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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
6
Nancy Carroll stars in Laughter at the Palace, with Frederic March and Frank Morgan. Carroll plays an ex Follies girl who marries a wealthier older man and faces jealousy and danger as the plot unfolds.
Warner Bros presents The Deceiver a Columbia mystery drama. Reginald Thorpe stars as a famed actor found murdered in his dressing room. An acting company faces suspicion as clues narrow to the real culprit with clever restraint.
Police say 65 year old Richard Shepperd, a noted light harness trainer, died in Piqua Ohio from a death pact with housekeeper Lydia Swailes. Shepperd was found shot in his home and Swailes unconscious with a gas hose. a note disclosed the pact. Swailes survived after hospital treatment.
The Haverhill Evening Gazette notes a shift in historic dates, claiming Noah’s flood lasted 150 days instead of 40 and predicting a forthcoming tale where Jonah’s whale swallows his family. The item reflects a playful take on biblical chronology.
Five year old Asa Benton Allen, son of Governor-elect O. K. Allen, is named mascot of the Louisiana State University regiment. He wears a uniform combining his cadet outfit with the badge of the highway commission where his father formerly served as chairman.
Claude Farr, held on aiding and abetting charges in the Sisley murders, was released by Leesburg authorities after questioning. Blood on a shirt led to odor, pathologist tests were requested, and robbery motive gained credence as items from Mrs Buckner’s belongings went missing.
Andre Marie Ampere, famed French physicist born in 1775, displayed early mathematical brilliance and became a professor. His scientific work spanned electricity and magnetism and the unit of electric current the ampere is named after him.
A young man and a fancy man reportedly held hands for seventy two hours to set a record. It is said they will not join any secret society with such a grip. Rumor ties Wales to Pickfair during the approaching Olympics with Doug and Mary hosting.
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