Local Folk Appear as Screen Stars at Paramount Gala
About 3,000 Cedar Rapids residents packed the Paramount theater on Friday evening for a galalike Hollywood Premiere. Local impersonators of Mae West, Garbo, Marx Brothers, and other icons entertained, with Lucille Madsen as Jean Harlow and Norma Shearer represented by Pat Kempter. The event featured dance numbers, celebrity impersonations, and a screening themed program titled Headline Shooter, blending film star nostalgia with live acts.
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Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
Hollywood
Paramount
Third Avenue
Pettinger
Lucille Madsen
Jean Harlow
Platinum Blonde
Norma Shearer
Pat Kempter
Marjorie Rubek
Mae West
Laurel and Hardy
Ed McCauley
John Smith
Stan Laurel
Groucho
Harpo Marx
Howard Hohmann
Dick Herman
Joan Crawford
Wilma Cunningham
Frances Dee
Roma Mae Sabin
Marlene Dietrich
Eleanor Heath
Pegey Hopkins Joyce
Leone Boots
Alice White
Frances van Dyke
Ruby Keeler
Fern Clymer
Janet Gaynor
Dorothy Beals
Joan Bennett
Mary Jane Buttre
Greta Garbo
Helen Bedner
Delores del Rio
Dorothea Krebs
Lupe Velez
Jeannette Abney
Katharine Hepburn
Gladys Neme
Stirling
Long Beach
Mississippi
F, C
Aimee McPherson Appeals To Jones County Residents
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson exhorted and prayed for about 4,000 residents of Jones County at the Monticello fair after a Cedar Rapids trip in J LeRoy Farmer’s car. She spoke on Iowa corn, her farm youth in Canada, and faith. Horse pulling contests dominated the rest of the program with winners Eldon Gillett, Carl Helms, and Oswald Falconer. Attendance broke records as parking ran tight, says manager Harry Rodman.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Monticello
Aimee Semple McPherson
Cedar Rapids
J. LeRoy Farmer
Aimee
Iowa
Canada
Ruth
Carl Helms
Winthrop
B. P. Falconer
Ryan
Oswald Falconer
Harry Rodman
Lester Falcon Named Postmaster in Central City
Lester Falcon, a farmer from near Central City, was appointed postmaster on Friday. He serves as a Democratic committeeman in Maine township.
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Lester Falcon
Central City
Friday
Maine Township
New Deal Camp Tera Aids Jobless Women At Bear Mountain
IONA Bear Mountain Park New York Camp Tera a social experiment aiding unemployed young women may stay open through winter and possibly expand. From 17 women on a river boat to about 200 now the camp builds health and skills with hiking swimming dancing and crafts while facing agitator issues and preparing for winter readiness.
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Bear Mountain
New York
Helen Welshimer
NEA
Iona
Bear Mountain Park
Tera
United States
Miss Tinker
How to avoid a finesse in bridge play
In the hand described, the Declarer weighs a finesse against forcing opponents to lead a suit. By counting opponents' cards and forcing the lead, the Declarer can win nine tricks without allowing opponents to gain the lead. The example shows club and heart divisions guiding a winning line, with South discarding spades to preserve future work and avoid a spade finesse. The article also explains bidding logic for three spades versus three no trump and notes the forcing nature of the two notrump bid.
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West
East
Women housed in cottages with lights water baths and theater
The passage describes women living in forty six cottages equipped with electric lights running water doctors offices a dental clinic showers baths and a library. It notes the presence of a play room for dances and a theater, plus boats and a bathing beach, with women declaring they must pinch their healthy brown bodies to believe it.
Sing, Sinner Sing at Iowa Theater Torch Song Drama
Leila Hyams stars as a tormented torch singer on a California gambling boat and in New York, married to a philandering owner who is involved with gangsters. Paul Lukas supports as the roving boat owner. The film follows the doomed romance themes typical of torch songs with no happy ending. Includes comedy featurettes and a Mickey Mouse reel.
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Iowa
Leila Hyams
California
New York
Miss Hyams
Paul Lukas
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Iowa Presents 11 30 Show Saturday Nights
Iowa promotes a late bargain show on Saturday nights with entertainment offerings. The notice targets residents seeking weekend amusement and highlights the 11 30 start time and ongoing schedule.
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Iowa
Will Rogers Notes On Murder Trials And National Affairs
Beverly Hills reading Will Rogers riffs on a California murder trial and the wide range of national news. He quips about Governor Wallace, Cordell Hull, Secretary Perkins, Hugh Johnson, and regional issues while downplaying broader events outside the case.
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Calif
California
Hugh Johnson
Wallace
Agriculture
Cordell Hull
Miss Perkins
NRA
Will
Saturday Evening Theater Offers Late Show Sing, Sinner Sing
The notice promotes weekly Saturday night theater with arrival allowed until 11 30 to view a full screening of Sing Sinner Sing and the featurette program at low admission prices.
