American Movie Industry Uses One Billion Yearly
Figures released during Will Hays visit show the U S motion picture business spends about 1 billion dollars annually in admission fees across 20 223 theaters. In 1925 weekly attendance averaged 90 million, with newsreels reaching 51 million viewers weekly and production costs at 150 million.
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Paul Smiths
N. Y
Koster & Biel
Music Hall
New York City
White House
Will Hays
United States
Kidd-Key Enters Fifty-Fifth Year
Sherman Texas September 12 entering the fifty fifth year of its educational service Kidd Key College and Conservatory maintains a leading fine arts position in the southwest. Skilled instructors in music plus art and expression faculties drive the growth with the largest enrollment in school history. Kidd Key belongs to the Association of Texas Colleges and the American Association of Junior Colleges and its credits are accepted by top colleges nationwide.
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Sherman
Texas
Kidd-Key College and Conservatory
Southwest
Kidd-Key
Association of Texas Colleges
American Association of Junior Colleges
Best Colleges and Universities of America
Leonard District Fair Opens in Leonard
The Leonard community hosts its seventh annual Fair opening Wednesday and running through the week. Exhibits fill the grounds beside Leonard City Park with numerous attractions for visitors.
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Leonard District
Leonard
Leonard City Park
Woman admits being slayer in Cheek murder case
Ruby Ray a female inmate at the Georgia State prison farm told Warden B Dunaway she fired the shot that killed Atlanta grocer William H. Cheek last December in a holdup. Mell Gore, slated for execution next Tuesday, was present at the death cell door when she spoke. Ray, serving six years as an accomplice, said she acted from conscience and could not see Gore die innocent.
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Milledgeville
Ruby Ray
Georgia State Prison Farm
B., Dunaway
William H. Cheek
Atlanta
Mell M. Gore
Gore
Rail and Auto Transport Capacities Face Government Study
Chicago report says US rail passenger capacity tops 2 612 000 if fully filled. Auto mobility exceeds 60 million. Data from American Research Foundation bulletin cited in Chicago hearing on highway transport regulation. McDonald noted motor vehicle license fees exceed 700 million yearly, while road construction runs under 1 billion.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
The
American Research Foundation
Thomas H. McDonald
United States Bureau of Roads
Department of Agriculture
Attorney General Rules Against Lottery
Assistant Attorney General Sutton ruled that a promotion giving an automobile with merchandise purchases constitutes a lottery. The winning number drawn from tickets given at purchase violates the law, as seen in the case decision.
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Sutton
Fourteen workers named heirs to $2 million upholstery firm
In New York on September 12, fourteen Johnson and Faulkner upholstery firm employees were named heirs to the business by the will of Edward D. Faulkner, sole owner. The capital stock passes to the 14 workers. Faulkner died recently in Woodstock, Vermont, and the will was filed in Surrogate's Court.
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New York
Johnson & Faulkner
Edward D. Faulkner
Faulkner
Woodstock
Marianne G. Faulkner
Estate Bequest Valued at Five Million Dollars
The will grants the remainder of the estate to the beneficiary. Her share consists largely of real estate and is valued at about five million dollars.
Kentuckytown Club Names New Officers
At a reorganization meeting of the Kentuckytown Women's Home Demonstration Club Miss Viva Phillips was reelected president Eunice Turner became president in her absence Miss Brown was chosen secretary and Mrs Darwin treasurer They plan an exhibit for Bells and Red River Valley fairs and set a goal to secure a club house before Christmas with three months of focus on this effort.
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Kentuckytown Women’s Home Demonstration Club
Viva Phillips
Eunice Turner
Miss Phillips
Kentucky
Johnnie Brown
Mary Darwin
Red River Valley
Mosquitoes Thrive on Plant Juices When Humans Absent
In the absence of hosts, mosquitoes feed mainly on plant sap and other plant-derived fluids. The behavior underscores their reliance on environmental sugars over blood meals during idle periods.
Boy Scouts Attend Sherman Meeting
The Whitewright Boy Scout Troop attended the district meeting of Boy Scouts at Sherman last Friday evening. Over three hundred Boy Scouts attended the meeting. The Scouts were treated to a weiner roast at 6:30 o'clock, following which a very interesting program was carried out.
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Whitewright
Boy Scouts
Sherman
Wozencraft Heads Sherman Meeting With Band
Frank W. Wozencraft former Dallas mayor gave the principal talk. Music was supplied by the Sherman Municipal Band. The Scouts were escorted to Sherman by Scout master Montgomery.
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Frank W. Wozencraft
Dallas
Sherman Municipal Band
Sherman
Montgomery
LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE Ad Claims Health Benefits
Advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary Quinine for tonic and laxative effects. It claims no nervousness or head ringing and urges readers toremember the full name for the signature of E. W. GROVE with a 30 cent price.
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E. W. Grove
Hog Calling Champion Crowned World Champion in Omaha
Fred Patsel of Madison Nebraska won the first world championship hog calling contest in Omaha joining a field of finalists after a week of intense yodeling. He sealed victory with the standardized Pooey call raising his volume from pooey to pooooeey as the audience heard the final Brink.
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Omaha
Neb
Fred Patsel
Madison
Patsel
Nebraska
Pooey
Visiting Girls Entertained at Sunrise Breakfast
Misses Verma Mangrum Lucile LaRue Maurine May Margaret Barbee and Blanche Montgomery hosted a sunrise breakfast Friday honoring visitors Miss Ruth Gafford Austin Lucile Coffey Caddo Okla and Algereta Terry El Paso. The note ends with a nudge to read the advertisements.
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Verma Mangrum
Lucile LaRue
Maurine May
Margaret Barbee
Blanche Montgomery
Ruth Gafford
Austin
Lucile Coffey
Caddo
Okla
Algereta Terry
el Paso
City
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