The Story of Alexander Graham Bell at Paramount
Paramount presents a dramatic authentic biographical film tracing Bell's invention of the telephone and his romance with his wife. Don Ameche stars as Bell, with Henry Fonda as Watson and Loretta Young as Miss Hubbard, supported by Coburn and Lockhart. Betty Boop caps the program with a cartoon.
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Paramount
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Don Ameche
Henry Fonda
Watson
Loretta Young
Miss Hubbard
Charles Coburn
Mr. Sanders
Gene Lockhart
Hollywood
Betty Boop
Paramount News
Bequest Totals 66 Catholic Orphanages At $10000 Each
Waterloo man Lou W. Witry leaves ten thousand dollars to sixty six Catholic orphanages across thirty states in his will filed for probate. He also leaves fifteen thousand to Loras College and ten thousand to several Iowa churches and hospitals. Witry formerly led Waterloo Gasoline Engine and served as vice president of John Deere Tractor.
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Waterloo
Lou W. Witry
Witry
Loras College
Dubuque
Black Hawk County
Iowa
St. Joseph School
Pendergast Struggles With Horse Wins and Losses
Kansas City boss Tom Pendergast faced an indirect loss for tax purposes as a grand jury probes income tax evasion. A bookmaker record showed November 1938 losses of 74 159 and December gains of 43 566, with Pendergast owing 34 000 to Ike Steloff.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
United States
Sam C. Blair
Newark
N. J
Ike Steloff
Blair
Pendergast
Steloff
Iowa City Curfew Aims to Curb Juvenile Crime Wave
Iowa City police announce a curfew for all children under 16 on Friday nights and alternate nights. Patrolman Ben Hauber leads the juvenile unit in a campaign to reduce a recent surge in juvenile crime and address resident complaints about late street presence.
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Iowa City
Ben Hauber
State Institutions invite bids for hospital projects in Iowa
Advertises separate bids for water tank and tower at Clarinda, 300 million gallon capacity. 250 kW Corliss engine and generator at Woodward. 225 ft radial brick chimney at Mount Pleasant. Firms must submit sealed proposals by 2:00 PM, with 5 percent certified check and bond. State reserves right to reject bids and terms include 90 percent progress payments via state warrants.
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State Hospital
Clarinda
Iowa
Corliss
K. W
Woodward
Owa
Mount Pleasant
Owa State Board of Control
Air m
Ny J.oe
Board of Control of State Stitutions
State House
Des Moines
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
The menus for a family of five aim to cover daily meals for two adults and three children at about $12 weekly. Each day’s plan provides balanced calories, protein, minerals, and vitamins to sustain energy and bodily functions.
Banana Dessert with Orange Juice and Coconut
A recipe notes baking 350 degrees for 1 hour and serving with tomato juice. It describes slicing bananas into serving dishes, pouring orange juice over, adding sugar, and optional grated coconut then chilling at least 30 minutes. Adds contact for Meta Given booklets and Community Nutrition Service.
Daily Menus and Calorie Count from a Meal Plan
The record lists breakfast and dinner menus with items such as pineapple juice eggs baked in breadcrumbs toast jelly coffee milk for breakfast and baked chicken with dressing mashed potatoes giblet gravy braised lettuce honey orange Charlotte supper. It notes toasted cheese sandwiches stewed apricots and milk with a total daily cost about $2.25 and a daily calorie value of 13 000 calories.
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Charlotte
College Inn
1St Ave
Hollywood Egg Dishes and A Glimpse of Tinseltown
Recipes for Eggs Baked in Breadcrumbs Honey Orange Charlotte and Green Pepper Rice with cheese, plus a column recalling early Hollywood myths and memories. The piece contrasts kitchen fare with satirical notes on film stars, producers, and industry lore from a bygone era.
Menus for Monday Lunch and Dinner Options
The menu lists Stewed Prunes Cornmeal Waffles and Syrup Luncheon Chicken Rice Soup Boiled Onions with Cheese Sauce Toast Applesauce Cocoa Stuffed Green Peppers Escalloped Corn Lettuce Salad with French Dressing Ambrosia Butter Cookies. Cost for day about $1.70 with a total caloric value of 13,090.
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Fey
Marie Blake Helps Sister Rise From Chorus to Spotlight
The character actress Marie Blake who now stars in Give Me a Child mentored her younger sister about a dozen years ago. She found her a chorus job in a musical comedy and coached her through her early career battles until she stood on her own.
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Marie Blake
Hollywood sister stars in new career bid
Marie Blake seeks a fresh path in Hollywood while avoiding her famous sister Jeanette’s shadow. Blos som MacDonald resists implying she trades on family fame and keeps her real name hidden.
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Marie Blake
Hollywood
Blossom MacDonald
Jeanette
Mrs Coy Watson Earns Accolade For Affectionate Mothering
The letter writer praises Coy Watson mother of eight children in film, noting her management of a large family and laundry needs. He highlights her as a deserving Academy Award figure for her dedication amid a busy acting brood and multiple siblings in cinema.
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Bobs Watson
Alexander Graham Bell
Coy Watson
Stander complains over Hedy Lamarr house rental
The text notes Lionel Stander’s claim that he misunderstood the rental of Hedy Lamarr’s furnished house at a bargain price and asserts he thought she would accompany the property.
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Lionel Stander
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy
Ta Winanan
Silly Theories About Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune
The piece argues dogs do not reliably sense human trustworthiness and that dogs form bonds with humans regardless of moral character. It cites prisons where dogs befriended convicts and notes dogs like some people and dislike others independent of human virtue or vice. The author compares loyalty of dogs to that of famous figures like Bill Sikes and George Washington.
