Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1934 — Page 5

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agv, w nr-ri iiv " was cHcklng’ on I Broadway. Lee I hefr i e n ded a I young actor I named Luke I Mart o n e. He | loaned money, I helped to get his I pal roles, but it I was the old story I of Broadway inI gratitude. MarI tone forged . Tracy’s name on checks and was sent up for a

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IBH up lUI <1 About a year ago. Tracy a Irio r from the New York r te Wole i "ont. Wartime was up ■« parole an.i actually hud given, name as a character witness.* harboring no spite, put in a word for his old friend and. in J* e time. Mart one was released. He U P a small cobbler’s shop on r Bl 57th street and settled down to •arn an honest living. f ■ Just recently Tracy was informed r, «art<’ne had died, leaving Lee t., aeir <» his possessions, in his Es; ar,or l?alled T'-ac-y -the g’dert guy J ever knew". L?"’ 3mal,c ’ t spotlight in the world Er"*. on W. C. FieMs in his Picture, “Back Porch.” Bill toid C* n,oun t that his nose is one of EwavTL COn ' edy ass * ta and must L h. s'* ke|>t ln P romi|M ‘nco- So. L.’ * d! "ht it. studio technicians E. *2 a spot that focuses down I oeam °t>e inch in diametei'. I I ■ ;’° U hi ‘fd>en to be curious, knrk". " urren ' the bar-tender now the ort; 0I > * he SS ’ Santa Paula, is mixer ./° r Wallie Smith’s drinkfea" "i- The Cai>tain slates the ULn™... h urthern >occ, reports Bob It at th >U j' tl,e cl,ap wil ' own up to at the drop of a cocktail olive. »|J >ke 1 '° < ’ d look at the youngster the 12*7*? With Joe E ’ Brown at tlrfnrJ' nf comedian’s new is In»- Bike Riders.” She aeed * ° wn dau ®t’t*r, Katherine, dud ~ T , and on «*-half years. The *ters tn' a > ' ,ired * wo other youfigbtil both Projected on the scene, th. i. •” 80 heart dy that Joe Kath.rin?^ ,dea of ,lnlnß Daughter trouper ohe pertormed like a the' h yp r 2 lI ’ Or . taut picture aow on se of production simply

mined land. Born of a thrifty English black, smith father who had emigrated to the colonies, and a sober QuakI er mother, the boy at an early age knew how to repair a long rifle, to ; shoe a horse, to make bulls-eyes in target practice, and capture ' game in the woods. When Daniel was 17, the Boones ' moved to North Carolina, and there I the youth saw much of Indian bor- ’ der fighting. Four years before, he had passed his apprenticeship in isiH-h frontier fighting when Gener!al Braddock and his red-coated British regulars had been slaughtered in the Pennsylvania woods. His first attempt to penetrate j Kentucky failed when the huge I winter snow drifts blocked the I passes. Then he met John Finley, j who had erected a log cabin witlilin the limits of the present. Clark ' county. Kentucky. This is said to tentibeW the first white man's I dwelling in the entire "dark and hliNxly ground ", as the Blue Grass

quivers with possibilities for temneramentat outbursts? Each of Its three top-notch players believes that the other two have the best parts. Edward Everett Horton is not satisfied with building houses for all his relatives on his valley estate. The

comedian seeks to make the colony even more unique by transplanting there an old theater from one of the gho-l towns of tbs w est. Wynne Horton, the actor’s brother, recently located one theater, but it was too worm eaten to be moved. Now another brother of

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\ the actor, George D. Horton, is going to make a motor tour of California ghost towns seeking the elusive relic. I ■ KNICK-KNACKS— Jack Oakie takes plenty of raps for this and that but not from his family. The comedian’s sister, Mrs. ‘ G. A. Lindbergh, is now out here on her annual visit. Jack sends her.the i money for the trip every year. . . . Nelson Eddy has a winter engagement with the Philadelphia Grand Opera company and has been studying “Falstaff” in Italian for two months. Now he learns it will be sung in English. . . . Bert Wheeler can hardly wait to finish his picture ‘ and sty to New York. One reason is , Patsy Parker. . . . Since Mack Gray got his new nose, some of his Para- ’ mount pals burn him by passing by ' without recognition. But the profile ' gets over fine with Bait . . . 1 Producer Darryl Zanuck is so keen over polo that the walls of his studio office are covered with pictures of the sport. . . . The new Alex Aarons Broadway musical, “Tell ’Em Pretty 1 Maiden” will have a book by Bill Rankin. Hollywood fw enarist. George Gershwin does the score. . . . llolly- ' wood is keen for the Pacific Sout nwest ' Tennis Tournament to be held here. Ronald Colman, Dolores Del Rio and Harold Lloyd are among the first box-holders. Besides the chance to welcome Fred Perry, ’who is wellknown in the film colony, Hollywood ’ looks forward to watching the eccentric play of Roderick Menzel, Czechoslovakian star, who stands 6 feet 5, weiafts 220 pounds and plays in shorts. DID YOU KNOW— That, although Pauline Lord haa always been associated with Broad- ; way, she was born in California’s his- ■ toric San Joaquin valley?

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Blate wiu known in those ancient days. Nothing would satisfy young Boone, Finley’s host during the winter of 1765. except to see Ken tncky with his own eyes. So, accompanied by two other scouts, they pushed into the region. The strain of the Journey told on the others and il was only Bvone who gaged down on his goat front the present sITe of Pilot Knob, Ky.

