Show Boat on Screen Wins Praise at Globe New York
Carl Leemm presents a pictorial pageant blending the best selling novel with Ziegfeld spectacle Show Boat to strong reviews at the Globe Theatre New York last Wednesday. Quinn Martin lauds its perfect detail and entertainment value highlighting Laura LaPlante Joseph Schildkraut Otis Harlan and Helen Morgan. The film opens at $11 top in Broadway engagements following prior runs in Miami Palm Beach New York and Washington. Winchester will be first town to view the picture elsewhere.
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Globe Theatre
New York
Quinn Martin
Laura LaPlante
Joseph Schildkraut
Otis Harlan
Helen Morgan
Miami
Palm Beach
Washington
Winchester
Williamsburg Pilgrimage Opens Historic Homes Tour
Williamsburg Virginia prepares for a grand pilgrimage opening nine historic houses May 1 including the Benjamin Waller and Wythe houses. The event highlights colonial figures and connections to Washington Lafayette and the Revolution with church groups funding and guiding tours.
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Williamsburg
Thomas A. Becket
Chaucer
Virginia
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Benjamin Waller
Hall
Baden
George Wythe
West
Tucker
Bagsett
Barlow
Peyton Randolph
Coke
Paradise
Guild and Woman’s Auxiliary of
Ancien Bruton
Bassett Hall
Tom Moore
Burwell Bassett
Washington
England
America
Paradise House
John Paradise
Boswell
Samuel
Wythe
College of William and Mary
Chancery Court
Lord Cornwallis
Col. St. George Tucker
Waller House
John Tyler
West House
LaFayette
South
Special Midnight Show Promises Thrilling Screenings
A preview night offers The Barker by First National with Milton Sills at the Capitol theatre. Doors open at 11, show begins 11:30 with John Gilbert Lewis Stone and others in Chat With M G M Stars. Critics hail The Barker as an outstanding talking picture.
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First National
Capitol Theatre
John
Gilber
Lewis Stone
the Barker
Milton Sills
Grove Funeral Rites Planned for William C Grove
The funeral for William C. Grove, who died yesterday, will be held from 370 Charles Street at 2 pm tomorrow. The Rev. Murray D. Mitchell of Braddock Street M E Church South will conduct services. Interment follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers J H Bowmen H L Stotler Howard Shockey C B Henry E W Carper and George Jenkins.
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William C. Grove
Charles Street
Murray D. Mitchell
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mount Hebron Cemetery
J. H. Bowmen
H. L. Stotler
Howard Shockey
C. B. Henry
E. W. Carper
George Jenkins
World Has Not Been Made Safe For Democracy Speech
Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick told Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington that world war left many democracies endangered and dictators rising in Portugal Spain Italy Hungary Poland and Jugoslavia. She praised U S cooperation with the League of Nations and noted relief efforts. Florence Pragg Kahn urged a defensive policy and limited federal overreach. The event included a pageant and the dedication of Constitution Hall with Mrs Hoover as guest of honor and a $1,000,000 funding milestone announced.
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Ruth Hanna McCormick
Mark Hanna
Washington
United States
McCormack
Portugal
Spain
Italy
Hungary
Poland
Great Confederacy of
Jugoslavia
McCormick
America
League of Nations
Congress
Florence Pragg Kahn
California
Peace Pipe Chapter
Denver
Colo
Iva Lou Wilde
Arthur D. Wall
Colorado
National Committee
Hoover
Constitution ‘Hall
Society
WRC
United States Marine Band
Matthew Brewster
Mabel T. Boardman
American Red Cross
Leo. S. Rowe
Pan-American Union
Constitution Hall
Brosseau
Russell W. Magna
Mount Holyoke
Mass
Finance Committee
Kansas
George Maynard Minor
Connecticut
Anthony Wayne Cook
Pennsylvania
Washington Auditorium
Congress Vot
Testimonial Window Honoring Mrs Brosseau Proposed
A plan calls for reserving $10,000 from the current fund to create a perforated bronze testimonial window in the hall in honor of Mrs Brosseau.
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The
Society
Brosseau
Great results from compound and barbarians quote
A historical note highlights a quote from Napoleon about war as the business of barbarians. The phrase is attributed to a compound context, reflecting a military or political viewpoint.
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Mary Pickford
Charles
Buddy” Rogers
Pickard
Charley Chase
Tim McCoy
Carl Leemm
Wythe History
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main ST
R. E. Avey
Mar
W. C. Grove
J.c.penneyco
North Main
Brainerd
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lou. Bernstein
Loudoun Street
A. W. Chase CO
As.w. Chase, M. D
DR. A. W. Ase Company, Inc
3Rd Street
Sait
Long Island City
Winchester’s Best Drug Store
Peoples Drug Store
North Main St
John Dere
McCormick Check-Row Corn Planters
Chean
C L Brumback
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