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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12

Mrs. Alice Clark, of Chicago
found the pictures of two women
in her husbands pocketbook, and
then secured evidence that gave
her a divorce.
While the police were hunting Al
fred Hepworth for swindling Mrs
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12

George Bawtry, a hermit who liv-
ed in cave for 20 years in Dom
caster, Eng, was suffocated by
smoke from his fire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12

Ellen Mannig, of Chicago, he re-
turned to her house twice to get
more money.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, of Leeds,
Eng, has adopted as her son and
heir the brother of her husband,
who died a year ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12

Firing twice at his wife because
she fiirted, Leon Varelles, of Brus-
sells shot off her left ear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
80 GIRLSDANCE
In SKELLY'S
MOVIE

A special stage. larger in size
than the average in New York
theaters, was constructed at the
Paramount studio in Hollywood
to present the elaborate revue
scenes in the all-talking, all-sing-
ing, all-dancing picture. The
Dance of Life" from the popular
stage hit "Burlesque.'
This pageant Of beautiful girls
and exotic costumes, in a setting
OF fantastic splendor, is filmed
entirely In natural coloi by the
Technicolor process. 1t Is the first
combination of sound. dialog and
color on a single film. Earl Lind
say one-time dance director for
Dillingham;, Carroll and the Shu.
berts, was brought from New
York to direct the mighty
choruses, numbering more than
80 girls.
Two specially written musical
numbers are heard in this Sc
quence. They were originated for
the stage show by Richard Whit
ing, Leo Robin and Sam Coslow.
writer's Of many popular hits.
Four other original numbers are
heard throughout the picture.
The revue is built around the
clever eccentric dancing OF Hal
Sicily. noted Broadway comedian,
who is featured in the picture
with Nancy Carroll. Sicily was
in the original New York COM
o,oy for tho Staoa Oroduction
THE Dance Of Life" Is now
playing the second week at Loew's
Columbia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
GHOST PARADE
PROMISES
THRILLS

When Charles X. Gordon's
Ghost Parade" by Hadley Wa
tiers, opens Monday night, 1t will
introduce to the citizens OF Wash
inton what Is considered by those
who have already seen it in re-
hearsal. thrilling. romantic, mys-
FERROUS melodrama. The shrieks
OF the audience at exciting parts
often stopped the action of the
performers. and this was only in
rehearsal halls.
Charles X. Gordon Is known for
his production of "Jarnegan," and
Hadley Waters has a big success
in California called Little orchid
Annie" Gordon also produced
cape Smoke" flush Money"
Mystery Square" apd The
Brown Derby"
The Ghost Parade" tells the
story of several British soldiers
and their wives and sweethearts
in the interior of India during
native uprising and the efforts OF
the opposing factions to gain con-
troll Of the British fortress.
Clarke Robinson has designed
most effective settings. He IS
known for his brilliant work at
the Roxy Theater and his beauti.
fui designs for John Murray An
derson's Almanac" Music Box
Revues, Dearest Enemy anu
Earl CAROLS ''Vanities.
A brilliant cast of English ana
American players include Evan
Thomast Clarence Derwent. Cath
crime Proctor. Oswald Marshall
Joan Blaine, Ann johnson. Don.
aid BLACKWELL, Stuart Casey AMI
the first troop OF Hindu actors
ever to appear on the American
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
COOL CALVES
NEEDED BY
GIRLS

Cool calves make contented
chorus girls.
Fifteen minutes hot dancing in
the sun, and then fifteen minute
swim in a beautiful tiled swim
ming pool, solved the problem Of
making film chorus girls happy
though parboiled for Seymour
Felix, Broadway dance director.
Felix was preparing pre-
tentious ensemble for the water
carnival number of the original
DeSylva, Brown and Henderson
musical comedy, Sunny Side Up"
In which Janet Gaynor and
Charles Farrell make their sing
ing and dancing debut. The
sequences was filmed and record
ed at night. but rehearsals were
held In the day time under a
broiling, midsummer sun.
For comfort, the sixty beauties
suits. which gave Felix his big
idea.
After a short snappy drill. he
called time out.
IAN right girls he called.
Fifteen minutes rest. The swim
ming pool is right In front Of
you. Use your own Judgment"
With one accord. the girls made
wild dash and soon were doing
swan dives, back flips and all
the other trick aquatic stunts
in their repertoire.
At the end Of the rest perior,
, the girls climbed from the pool
and still dripping water, snapped
into their rehearsals with re-
newed vigor. In Is minutes
more, they We're back in the
water, kicking and splashing.
ITS great system" said
Felix. II hope every chorus I
have to direct in the summer
time, rehearses on a water set.
1t keeps the girls poppy and
happy, and makes my work a
hundred times easier"
The pool, which IL now a per.
manent feature OF the Fox Movie
tone studio of Beverly Hills.
was built especially for the elab-
crate water carnival set. The
set for this one number Is said
to have cost 100000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
NEW JOKES AS
RARE AS REAL
LIQUOR

