Legion of the Condemned at Library Theatre with famed aviators
A war aviation epic fronts Library Theatre featuring an authentic cast of WW I aces led by Captain Sterling Campbell and including Rudolph Schad. Director William Wellman and writer J Monk Saunders bring battle air action, with Saunders also a former aviation instructor. Also screening at Columbia Theatre is Mad Hour directed by Allan Dwan starring Sally O Neil Donald Reed Alice White and Larry Kent with Lowell Sherman as a suave thief.
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Legion of the Condemned
Library Theatre
Lafayette Flying Corps
William ‘Wellman
Sterling Campbell
Royal Air Force
Rudolph Schad
Richthofen
No. 415
Ted Parsons
Detroit
Ross Cook
Robert de Couecie
Tom Watton
al Johnston
William Wellman
Wings
Paramount
Lafayette Escadrille
J. Monk Saunders
Plays &T
Columbia Today
Columbia Theatre
Sally O'Neil
Donald Reed
Alice White
Larry Kent
Lowell Sherman
New York
Columbia
Allan Dwan
First National Pictures
Robert Kane
Gary Cooper
Fay Wray
Acreage for Winter Wheat Will Be Cut in Pa
Harrisburg, Aug 20. Twelve thousand fewer acres of soil will be sown to winter wheat in Pennsylvania this fall than in autumn 1927, a one per cent decrease per the federal state crop reporting service. Rye acreage will rise 21 percent to 121,000 acres, while wheat planting totals 1,231,000 acres.
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Harrisburg
U. P
Pennsylvania
Federal
Fox introduces color film with Movietone sound
Fox Movietone debuts color film with synchronized sound for the first time. At New York's arc light showing of Lost in the Arctic Marie Conway performed color violin selections. Reproductions were praised as perfect and visually striking.
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FOX
Fox Movietone
New York
Marie Conway
Miss Conway
Auto Deaths Mount Washington County Toll Rises
Washington County records the highest weekly toll from automobile accidents in history, with coroner William B. Baker reporting an average of one fatality per day over the past week in the Aug 20 report from Mount Washington. Cautious buyers urged to read Classified Ads carefully.
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Mount Washington
U. P
Washington County
William B. Baker
New York Beaches Highlight Lifeguard Shortfalls and Trends
The piece cites 168 guards with 15 unable to swim and 18 refusing the water test amid drownings and rescue attempts. It contrasts U.S. and foreign religious governance, notes Mexico and Russia experiments with church interference, and references a fatal Ontario gasoline launch incident. It also mentions floods in the south and British railroads lowering weekend rates to compete with cars.
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New York City
Cook
Los Angeles
New York
Russia
Mexico
Napoleon
North Bay
Ontario
Old Covered Bridge Inspires Local Poem Note
A San A Piestig note from Russell introduces Mr Frederic's poem Dear Ed and presents The Old Covered Bridge as a tribute to the historic span. The piece laments its possible demolition while celebrating its aging beams and the memories of Russel Town residents who crossed it in days past.
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San A
Rate cuts push travel toward a commercial air era
Round trip day tickets fall by as much as one third with further reductions planned. Experts warn that fully commercial flying will end long distance rail travel. Coast to coast trips and the Pullman car may vanish as rail travel contracts.
Crossing Crash Fatal Near Steubenville
Chester Wiley twenty five and Mary Lee Swickard seventeen died when their car was hit by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at a grade crossing near Broadacre Ohio late yesterday. The accident occurred in Steubenville vicinity as the two occupants were en route.
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Steubenville, C
Aug. C
U.P
Chester Wiley
Mary Lee Swickard
Broadacre
Pennsylvania Railroad
Local notes from Garland and vicinity August items
Garland August community notices report G A Miller of Cleveland visiting his Garland wife’s family the Cusicks, a Warren trip by Cusick relatives, scouts skipping a meeting, porch work on the schoolhouse, new garage sign by Tripp Aug These, and the Beardsley reunion at George Cochran’s home plus a Fosgren Furniture roof update.
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Garland
G. A. Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
A. H. Cusick
Cusick
Warren
F. C. Bogart
Garland Farms
E. J. Shaw
Buffalo
N. Y
Presbyterian Church
A. J. Curtis
Raymond Tripp
Tripp
Fred Anderson
Boy Scouts
Troop No
Will McCullough
Roy Richards
Beardsley
George Cochran
Fosgren Furniture Company
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Mad Hour
Lew Cody
Fortune Hunter
Syd Chaplin
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Legion
Pathe News
Sara
Kenugen
Old Russel Town
the Tribune
Eel
Cmldren
Elinor Glyn
Man
Glyns
Tully Marshall
Youngsville Theatre
Dorothy Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
Buick
Fisher
America
Iversary
Roy K. Russell
Warren Pa
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