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This week at the Central Square theatre one may see and hear Al Jolson in a vocal movie called "Say It With Songs." The only reason that this picture was made at all was in order to give Al Jolson a chance to burst forth from the screen in many of his singing orgies. And if you are a follower of the famous "mammy singer," you should by all means go to see this show. If, on the other hand, you do not like vocal refrain every few minutes throughout the picture, this is not the show...

Author: By J. A. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/23/1929 | See Source »

...excitement. While the party pitched their tents, ate frijoles, Indians gathered on the mountain tops. Oaxaca Indians, though officially Roman Catholics, still honor their old gods. Angry at the desecration of their temple, jealous of the undiscovered treasure, they crept down on the treasure hunters at midnight. With a burst of rifle fire, the Indians attacked. Manuel Morales was instantly killed. Fighting like a wildcat by the body of her brother, Rita Morales fell mortally wounded. The three other members of the party fought their way back to civilization, through with treasure hunting as a vacation sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Treasure Hunt | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...many weeks past small bombs have been bursting under assorted public buildings in Schleswig-Holstein and North Prussia. Three weeks ago another bomb, the eleventh in the series, burst noisily in the cellar of the German Reichstag at 4 a. m.. breaking many windows. Spurred by offers of a $15,000 reward, German police concentrated on the bombings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Organization Konsul | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...reported that shortly before each of the bombs burst, witnesses had noticed a Ford sedan streaking down midnight streets and highways. Methodical detectives buckled down to the task of checking every Ford in North Germany. In Itzehoe, Prussia, a suspicious Ford was discovered last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Organization Konsul | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...Arthur Conan Doyle was sitting in his garden near Southampton, England, with his family (wife, two sons, a daughter), when flames suddenly burst from the roof of his house. For an hour, local firemen, 100 villagers and the Doyles labored to save books and manuscripts. An old part of the house was consumed, a new addition saved. No Sherlock Holmes was needed to detect the cause: a spark on the old dry roof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 26, 1929 | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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