The Gay Bandit of the Border Teases Verdi Intrigue
Ted Radcliffe visits Verdi a Mexican border town where El Coyote’s shadowy banditry intersects a jail capture. Major Blount, Don Bob, and Paco Morales tie a possible Coyote to two unmarked twenty dollar coins found on a captive Mexican. The tale foreshadows danger as memories unravel.
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Ted Radcliffe
Verdi
Bob Harkness
Radcliffe
Mexico
Major Blount
U. S. Army
Ted
Paco Morales
Adela
Morales
el Coyote
U. S. Cavalry
Bob
Don Bob
Aunt Clara
Dr. Price
Maria
Lopez
Blount
Stranger
Old
O' He
State Theater Presents His Woman Starring Colbert and Cooper
Two photoplay titles join for the first time in a talking picture at the State theater. Paramount love drama His Woman features Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper in a co starring horizon. Based on The Sentimentalist by Dale Collins, it places Cooper in a lean young lead role.
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Paramount
Claudette Colbert
Gary Cooper
Horizon
Dale Collins
Cooper
Richards Rheumatic Remedy Ad Offers Money Back
A Sherman Bros. advertisement promotes Richards Rheumatic Remedy claiming it reaches bone and joint tissue, removes the cause, and stops pain. It offers a money back guarantee if it fails and lists prices of $1.00 and six for $5.50 at druggists.
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Sherman Bros
His Woman in a Roistering Tropical Romance
Edward Sloman directs a brisk melodrama about a rugged bachelor and a cosmopolitan young woman who find enduring happiness after a daring tropical escapade. Richard Spiro’s infant role is highlighted as a standout, with Cecil B. DeMille producing a high cast for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The tale, modernized yet rooted in a classic clash of Indian and white blood ties, promises strong box office appeal.
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Edward Sloman
Tropics
Richard Spiro
DeMille
Edwin Milton Boyle
U.S. A
Arizona
The Squaw Man At Fox Theater Friday And Saturday
The Squaw Man, long a staple of American stage drama, arrives as a talking picture at the Fox theater. The production features expert acting and direction and is billed as one of the era’s enduring stories.
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Fox Theater
Watches on Shipboard and Watch Rotation
The article explains two dog watches on shipboard from four to six and six to Pp.m. They are designed to rotate each night the hours of the starboard and port watches on deck to balance duty and rest.
Christmas Vacation Schedule at the Y M C A
The YMCA calendars a multi day Christmas vacation schedule with cadets juniors high school classes free throw contests and volleyball and swimming sessions from December 21 to 25. Activities include basketball ping pong tumbling and weight classes with specific times and venues for Ward Lincoln Heights Centen nial Wallace and 6th 7th and 8th grade teams. The lobby remains open after 4 PM on Christmas with no showers or gym work.
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Ward School
Lincoln
Heights
Wallace
Centennial
Mrnday
Federal deficit surpasses 1 billion dollars in 1932
The treasury reports the fiscal year 1932 deficit reached 1.2526 billion dollars by Dec 15 after five and a half months. The figure, disclosed in today’s treasury statement, marks the first time the annual shortfall exceeded one billion dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Masked Bandits Raid Elks Party in Perry
Three masked bandits armed with a machine gun entered an Elks lodge in Perry Iowa near party close time. They rifled the pocketbooks and fled without injuries reported. police launched an investigation into the staged burglary.
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Perry
Iowa
Christmas Decorations Bring Seasonal Cheer Across Town
Miss Maud Hott and Mrs. P L Wallace share positive thoughts on this year’s Christmas decorations. They describe store and street displays as pretty and festive and express the desire to enjoy the season much as in childhood. One notes decorating the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving and plans to keep it up through New Year’s.
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Mrs. PL. Wallace
Junior High Basketball Lineup by Grade Captains Named
The article lists seventh grade captains Dale Roath Hoyt Williams George Norman and their squads with players including Cloyce Maxwell Maurice Putmin Everett Glasgow and others. Sixth grade teams are led by Richard Long Frank Jarrard Carl Jungbluth with multiple players. Eighth grade squads are led by Francis Mangold Gene Tucker Ray Palmer and Roy Glider with varied rosters. Three round robin tournaments start the second week of Christmas vacation at the Y M C A.
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Dale Roath
Cloyce Maxwell
Maurice Putmin
Everet Glasgow
Glen Miller
Harry Fullerton
Hoyt Williams
Philip Hendricks
Rex Haven
Max Cuddy
Clyde Knight
George Norman
Robert Spepa
John Bidwell
Tom Gray
Pat McColl
Robert Pease
Gifford Morrison
Willard Redmundsen
Max Lee
Walter McArtor
Richard Long
Inclding Clifford Long
Omer Palmer
Robert Palmer
Charles Owens
Ray Shellabarger
Frank Jarrard
Wd Hubert Evans
Keith Glider
David Pearson
Robert White
Carl Jungbluth, Jr
Owen Cnossen
Howard Burham
Wendell Baker
Bill Rawn
Francis Mangold
Jack Gibson
James Campbell
Ralston Meek
Dick Fields
Charles Bear
Gene Tucker
Roy Grecian
Dick Hansen
Art Donovan
Clovee Maxwell
Marion Rittenhouse
Ray Palmer
Bill Hinkie
Walter Russell
Stan White
Ardelle Hasty
Roy Glider
Francis Hughes
John Glider
Adrian Sutton
Ronald Sowash
Glen Matucha
Mothers adopt the Vick Plan to prevent colds at home
Mothers adopt the Vick Plan for better control of colds in the home using Vicks Nose and Throat Drops alongside Vicks VapoRule. Used together as directed, families may have fewer and less severe colds this winter, reducing time, money, and health losses.
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Vick
Vicks
Looted guests' sum worth £1000 revealed
The report notes a group of guests fled with valuables estimated at £1000, triggering a police probe into the heist. Authorities pursue leads to identify suspects and recover stolen goods.
Railway Workmen Favor Wage Strike Vote in Chicago
About 3000 Chicago and North Western maintenance employees voted 80 percent in favor of a strike after a 10 percent wage cut ordered effective December 6. Union officials announced the result in Chicago on December 17.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Alice French of Davenport Stricken By Heart Attack
Alice French of Davenport is critically ill after a heart attack yesterday. The 81 year old writer, known for pen name Octave Thanet, published The Man of the Hour in 1905 and has long contributed fiction for the nation.
Illinois Passes State Income Tax in Brief Session
The Illinois senate approved an income tax bill aimed at raising 30 million dollars signaling the end of a special legislative session called to provide financial relief for Chicago and Cook County.
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Springfield Til
State Senate
Chicago
Cook County
The Devil Seeks Heat in Eastern Kentucky Mining Quest
In a surreal tale the Devil, displeased by cold in his fiery realm, journeys from his sulfurous home to Eastern Kentucky. He follows rumors of a substance found near Buffalo Creek and discovers a steel structure labeled Lux Star, hoping it will raise temperatures below. He revels in a supposed treasure and vows to heat his kingdom.
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Pluto
Buffalo Creek
Stix
Gies
Eureka
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