Freckles at Columbia Theatre Ends Its Run Today
More than two million copies of Gene Stratton Porter’s Freckles circulated nationwide. The film version of Freckles plays at the Columbia Theatre for the last time today, with John Fox Jr. and Gene Stratton in the cast. Also showing are Love Hungry with Lois Moran and Lawrence Gray, The Thief in the Dark, and The Thirteenth Juror starring Anna Q. Nilsson. Various other acts and a library schedule complete the program for Wednesday through Friday.
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Columbia
Gene Stratton-Porter
United States
Columbia Theatre
John Fox, Jr
Gene Stratton
Hobart Bosworth
Los Angeles
Billy Scott
Lafe McKee
Frankie Darro
Marjorie Beebe
Fox
Lois Moran
Lawrence Gray
Doris Hill
Milion Dollar
Columbia Thurs
Anna Q. Nilsson
Francis X. Bushman
Universal Jewel
Edward Laemmle
Marguerite de la Motte
Betty Compson
Laemamile
Law
Walter Pidgeon
Lloyd Whitlock
George Siegman
Fred Kelsey
Martha Mattox
Sailor Sharkey
Sidney Bracy
No Showing At Library Theatre Today As Aviator Talk
SPECIAL NOTICE There will be no showing of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come at the Library Theatre today. Both matinee and evening performances are replaced by an illustrated talk by Clarence Chamberlin about his experiences as an aviator. The rest of the text notes various silent film industry anecdotes and accidents involving actors and studios.
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Kingdom Come
Library Theatre
Clarence Chamberlin
Flow Gently Sweet Afton Contest at Pavania Co
The Pavania Oil Co in Warren Pa offers five gallons of gasoline to the author of the first correct answer to a quiz based on a poem and a Bible quotation. Answers printed next week. the winning entry came from Jennie Borg 102 Canton Street.
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Afton
Pavania Oil Co
Warren
The
Tribune
Pavania Company
Jennie Borg
Canton Street
Dr. Black resigns from Veterans Bureau post
Dr Benjamin W Black medical director of the U S Veterans Bureau resigns to become medical director of hospitals in Alameda County California He served seven years in the bureau was a World War major and is a Utah native.
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Washington
U.P
Benjamin W. Black
U. S. Veterans Bureau
Alameda County
Calif
Black
Veterans Bureau
Utah
Philomel Rummage Sale At Exchange Hotel
Philomel community sends notice of a rummage sale to be held at the Exchange Hotel room on April 12 and 13. Proceeds support local programs. Volunteers assist with setup, pricing, and sales.
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Philomel
Exchange
Ao As
sBekawee
Prizes Offered for Tag Sales at Heart Tag Day
The Children's Heart Tag Day, organized by the Volunteers of America, will take place Saturday with headquarters at the YWCA under Miss Laura Miller. Local merchants donate prizes including a vanity bag, a ukulele, an Ansco No. 2 Camera, roller skates, a fountain pen, and chocolates for top fundraisers. those raising at least $3 receive a library or Columbia theatre ticket. Invitations have been sent to many youths to help sell tags.
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Volunters of America
Maud Roth
Laura Miller
Iikeir
Metzger-Wright, Co
Bickarck Music Shop
Ansco
Siegfried Inc
Jamieson Hardware and Supply Co
C.A. Nichols, Jeweler
Candyland
Library
Columbia Theatres
Former banker gets term in workhouse
In Pittsburgh on April 1, 1930, Albert C. Leslie, 57, former president of the Pittsburgh Deposit and Title Co., was fined 1500 and sentenced to 3 to 6 years in the county workhouse for embezzlement. J. C. Umstead, 54, ex-general manager of Central Homes Co., received 4 to 8 months in county jail on a fraudulent charge.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Thomas J. Ford
Allegheny Criminal Court
Albert C. Leslie
Pittsburgh Deposit and ‘Title Co
J. C. Umstead
Central Homes Co
Motor Vehicle Registrations Reach 23 Million in 1927
Washington reports total motor vehicle registrations in 1927 exceed 23.1 million with 20.28 million passenger cars and 2.39 million trucks and tractors. Yearly gain stands at 5 percent, one vehicle per 5.13 people, and highway funds receipt totals reach 301 million dollars allocated to state and local roads and bond payments. The report lists state totals for registrations and notes preliminary data for several states.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Utah
Arizona
New York
California
Ohio
Illinois
Texas
New Jersey
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississipp
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolin
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Wartime Flight Reports From Captain Kindley Chronicle Air Combat
In vivid field notes Captain Kindley recounts early 1918 air battles with Fokker biplanes near Epiny and Cambrai. He describes firing and dogfights, moments of near collision, pilots like Creech and Elliott Springs, and a sense of life or death in the morning hangar bustle as engines roar to life and lift men into the sky.
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Kindley
Epinoy
E. A
Creech
Cambria
Bourlon Wood
Conor
Rouzecourt
Captain Kindley
Elliott White Springs
Field Kindley’s D S C: a war diary of air combat heroism
A World War I Air Service report details Field E. Kindley of the 148th Aero Squadron engaging multiple Fokker aircraft near Bourlon Wood on September 24 1918. He attacked seven hostile planes driving one down and continued heroically despite ammunition loss and peril.
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Clay
Army Air Corps
Field Kinley
Arkansas
Washington
John FP Dille
Field Kindley
Sators
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Chamberlin Thoreday
Sporting Goods
Dix
Warner Brothers’ Studios
Ford Sterling
Mr Romeo
Motion Pictures
Mississippi
William Fox West Coast
Underworld
Square Crooks
Philippe DeLacy
Brian the Lad
Mahree
Wiliam Fox West Coast
4 Devils
F. W. Murnau
Philippe
DR. Black
Vets Bureau
Volunteers of America
First Evangelical Church
U.S
Cambrea Road
Springs
Gene Stratton Porter
FBI
Marcoing-Noyelles
Marcoing
Noyelles Sur Vescaut
Buckingham
Beet Root Factory
Flesouires
Paote
Automobile
B. V. Lesser
Warren Savings Bank and Trust Co
Phong
Germany
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Hia
Ments
American Legion
Hoot Gibson i
Rawhide
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