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The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Laurence Schwab From MovieIand, CoIIab-
Grated on "Once Upon Night"
BY ED SULLIVAN

MOOie Quiz
"Rch ManPOOr picture with Robert Young.
question boating in this comedy what falls over
board and is lost' Answer The plot and the MM
"The Texans" picture with Joan Bennett Ran
doph Scott and May this question How did
Randolph Scott Texa9 Answer: process shot,
oy Meets Girl" picture with James Cagney
OBrien Marie Wilson Ralph Beamy Frank McHugh Answer
question: What headgear is by Cagny and Ole whe
they first meet? Answer: Perc Wesmore toupees.
"The Gladiator" picture with Answer
pound Man for fall? Answer: Maybe because
the star of the picture am just hazarding
wild guess.
Heads" picture with Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy this question: When Billy Gilbert the big game
hunter Hardy apartment whom does he discover
hiding in a nunk9 Answer The audience
resman Year." picture with Dixie Dunbar William
leading players in this picture dnks What
are "dinks"? subcve mood Of dunk.
which is the process of gentling cruller.
"sng Bng Crosby, Fred MacMurray Ellen
this question: What do the Beebees sing IN
churchP Answer: FlatFoot Flooge With the FloyF1oy
"Agiers" United Artists picture Charles Hedy
Gure Answer this question: What is the Gas
bought the clothes she
didn't wear in "Ecstacy" Ye olde Casbah shoppe.
Juvenile Columbia picture with Kelly Rita Hay
worth Subby steal
holding? Answer Because he has to take Countess
di Frasso to the Clover Club
a Fling Universal picture with Andrea Leeds
question: What Andrea Leeds ignore
cooked dinner for McCrea? Answer His stomach
Wong Detective" picture with Boris Karloff.
chemical manufacturers Officer Answer He had to do
SOMETHING for an exit
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Gle a min e.
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

They opened the in the land Of the du Points
on Monday night-Wilmington, to be more precse-and
this touring scribe the curtain rise on the first perform
Of "Once Upon Night" at the Playnouse.
Sooner the repercusOns Of the Hines trial were
bound to be by the DRAMA perhaps it not suprs
ing that good actor William Harrigan, is found playing
character brazeny patterned after the notorious Dutch
Schultz and frequent reference in the dialogue to District
Attorney Tom Dewey.
Yet in spite Of this salute to the headlines "Once Upon
Night" is really farce about screwbal Hollywood. 1t
was authored by Laurence Schwab who has been Twent
eth CentuyFox producer for two and Milton Laz
ari1s reformed press agent, I'm told.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Chester Hale Dances To Be St. Fixture

other surprises ahead, it looks
very much as though the Capt.
tol is leaving no stone unturned
to prove that this is Motion Pic
lures Greatest Year, and that
LoeW's is out to lead-again!
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