Outwardly. humor changes with
every generation. but fundament.
aIlv there hasn't been a new joke
since the first man admitted 1t was
a lady he was out with the night
before, and not his wife," declares
Richard Lane, of "a Connecticut
Yankee" which will play a return
enga cement at the National The
alter beginning Sunday night, Sep
TENDER %, of one week.
''Humor Is a byproduct Of our
actual lives, the mishaps and short
comings of mans intelligence. The
audience must always be aware OF
the truth from which the distor-
ton springs. 1t must always be
able to see mentally the logical
wav 1t should have been done and
the illogical way the comedian
does it.
They say there are 81 original
plots in the theater and hundreds
of variations ! would not want to
be responsible for statement on
how few original jokes there are,
and on how many thousands Of in-
terpretations are going around, hnt
I do believe there are more orig.
inal comic situations than there
are dramatic. When one - al.
lowed to be illogical, the field Is
decidedly larger.
THE clown Of the Middle Ages
who used to relieve the gloom OF
the religious dramas with his
caperings Is found among us today
practically unchanged in the Mar.
celines and Charlie Chaplins OF
the circus and the screen.
women as the butt OF humor
are a product OF our later civiliZa-
ton. strange to say. The stage
was considered too low for them,
even in Shakespeare's time. and 1t
was not until the latter part OF
the seventeenth century that a
woman-Ann Oldfield-got in the
way of an angry fathers boot and
brought down the house when she
leaped out Of the way. Marie
Dressler Is her great-great-grand'
father, Electrically speaking.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
KirkwOOd Is Rated
An Expert on DictiOn

James Kirkwood, has been
termed by critics the leading ex.
ponent on the American stage Of
enunciation. diction and pronun.
citation, and as such proven a dis.
tinct acquisition to the talking
picture.
Mr.. kirkwood, appearing in .
leading role in the supporting
company of Dolores Costello in
the Warner Bros. vitaphone all.
talking picture Hearts in Exile"
now at the Earle Theater, is al
most as popular a director as he
is screen and stage player.
Among the stars he has directed
are Mary Pickford. John Barry
more. Lionel Barrymore, Lillian
and Dorothy Gish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Studio Cameras Now
Follow Characters

One of the most effective travel
ing shots ever incorporated in
talking picture Is shown in Hearts
in Exile" the new w rner
Brothers all-talking Vitphone now
at the Earle Theater, with Dolores
Costello in the star role. The
scene presents a convincing dem
onstration OF the flexibility which
has been attained by Warner
Brothers, pioneer OF the talking
picture, in a medium which has
heretofore been regarded as rather
unwieldy.
The camera travels through five
rooms in a mansion just ahead OF
a group of characters who keep up
a continual running fire of con-
versation. and every syllable fs re-
corded with the utmost clarity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Movies Make Snow
Scenes With
Corn Flakes

Hollywood studios, ever search
ing for something which Will APP
pear exactly like something else
have discovered a perfect substi-
tute for snow. And 1t Is nothing
less than corn flakes-untoasted.
In this condition they are per-
fectly white, and surprisingly like
snowflakes in appearance. In
Hearts In Exile the Warner
Bros. Vitaphone picture starring
Dolores Costello and now playing
at the Earle Theater, almost IL
tons OF the pallid breakfast food
were used in various exterior
scenes which represented Siberia
in the dead of winter. For the
finer snow. marble dust was used.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
GLEAN1NGs & SCREENINGS
Bv ANDREW R. KELLEY

