Eleanor Powell to Star in Two Musicals at MGM
Eleanor Powell returns to MGM May 15 and will star in two musicals Born to Dance and Great Guns. Jack MacGowan Sid Silvers wrote both scores with Cole Porter contributing Great Guns. Roy Del Ruth to direct Powell after Broadway Melody of 1936.
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Universal Service
Los Angeles
Eleanor Powell
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Miss Powell
Jack MacGowan
Sid Silvers
Nacio Herb Brown
Arthur Freed
Cole Porter
Tops
Roy del Ruth
Night of January 16th attracts audience to back row
The article notes Oliver Messell who designed sets and costumes for Romeo and Juliet, was moved to a back seat in the jury box during The Night of January 16th. It mentions plans for a Korda picture and the next Cr. Cochran revue before closing for the day.
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Oliver Messell
England
Korda
Cr. Cochran
AAA to Make Good on Wheat Payments
The AAA announced that farmers who complied with winter wheat adjustment contracts will receive 2.12 cents a bushel on domestic allotments totaling 54 percent of average production. Total payments amount to 40.5 million dollars as a full settlement of obligations tied to the 1936 wheat contracts. Farmers must have signed contracts before January 6 and planted not more than 95 percent of base acreage in winter wheat.
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Washington
AAA
Supreme Court
Congress
Architects And Contractors Dine With Van Ell Inc
Van Ell Inc entertained about twenty five Cedar Rapids architects and home building contractors at an informal Hotel Roosevelt dinner. R D Marshall H J Skaggs of Williams Oil O Matic Heating Bloomington NJ and L D Kingsbury of Waterman Waterbury Minneapolis discussed oil burners air conditioning and water softening equipment. S J Van Buren presided at the meeting.
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van Ell, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Hotel Roosevelt
R. D. Marshall
H. J. Skaggs
Williams Oil-O-Matic Heating Corporation
Bloomington
L. D. Kingsbury
Waterman-Waterbury Furnace Company
Minneapolis
S. J. van Buren
Child Hospitalized After Paint Spill Incident
One year old Clifford Goldsberry, son of Mr and Mrs Chester Goldsberry of 315 Fourteenth Avenue SE, was taken to Mercy hospital after a paint pail toppled onto his head while his father Clifford Goldsberry painted at home. The child suffered no ill effects.
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Clifford Goldsberry
Chester Goldsberry
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Abyssinians Die as Rebels Attack North Ethiopian Front
Rome dispatch reports 400 Ethiopian deaths as Galla tribesmen repulse rear guards south of the Cormat Torrent. Badoglio notes Italian and Eritrean troops advance per plan with an enemy loss of pack animals and ammunition seized. Italian advance is said to be sixty miles from Dessye.
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Rome
INS
Pietro Badoglio
Vebo
Galla
Cormat Torrent
Waldia
Dessye
Peggy Frink Wins Linn County Spelling Championship Again
Peggy Frink a 13 year old Lisbon student retained her Linn County spelling title by spelling buoyancy correctly in verbal competition and scoring 100 on the written test. She beat Warren Hoover of Marion during the Cedar Rapids contest held at the county courthouse with 100 rural and town schools represented.
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Gale K. Frink
Lisbon
Linn County
Warren Hoover
Monroe School
John Hoover
Marion
Peggy
Marjorie Laubscher
Frink
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Rural Choir
Mrs James D Butchart Dies in Oklahoma City
Mrs James D Butchart 32 of Oklahoma City daughter of Charles Shackell died after a pneumonia illness. She is survived by her husband and five year old son Douglas. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Waukesha Wisconsin. Shackell family to travel to Chicago for burial arrangements.
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James D. Butchart
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles Shackell
Linden Drive
Butchart
Douglas
Waukesha
Wis
Brave Delaware County Woman Foils Chicken Thief Alone
Mrs. J. S. Sheppard, about 75, thwarted a farmyard chicken thief in darkness. She entered the chicken house, confronted the intruder who carried three chickens, and the thief fled to a waiting automobile with one bird. Sheriff Utley found no clues.
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Manchester
Delaware County
J. S. Sheppard
H. G. Utley
Capacity Audience At Calvary Baptist Revival
Capacity crowds filled Calvary Baptist Church Friday for a pre Easter revival led by Cyrus Metcalf with Mrs Dorothy Miller directing the choir. The program included For God So Loved the World and Seeking Jesus with a duet by Mrs Nelson Miner and Mrs Miller. Miss Everetta Whetstine was pianist and Rev Richard V Clearwaters preached on Jesus Cross and Crucifixion. Miss Helen Youtzy read The Crucifixion and the week will end Sunday with Jesus Himself Drew Near as Metcalf leads old fashioned hymns and a duet with William Dykhuizen. The Resurrection reading will close the service. No service Saturday night.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Cyrus Metcalf
Dorothy Miller
Nelson Miner
Jesus
Everetta Whetstine
Richard V. Clearwaters
Widow reopens probate battle over Park Findley estate
Mrs Grace Findley widow of Park A Findley former head of Iowa state bureau of investigation reopens probate court dispute against executor George Wilson alleging delinquent payments of a 100 monthly allowance and missing funds She asks for an estate condition report by April 18 an inventory once listed 1911 cash and 500 in personal property with 4300 jewelry unlocated and over 100000 in bonds stock and valuables allegedly unaccounted for by sister Ricka Findley She claims testimony rights were invoked and a court writ was issued for review
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Des Moines
Grace Findley
Park A. Findley
State Bureau of Investigation
Findley
George Wilson
L. Ladd
Wilson
State Supreme Court
Clyde Laybarger Wins Kite Contest In Ellis Park
Clyde Laybarger of 1641 Sixth Street NW won first prize with a five and one half foot two stick kite in the Ellis Park playground commission kite tournament. David Wood won for the smallest kite, Eugene Sturgeon created the most unusual kite, Earl Manholtz earned best artistic kite, and Laybarger also claimed strongest pull. Each winner receives a leather achievement shield mailed from the playground office.
