Deer Season Closes With Record County Haul
Washington county reports show at least nine deer killed during a five day open season, possibly more, with a new county record. A 16 year old Pearre hunter, Vincent Donegan, bagged a 160 pound eight point buck at close range. Other locals including A H Mosier James Hendershot Leo Weller and Milton Smith added smaller deer as officials note better hunting ahead. No incidents or arrests were reported.
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Washington County
R. McCullough
Pearce
McCullough
Vincent Donegan
Pearre
Young Donegan
Donegan
A. H. Mosier
Hancock
Tonoloway Mountain
James Hendershot
Sideling Hill Mountain
Leo Weller
Warden McCullough
Bis
Milton Smith
Hagerstown
Garrett County
Garbo in Ninotchka at Maryland Theatre
Garbo stars in Ninotchka a two year return to cinema and her first modern romantic comedy. She plays a stern Soviet commissar in Paris magnets with Melvyn Douglas Ernst Lubitsch directs with new comic trio Bressart Rumann Granach. Also features Ina Claire Bela Lugosi and Gregory Gaye Pathe News and Mendelssohn Wedding March accompany the Maryland program.
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Garbo
Ninotchka
Maryland
Melvyn Douglas
Ernst Lubitsch
Lubisch
Paris
Jane’ Frentch
Russia
Constantinople
Ina Claire
Bela Lugosi
Paul Revere’s Forebears Aapilles Rivoire Origin
Aapilles Rivoire, father of Paul Revere, reportedly changed his name to Revere to ease Boston pronunciation. He hailed from the Isle of Guernsey, illustrating a French linked lineage in colonial Boston society.
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Paul Revere
Aapilles Rivoire
Revere
Pack Up Your Troubles at the Academy Theatre Last Shows
Jane Withers stars in a 20th Century Fox comedy with the Ritz Brothers in a World War I French setting. Spies enter as the four lead characters share comic adventures joined by Lynn Bari Joseph Schildkraut Stanley Fields Fritz Leiber and Lionel Royce. Sol M Wurtzel produced and H Bruce Humberstone directed.
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Jane Withers
Ritz Brothers
Jane
Lynn Bari
Joseph Schildkraut
Stanley Fields
Fritz Leiber
Lionel Royce
Sol M. Wurtzel
H. Bruce Humberstone
Deanna Durbin film First Love ends today at Henry's Theatre
Deanna Durbin's First Love ends its run today at Henry's Theatre after a weeklong showing begun last Sunday. Critics and audiences hail it as an advancement over her earlier hits with a romantic plot starring Robert Stack and a supporting cast including Eugene Pallette and Helen Parrish. Continuous shows run from 11:00 a m to 11 00 p m. The Leicester Guild Hall, a tourist highlight, crowns the city’s notable sight.
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Deanna Durbin
HENRY
Henry's Theatre
Deanna
Universal Studios
Joe Pasternak
Robert Stack
Eugene Pallette
Helen Parrish
Lewis Howard
Leattice Joy
Jack Mulhall
Marcia Mae Jones
Charles Coleman
June Stacey
Fair City Update on Eileen Herrick Love Tale and 1939-40 Arts Week
Eileen Herrick and George Lowther's romance dominates gossip as reporters suspect a staged scene at a Long Island summer home. The week highlights Broadway debuts by Paul Muni in Key Largo and Muni's screen triumphs contrasted with The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex and Destry Rides Again. The Met Opera season opens amid social-page glitter, with FACES AROUND TOWN noting Lady Vanderbilt crowds and celebrity sightings.
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New York
Eileen Herrick
George Lowther
Juliet
Long Island
Eileen
Dixie Tighe
the Post
George
Paul Muni
Maxwell Anderson
Key Largo
Ethel Barrymore
Margo
Francis Lederer
Sidney Kingsley
Sette Davis
Errol Flynn
Elizabeth
Essex
Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Destry
Muni
Warner Brothers
Stara
Music Hall
James Hilton
George Mt. Cohan
Jackie Coogan
Gay Blades
Harriet Harron
Hotel Warwick
Phil Baker
Pierre
Leland Hayward
Margaret Sullavans
Janet Gaynor
Helen Mares
Billy Rose
Eleanor Holm
Brenda Frazier
Gertrude Lawrence
Franchot Tone
Burgess Meredith
EL Morocco
Allan Jones
Victor Herbert
DuBarry
Cafe Society
Billy Livingston
Sally Victor
Erich Leinsdorf
Artur Bodansky
Metropolitan
Orfeo
Mozart
Western Enterprise Fire Company Nominates Off icers for Next Year
At the monthly meeting Western Enterprise Fire Company No 4 nominated officers for the coming year with Spencer G Lindsay and G B Alexander as presidential candidates. Other posts include C L Robison treasurer Fr J Wellinger recording secretary William Mover mill financial secretary and a five member standing committee. Election is set for December 11 at the fire hall with tellers A D Herbert Jake Renner and George Moore. D Angle Wolfinger declines re nomination after long service since 1928.
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Western Enterprise Fire Company
No. 4
Spencer G. Lindsay
G. B. Alexander
C. L. Robison
Fr. J. Wellinger
D. H E. Clark
William Movermill
William Hotchkiss
Charles Jenkins
Wm. E. Foltz
BE. R. Horn
Wolfinger
Largest budget in Japan approved for 1940 41 war effort
Tokyo cabaret council approves the 1940 41 general budget totaling 10 360 000 000 yen about 2 427 657 500 with 6 767 000 000 yen for the Army and Navy. The fifth straight record budget adds new levies including a three sen tax on coffee a 10 percent tax on meals and taxes on goldfish.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Homes Destroyed in Martinsburg Fire
Fire swept through Friday destroying two frame houses in Martinsburg West Virginia and badly damaging a third. Occupants of three nearby structures were forced to flee as flames spread. Fire Chief Roland Snyder put the loss at about 3000 dollars.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Roland Snyder
Haya Orders Deletion of Line in Dietrich Film
The Haya office has ordered removal of the line There’s gold in them that hills from Marlene Dietrich’s Destry Rides Again amid criticism. Critics questioned the line in their columns and the censorship action drew attention.
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Masonic “Tauernmusik
Haya
Marlene Dietrich
Santa Claus Post Office Handles 25000 Letters Daily
Santa Claus Indiana reports the post office processes about 25,000 letters each day. Postmaster Oscar Philipps notes mail arrives from nearly every English speaking country to be post marked and forwarded. The town with under 100 inhabitants lacks a railroad and relies on a daily auto trip to Lincoln City five miles away.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Indianatown
Oscar Philipps
Lincoln City
Blue Ridge drivers to receive Christmas bonus
Approximately 90 Blue Ridge Transportation Company drivers will get Christmas bonus checks. A. F. McDonald, general manager, says drivers with no accidents earn 5 dollars per month, and those with a completely clean year receive 60 dollars. Checks arrive December 20. In Hagerstown 55 drivers qualify, Cumberland 35, with drivers mainly in Hagerstown Cumberland and Frederick. The bonus supports the company safety campaign.
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Blue Ridge Transporation Co
A. F. McDonald
Hagerstown
P. HE. City
Cumberland
Frederick
Blue Ridge Co
Roosevelt Named Studio Co Head
Hollywood report states James Roosevelt, son of the President, is elevated to the presidency of Samuel Goldwyn Studio Co. He continues as vice president of Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc. The studio did not indicate if his salary of 750 dollars weekly would rise. The 33 year old former insulane executive joined the firm recently.
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Hollywood
James Roosevelt
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Co
Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc
Insulanve
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