French Refugee Drives Across the United States
A Danish national and Paris merchant named Rasmus Jorgensen, driving a Citroen with French plates, paused in Glenwood Iowa on Tuesday. He fled Paris seven weeks earlier as the German army advanced, traversing France and Spain before reaching New York and planning to reach San Francisco. He wishes to start anew in America, studying English and possibly remaining there for life, with a daughter in Red Cross service in France. Local interest grew as residents noted his foreign car and skyward glances at the State School whistle.
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Glenwood
Iowa
Rasmus Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysees
France
Spain
Lisbon
New York
San Francisco
Red Cross
America
Europe
Glenwood Opinion-Tribune
Rain Delays Work on State Hospital Tunnel
Contractors Elis & Sons push to finish the tunnel between the main building and Hope Hall despite heavy rain. They had excavated most of the tunnel when a flood halted progress, with removal of a pond foundation continuing as the tunnel nears the Engle office section.
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State Hospital
Hope Hall
Elis & Sons
Clarinda
Ted Tains Stureed
Fish Pond Foundation
Jong
Engle
Clarinda Herald-Journal
Fortunate Heat Range Praised In Earth’s Thermostat
In an editorial tone the Philadelphia Record notes gratitude for mild heat levels. It highlights the vast temperature range on Earth from polar cold to desert heat, arguing humanity’s luck that life persists within a narrow band despite extreme possibilities.
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Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
Corydon Pond Produces State-Record Bass Catch
Sidney Smith of Corydon hooked a seven pound big mouth bass at Corydon pond using a light flyrod and sunfish bait. The fish weighed seven pounds at the First National Cafe with witnesses present, sparking talk of a state record.
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Corydon Pond
Sidney Smith
Corydon
Maurice Nickel
Kenneth Willey
George Nickles
Moral of story: beware of hammocks in storms
John Lowrance a farmer living in the Valley neighborhood southeast of Skidmore had a narrow escape from lightning Wednesday morning. He sat in a wire hammock between two trees when a bolt struck the tree and sent shock through the hammock leaving him unable to walk for a time.
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John Lowrance
Valley
Skidmore
Mr. Lowrance
Mr. Lawrance
Margieville Forum
Groundhog scalps plentiful in Missouri bounty
County Treasurer Bob Barth-Glomew reports since January 1, 1940 a total of 1450 groundhog scalps have been paid at the courthouse at fifteen cents per scalp. The 1940 year suggests a large crop of groundhogs in Atchison County Missouri.
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Bob Barth- Glomew
Atchison County
One of Many Habits to Break
Fragmentary note urges breaking routines as danger rises when calling soldiers to meet the enemy. The text emphasizes that habit may hinder decisive action and recalls memories of American forces and the fog of war.
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Americu
County hogmen earn four dollars twenty five cents
Sixty years ago county hog producers rejoice as hogs sell at four dollars twenty five cents. Edwin and Edgar Hoover along with William Kemery depart for northern Iowa in a prairie schooner, while the Board of Supervisors opens bids for a county poor house and barn won by R H Delmege of Afton.
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Messrs
Edwin and Edgar Hoover
William Kemery
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
R. H. Delmege
Afton
Twenty Fifth Anniversary Band Move and Local Weddings
Earl Little left for Kansas to join the Kitties Band as first trombone. Bertha Slagle and Henry K Russell wed August 19 at Bedford Methodist parsonage with Rev. Joe W Goodsell officiating. Wilma W Stewart and Curtis Melvin married August 20 at a relative's Maryville home. Community volunteers and fifty workers enhanced city streets on Wednesday.
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Earl Little
Kansas
Kitties Band
Bertha Slagle
Bedford
Henry K. Russell
Jackson Township
Methodist Church
Joe W. Goodsell
Wilma W. Stewart
Curtis Melvin
Maryville
Jacob Melvin
Twenty Years Ago Births and Local Property Changes
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott of Sharpsburg last week. Mrs. Ab Rusco of Athelstan died Monday, August 16. The Larsson Brothers 320 acre home farm was sold to Eli Houck last week in Clayton township. Clyde Livingston, once a Zion grocer near Orient, purchased the Hart grocery on East Main Street. Chas Darling and W R Kemper, longtime Bedford mail carriers, have retired. Verne Johnson and Bernie Mohler are temporary replacements as carriers.