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Clyde Laybarger
Sixth Street
Playground Commission
Ellis Park
David Wood
William Wood
Ellis Jane
Eugene Sturgeon
J Avenue NW
Earl Manholtz
Avenue NW
Abraham Lincoln
Layberger
Allen Judson
Washington Avenue
Minnesota Doctor Forgives $50,000 in Debts at Easter
In Cohasset Minnesota Dr M M Hurst, the town's sole physician, cancels unpaid patient debts totaling $50 000 after 28 years of service. He says the debt forgiveness will give patients a break and bring Easter happiness. More than 200 people benefit from the gesture with balances ranging from 3 to 500 dollars.
Wettest October Says England Sees Heavy Rain
October records the highest rainfall in much of southern England with an average of 242 inches, a standout for the year.
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England
Colleen Saves Double Feature With Hugh Herbert Comedy
Hugh Herbert Joan Blondell and Jack Oakie star in Colleen keeping the top half of Paramount’s double feature from doom. The review praises Herbert’s eccentric comedy and Oakie’s office scene, notes fine turns by Blondell and Fa zenda, critiques Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, and highlights Charlie Chan at the Circus with Oland and Keye Luke plus a Cedar Rapids table tennis flash.
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Hugh Herbert
Joan Blondell
Jack Oakie
Colleen
Paramount
Hugh
Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
Miss Keeler
Paul Draper
Oakie
Miss Blondell
Joan
Cedric
Louise Fazenda
Alicia Ames
Charlie Chan
Charlie
Warner Oland
Keye Luke
Paramount News
Iowa News
Cedar Rapids
F.C.H
Roosevelt Plans to Open a Cheese Shop After Presidency
New York sculptor Jo Davidson quotes Franklin D Roosevelt discussing plans to open a cheese shop in New York after leaving the White House. The President jokes about selling cheeses, foie gras and caviar, and wonders about pairing wines.
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New York
Jo Davidson
Franklin D.roosevelt
White House
Davidson
Rue d’Amsterdam
Paris
Mr. Roosevelt
House Burns on W. W. Watkins Farm
A residence two miles east of Williamsburg was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. The blaze, likely starting on the roof, ruined the home of Watkins and his sister Sarah who lived there with no insurance. Part of the first floor and basement contents were saved by the Williamsburg fire department.
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Williamsburg
W. W. Watkins
Here
Watkins
Sarah
Theaters Showings With Stars At Iowa Circuits
The listings note six venues including AT THE THEATERS and PALACE and RIALTO with 1940s era stars such as Al Jolson Dick Powell Ruby Keeler Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon George O’Brien Harry Carey Leslie Howard Merle Oberon Gene Autry and Ann Rutherford in films like The Singing Kid Colleen Desert Gold F-Man The Crusades Last of the Clintons and The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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Palace
Loretta Young
Henry Wilcoxon
George O’brien
Rialto
Harry Carey
Leslie Howard
Merle Oberon
Burlington Plans to Operate Minneap olis and St Louis Line
Burlington railroad aims to operate 185 miles of the Minneap olis and St Louis network it would acquire under the dismembership plan subject to government approval. Officials testified the railroad would retain enough former M and St L workers to run the line with seniority rights applying to Tracy Monmouth service as a subdivision of Ottumwa division.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Monmouth
M. and
St. L. Employes
Burlington
Tracy- Monmouth
Ottumwa
St. L
Thefts And Residence Breakin Are Reported
The report details thefts and a breakin. Harry Tucker of 619 Center Point Rd NE says about $5 in junk was stolen including a motorcycle crank case a copper boiler a hot and cold water faucet and an auto radiator. Nellie Hadish of 275 Thirteenth St NW reports ladder access broke two second floor windows with no contents missing and $10 in window loss. J S Bain of 388 Seventeenth St SE reports a stolen 1930 maroon Buick coach license W 6058 Florida from a parking space near Second Ave and Seventh St SE.
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Harry Tucker
Center Point Road NE
Tucker
Nellie Hadish
Thirteenth Street NW
Clergy at St Pauls London Given Sherry Bottles
Report notes a tradition where every clergyman who preaches at St Pauls Cathedral receives a bottle of sherry wine. The practice highlights ceremonial gifts tied to church services at the London landmark.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
The Singing Kid in Iowa Greeted with Laughter
A reviewer hails The Singing Kid at the Iowa as a hearty success. Al Jolson delights audiences with classic gags and camera attention while Edward Everett Horton Allan Jenkins Sybil Jason and Claire Dodd provide supporting laughs and sharp turns.
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Hollywood
Singing Kid
The
Iowa
al Jolson
Mr. Jolson
Mammy
Edward Everett Horton
Allan Jenkins
Sybil Jason
Claire Dodd
Baxter
Jolson
Pathe
W. M
Local Men Escape Injury After Cow Killed on Highway 13
Harrison Shipe and Jack Stillion escaped uninjured when their car struck and killed a cow eight miles south of Manchester on Highway 13. Shipe said the cow walked onto the road from the right side. the vehicle was badly damaged and nearly left the road. Both men were en route to Manchester to visit a friend.
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Harrison Shipe
Tenth Street
Jack Stillion
C Avenue
Manchester
Highway 13
Shipe
Stillion
Foreign Classics Translated for Soviet Readers
Works by Shakespeare Dickens and Fielding translated into Russian form part of foreign classics published by the Soviet state printing trust.
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Shakespeare
Dickens
Fielding
Soviet State Printing Trust
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