Brief Odds and Ends on Film Bits and Culture
A column blend covers cinema brevity versus long features, hats in Ascot, and humorous Q A snippets. It notes Seattle wearers of certain fashion items, discusses Houdini myths, a Naples style bar tale, and a Holland origin cocktail recipe with a light tone and cultural anecdotes.
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Royal Enclosure
Britain
Ascot Racecourse
Chief Bender
Philadelphia Athletics
Bender
Seattle
San Diego
Charles D Hilles Dies at 82 in New York Funeral Set
Charles D Hilles former assistant secretary of the treasury and Republican national chairman died at his Speonk New York summer home. A funeral will be held Wednesday at 10 am at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. Hilles rose from an Ohio farm to Taft administration and chaired the Republican National Committee until 1916.
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New York
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Hilles
Republicans
New York State
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Richard Widmark
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John Bunny
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N. Y
Dwight and Hilles
Employers Liability Assurance Corp. of
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STEEL
Sash & Door Co
Fall
Mary Wright
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Statehood
Tucson Warehouse & Transfer Co
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Kroehler Mfg. Co
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Lathersade Service
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