Auction Block at Crawford Theatre Provides Dramatic Tale
The film The Auction Block is shown at Crawford Theatre tomorrow night. Lorelei, raised to be sold in marriage, weds a rich but deceitful heir, then falls into the underworld. Her awakening and eventual efforts to reunite with her husband unfold amid blackmail and despair. Also note Philips, a public works worker, taking vacation in Alabama.
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Rex Beach
Crawford Theatre
Loretedi
Itoo
Younr San
Lorelei
Loreley
Jarvis Hammon
Steel
Mr. Philips
Wliues Company
Mabama
Turkish Bey Becomes Refugee in France After Refusal to Sell Propaganda
Salih Gourds, former Ottoman press chief, fled Turkey in 1914 and sought refuge in France as authorities blocked his wife and children. He declined German offers of 40 000 and 100 000 marks yearly to run propaganda, then left his business worth 2 000 000 marks amid assassination threats.
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Salih Gourds
Turkey
France
Constantinople
Japanese applicant seeks LA police badge after repeated denials
Frank Ojo, 24, a Japanese American, vows to join the Los Angeles force. He argues with 12,000 Japanese residents in the city and proposes Japanese officers to watch Japanese communities. Chief Butler reportedly rejected his application at least twenty times, yet Ojo persists daily at the station aiming to start work.
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Frank Ojo
Los Angeles
Ojo
Oje
Butler
Prisoner of War Letter From Mackay in Willenger Baden
Lieut Kilmer D Mackay of McKeesport Pennsylvania writes to his parents describing his capture by German forces after being wounded while advancing about 600 feet inside a German liner in the Toul sector on May 9. He recounts travels through Metz Saarbrucken and Karlsruhe and crossing the Rhine via the Black Forest, noting fellow American officers and several Pennsylvanians held at the Willenger Baden camp.
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Kilmer D. Mackay
McKeesport
Toul
Mets
Saarbrucken
Karlsruhe
Rhine
Famus Black Forest
Germany
Willenger-Baden
Pennsylvania
Handmade Service Flag Featured in Lincoln County Kansas
Mrs. Sarah Lyne crafts a Lincoln county Kansas service flag with 800 stitches all hand sewn rather than pasted. She adds a Red Cross related treasure by placing a "Red Chrome" quilt the Methodist Ladies society has donated, soon to be auctioned for charity.
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Sarah Lyne
Lincoln County
Kan
Inez Pipkin in Improving After Monday Car Crash
Inez Pipkin remains in the hospital with improving condition after a Monday morning automobile accident. The community expresses sympathy for the motherless child as Will Smith and his family visited from their Rocky Art royo ranch on Tuesday, while local town notices mention a white down pillow with initials and a stray LORT on Loving roar and a Mrs Lang do-23w marker.
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Inez Pipkin
Will Smith
Rocky Artroyo
White
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Carlsbad Automobile Co
Hose
Hammon
C. M. Richards
Groves Lumber CO
Mermod Street
Court House
Oe la LL Leland
Sibel
Yank
Jacob J. Smith
Harry Woodman
Acres Werasnaa Eel A LP
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