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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
6
In a lighthearted note from a film set, Myrna Loy and Clark Gable shop incognito in ordinary clothes and altered looks. Colbert is linked to disguises, while Mae West sticks to her iconic persona even while shopping. Fred MacMurray tests disguises with plain glasses to blend in with the crowd.
An unidentified blond woman fired at a robber who had been overpowered by two men. The two men had restrained the thief and were aided by the rescuer who fled the scene with him in her car near Collinsville, Illinois.
A Twentieth Century-Fox musical comedy centers on Yipee University coach Jack Haley and Patsy Kelly as a mistaken invitation to play Boola Boola ignites a publicity blitz. The Yipee squad, led by star fullback and future forward Erwin, routs foes with humor and athletic antics, culminating in a chaotic big game. Lew Pollack and Sidney Mitchell provide songs. Arthur Sheekman Nat Perrin and Mark Kelly headline the story. Darryl F. Zanuck selects David Butler to direct.
The Middle Ages gentry deemed trade and business inferior yet coveted land as the source of power and wealth. Castles were built to safeguard territorial holdings, reflecting the era’s strong tie between land ownership and status.
A page listing practical driving tips to readers before holiday trips. Key cautions include keeping right on hills and curves, sounding horn on sharp curves, obeying a 45 mph urban speed limit, interpreting red tail lights, not speeding when overtaken from behind, adjusting speed at night, signaling turns and stops, and remembering there is a human in every car.
Members of the Roosevelt family and relatives plan festive duties at the historic mansion during the National Convention last June. Sara Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor and Curtis Roosevelt children, J R Roosevelt of New York, James Roosevelt family with daughters Sarah and Kate, Elliott Roosevelt family with Chandler and Elliott, Franklin Jr and John Harvard students, and Eleanor Dall include as helpers.
Mrs John Boettiger formerly Anna Roosevelt will travel with her husband to the Pacific Coast for the holidays where Boettiger has taken an executive post with a Seattle newspaper Sister and Buzzie Dall arrived as the first house guests with a nurse. They hurried to the President's bedroom shouting Hi Pop Read The Leader Want Ads.
Sisters Bennie Ruth Billy Evelyn Anne Beth and Barbara Joyce Dodgon. Mr Dodson employed at Quail Mercantile Company. Services led by Rev John W Hawkins from the Dodson Home at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon. Interment in Quail Cemetery by Ellis Funeral Home.
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