Farm Bill Critique Highlights Broad Economic Impacts
The author argues the Farm Bill will not aid 30 million farmers not growing wheat or cotton and may harm others by increasing prices. It criticizes a $500 million loan program and a new Farm Board payroll, contending stabilization undermines supply and demand and elevates costs for consumers while benefiting speculators. The piece calls for better legislators and denounces salary raises for officials.
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Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Congress
Massachusetts
The Pagan and New Year Pictures Thrill at Winthrop Theatres
This week at Winthrop Theatres features Othy Janis in The Pagan with Allan Lane in a suspenseful romance and comedy, plus Pathe features and matinees on Wednesday and Thursday. The companion film New Year's Eve stars Mary Astor and Charles Morton. The Veiled Woman and Strong Boy headline one day shows. Next week Milton Sills in His Captive Woman and Tenown presents The Letter, plus Through Different Eyes with Warner Baxter Edmund Lowe and Mary Duncan and a Talking Collegiains chapter.
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Othy Janis
Allan Lane
Pathe
Dream Theatre
Thursty Green
Jack Oakie
Mary Astor
Charles Morton
Victor McLagren
Leanziee
Clode
Cncky
Jean Hersholt
Lina Basquette
Milton Sills
Ann Tracy
Winthrop Theatre
Grea Great
Tenown
Jeanne Engels
Singapore
Arizona
Warner Baxter
Edmund Lowe
Mary Duncan
Talking Collegians
Fragmented Domestic Exchange Sparks Grim Imagery
In a terse tableau a husband, a smoker, muses on a man reduced to dust while his wife nudges an ashtray, quipping that the remains are mainly ashen, hinting at a grim domestic moment.
The Pagan Brings Tropical Romance to Winthrop Theatre
Ramon Novarro stars in The Pagan an MGM romance set in Tahiti and tropical jungles. Renee Adoree and Donald Crisp support, with W S Van Dyke directing from John Russell's novel as crews filmed entirely on island locations.
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Tropics
Ramon Novarro
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Winthrop Theatres
John Russell
W. S. van Dyke
Renee Adoree
Donald Crisp
Dorothy Jaonis
Tahiti
Jungles
Quick Tempt temper: a terse exchange noted
A brief, clipped exchange describes a quick tempered remark and a sharp retort reflecting a tense moment. The dialogue hints at a personality trait and a defensive response.
Men’s Feelings at Meeting and Farewell, a Transient Glow
A reflective fragment compares men's emotions to grail reflections that appear pure and rosy at sunrise and sunset, but turn gray and cold during the day, evoking fleeting warmth. The text uses poetic imagery to contrast moments of greeting and parting with daily detachment.
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Graelers
Notables Star in New McLaglen Farce With Leatrice Joy
Leatrice Joy leads opposite McLaglen in a new Laugh Special with Farrell in a praised role. The film features David Torrence Jack Pennick Eu Lalie Jensen Dolores Johnson Kent Sanderson and Douglas Scott in major parts. Next Saturday show date.
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Leatrice Joy
McLaglen
Farrell
Tom Form
David Torrence
Jack Pennick
Eulalie Jensen
Dolores Johnson
Kent Sanderson
Douglas Scott
Great desire to travel abroad sparks New York trip idea
A speaker expresses a strong wish to discover world nations and considers a period of foreign travel. The suggestion is to begin with a few weeks of international exposure in New York.
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New York
Costs of government as seen by Prof. M. I Hunter
Prof M I Hunter of the University of Wincis argues that government expense burden falls on citizens. He examines taxation and public spending effects, warning that costs influence policy choices and voter behavior.
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Hunter Dept. of Economics
Unis. of
Wincis
Inheritance tax debate shapes federal revenue plans
The piece traces the shift to inheritances as a revenue source, notes wartime and postwar tax changes, and outlines the 1924 and 1926 rates, exemptions, and the 80 percent state tax credit. It highlights Florida’s opposition to coercive credit and states’ rights challenges to federal inheritance taxation.
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Florida
Congress
Arlen and Brian Star in The Man I Love at Winthrop
Richard Arlen and Mary Brian headline the Winthrop Theatre engagement with a story of young love and its ups and downs. The feature promises romantic drama as the coupleNavigates pulls and passions in the tale titled The Man I Love.
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Richard Arlen and
Mary Brian
Story
Love
Winthrop Theatres
Richard Arlen
Ithrop Theatres
Man I Love
A Stirring Life
A dialogue highlights choosing a cook’s life for its activity and excitement as cooks stir a dynamic, restless career and embrace a stirring life.
Coquette and The Perfect Crime Head Orient Gardens Week
Orient Gardens Theatre announces a weekly lineup starting Sunday with Mary Pickford in Coquette and Clive Brook in The Perfect Crime plus comedy curiosities and latest news. Tuesday features Wil eras Boyd and Mary Prevost in On To Reno with Pay as You Enter and Honey Moon Flats on Thursday. Friday and Saturday present Ruth Chatterton and Zasu Pitts in The Dummy with Flame of the Yukon and the usual comedy and news.
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Orient Gardens Theatre
Mary Pickford
Clive Brook
Irene Rich
Wileras
Boyd
Mary Prevost
Reno
Louise Fazenda
Clide Cook
George Lewis
Dorothy Gulliver
Ruth Chatterton
Zasu Pitts
Color Variation in Bird Eggs Revealed in Colonies
Scientists note that bird eggs show varied colors for identification, with less color in solitary nests but large colonies display a wide range of colors and patterns.
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