One-Man Concert by Nelson Eddy at Beverly Hills Home
Nelson Eddy, famed Metro-Mayer star, performs a one-man concert at his Beverly Hills residence by playing phonograph records. The four voices on the discs are Eddy himself in tenor, then tenor again, baritone, and bass. He also records off-stage during tours and sends many recordings to his mother for enjoyment. He calls it a personal hobby for instruction and amusement, with close friends sometimes hearing the home recordings.
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Metro - Mayer
Nelson Eddy
Beverly Hills
Eddy
Mat
Four largest cities in New England listed
The preliminary census report names Boston as the largest city with 769 520 residents followed by Worcester with 293 402, Providence with 253 214, and New Haven with 160 257 residents.
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New England
Bureau of the Census
Boston
Providence
Worcester
New Haven
Davis Opposes Long Presidency In One Term Amendment
John W. Davis, 1924 Democratic nominee, told a Senate sub committee he would not trust the expanding powers of the presidency to any man for more than eight years. He supports a constitutional amendment to limit presidents to one six-year term, saying no man in any post is indispensable in this land of general enlightenment.
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Washington
John W. Davis
Senate
Davis
United States
Police Court Improper Muffler Notices and Vagrancy Case
Police Court records list Paul F Rush Route 1 Glen Thompson Route 2 Swoope Va Lacey Roy Marble 40 colored of Indian Rock Va William Albert Weidner 27 Evansville Ind Cecil Monroe Burch 40 Woodstock Va Andrew Bennett of Washington Pa Robert F Bishop 43 Soldiers Home Johnson City Tenn Joseph Walsh 48 Baltimore 2 months each suspended for vagrancy.
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Paul F. Rush
Glen Thompson
Swoope
Lacey Roy Marble
Indian Rock
William Albert Weidner
Evansville
Ind
Cecil Monroe Burch
Woodstock
Andrew Bennett
Washington
Cumberland strike by truck drivers disrupts three firms
Cumberland Maryland workers from Lear and Oliver Ice Cream Bennett Transfer and Appel Transfer walked off the job after a morning call by Local 453 Teamsters and Chauffeurs and AF of L. C. E. Stutzman said 15 men stopped work. Wages are not at issue and the strike seeks contract resolutions rather than wage changes.
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Cumberland
Teamsters and Chauffeurs’ Union
A. F. of State
C. E. Stutzman
Lear and Oliver Ice Cream Company
Bennett Transfer Company
Appel Transfer
Bennett and
Appel
Lear and Oliver
Brazil's national language is Portuguese
The statement notes that Portuguese is the national language of Brazil while Spanish serves other South American nations.
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Brazil
Vitamin K in Cancer War Stirring at Penn Conference
The bicentennial conference at the University of Pennsylvania heard that vitamin K, a blood clotting vitamin found in alfalfa, may help prevent cancer. Chemists have synthesized K in five forms and Harvard trials will test its effect on a common skin cancer. In animal tests, applying a tarry hydrocarbon triggers lethal cancers, while vitamin K appears to stimulate prothrombin production to combat tumors.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
Louis F. Fieser
Shenis
Plans for Willkie campaign in the solid South
A Nashville meeting led by L. W. Casey drew Democratic delegates from Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, the Carolinas, Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Georgia to back Wendell Willkie. Casey reported growing Southern support for the Republican nominee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wendell E Cam
Wende Willkie
L. W
Pat) Casey
Houston
Tex
Texas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
South
North Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas
Mississippi
Georgia
Casey
Willkie
Hollywood’s leading men unlikely to be drafted
Washington analysts say Hollywood stars of draft age will likely be exempt from army training camps due to their role in maintaining civilian morale. Among those cited as potential exemptions are Wayne Morris Eddie Albert Jeffrey Lynn Lew Ayres John Carroll Dennis O Keefe and Cesar Romero.