more adequately the visibility
problem on the ninety per cent
of Massachusetts roads which it
would not be economically prac-
teal to light. There still remains
that ten per cent of major high
ways where traffic densities and
accident experience indicate that
headlights have not done and can
not be expected to do an adequate
safety job. According to Senator
Plunkett. it will be possible to re-
duce night accidents by 40 to sc
per cent on those highways
through the provision of modern
safety lighting.
If anyone has any doubts as to
the effectiveness of modern high
way lighting, Senator Plunkett
contends that they need only to
inspect, as die his Committee. a
modern installation and compare
the conditions with those existing
on unIighted roads.
Hecommends Legislation
"As a result of our complete in
vestigation." said the Senator. "the
Joint Legislative Committee oil
Highways and Motor Vehicles de-
termined to recommend legislation
which would give the Department
of Public Works enough money to
install safety lighting IN limited
mileage of heavy traffic State high
ways of proven night hazards.
Massachusetts must do some
thing to stem the rapid increase in
night fatalities. The motorist is
paying plenty for the protection
afforded by highway Improvement
and, personally. / do not believe
that there is a motorist in the
Commonwealth who will have any
objection to che nighttime i'm
provement en- State routes, pro-
vided the action is not carried on
iDdiscriminately."
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Mrs. Rebecca ]. Marley died at
her residence in Delaware City on
Monday. The funeral will take
place on Thursday at 1 o'clock; in
terment at Presbyterian cemetery
at New Castle
Fred Wollen, a twelve year old
boy, of Seaford, accidentally shot
himself in the thigh, while hand
ling a revolver Monday morning in
that town. Doctors Martin and
Haines extracted the ball. The
wound is not dangerous.
About one month ago the Rev.
John Howard of Bridgeville lost a
little daughter by death. For a
change of scene his wife and only
remaining child, little boy, went
to Portsmouth, Va, Mrs. Howard S
former home. There the son died
and the unhappy parents returned
to their home childless.
Early Monday morning the sloop
Centennial, from Leipsic, Del load
ed with hay for Philadelphia was
discovered to be on fire while off
Firms Point Light, near Fort Del
aware. "A government buoy beat
and tug went to her assistance,
but Notwithstanding their efforts
the vessel was burned to the wat
ers edge.
Lee Waller, IL years of age, a
son of E. Mason Waller, a mer-
chant of Laurel, and Will Melvin,
16 years old, son of James S Mel
win, proprietor of the Laurel House,
met on Market street at 8 o'clock
Friday morning and exchanged
shots. Waller received two bullets,
both taking effect in the thigh.
Charles Sirman, a friend of Mel
vim, was struck by a stray ball.
Melvin escaped uninjured. Neither
Of the wounds should necessarily
prove fatal. 1t is thought to have
been the outcome of a quarrel be
tween the two boys at a masquer-
ade given by the Loyal Legion. At
ter an exchange of courtesies Mel
win cut Walters head with a cane.
The quarrel was renewed that
morning, when Waller struck Mel
win with a blackjack. They then
drew their revolvers, with the re-
suits above stated.
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

A big petition for the closing of
salons in Chicago on Sunday was
presented to the Council.
The Brazilian Senate passed the
bill abolishing slavery which was
passed BY the Chamber of Deputies
last week.
The Senate Committee on Com
merce is making a general over
hauling Of the River and Harbor
bill as it passed the House.
The report of the New Jersey
State Dairy Commissioner shows
that adulteration was alarmingly
prevalent in lard, honey and cider
vinegar.
At the Grand Encampment of
Odd Fellows in Allentown it was
shown that the Grand Encamp-
ment has expended in twenty years
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
S1O3.71S.969 for relief.

S1O3, 718,969 for relief.
The dispute of the United States
with Morocco is settled on the bas-
is of an apology and release of the
prisoners held by the Moorish au-
thorities.
William Showers, the convicted
murderer of his grandchildren who
escaped from Lebanon jail last
Monday week, was captured by
three boys Sunday, near Annville.
John B. hurry, wealthy and
infirm New Yorker, is said to have
been abducted by his sister, Tho
believed that his wife and her fam
lily were endeavoring to secure his
fortune.
A bill was reported to the House
for the removal Of the restrictions
upon the payment Of arrearages
of pensions, the committee esti-
mating its extreme cost at $780,
900, 900.
The Russian Count Strogonof
and his sister, Princess Tacher-
baotoff, with an escort of $50 men
have been captured in Asia Minor
by tribe of Curd Nomads, who
demand an emmense ransom.
Lightning struck a schoolhouse
at Parsons, stunning many of the
scholars. Six boys and mule
were knocked down by lightning.
which went down the shaft at
Murry's Mine, near Wilkes-Bar1e
Eight big ocean steamers sailed
from New York Saturday and they
carried a greater number of pas
sengers to Europe than have ever
before left there in one day. There
were Ats cabin passengers on the
Etruria.
New York reports another vic
tim to the electric light wire. This
time it was a lineman, who ought
to have known what he was doing;
but he touched a wire where the
insulation was defective and drop
ped dead on the spot.
Much excitement prevails in
England over General Wolseley's
statements regarding the weakness
Of the army and navy and prime
Minister Salisbury's denials, which
increase the chances of the min
istry being forced out of office.
William Gore, aged %, stepped
on a rattlesnake at Lort Lee, N.
J., Monday. He held the reptile
down with his foot and reached for
a stick His hand seized another
snake, which bit him between two
fingers. His chances Of recovery
are small
AT Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday
night, Felix oJnes called at the
residence Of Mrs. Stanford to es-
cort her daughter to church. Dan
Stanford, a brother Of the girl
playfully pointed a PISTOL at Jones,
when it went off accidentally and
killed him.
Masked robbers fred a volley into
a train on the Sonora Road, at
Aguazarca, Arizona, Sunday and
then robbed the safe. The fireman
was killed, the express messenger
fatally wounded, and the conductor
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

