1243
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1930-06-05
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Letter and reply
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Progress of the Code -- inevitability that material made before the implementation of the Code will slip through for t...
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692
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1930-06-05
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Letter
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Lord had missed Hays in New York -- has written to Father O'Donnell of Notre Dame a brief account of Mundelein connect...
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3336
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1930-06-06
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Letter
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Promoting the use of screen advertising, and suggesting that the industry cooperate with advertising experts Lennen and ...
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2226
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1930-06-07
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Memo
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"Dangerous Business" retitled as "Play Girl"
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693
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1930-06-10
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Letter
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They have been having a meeting on Advertising Code which will be ratified this afternoon by Board ... "I wish that you ...
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1626
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1930-06-19
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Letter
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Lilyan Tashman was quoted in an article in the San Francisco Examiner as saying that women who buy their own jewels are ...
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1231
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1930-07-01
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Newspaper article
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Clipping -- "Sex movies give us Black eye Abroad." Hays memo following up, seeking to identify pictures referred to.
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714
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1930-07-01
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Telegram
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'Sam Morris Warners rules unnecessary for us to see short subjects or scripts that they have situation in hand and Code ...
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2191
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1930-07-08
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Memo
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Passing on favourable report on the movies' lack of influence on criminal behaviour from Edward J. Goff, candidate for C...
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2190
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1930-07-09
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Memos
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Several memos contain comments on the influence of the screen -- both positive and negative -- by a variety of people, i...
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2217
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1930-07-10
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Letters
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Complaint from two newspapermen -- one in an editorial -- on the representation of newspapermen in pictures. Wilstach re...
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712
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1930-07-31
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Memo
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WB non-compliance with Production Code in East
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711
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1930-08-01
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Memo
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Production Code violations by WB film Golden Dawn -- which had been passed without eliminations by New York and Virgin...
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1261
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1930-08-05
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Letter and enclosure/s
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Encloses letter from Archbishop Hayes to Wilfrid Parsons, 07-25-1930, in support of the idea of the Code. Quigley sent ...
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1563
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1930-08-06
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Memo
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Concerning the use of stars in Old Gold cigarette advertising, considered to be an issue to due the recent scandal over ...
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1276
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1930-08-08
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Miscellaneous
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in Houston Chronicle editorial, "What's Wrong with the Movies?" and advertisements. Warner Bros. have been refusing to ...
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709
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1930-08-08
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Letter and enclosure/s
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WB non-observance of Production Code and Advertising Code particularly over the Sex Appeal Sextette includes copy of adv...
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1270
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1930-08-26
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Letter
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The Director of Prohibition urges Hays to enforce the section of the Code on drinking
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708
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1930-09-09
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Memo
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WB non-compliance with Production Code
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2197
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1930-09-19
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Memo
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Report, covering the West Coast theatres case settlement by consent decree; the Thacher decision; other legal cases.
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2208
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1930-09-19
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Letters
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expressing support for the new Code, and reply
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2196
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1930-09-22
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Memo
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Agreement that there would be no change to the Formula, and an improved operation.
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694
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1930-09-25
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Letter
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Hughes had still not signed Production Code
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695
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1930-09-30
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Letter
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Columbia and Sono-Art had not yet signed Code
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1552
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1930-10-15
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Letter
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Another report of bad motion picture advertising, this time from Kentucky. Johnson provides specific examples from five ...
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707
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1930-10-24
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Letter
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WB non-compliance with Production Code
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1548
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1930-10-25
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Letter
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Hays congratulating Edison on his decision to accept the invitation to be AMPAS first honorary member. Included here is ...
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1242
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1930-10-27
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Memo
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Concerns the activity of the Production Code machinery in the East, especially contact with the NY Censor Board.Only Ani...
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706
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1930-10-29
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Letter
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Production Code: "I assure you had I known we were to present pictures, this would have been done, but it was in my "bon...
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3339
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1930-10-30
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Correspondence
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Hays seems to have missed a meeting with the American College of Surgeons to promote surgical films, and Martin is conce...
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704
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1930-10-30
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Letter
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WB advertising of Kismet: "It is evident from both lobby display and printed blurbs that there are still some ex-burlesq...
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705
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1930-10-30
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Letter
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Warner Bros. Advertising -- part of a long correspondence with various Warners over the Sex Appeal Sextette from 8 Aug...
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1224
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1930-10-31
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Memo
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Classification of various properties under the Authors' League agreement
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1547
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1930-11-05
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Speech/address
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Hays' address from the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Dinner at AMPAS (academy awards). Included is a press release ...
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1606
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1930-11-15
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Report
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A report by the American College of Surgeons on the cooperative work done with Eastman Teaching Films on the production ...
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1605
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1930-11-18
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Memo
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As requested by Hays, this is a synopsis of Eastman's surgical film activities as shown by their files. Complete list da...
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1222
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1930-12-03
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Memos
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Problems with suggestive advertising; examples of bad advertising; Advertising Code; reaction of churches abandoned titl...
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723
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1930-12-06
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Memo
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Bad advertising of Scarlet Pages -- believes Harry Warner "has approved and prompted this species of advertising" -- ...
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715
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1930-12-09
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Memo
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"Confidential Memorandum re Motion Picture Advertising" - probably by Wilstach, and circulated by Hays to the Board. Adv...
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2195
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1930-12-10
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Letter
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Unsigned letter from a member of the board complaining about another company producing a picture of dubious character. ...
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1610
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1930-12-10
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Memo
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A memo to Hays regarding the situation with the Film Boards of Trade. This memo was circulated to those who attended the...
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1609
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1930-12-11
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Memo
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Re: meeting of board of directors on 10 December 1930. It was decided at the meeting that when a title is sent to the as...
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2238
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1930-12-12
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Letter
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Sending Hays a copy of Twombly's pamphlet "And Still It Grows," asking for comment. Hays replies, Couzens responds, 19 J...
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2219
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1930-12-18
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Memos
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MacFaddens complaint about Morocco includes an editorial he wrote but did not publish on the subject, and Hays' reply. ...
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1619
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1930-12-20
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Memo
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Regarding a proposed plan by the Executive Theatre Committee for affiliated theatre circuits to pay membership fees to l...
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744
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1931-01-12
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Memo
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Copy of Memorandum Addressed to the Hon. James Couzens, Committee on Interstate Commerce, US Senate: 'Progress Made in R...
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832
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1931-01-16
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Memo
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Profanity clause of Production Code had been long discussed when Code was written and producers had left it as firm as 1...
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1676
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1931-02-27
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Letter
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Letter to Hays from various executives of motion picture circuits, reporting resolutions to ensure short subjects comply...
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1661
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1931-03-03
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Resolution/s
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Informing Hays of the resolution passed by Allied States at their recent convention in Chicago on zoning and protection....
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1874
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1931-03-03
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Memo
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Regarding the newly-formed Monogram Pictures. An offshoot of Ray-Art Company, now defunct. Ray Johnston is the President...
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