State Fair at Pastime Theatre and More
The Pastime Theatre presents State Fair starring Will Rogers and a star cast on Monday and Tuesday. The Crime of the Century features Stuart Erwin and Jean Hersholt Wednesday. What No Beer headlines Thursday and Friday with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante. Saturday offers Mitzi Green in Little Orphan Annie with railroad yard opening and engine fun per manager Hamby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Erwin
Jean Hersholt
Wynne Gibson
Frances Dee
Buster Keaton
Jimmy Durante
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Edward Sedgwick
Rosco Ates
Phyllis Barry
John Millan
Henry Armetta
Edward Brophy
Arthur Hamby
Mitzi Green
RKO
Harold Gray
Mitzi
Hamby
March 1933 Weather Summary for Appalachian State Teachers College
Cooperative station at Appalachian State Teachers College reports March 1933 average max 52, min 31, and average 41 with 21 degree daily range. Highest 72 on 18, lowest 15 on 6. Precipitation 3.58 inches, snowfall 1.10 inches, 9 days with measurable precipitation, 15 clear, 5 partly cloudy, 11 cloudy. Frost on 6 with thunderstorms on 14 and 18. high winds on 1 2 8 9 10 23 25 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian State Teachers College
Federal Judges Refuse Pay Cuts Amid Voluntary Reductions
Washington reports federal judges declined to accept Congress invitation to voluntary salary reductions with only two taking part. Treasury refuses to identify them. The president is protected by the Constitution from cuts, Herbert Hoover cut 20 percent, and Roosevelt expected to follow suit voluntarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
The
Treasury
United States
Herbert Hoover
White House
Roosevelt
Planes Cross Everest Peak In Historic Flight
The Marquis of Clydesdale and Lieut. Col. Stewart Blackner with Flight Lt. D. F. McIntyre and photographer Bennett flew to 35,000 feet in 90 minutes crossing Mount Everest. They reached the summit in clear wind and captured photos for an authentic record of the momentous ascent amid numerous prior fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purnea
India
Mount Everest
Marquis of Clydesdale
L. V. Stewart Blackner
D. F. McIntyre
Bennett
McIntyre
Lord Clydesdale
Dope Rings Watch Prisoners After Release
New Orleans report details Kansas City and Atlanta rings that monitor released federal prisoners. John Reyes testified before U.S. Commissioner R. H. Carter Jr. that after Leavenworth release in November 1932 he relapsed after being enticed by a ring to spend the government aid of ten dollars. A government agent described a similar ring near Atlanta's penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Kansas City
Atlanta
John Reyes
U. S
R. H. Carter Jr
Reyes
Leavenworth
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Shull praises local hospitality and Boone County growth
J T Shull from Healey Kansas writes editor of the Watauga Democrat praising community cheer and improvements over fifty years led by the Dougherty Brothers. He laments the national financial crisis and asks readers to consider postponing the Missouri reunion by one year, inviting any opposition to contact The Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Democrat
Boone
Dougherty Brothers
Missouri
Drop in North Carolina highway funds exceeds four million
Raleigh reports show nine month general fund receipts at 12 918 675 down from 14 835 244 and highway and gas tax at 14 659 233 down from 16 846 047. License plate income falls to 4 126 800 from 4 636 362. March income tax totaling 1 699 267 32 vs 5 758 169 26 last year. Reynolds Tobacco Company paid over 2 million in tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Economic brain twister puzzles a North Carolina judge
In Kinston North Carolina Fred Cummings earns two dollars weekly and faces a non support case from his wife Pearlie. Judge Joe Dawson calls the dispute an economic brain twister and compares it to a 500 piece jig saw puzzle. He grants a week to seek an agreement or arbitration.
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Kinston
N. C
Fred Cummings
Joe Dawson
Recorders Court
Fred
Pearlie
Dawson
Forsyth County Farmer Looks to Spring Plans
County Agent R. W. Pou notes farmers gain optimism as winter ends and seeds and projects shift toward a new year, expecting better conditions and outcomes for crops and livelihoods.
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R. W. Pou
Forsyth
Newsboy Buys Air Ride With 28800 Pennies
Isaac Zinn of San Diego saved pennies for years to fund an airplane trip to New York. He paid 28 800 pennies for a round trip and carried a letter to Mayor John P. O'Brien. The New York mayor urged the boy to share greetings with his California mayor.
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New York
Isaac Zinn
San Diego
Calif
John P. O’brien
John F. Forward Jr
Boiler joke lands Milwaukee boilermaker in court
James Murphy told Judge George Shaughnessy that the heat at the workhouse is on the Fritz again, joking that as a boilermaker he is summoned for drunkenness. The judge replied he should serve about 90 days to do a good job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
James Murphy
George Shaugnessy
House of Correc
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J. T. Shull
Healey, Kansas
Edmund Dulac
American Weekly
Baltimore American
Newsboy
Miller’s Floral Shoppe
East Main Street
MR. Sherrill
Hickory
Spain
Maxwell House Coffee
NEW Shipment
Pepperell
L. L
Smithey’s
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