When Spring House Cleaning
OF all the hooks and crannies
attacked by marauding house
wives during spring cleaning raids
one of the most important spots
sometimes overlooked by the most
alert of housekeepers is the family
medicine cabinet.
To do the spring housekeeping
Job thoroughly, every careful
housewife should check this i'm
portant department of the house
hold as carefully as any other place
in the home, discarding all old bot
ties, the labels on which have be-
come soiled or discolored through
constant usage.
Don't take medicine from old bot
ties without labels. Careful house
wives will not allow bottles to re-
main in the medicine cabinet I'M
less they are properly labeled as
to their contents. Especially is this
true of mothers when there are
children in the home.
Make your housekeeping efforts
complete, don't place your seal OF
approval on your spring cleaning
until the medicine cabinet has been
changed from a gathering place for
old prescription bottles, empty
tooth paste tubes, old foot b
brushes, and other odds and ends.
to a neat, orderly place for all the
toilet and medicinal accessories for
the entire family.
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Copyright 1893 By Joeu's nc.
Chapter Nine

Snow had frosted the windows
and the wood was cracking IT. the
fireplace as Mary moved about.
putting the finishing festive touches
to her cabin room, in honor Of aas
visitor.
rs it still snowin' Wowkle?' she
asked, gazing at her rosy face IN
the mirror"
The Indian woman grunted.
''Un1m. Bad"
Mary was barely listening. She
pinned a flower in her curIs. "WoW-
kle, after he comes, you can 20.
She ran to the window ag-ir
"Gos'h, it's snowin' and BLOWN r
She spun around. "Wowkle, where's
that old rabbits foot you gave
me? In the cupboard Guess III
sort of carry it tonight for luck :"
Running to the alcove, she emerged
aGe.a rubbing the talisman.
''Wowkle, III bet you a dollah
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SYNOPSIS: 1t is the gear 1s4q
and Mary, gunner of the Polka
Saloon in Cloudy, California, has
fast returned from q Vistt n
Father Sienna in MontereU. En-
route, the stage coach has been
held up by RGmerres, the ban
dit. Later, at the GoVernor'8
Fiesta, she meets him dgu.n
This time he IS disguised as q
gyoUng Lieutenant. UnGGeare tint
Mary is the oIcmer Of the Polka.
he plans to rob the place Of Inc
miners gold on deposit IN tHe
safe. Bat I0hen he finds Iara
there he changes his rlinI an
makes an appointment - III e
her at her cabin neat ercu n.
But dangers Gl0Git him. C.e of
his enemies is Sheriff Rene.
eghO EOUeS MARY. The Other Is
Nina, his discarded fdvor5te IT
.be bandit camp
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PERSONALS