round with WOODEN string-and
how.
While we are on the subject
of Mr.. Meakin, may | commend
his publicity enterprise in forti-
flying reviewers in advance with
the complete data about the
personnel of the stage and
screen heroes who provide the
entertainment on the Fox Thea
ter programs. May the habit
spread.
TO confess the truth the unit
system is deadly, hard on the
lazy reviewers of Washington
and | must admit there are sew
eral who can be thus grouped.
1t means that in covering the
various entertainers who frolic
in the stage diversions journal
istic critics must write the
names down or rely upon a
sometimes treacherous memory.
There are no programs. Ac-
cordingly how much nicer the
Meakin system of providing the
names neatly and conveniently
typed. 1t gives the critic a
break and it may give the hard
struggling actors who crave
mention a break. Who can tell?
Damon Runyon, who cracks
out some exceptionally readable
sports stuff in his regular col
umns for The Washington
Herald, has finally succumbed.
l mean that he's written play.
Almost every newspaper man
gets bitten by the drama bug
before he rounds out his career
and Damon has set sail to prove
he's as versatile as Ring
Lardner and Willard Keefe.
Playwright Sam Shipman-
who knows his stage backwards
has elaborated with Mr..
Runyon, to supply the technique
one presumes, and A. H. Woods
has bought the play and will
soon put it into production. 1t
is called The King of Gam
blers."
The entertainment world is
full of merger rumors just at
present with Wall Street largely
concerned over the attitude of
the Department of Justice on
the various consultations.
1t is said that the Paramount
Warner Brothers consolidation
is complete, and ready for an
nouncement just as soon as an
official o. X. can be pinned on
to the plan to have holding
company operate both COM
panies, but as separate identi-
ties.
The Messrs. Shubert and the
Pathe Company are close to
agreement on the plan which will
merge their interests under
similar holding company plan.
The policy of the administra-
ton is set down as against any
combinations which appear on
the surface to be a menace to
free competition in the indus
try. The Fox-Loew stock
merger which has been in effect
for months, has not evolved into
an actual physical combine be-
cause the U. S. authorities have
been giving the deal close study.
There is the Sherman antitrust
law to consider and the exact
attitude of President Hoover on
such business maneuvers as tend
toward one-man control of the
amusement industry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
New Theme Song

A song which is already proving
especially popular with music
lovers is Like a Breath of Spring.
time" recently written by the well.
know team of song writer's, Al
Dublin and Joe Burke.
This beautiful number Is the
theme song of Hearts in Exile"
the remarkable love drama pro-
duced by Warner Brothers as a
Vitaphone all-talking picture, with
Dolores Costello in the starring
role, and now at the Earle Theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Comedy Helps

Vera Reynolds experience In
comedies served her we'll In her
role In Tonight at Twelve" now
showing at the Rialto. Miss
Reynolds has the role Of smart
cracking wife of a boisterous
commuter, played by Hallam
Cooley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Ziggy Graduate

Helen Gates. OF "A Connecticut
Yankee" at the National Thcater.
is 2 Iiegfeld graduate. and was
brought tn the musical comedy
stage by Lew Fields in The Girl
Friend" Since then she has been
in numerous musical comedies, in
Guiding Big Boy N which abe
PLAYED an entire aeaRam-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Paducah Boy

Arthur Pat" West. featured
player of "Gobs of JOY" the
Fanchon and Marco idea at FOX
Theater this week as the stage
attraction. halls from Paducah,
Ky. That's the home Of Irving
Cobb. West is very rotund, too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
Musical Veteran

Richard Lane, who appears In
"a Connecticut Yankee" at the
National Theater. has appeared in
several of the Music Box Revues.
He Is also a great favorite Of the
vaudeville stage, where he has
done most of his work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-28
HELPED Chaplin

A number of years ago Lloyd
Bacon, who makes all Of the Al
Jolson pictures and who Is also
responsible for mo Defense, this
week at the Fox, acted with
Charles Chaplin.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18

It ceases to be a secret when its advertised in the Herald Classified Ads.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
German School Offers
 / Course in Americana