Farm tragedy as shotgun discharges near Sharon Center
IOWA CITY AP Basil Hughes aged 34 was killed on his Sharon Center area farm when his shotgun accidentally discharged. Acting Coroner Dr. Frank Love said the weapon had a faulty safety lock and Hughes apparently tripped. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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Iowa City
Basil Hughes
Sharon Center
Frank Love
Hughes
Radio Schedule of NBC CBS and Local Stations Highlights
A dense evening and Sunday schedule listing dozens of radio programs across NBC CBS and local stations including WEAF WJZ KYW WMT and WABC. Several concerts operas news features and talk shows are named with performers conductors and venues across the day into late night.
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BO Wmt
Rellickers
Wear
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KMOX
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Antobal
Woc-Who
Koi
Tit
Esther Leaf
WABC
Goa Weap
WLW
Treeman
WZ Chain
WJZ
Laq
Mari Carley
Marion Earley
WBBM
Weaf Samovarae de (Nbc Wiz Samayrene ? NR. &:45—Tony Wens (Cbs) Wgn Wcco
Major Bowes
WMAQ
Mormon Choir
Antobal’s
Americas
Salon Etch
Fred Feldel
Ginsberg
Wiz
WEAP
WREN
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Jan Garber
WIZ Kyw
Deremi
WHBM
WNT
WJZ Koil Wcky
Barlow Symphony
WwCco
Weaf Wow Kyw
WDAPF
WNT Fiddiers Three
Vee
Johnny
Weaf Wls
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Byzantine Snsembie
Weaf Woc
WHO
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Koil
Willard
Robisen
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WERM
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WEBM
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Kyw
Koil Wren
Louis M. Wewe
Italy
Sine
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KDKA
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Freeman Etch
Stoess
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Tange
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Ted Lewis
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Johnson Co takes 3 titles at Iowa State Fair
Special to The Gazette. Johnson County 4-H livestock exhibitors win three grand championships in pigs and seven firsts with pigs and purebred beef heifers. Howard Yoder of Wellman earns multiple grand and blue ribbon honors along with teams from Muscatine Tama and Keokuk counties.
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Howard Yoder
Wellman
Hampshire
Edwin Siders
Lone Tree
Clair Halter
Iowa City
Genevieve Rita Naber
Muscatine County
Ertle Dewinter
Ft. Dodge
Ayrshire
Pauline
Wallace Lang
Brooklyn
Guernsey
Dorothy Woodruff
Indianola
Jersey
Claire Wemer
Gibson
Marion County
Keokuk
Webster
Clair Wemer
Tama County
Martin Warren
Holstein Keifer
Robert Jones
Guernsey Keifer
Alvin Meyer
Walter Friesner
Sac City
Chester White
Eastern Iowa Club
Johnson
Muscatine
Tama
Leroy Peterson
Poland
William Anderson
West Liberty
Tiffin
Dale Williams
Friesner
Donald Doskocil
Hampshires
Berkshires
Donald Krall
George Miller
Doskocil
Tamworth
Yorkshire
John
Brockway
Wilfred Homolar
Elber‘on
Delmar
Thede
Gladbrook
Evelyn Knop
Charter Oak
Eldon Weise
Ted Brockway
Durocs
Jasper
Marion
Benton County Boys
Grundy
Greene
Pio Alto
Walter Keller
Ronald Chapman
Emmetsburg
Grundy County
Keith Meyers
Hugh Clark
Martin Meyers
Greene County
Keokuk County
Chapman
Duroc Jersey
William McCarty
Drakesville
Towa
Max Overton
Knoxville
Twinkle Smith
Elevton
Mansell Numburs
Decatur County
Davis County
Duroc
Ted Brockeway
Howard Coffin
Fred Homolar
John H. Brockway
Farines Caine
Evelyn Genom
Theaters Feature Multiple New Films Across Cities
Paramount presents Marie Dregsler and Wallace Beery in Tugboat Annie and Sing Sinner Sing with Paul Lukas and Leila Hyams. Rialto showcases Tim McCoy in The Whirlwind and Phyllis Barrington in The Racing Strain. State shows Arizona to Broadway with James Dunn and Joan Bennett. Olympic stars Will Rogers in Too Busy to Work and Buck Jones in Treason.
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Paramount
Marie Dregsler
Wallace Beery
Iowa
Paul Lukas
Leila Hyams
Rialto
Tim McCoy
Phyllis Barrington
State
Arizona
James Dunn
Joan Bennett
Will Rogers
Buck Jones
Grundy County 4-H Crops Team Wins
Grundy county's 4-H club wins crops judging title in Des Moines. Youth members represented the county in the annual competition, bringing home top honors for their exhibit and knowledge of grain and field crops.
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Grundy
DES Moines (Ap
Grundy County
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