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Washington
Hollywood
James Stewart
Wayne Morris
Eddie Albert
Jeffrey Lynn
Lew Ayres
John Carroll
Dennis O'Keefe
Cesar Romero
Patterson praises Dutch East Indies defense efforts in Manila report
Paul Patterson publisher of the Sun papers of Baltimore says he is greatly impressed by defense preparations in the Dutch East Indies. He visited with other American newsmen who traveled from Batavia to Manila. He notes slow, likely months long, negotiations between Dutch and Japanese authorities on economic matters. Newsmen arrived yesterday by Dutch transport plane from Batavia.
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Manila
Paul Patterson
Sun Papers
Baltimore
Dutch East Indies
Patterson
Batavia
Miss Alice Winslow Thrown From Horse
Miss Alice Winslow twenty one daughter of Mrs Alexis Sommaripa of near Boyce Clarke county was admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital after being thrown from a horse She sustained bruises but no bone fractures and her exact length of stay was not known after an uncomfortable night in hospital
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Alice Winslow
Alexis Sommaripa
Boyce
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Songs Featured At Rotary Meet
Highlights of the Rotary luncheon include three songs by Miss Jean Whitham with her mother Mrs. Gordon Whitham and three songs by the Junior Board of Trade quartet Andrew Babb Hedrick Koontz Joe Thomas and James March arranged by L J McElligott. A quiz asks how many times the office of Vice-President has been vacant noting fourteen vacancies from Vice-President Clinton’s death to Harding’s death and Coolidge.
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Rotary
Jean Whitham
Gordon Whitham
Junior Board of Trade Quartette
Andrew Babb
Hedrick Koontz
Joe Thomas
James March
L. J. McElligott
Clinton
Madison
Harding
Coolidge
Bankhead Widow Declines Congressional Nomination
Mrs. Florence Bankhead announced she would not accept nomination to fill the late Speaker William B. Bankhead’s congressional post. Senator John H. Bankhead disclosed the decision. The Democratic nominee for the November ballot will be chosen by the State Democratic Executive Committee at a meeting in Jasper, Alabama, this Saturday.
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Jasper
Ala
Florence Bankhead
William B. Bankhead
Democratic Executive Committee
Hepburn and Stewart Dance in The Philadelphia Story Scene
A green garden stage at MGM showcases Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart waltzing along a fountain edge in formal attire for The Philadelphia Story. They improvise champagne talk, nearly fall, and a jewelry necklace drops into the pool as a prop man rescues it.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Katharine Hepburn
James Stewart
Philadelphia Story
John Howard
George Cukor
Stewart
Miss Hepburn
Mike
Seek Settlement of Celanese Strike
Aaron Horvitz and John N. Pohlhaus met Celanese officials to arrange a conference with Local 1874 Textile Workers of America as workers line up on South Mechanic Street to receive paychecks at an improvised office, instead of the plant.
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Cumberland
Aaron Horvitz
United States Department of Labor
John N. Pohlhaus
Celanese Corporation of America
Textile Workers of America
Harvitz
Pohlhaus
South Mechanic Street
Young Republicans Open Headquarters in Willkie Campaign Hub
Jesse Kiracofe Jr and Marshall Farmer jointly oversee a Willkie McNary Garber campaign headquarters for boys and girls opened on Boscawen street beside Harry Anderson barber shop west of Rouss Fire House. Opened Monday with a sign today to distribute Willkie pins and literature. Adults also obtain pins. main purpose is youth outreach.
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Jesse Kiracofe, Jr
Marshall Farmer
Willkie-McNary- Garber
Harry Anderson
Rouss
Boscawen Street
Election of Rabbi Edward L. to lead Synagogue Council
New York on September 19 reports the election of Rabbi Edward L of Baltimore as president of the Synagogue Council. He heads the Har Sinai Congregation, one of the nation's largest, succeeding Dr. David De Sola of the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue.
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New York
Edward L
Baltimore
Synagogue Council of
Har. Siani
United States
Israel
David de Sola
Scottish troops quartered at Bermuda say nothing
Passengers aboard the liner President Roosevelt report a regiment of Scottish soldiers who took part in the Norwegian campaign and the Dunkirk evacuation are now quartered in Bermuda. The men refused to discuss the mission at the vacation resort.
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New York
Roosevelt
Dunkerque
Bermuda
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