William M. Bell and wife and
Miss Edith H. Bell left on Monday
morning for a weeks visit to
Washington.
Rev. William M. Robinson and
Presiding Elder France left on
Thursday last, for New York, to
attend the General Conference in
New York.
Rev. Herman Roe and Rev. J. H.
Lassen officiated in the NJ E. pull
pit on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary J. Bewley left yester-
day for Washington, in company
with a friend from Wilmington, to
attend the National Baptist Con-
vention.
William a. FAIRIES went to Do
yer, yesterday to participate in or
ganizing the undertakers of the
State into an association.
Mrs. Kate Lingo, of Millsboro, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. G. NJ
Collins.
William A. Scott, of Baltimore,
is visiting his daughter Mrs. y. E.
Hoffecker
Charles M. Newman, recently of
this town, now at st. Johns Col
lege, Annapolis, in students foot
race last week, in which nine COM
petitors entered, came out second
IN the race making the mile in
six minutes and five seconds, and
the first in six minutes.
Misses Lizzie and Laura Norris,
Of Philadelphia, spent Sunday in
town with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Norris.
Daniel Wells and family, of Jer-
sey City, are on a visit to their
relatives and friends Of Smyrna.
Miss Cad Kirbin, of Dover, has
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and a passenger seriously hurt.
The Supreme Court Monday de-
MED the application for a rehear-
ing in the telephone case. This
application was made by the Peo-
pies and Overland Telephone Com
panies, who claim that Drawbaugh
and not Bell was the first inventor
of the telephone.
Frank May, working at a saw
mill at Port Republic, West Vir-
ginia, was on Saturday cut by the
saw, which cut off his left leg at
the thigh, entered his side and cut
his bowels, liver and lungs and
forced the heart from the left to
the right side. He lived IA hours
and suffered intense thirst. The
doctors consider it most remark
able that death did not occur i'm
mediately.
On Saturday afternoon lightning
struck 10000 barrel tank belong
ing to the keystone Refining Com
pany on Oil Creek, two miles north
of Oil City, Pa The tank con-
tanned $4,000 barrels of oil ami al
1890 o'clock Sunday morning the
oil boiled over and ran down the
i creek about a quarter TO a mile. a
strong wind forced the burning
petroleum to the opposite bank
i saving several oil works, but an
other tank, containing 10000 bar
rels was ignited by the overflow
and there were fears for the safety
of the city should it boil over.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
FORGIVENESS
81 Years Ago
BY w. D. Greene
Contributed

For near ten years wandered,
While passions ranked deep,
My heart the devils playground
1 could not rest or sleep.
My fondest hopes were shattered
At one fell single blow;
My heart a seething caldron
OF love, despair and woe
A wreck upon life's ocean
l drifted here and there,
With neither chart nor compass,
To keep me from despair.
Heart filled with jealous anger,
My soul boiling hell,
The agony 1 suffered,
No human tongue can tell
Again LIES threads to gather,
l found to be in vain,
And something whispered: never
Will you know peace again.
Life held for me no promise,
1 did not care to live;
Then fell upon my conscience
A single word: forgive.
Once all your sins were parconed
Though of a crimson hue,
And you should pardon others
As God once pardoned you.
No peace of mind or comfort
Can be yours while you live,
While in your heart you harbor
A wrong you won't forgive
And now though loves sweet
pleasures
ne'er may hope to see;
And ties of home are treasures
Which are not meant for me.
Yet 1 shall gain in heaven
What earth can never give.
Since first learned the lesson.
'Tis Christlike to forgive.
Attended Alumni Banquet
Miss Cornelia H. TAYLOR. of Do
yer accOnnauied nv, ba, Fa+ho. TT
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

Fatalities is rec
omm ended b y
State Senator T.
R. Plunkett. The
deplorab1e acct.
dent record and
particularly tn e
abnormal nigh {
a ccident expert
ence on Bay State
highways W ere
the primary rea-
sons for an inves-
tigation initiated
nv tba Tofpt loo.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF 50 YEARS AGO
tCont-n ned From Page Two)

the idea ever occurred to him of
getting the advantage of any one.
He accorded naturally and as a
matter of right to everyone all
that belonged to him, and an OPP
ponent's interest were as safe in
MIR. DuPont's hands as they were
in his own. To be self seeking at
the expense of another was foreign
to his nature.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
CLAYTON ITEMS