Frankfort On Main. Jan. IS P- The problems of the United States for the first time form the subject of popular course of lectures at the University of Frankfort.
 Tn eleven weekly discussions. which began in December and will last through February, America is being given a thorough examination by professors parliamentarians, edi- tors and under-secretatries Of state. almost all of whom have visited the western hemisphere.
 Among the lecturers are ex-Minis- ter of Finance Peter Reinhold, ex- Under Secretary of State Carl Bergman, Professor Emil Dovifat of the Berlin Institute of Journal ism, and Member Of the Reichstag Frederick Dessauer.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18

meet tonight at Vega hall. A whist and social will follow the meeting.
 The annual pinochle tournament which was scheduled to start last night at the K. of c. home on Franklin Square. was postponed on account of the weather until to- night. Several matches will be play ed tonight and each succeeding Friday for several weeks.
 Barney Doherty. halfback on the New Britain Roller Hockey club, is ill at his home at II Church street with influenza.
 Miss Alice Gaffney. daughter of Judge and Mrs. B. F. Gaffney, is ill at her home on Vine street.
 Judge w. r. Mangan of Bassett street is slightly indisposed at his home.
 The Young Peoples society of the Second Advent church will meet in the church this evening at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
Miss Tinti Is Captain
 of Pinnacle Quintet

The Pinnacle club basketball team has elected Mary Tinti captain and Sally Neetup manager. The follow ing girls are playing on the team:
 Mary Tinti, captain; Sally Neetup. manager: Monica Tinti. Penna Abraham, Dora Cararini. Helen Ko- val, Anna Honis, Mary Ottimar, America Rasponte. Corinne Seraval- Ii. Helen Yuniskie.
 The uniforms will be green and white. The girls are doing some hard work and expect to play out side teams soon. Wednesday night is practice night and Friday night instruction under Miss Efchstaedt.
 Any young employed girl interest," cd in joining a basketball team should see Miss Hayes at the Y. W. c. A.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18

 the regular between the United States Havana  Amelia Mrs G. Grant Mason J Senoria Esther Roas daughter Secretary
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
STEWART WILL NOT FORECAST OUTCOME
Continued from First Page)

time.. The organization is behind me and the board of directors is behind me. This is a very strong argu- ment in my favor. II prefer not to say definitely that the directors resent Mir. Rockefel- ler's attitude, but I will say that they are strongly in favor of me-"
 Commenting on the report in to- days New York Times to the effect that John D. Rockefeller. Sr.. had come to the aid of his son. Colonel Stewart said he would not believe the report until he had seen "un- questionable proof"
 T have been with Mir. Rockefel- Ter for 25 years" said Colonel Stew art. II have given him and the conn., pany unquestionable support and ! have no intimation that he will not support me-"
 Told that Howard F. Sutherland. alien property custodian. who by vir- tue of his office. holding the voting Standard of Indiana, has assigned tho proxies of that stock to Mir. Rockefeller, Jr., Colonel Stewart as- serted:
 Mir. Sutherland does not know single member of the organiza- tion and I am confident that he made no effort to investig:e Q the af- fairs of the company before taking the DC ,ion he did. Ir'n sure that if he had made an investigation he would change his stand in this fight.'
 Pleasant Trip
 Colonel Stewart concluded his in- terview with reporters with this sen- tence:
 Il sincerely hope that Mir. Rocke- feller, Jr.. will have a nice time on his visit to the Riviera.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
Russia Wants to Find
 A Northern Air Route

Moscow, Jan. IS Rl-The aviation and chemical defense society of Soviet Russia has decided to make further flights into the arctic for the purpose of studying and mapping the northern air route.
 The last aerial expedition was forced down at the Bay of Koliu- chin. It is planned to establish a number of bases. particularly at Petropavlovsk, the mouth of the Lena river, and at Dixon Cape.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
Girl Reserve Conference
 In This City March 15-17

At the last interclub council meet ing Florence Markham and Edna Kieffer were appointed delegates from New Britain to help plan the mid-winter Girl Reserve conference. They will accompany Mrs. Kenneth Searle, Girl Reserve committee chairman. and Mrs. Donald Cau- field, Girl Reserve secretary, to Hartford on Saturday.
 Girl Reserve clubs from New London. New Haven. Hartford. Bridgeport. .White Plains and New Britain will be represented at the
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18

master FeiseleF of Baden Baden hold jointly the chairmanship of the association charged with erect ing the new building.
 American and other foreign art ists are frequently heard here dur inT the concert season.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
German Resort Plans
 Great Symphony Hall

