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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1931

Page

8

Big Money shines at Capitol Theatre with Libertress in lead

Wall street messenger boy turned actor stars in Pathe’s comedy drama Big Money at Capitol Theatre. The tale mocks luck and gangster tropes with sharp wisecracks and dramatic scenes, supported by Robert Armstrong Miriam Seegar Robert Edeson and Dorothy Christy. Oregon records its sixth straight year of the nation’s lowest mortality rate.

Wall Street Esa Quillan Pathe Capitol Theatre Robert Armstrong Miriam Seegar Robert Edeson Dorothy Christy

50 Years Ago This Week From the Illustrated Christian Weekly

A retrospective roundup notes the 1880 census at 50,152,599 people, a 30.8 percent rise in ten years and the implication of growth for the next fifty years. Items include Augusta sleighing, a damp London piano housekeeper, busier era forecasts, rail Spanish training for ticket agents, a paper house at Sydney Exhibition, and Pittsburgh darkness before Christmas with gaslight.

Augusta London Pittsburgh

Al Capone and the rise of organized crime

A terse Ohio State Journal remark contrasts early criminal enterprise with modern brutal tools, noting inspiration for youth and suggesting Capone began without a machine gun as his weapon.

al Capone Ohio State Journal

Radio Schedule Listings Across Stations and Orchestras

Dense OCR listings show program blocks and features across many stations including WEAF WABC WJZ and WHAM with orchestras, dance hours, news, and various shows. Dates and city names implied by station call letters indicate a long, multi-station programming grid.

NBC Chain WBAL KDKA WHAM WBZ CKGW WGAR Alea Wral WGA WRAL WJR WLW Doctors WJZ Chain Freedom Globe Trotter Orch Moonbeams WCAU WJZ WGY Mr McCale Eas WEAF WABC Wis S0uthern Clear Channel Jack Turner Dalce WEA

War Veteran Ist Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards Critically Ill

Ist Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards war time commander of the twenty sixth division and a father figure to thousands of World War II soldiers is reported critically ill in a Boston hospital. The New Haven Aegis notes a grim view on a country nearing trouble when an honest man cannot stay out of jail.

Clarence R. Edwards Twenty Sixth Boston New Haven

Henry Ford Contradicts Himself on Women’s Roles

Henry Ford proclaims women belong at home yet actively opposes women entering public or professional life, drawing criticism from the Anderson Indiana Herald and observers.

Henry Ford

Dietitian Calls Mince Pie High Calorie Carb

A dietitian describes mince-pie as a polysaccharide carbohydrate with high caloric efficiency, a factor the Wichita Eagle notes as contributing to consumer nightmares about dieting.

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