The Union New Company has
opened stand for the sale of
newspapers, periodicals, &C., in the
station.
Clayton Savings and Loan Asso-
citation which sold S1100 last week,
at a premium of "a cents, has two
hundred and sixty shares 10 the
four series issued.
Abel Sevil is building an adGi-
ton to his house at Highland Az
enue and Alley street. When fin
ished he expects to have one CT the
most attractive residences in the
town.
The election of our town com
missioners is a. deserved compli-
ment as they attended to their
duties faithfully and at the end Of
the last year has surplus Of $63
to their credit, after having made
a decided improvement to the
streets of this thriving village.
The strawberry festival in the
new edifice on Friday evening was
largely attended and doubtless
would have been on Saturday but
for the heavy rain all the evening.
The Opera House Orchestra furn-
ished the music for the occasion.
The new church will be ready for
dedication the last Sunday Of the
present month or the first Sunday
in June. The old choir of st. Paul's
NJ. E. Church, of Wilmington, un-
der the leadership Of John Al Can
nan, will have charge Of the sing
ing at the dedication.
In a short time the congregation
of the M. p Church here expect to
repair and beautify their church.
Their new pastor is giving general
satisfaction.
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islative Committee on Highways
and Motor Vehicles of which he is
member.
Night Fatalities Increasing
During the early stage of their
investigation, Senator Plunkett
said. a trend chart revealed that
since 1921 night fatalities have
been increasing at an alarming
rate while the rate of day fatalities
have been actually decreasing. Fur
Their, 1t was found that from 1888
through 1886 over 60e6 of all fatal
accidents occurred at night when
the volume of traffic is only one
quarter that In the daytime. Almost
half of the night fatalities occurred
ia rural areas and very nearly all
Of those on heavy-traff1c State
routes.
Adequate Visibility Needed
A study Of various reports. the
Senator stated, disclosed that poor
visibility is blamed for abnormal
night accidents by many of the
nations leading traffic experts. He
said that headlights must BIO de-
seloped and improved to handle
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he never gets here
TIL bet you a dollah he does,
| RamerreZ said from the doorway.
Stri6ing in, he shook off the snow
| and grinned down at her. Can !
come in?'
A bit flustered, Mary laughed.
appears to me like you're already
in. Sure glad you came" she said
flying about the room. 'Wowkle,
give Lieutenant johnson some cot
fee"
Wowkle had her own way of
handing a girl a boost. 'Ummm-
good coffee - Missy make"
With a sly smile Ramerrez be
gan to speak to the serving woman
in Indian. Frequent chuckles in
terrupted her replies and finally
Mary turned to her in evaporation.
What did he say to you,
Wowkle?"
Wowkle shook like jelly. Him
say J get out SO him be alone with
you."
Mary faced him Indignantly. You
got a heap of nerve giving orders 10
my Indian"
Wowkle shook again with mirth-
Ell tell him you say same thing
before he comes"
"Wowkle" Then, because there
was no way out of that one, Mary
set some coffee before Ramerrez
and asked, Where did you learn
your Indian lingo?"
- lived with them once" WoWkle
had opened the door and snow
could be seen descending like
thick, white curtain. Say, looks
like a blizzard. Goodnight Wowkle.
Watch your way"
Ramerrez got up and moved rest
lessly about the room. Then ms
eyes fell on a little bookshelf on
one wall. Romeo and juliet
Where did you get this?"
She looked up from the stew sne
was stirring. "a prospector LETT i
at the Polka"
Have you read it"
"Oh sure. Laughed myself SICK
over it."
He stared down at her sternly;
Laughed at Romeo and Jullet
Didn't you read the finish wneEe
they died together on account @
their love?"
Eyes, sure" Mary retorted flip
PANTY, hardly realizing what she
was saying for the thrills that pos
sessed her at his nearness, THAI 5
where I laughed the most. set the
book right down and just nor
Tered"
Because they died?"
mo, because they did it on &C
count of love. People don't die LOT
love"
Just the same" Ramerrez sald
in a strange tense voice, there are
women men will die for"
How many times" Mary asked,
facing him, "have you died?' She
held her breath.
THE first time was when sa"
you" he said, and somehow, nus
arms had crept around her, were
pulling her close. 81 wanted to KISS
you then"
You did" she reminded him ana
trembled with a shameless longing
'But I shouldn't have. stole tnd ~ |
Loves got to be a fair game. II
isn't solitaire. Two have got TO pIsy
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Notice!
u u

