Mencken Compared to Big Bill Thompson Over Anti British Bias
London critic Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch attacks Henry Mencken for anti British bias in a review of his book The Sage of Baltimore. He likens Mencken to Chicago mayor Big Bill Thompson, accusing him of boisterous irrelevancies and detrimental rhetoric that fails to illuminate.
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Big Bill” Thompson
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Hable's Palace Presents High Tension Last Times Today
At the Palace Theatre Glenda Farrell Brian Donlevy and Norman Foster star in High Tension a Fox thriller noted for thrills romance and danger. The program includes a Fox News reel Trapped By Television and the feature The Perfect Racket with cartoons and a last chapter of Frank Merriwell summary as added entertainment.
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Norman Foster
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Fox News
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Lyle Talbot
Palace Theatre
Frank Merriwell
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Public Enemy's Wife at Capitol Theatre
Warner Bros presents Public Enemy's Wife a new unique thriller of G-Men at the Capitol Theatre today and tomorrow featuring Pat O'Brien and Margaret Lindsey with Robert Armstrong and Cesar Romero in strong supporting roles.
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Margaret Lindsay
Capitol Theatre
Public Enemy
Warner Brothers
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O’brien
Miss Lindsay
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Cesar Romero
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Lindsay in prison romance with a magnetic crook
Lindsay is jailed for a crime she did not commit after marrying Cesar Romero a charming criminal. He lets her take the blame to avoid divorce and remarriage. He threatens to kill any rival as she is released before him. A tense sequence leads to an unusual thrilling climax.
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Cesar Romero
Hall Likely To Represent U S At Peace Conference
President Roosevelt is expected to designate Cordell Hall to represent the United States at the all American peace conference in Buenos Aires, making him the senior cabinet officer in the delegation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hall
United States
Buenos Aires
Welles Named Hulls Aide For Latin American Talks
Sumner Welles to be Hull's chief aide at the upcoming parley convening December 1. The U S delegation's full personnel, including legal and economic experts, will be announced in a few weeks. Hull will push the Roosevelt good neighbor policy in practical terms.
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Hull
United States
Roosevelt
Newman Released To Frederick Co
Newman, colored, who was sentenced to six months and fined $100 plus costs and had his license revoked for one year by Trial Justice A J Tavenner in Winchester, was released from Warren County Jail yesterday at Front Royal Virginia.
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Lawrence Newman
A. J.tavenner
Winchester
Warren County
Yester
Collision leads to transfer to Frederick County authorities
Newman remained jailed after a crash involving a truck owned by Edgar Updyke of Updyke Manor and a CCC truck. Three people were injured in the collision and the case was turned over to Frederick county authorities.
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Newman
Edgar Updyke
Updyke
CCC
San Francisco Officers Testify On Strange Door Knocks
In San Francisco police testimony, officers described unusual knocking at the door of Lay Jim, a 65-year-old man, during an ongoing case. The incident prompted questions about safety and protocol.
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San Francisco
Lay Jim
Courtroom Exchanges Over Lay Jim Detention Remark
Assistant district attorney Joseph Garry references Lay Jim during a discussion about narcotics evidence. Superior Judge George J. Steiger quips Lay Jim should be placed in the cooler for 60 days.
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Jim
George J. Steiger
Garry
No Secret in City Affairs Says Mayor La Guardia
New York Mayor F H La Guardia states there should be no secret in city affairs and supports open administration. Park Commissioner Robert Moses proposes housing the 1939 World's Fair exhibit in a two story building.
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F. H. LaGuardia
Robert Mose
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Moses
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