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Bill Sike
George Washington
Court Denies Writ To Free Al Capone
A petition to free Al Capone from Terminal Island federal jail within 28 days was denied by Judge Harry A. Hollzer. The Chicago racket king must serve his full term.
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Los Angeles
al Capone
Terminal Island
Harry A. Hollzer
Chicago
Dangerous Intrigues at Lazarres Ball Draw New York Debutante
Peter Banyard arrives in New York from Nevada and enters Lazarres party to crash Jane Griffin's gathering. He observes Franziska Rilling guiding Jane away, while Oliver Hooper plans conflict with Albert Mowray. Peter courts a blonde supersmoothie in a tense, propriety-laden social trap.
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Frankie Fife
Frank Merricka
Steve Tetlow
Jane Griffin
New York
Franziska Rilling
Roger van Tyle
Jane
Lazarre’s
Peter Banyard
Nevada
Oliver Hooper
Oliver
Albert Mowray
Peter
Mowray
Tetlow
Franziska
Stag Line Circles Room At Evening Party
Peter enters a crowded party where a stag line forms around the room. He spots Franziska dancing with a handsome man, recalls her tense history with gangster Steve Tetlow, and finally asks Franziska to dance, seeing her gaze filled with mixed emotions but she agrees.
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Peter
Lazarre
Franziska
Steve Tetlow
Oliver
Bar Harbor
Enderbys
Jane Griffin
Theaters Show Busy Weekend Lineup Across Cities
At Paramount Duncan Ameche Loretta Young and Henry Fonda headline The Story of Alexander Graham Bell. In Iowa Humphrey Bogart Gale Page star You Cant Get Away With Murder and Romance of the Redwoods with Charles Bickford Jean Parker. In State Four Girls in White Florence Rice Ana Merkel Ann Rutherford Mary Howard Alan Marshall and Secret Service of the Air with Dutch Reagan Ira Rhodes. Palace Five of a Kind with Claire Trevor Cesar Romero and the Dionne quintuplets and Arrest Bulldog Drummond with John Howard Heather Angel. Rialto Jackie Moran in Barefoot Boy and Ken Maynard in Strawberry Roan.
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Iowa
Humphrey Bogart
Gale Page
Redwoods
Charles Bickford
Jean Parker
STATE
Four Girls In White
Florence Rice
Ana Merkel
Ann Rutherford
Mary Howard
Alan Marshall
Secret Service of the Air
Palace
Claire Trevor
Cesar Romero
the Dionne Quintuplets
Bulldog Drummond
John Howard
Heather Angel
Vote to Outlaw Love Balm Suits in Florida Senate
The Florida senate voted Friday to outlaw suits for breach of promise and alienation of affections for a second time in two years.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Senate
Prison Picture Heads Iowa Bill
Review notes two crime dramas at the Iowa theater starring Humphrey Bogart and Billy Halep. You Cant Get Away With Murder features a Sing Sing backstory by Warden Lewis E Lawes and a typical crime pays refrain. Romance of the Redwoods centers on rugged woodsmen, forest fire peril, and a plaid shirt hero.
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Humphrey Bogart
Billy Halep
Bogart
Iowa Theater
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Hollywood Ballys
Iowa
The
Redwoods
Charles Bickford
W. M
Stayner family returns from Detroit visit
Mr and Mrs Charles B Stayner returned home after a three week visit with daughters Mrs P W Haddock and Miss Edna Mae Stayner in Detroit Mich. Don Blazevich of Waterloo was struck by a car on Third Avenue near Union Station and taken to Mercy Hospital. C C Hunt grand secretary of the Masonic lodge of Iowa was elected Rotary club president. Emil Kohout was made permanent city fire inspector by the council.
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Charles B. Stayener
P. W. Haddock
Edna Mae Stayner
Detroit
Mich
Don Blazevich
Waterloo
Mercy Hospital
Third Avenue
Union Station
Cc. C. Hunt
Masonic Lodge of
Iowa
Rotary Club
Emil Kohout
Injuries Reported After Auto Truck Collision At Crossing
Mrs Emma Flint is in serious condition after a North Western engine struck the automobile she rode in at the Eighth avenue crossing. Mrs Howard O Graham learns from France her husband has been promoted to captain in the engineer corps. Harold Sopousek is elected president of the junior class at the high school. Mrs H G Franks and Mrs Charles Safely sustain injuries when their car collides with a street car at B avenue and Second street.
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Emma Flint
North Western
Eighth Avenue
Howard O. Graham
France
Engineer Corps
Harold Sopousek
H. G. Franks
Charles
B Avenue
Second Street
Gilmore in Boys of Company B at Greene's Opera House
Paul Gilmore appeared in Boys of Company B at Greene's Opera House today. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hawkins left for Kit Carson Colo to establish their future home. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shutes of Boone arrived in Cedar Rapids to make their home. W. B. Kinney of Terre Haute arrived in Cedar Rapids to take the Wells Fargo Express route agent position.
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Paul Gilmore
Company B
Greene’s Opera House
W. W. Hawkins
Kit Carson
Colo
J. W. Shutes
Boone
Cedar Rape
Ids
W. B. Kinney
Terre Haute
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Wells-Fargo Express Company
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Jimmy Young
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Lew Cody
Carl Laemmle
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Williams
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John Litel
Jack London
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