On and after the first day Of June A. D.
1888, all State License fees for the year 1888
are due and payable to the State Tax Depart
ment, City Of Dover. Kent County, Delaware
and if not paid on or before the Both day Of
June 1888, penalty of five per centum will be
added. On all Licenses not paid in July an
additional penalty Of ten per centum will be
added, and on all Licenses not paid during the
month Of August further penalty OF ten per
centum will be added, making total of
twenty-five per centum on all Licenses paid
after the month Of August, in accordance
with the Revised Code 1885, Laws of Della
ware, as amended.
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COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
It is expected to have the cutoff
of the Delaware railroad at New
Castle open for traffic about the
last of June.
G. w. Cunning, a student of the
Princeton Theological Seminary,
will occupy the pulpits Of the Har-
rington and FELTON, Presbyterian
Churches during the summer.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

been visiting the Misses Lippincott.
Mrs. John Cosden, of Chester
vile, Md, and Mrs. Harry L. Fos-
ter, of Philadelphia, are visiting
Mrs. George M. Stevenson.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

/ hear it," \
He was looking 3! n
were a ghost 7 hesia
sing it a long Tina Y, \
standing by a canplls
| by the wagons Of J n
from the hills We es-
tom-toms Of the l1Gl
"And did the WIND \
almost as bad IS !
Mary demanded aS !
| pended on the ansEa,
Eyes, and q Psdis !.
the whites to breaE Il
: CRYSTAL q sta drops stea ;
Father Sienna sa |.
Eyes" he cried d.. !.
7 49, bar m in hisD
place echoed WlI Il.
laughter. 4YO4, ,....: y
the one I've away
oh. Golden Hair. n
How could you
this so long,. -.
aTve never foFgg'ni:.,
Won Golden Hal, N
now the torrent o
n ,,nh Her Ips y
ewes were coveFed, W. =
Kisses q that demanded >
more Of her. ..,.x ID
non : --I paroIp1osin, now :.
II He looked down .
+on ms mess that 81
s se1ont al ali the dssP3g =
9 IF his love. Would an. v
v W If # I did VIZ WI
s TI Ii about n =,
any Fishing hing her close s.l 4
: Her fi arms tighten ..s,.
owe We got eyes, ha y.
low l W 4 gentleman W I, |,
NH aBut suppose you you !; \.
nos pT I'm e7eythll!g, d
p pof' what would w !. 4
Who is there .,, ! u
suddenly, as lin !. is
room roo snow blew n Z
II Unexpectedly I. . MI
+be slope. Hello.
IF RFamerrez vs.
s+a 1rrI slamnlin.I ,s;F
stand s and unconss:sli.,tsss:%
dropped 70 nlS 10 ee
. sked. astonis4a.ssS5 ;s'
the boys csl--'
Sonora" ,,ir' ~
called. -,siai. W.
Wonde;.r ...-arIIIs'" Il
aDon't open n sf
rez had bitter n NJ
She stopped us Y
L,, ~ That low, ri
h I'D she 1ea.ra b.
I've, ,,r, spoken rtf y.
lust lust ike the w
bandit.
az y : ruth q sst ~ /
; \. WI Y .J5w
named as mel
t the ASSOCIATION
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n. n. PIunken DepIores Bay State Fatality Record

Adequate highway lighting as a u
method of curbing night traffic p
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

C. Taylor, attended the annua,
banquet of the Alumni Assoclatlon
of the College of William and May S
of the Philadelphia area at "
Philadelphia area at the Merchants
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
Weekly Story .1.s,
the Ecessi,,s Lo'''

THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN vru
Adapted from the Metro GoIdwyn Mayer 49,, VEST
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

Attended Alumni Banquet
Miss Cornelia H. Taylor, of Do
yer, accompanied by her father, H.