Baden-Baden, Germany, Jan. IS. PeThis internationally famous spa will soon have it's own symphony concert house under the direction of Gerhart Hauptmann, novelist and dramatist. Hauptmann and Burgo-
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
Another Bomb Expl0des
 In Chicago Building

Chicago. Jan. IS Rs-A dynamite bomb exploded in the hallway of a six- flat building on the west side shortly after midnight today. tear ing a hole in the floor. None of the persons living in the building was
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
City Items

A daughter was born to Mir. and Mrs. Stuart S. Porter of 1SS Linden street at New Britain General hos pital today.
 Miss Nellie Reed of 1443 Stanley street is spending the winter at Palm Beach. Fla.
 alkyian lodge, o. of ", will
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18

hurt. though the entire structure was shaken. Anthony Panicki. own- CT. blamed labor troubles. It was the seventh bomb of the year in Chi- cago.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18

A course in the history of living religions is included in the curricu- lum of Topeka, Kansas, senior high school
New Britain herald., 1929-01-18

meeting. The midwinter conferenc. will be held in New Britain on March 15, 16 and IT. About 100 out 0l town girls are expected to attend
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
- Aviation -
STRAUSS OPENS
BUREAU TO AID
AVIATION CAUSE
Complete Information on
Every Phase of Flying
to Be Given.

One of the most complete avi-
alton information services in the
country was opened formally today
by L. Strauss & Co.
A great amount of information on
aviation, valuable to pilot. passen-
ger, plane owner, student, aeronau-
teal engineer, air mechanic, and
business man has been collected.
Information includes personal
equipment, weather service, insur-
ance adjustment of instruments,
maps, airway bulletins. directory of
pilots, technical books and periodi-
Gals, catalogs, itineraries, reserva-
tons, aero taxi trips, aviation law,
patents, plane and engine specifi-
cations, directory of flying schools,
information on gliding, radio serv-
ice to planes, and many other
phases.
Douglass G. Jeffrey has been en-
gagged as technical advisor.
The information collected by the
bureau has been tabulated and in
dexed, making it practical and
easily available.
In the opinion Of the Strauss
company, Indianapolis is destined
to be the first city" in America in
air navigation, because of its CEN
trail location, level terrain and COM
parative freedom air disturbances.
1t has suggested the slogan, First
in transportation via railways, mo-
toyWays, airways, always"
The company last week announced
presentation of glider to Butler
university. A glider club has been
formed among the faculty and stu
dent body to learn this sport
Plans for an airplane building
contest for boys are being arranged
by the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-04
WEICHTY HOGS
20 CENTS UP
INL0CAL PENS
Not Much Done on Sheep;
VeaIerS Weak to so
Cents Lower.

Hogs of 100 pounds and up
brought largely 20 cents higher, the
underweights were mostly 10 to IS
cents up at the local stockyards to-
day. The bulk of 10000 pounds
brought $11.75. A load or two of
choice top brought $11.85 Receipts
we're estimated at 5000, and hold
overs from Saturdays market
totaled 275.
The cattle market was steady with
the undertone strong. Vealers we're
weak to SO cents lower, selling
around $18 down.
The sheep and lamb market was
quotably steady, with not much done
on account of light supplies.
The Chicago hog market opened
around steady with Saturdays
average. Few loads of choice 190-
269-pound averages brought $11.1O
to $11.20. Paying around SLIPS for
choice 200-pound weights. Receipts
were $4,000, including $4,000 directs.
and followers from Saturdays
market numbered 1000.
Cattle receipts were $4,000; sheep
receipts were $4,000.
Hog prices today were as follows:
250-350 pounds, $11 to $11.75; 200
$50 pounds, $11.75 to $11.85; 10000
pounds. $11.75 to $11.85; 130-160
pounds, $1O.75 to $11.15; 9O-130
pounds, 1925 to $10.15, and packing
sows, $3.50 to $1,000.
Cattle receipts were ESQ; calf re-
ceipts were $50. Beef steers, $1,000
to $13.5G; beef cows, $3.50 to $3.50;
low cutter and cutter COWS, $3.50 to
ST; vealers, SIT to $18; heavy calves,
81 to $12, and bulk stock and feeder
steers, $3.50 to $1,000.
Sheep receipts were 100; top fat
lambs, $16.75; bulk fat lambs, SIS to
SIG; bulk Gull lambs, $1,000 to $13,
and bulk fat ewes, $3.50 to $40.