Married Life of Helen and Warren Spin Achs at Home
In a 1925 domestic vignette Helen and Warren clash over a troublesome maid Anna Their quarrels escalate as spills spill from the kitchen to the library amid worries about Aunt Amelia visiting Warren drafts a hotel solution Helen fights the plan and contends over costs Both discuss their cramped finances and strained marriage in a witty, fragmentary portrait.
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Helen
Anna
Warren
Amelia
Elere
Pear
Sam Hill
Astor-Ritz
Jockey Steve Donoghue Misses Train Then Rides To Derby
London May 23 AP Steve Donoghue famed jockey missed his train at St Pancras due to a ride in the first Derby race. He contacted Croydon airport and flew to Derby but the horse he rode finished third in the race.
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London
Steve Donoghue
St. Pancras
Croydon
Derby
Emigrants Head to Canada in Spring Settlement Plan
Liverpool reports more than 600 families have left this spring toward Canada as part of a project to settle 3,000 families in the Dominion. The Athens opera house has been converted into apartment dwellings.
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Canada
Liverpool
Dominion
Opera
Athens
Experiment in England with steel houses
Deal England May 23 AP not far from Veal Castle Henry VIII several cork with steel framework workmen houses are built as an experiment to ease England housing shortage. The skeleton is steel insulation is cork slabs cork pressed into mould will not swell burns slowly cement gun applies concrete. insulation value saves 25 percent heating costs and the cork house is more sound proof than brick stone or timber. Built by unskilled labor under supervision and at low cost hoped to be popular among coal miners.
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Deal
Eng
Veal Castle
Cork
England
Gold Heels Thrills at Capitol Theatre in Fox Version
A lively film adaptation of Checkers follows the horse race drama with Remorse and a $10,000 purse. Robert Agnew and Peggy Shaw lead a strong supporting cast including Lucien Littlefield and William Norton Bailey, delivering capable performances.
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Capitol Theatre
William Fox
Ilenny Blossom
Robert Agnew
Chile Loans Funds for Modern Dwellings Project
The Chilean government authorizes a loan of 25 000 900 dollars to aid the erection of modern dwellings and tenements.
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Government of
Chile
Card Games Told To Be Slower In Medieval Times
London experts studying an 18 deck collection at the City of London Guildhall Library say midieval cards, some dating to the 13th century, featured horn and paper backs with geogra packs and world country sketches. They argue minds then worked slower, making play longer and more deliberate.
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London
City of London
Gu Hall Library
German Divas Invade London for Covent Garden Season
Sixteen German operatic stars depart Dresden for London in late May for a two month Covent Garden engagement directed by Bruno Walter. The cast includes Barbara Kemp Delia Reinhardt Friedrich Schorr Otto Higers Helene Wildbrunn Lauritz Melchior and Lotte Lehmann among others. Repertoire features Wagner works including Flying Dutchman Lohengrin Meistersinger and more.
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Dresden
Germany
London
Covent Garden
Munich
Bruno Walter
Metropolitan Opera of
New York
Barbara Kemp
Delia Reinhardt
Friedrich Schorr
Berlin State Opera
Paul Bender
Munich Opera
Jack Urlus
Amsterdam Opera
Otto Higers
Helene Wildbrunn
Berlin
Fritz Schubert
Hamburg
Lauritz Melchior
Bayreuth
Eduard Uhabich
Paul Rhode
Lotte Lehmann
Richard Mayr
Maria Olezewska
Emil Schipper
Betty Schumann
Vienna
Neta Seinemeyer
Richard Wagner
Flying Duchiman
Lohengrin
Meistersinger
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Frances Ferguson
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Sete
Maude Henderson
Ali
Gomedy
Dan Cupid
Sacramento
Pictures_ Corporation
John Cort
Shim
Louise Fazenda
Eva Novak
Harry Myers
George O’hara
Alec Francis
Lee Moran
Dot Farley
Stan Laurel
Jay
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