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Walter Scott
Sharpsburg
Ab Rusco
Athelstan
Larsson Brothers
Eli Houck
Clayton Township
East Mission Church
Clyde Livingtson
Zion
Orient
Hart
East Main Street
Chas Darling
W. R. Kemper
Bedford Post Office
Verne Johnson
Bernie Mohler
Local Births and Weddings Reported Across Iowa Towns
Ten years ago ten a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Carrol Little of Clearfield on Tuesday August 17 The same day Mrs Glenn Routh of Clearfield greeted a birthday The Hargins Ronald and Mrs Hargin of Shenandoah former Bedford residents welcomed a son on Friday August 15 Kathryn Chamberlin formerly of Bedford and Dennis S Sullivan both of Quincy Illinois wed Monday August 18 They will live in Lincoln Nebraska Mary Frances Giles of New Market and Charles L Myers of Bedford wed Wednesday August 20 at the Clarinda Methodist parsonage
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Mrs. Carrol Little
Clearfield
Glenn Routh
Bor
Ronald Hargin
Shenandoah
Hargins
Bedford
Kathryn Chamberlin
Dennis S. Sullivan
Quincy, Il
Lincoln
Nebr
Mary Frances Giles
New Market
Charles L. Myers
Clarinda
Fall City
Poultry Prices Rise Forecast By Feeds Letter
Dear Friends this spring chickens bring 3 to 5 cents more than last year eggs up to 3 cents hens up a cent market looks good for poultry raisers hatcheries set eggs this week as orders rise. Keep hens that lay well and replace pallets quickly to build a strong egg producing flock for a profitable fall market. Signed Feek Priche.
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Feeek Priche
School Days Echo Through Blaine Train of Mirth and Mystery
A collage of light notes and local curiosities recalls Osa Johnson’s name origin, crime humors, fashion phrases, ridiculous tax ideas, dairy antifreeze myths, and the buzz of schools reopening with new shirts and dinner pails as children head back to class.
Rialto to Show Sporting Blood at Rialto Theatre
The Marwyck Ranch a famed Southern California training and breeding farm owned by Barbara Stanwyck and Mrs. Zeppo Marx debuts in Sporting Blood at the Rialto Theatre Friday and Saturday August 23 and 24. Lewis Stone stars with Maureen O’Sullivan and Lynne Carver as daughters as racing romances unfold amid workouts of Brown Hills and Playboy and camera speed from Santa Anita to Caliente.
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Marwyck
California
Barbara Stanwyck
Zeppo Marx
Rialto Theatre
Virginia
Kentucky
Lewis Stone
San Francisco
Maureen O’sullivan
Yynne Carver
Robert Youne
Brown Hills
Jimmy Wilson
Playboy
Pat Saunders
Santa Anita
Tanforan
Pomona
Caliente
Stone
Prince of Virginia
Maureen
Torrid Zone at Rialto Theatre Sunday and Monday
Hollywood comedy drama Torrid Zone stars James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O’Brien. They perform in a tropical plot about a plantation boss resisting bribes while romance and danger swirl in Puerto Aguilar.
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Hollywood
James Cagney
Ann Sheridan
Pat O’brien
Rialto Theatre
Cagney
Miss Sheridan
O’brien
States
Tropics
Helen Vinson
Alias the Deacon at Rialto on Bargain Night
Bob Burns returns in Alias the Deacon at Rialto Theatre Bargain Night Tuesday August 27 Burns stars with Mischa Auer Dennis O Keefe and Peggy Moran in a comedy with a dramatic prizefight scene The supporting cast is strong and the film highlights Burns well suited for the lead role.
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Bob Burns
Alias the Deacon
Rialto Theatre
Burns
Card Sharp
Mischa Auer
Auer
Dennis O'Keefe
Peggy Moran
O'Keefe
Guinn
Big Boy
Williams
Wanderers Bring Tales Of Oil Fields And Tramps
A column notes seasonal migratory beggars or “bums” gather in town seeking meals, while an oil field near Fall City Nebr shows eight towers with various status, including a 800-barrel daily producer. The writer jokes about porch screens and a yellow light repelling bugs.
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Fall City
Nebr
Memoriam of Moran and Moran and the Two Black Crows duo
The passage honors players including Spencer Charters Ed Brophy Bennie Bartlett Thurston Hall Jack Carson Virginia Brissac and George Moran. Moran is noted as half of the famed Two Black Crows with Moran and Mack and now appears as a taciturn Indian in memory and tribute.
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Ally
Spencer Charters
Ed Brophy
Bennie Bartlett
Thurston Hall
Jack Carson
Virginia Sbrissac
George Moran
Moran
Black Crows
Mack
Dr Cyclops thrills in Technicolor at Rialto Theatre
The film portrays a diabolical scientist in the Andes who shrinks five people to fourteen inches using a radium ray machine. Albert Dekker stars as the menacing scientist guiding four men and a girl through perilous miniatures and monstrous dangers.
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Dr. Cyclops
Rialto Theatre
Albert Dekker
Cyclops
Andes
Peru
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