MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 30. -- Under sunny skies, the twenty-two-day meeting at Tropical Park got under way auspiciously today with the Shandon Farm's Evergold showing the way to a band of fleet sprinters in the Inaugural Handicap while a crowd of 15,000 looked on.

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RIALTO GOSSIP; The Marx Brothers Break Their Hollywood Chains -- More Tidings From the West -- A Note on Economics

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GROUCHO MARX, who is one of the four Chaplins of America, explained the other day that the firm (Harpo, Chico and Zeppo are still the other members) has finished with Paramount and the movies. At least for the time.

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1933Edward Bunker, American author, screenwriter, and actor (died 2005)^[†]

Edward Heward Bunker was an American author of crime fiction, screenwriter, actor, and a convicted felon. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He wrote the scripts for—and acted in—Straight Time (1978), Runaway Train (1985), and Animal Factory (2000). He also played a minor role in Reservoir Dogs (1992).

Headlines from December 31, 1933

SOVIET'S NEW PLAN TO AID CONSUMERS; Half of Huge Increases Called For in Second 5-Year Program to Be in Goods. 240% OUTPUT GAIN IS AIM Auto and Tractor Production to Be Trebled -- 6,831 Miles of Railways to Be Built. SOVIET'S NEW PLAN TO AID CONSUMERS

DUQUESNE REACHES MIAMI.; Coach Layden Drills Eleven for Game Tomorrow.

EVERGOLD SCORES AT TROPICAL PARK; 15,000 Watch Shandon Racer Win Inaugural Handicap by Half Length. GOLD STEP RUNS SECOND Favorite Saves Place From Feudal Lord -- All Seven Public Choices Lose. EVERGOLD SCORES AT TROPICAL PARK

RIALTO GOSSIP; The Marx Brothers Break Their Hollywood Chains -- More Tidings From the West -- A Note on Economics

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