City
Werman Frasch
Acapulco
Navy Department
Farmers Demand Roads and Services in Garrett County
In Kitzmiller Maryland a frontier community of eight families asks the Public Service Commission for public roads mail service rural delivery electricity and telephones. Mrs Thomas Wilson Sr cites lack of public roads absence of mail delivery and no utilities while homes remain up to seven to nine rooms with modern features. Commission staff advise contacting county state road officials and the Postal Department while the PSC will review telephone and electric needs.
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Garrett County
Thomas Wilson
Deer Park
Maryland
Public Service Commission
Baltimore
Frank Haper
Commission
U. S. Postal Department
Former Jurist Dies in Annapolis at 77
ANNAPOLIS Md Aug 20 Former Judge Robert Moss longtime chairman of the St Johns College Board of Visitors and Governors died Monday at Pine Crest Sanatorium Catonsville He served as associate judge of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court 1917 to 1932 and was a staunch Democrat who later served as State Senator from Anne Arundel County in 1892 and 1894 Also noted are honorary degree events connected to Franklin D Roosevelt and Jules Jusserand and a separate 1939 liquified petroleum gas sales figure
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Robert Moss
Board of Visitors
St. John’s College
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pine Crest
Catonsville
Thomas Fell
St. John’s
Jules Jusserand
United States
Moss
Anne Arundel County
Nicholas H. Green
Anne Arundel ‘County
Conscription Debate Brightens Fair City Columns
New York columnists urge support for a 21 to 31 age conscription plan saying it will end fear and strengthen defense. The piece mixes theater notes with Broadway delays and upcoming stars, noting Jolson in September, Shirley Temple on hiatus, Stage magazine, Pride and Prejudice at Music Hall, and Ballet Theater plans. It highlights public enthusiasm for training while skewering current musical offerings and gossip about Hollywood movers.
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Washington
du Barry
al Jolson
Shirley Temple
Buddy de Sylva
Miss Temple
Hollywood
Renee Carroll
Stage Magazine
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Laurence Olivier
Greer Garson
William Saroyan
Wonderman
Bill
The
Ballet Theater
Chicago
Chicago Opera
Fair City
American Dance Organization
Center Theater
Hazel Webster
Miss Webster
One-Cent-a-Day Old Age Policy for 70 to 90
National Protective Insurance Co announces a new Old Age accident policy for men and women aged 70 to 90. It offers hospital and general coverage with max benefits up to 42,000 rising to 3,000, plus monthly 150 for hospital care and large cash for fractures. Cost is 3.65 a year. trial gives 10 days free inspection and 30 days more insurance if paid.
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Gosts
National Protective Insurance Co
Pickwick, Bldg
Kansas City
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