News Os The Day As Told In Pictures

Gives Smile but No Information nJ *'' ■' ; ' Mrwll ...\ ■■-; 'J . : ike—' -. \ , ■ •- = . i Displaying his characteristic smile, Upton Sinclair, Democratic, candidate for governor of California, is pictured waving goodby to wellwishers at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., as he left for New York City after his conference with President Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N. Y. Sinclair refused to divulge the subject of his discussions with the president. Fry Youth in ‘American Tragedy’ 'W* * ■ '^greSr*sffimfi . - =: • ■ ■ t J V W h K4U thfwfe ,»WMho*»l kS W* —<■ < L- ~ k jg ' \ Luzerne county jail t : ¥ A* : |M| V > Thomas H. Lewis '*' L ; >’K W G Robert x/JB* Leonard Morgan Edward. -idSnss This layout show- the principals in the trial of Robert Edwards, model church-going youth of Edwardsville, Pa., for the “American Tragedy" murder of his sweetheart, Freda McKechnie, who was found dead in a lake near her home after being struck by a blackjack. Thomas M. Lewis is prosecuting attorney and Leonard Morgan is defense counsel in the trial, belli at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Edwards, who allegedly has confessed the ’laying, is being held in tha Luzerne county jail pending the outcome of the tr.al. Mother blears Murder Details - irz ■:.'. f <r 71a '' lr» s v _ Striving bravely to suppress tears as she listens to the testimony, Mrs. Lon New, mother of the slain Faye New, co-ed at Howard college, Birmingham, Ala., is pictured with Mrs. Homer Reaves, left, while attending the trial of Harold Taylor for the murder in Birmingham. Miss New was found slain near the outskirts of Birmingham,

Praised Kentucky In the succeeding years, Daniel was the lyrical poet or Kentucky, i He sang its praises and future in jan eloquent voice and it fell on ; eager ears. For from the western : fringes of the colonies on the othi er side of tb<> inountulns, Bettiers complained of overcrowding and ' begun to look for new lands. Boone's family and a few friends pushed through the forest trails,

harassed by the Indians. A son, Janies, was killed. Hut the trail was blazed, and when wealthy Richard Henderson organized the famous Transylvanian company to set up a colony in Kentucky, Dan lei Boone was hired to cut a pathway through the virgin forests This trail was later to become the Wllderm ’SH road, fumed In frontier song and fable. In 1775 Boone directed the build

Dempseys Back in Limelight ~ | ’V. l • *** 1J s L ..<*< >: j i jflSw*, sSWBW arWi iIW lyy Making one of her first public appearances since the birth of her child, Mrs. Jack Dempsey, the former Hannah Williams, stage star, is pictured with her celebrated husband in Washington, D. C., duping a boxing program whe re the former heavyweight champion acted as referee. As usual, Dempsey is surrounded by a bevy of autograph seekers. Wants to Start at the Bottom / * ■ / - SW a* F * wii / IB iX \ fW Jr < A i jj * ( Contcssina Regana de Liguore Contessina Regana de Liguore, found working in the chorus of a new college film now in production at Hollywood, is a member of a prominent and wealthy Roman family. The young lady, found working under an assumed name, told newspapermen that she wanted to “start at the bottom and work up" in pictures.

Pickers “On the March” at Mills in General Textile Strike ,h ' iroifcwt — r >Fi 'A «& * - : -|rr ■ - EmMlk dfcifisW*':'' J W '' t' 'IJ \

How striking workers patrol southern plants to prevent strikebreakers from entering the mills and going to work during the general textile walkout is depicted in these photos—above, pickets “on

Ing of Boonesboro on the site ot the present city, and Itn log cabin became the most famous settle, inent In Kentucky. Several Ilmen, Boone stood off uelges by hostile braves. Hut the silver-haired scout need, cd "elbow room". He found It Impossible to feel at ease knowing ho had neighbors Just a few miles away, lie probably sighed with relief when his lamfs were forfeited

f because of defective title deeds. 1 Spanish America, across the . Mississippi beckoned to him, and i, he moved to Missouri, where he s lived when the vast L -ulslana territory was purchased by the U. S. . At the age of Bk, ue died and his body later was Interred in Kens' | tucky earth, at the state capital, s J Frankfort. j Several of his direct liueal deJ'scendants are still alive.

Linked in Royal Romance I® BTf * v- - 1 If® | ftps! I ’Ry - J ’*W ' 4 . ja Romance and international politics have been linked together with word that Archduke Otto, pretender to the Hapsburg throne, and Prince Maria, youngest daughter of the Italian monarch, shown above, are engaged to be married. Report of the engagement wag circulated after the royal family visited Otto’s mother, the former Empress Zita, at the latter’s villa at Viareggio. Start Dam Planned for Century bW « « ' IMp A ' ■ ’ xMk >~ x ' View of Crafton, and workers on dam. On the Tygart river cleaving the West Virgina hills/’a $12,000,000 federal dam is rising near Grafton, W. Va., to set up flood control and aid navigation. Since the days of President Monroe more than 100 years ago, army engineers have included the region in an elaborate nlan for improving Ohio river system navigation.

the march” around the Dunean mill at Greenville, S. C.; inset, girl strikers leading another picket line at the same null. The strike is in effect from Maine to Georgia,

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Cucumber Wore Specs Marlboro, N. H —(U.R> Potatoes havo eyes, but in Marlboro it's the cucumber that wears the spectacles Frank Bouvier was picking vegetables In his garden when he found a cucumber which had grown through the rim of one aldo of a pair ot eyeglasses. The other rim was intact.. .() . —.—. —- —■ Got the Habit — Trade at Home