Iowa History Lessons Shown In Window Displays
Cedar Rapids merchants showcase Iowa history in centennial displays. Armstrongs window features a parlor of the past with manikins in period dress and Edison phonograph. Other shops display 19th century clothing, tools, dolls, a slave iron, quilts, bicycles, and a hand driven wooden plow.
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Louise Johnston
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Armstrongs
Rodney Terrill
Sears Roebuck
Sanford
Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota
Last Century and Civil War Relics Fill Iowa City Windows
Antique items fill shop windows in a historic display. Indian arrows spears tomahawks and hatchets sit with Civil War firearms a diary from 1861 and old household items. Fashion windows feature milk glass Kate Greenaway books and a Regina music box.
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Iowa
Iowa City
George Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue Craemer
Kate Greenaway
First Avenue
John Beck
Regina
Petrillo Challenges Lea Act in Federal Brief
James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians filed a federal brief denying the Lea act's constitutionality. He contends the anti Petrillo bill infringes free speech, amounts to involuntary servitude and targets trade unionism. A 109 page brief and 37 page letter to James Fly accompany the filing as the court sets a hearing date after Sept. 19.
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Chicago
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
WAAF
Tional
Petrillo
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Jane Addams
Hull House
Walter la Bay
Appointment of Administrators for Bessie Krouse Estate
On July 11 1946 Harold Krouse and Arthur Krouse were appointed administrators of the Bessie Krouse estate Linn County Iowa. Persons owing debts should pay now and those with claims must file with the Linn County Iowa District Court Clerk through attorney Wm M Johnston.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Bessie Krouse
Harold Krouse
Arthur Krouse
Wm. M. Johnston
Ava Gardner Files Suit For Divorce From Shaw
Hollywood Ava Gardner sues to end her tenth month marriage to bandleader Artie Shaw seeking divorce and accusing him of cruel treatment. The ceremony followed by her working days and his night shifts strained their union and comes after his previous marriages to Lana Turner and Betty Kern.
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Ava Gardner
Shaw
Hollywood
Artie Shaw
Lana Turner
Jerome Kern
Betty
Bing Crosby to host weekly radio program across 600 stations
Hollywood AP reports Bing Crosby will return to radio in October with a weekly program broadcast to 600 stations across the United States, South America, Australia and Europe. Everett Crosby and James H. Carmine of Philco Corp completed negotiations Thursday night to sponsor the show.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
United States
South America
Australia
Europe
Everett Crosby
James H.carmine
Philco Corporation
Broadcasting chief notes record high salary for program
Everett said the salary was the highest ever offered for such a program, though he declined to specify the amount. Other sources corroborate the pursuit of a top-tier compensation package and the potential impact on hiring and prestige.
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Broadcasting Company Network
Everett
Bing's Weekly Stipend Tops Benny's High Pay
The report states Bing will receive about $30,000 per week, roughly $2,500 more than the prior high paid to comedian Jack Benny, indicating a new peak in weekly compensation in show business.
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Bing
Jack Benny
Actor Carradine Arrest Ordered by Court in Alimony Case
HOLLYWOOD INS A bench warrant was issued for John Carradine after he failed to appear for an alimony hearing. Judge Burnell found him in contempt in absentia and sentenced him to county jail until he pays 8 207.36 in back alimony. Carradine lost a bid to overturn the divorce settlement requiring 20 percent of gross income to his former wife Ardanelle Carradine. He had been months behind on payments and had cited prior suicide attempts.
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Hollywood
INS
John Carradine
Charles S. Burnell
Carradine
Ardanelle Carradine
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McGuffy
Edison Phonograph
Cyledrical Records
Morning Glory Horn
Harper's New Monthly
J. F. Weabel
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Syndicate
Lincoln
Jou
Monarch
Newman’s
Roosevelt
Newman
Newman Cea Aly
Newman's
Judy Kent
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