Quaker Oats Honors Pensioners at Stuart Hall Dinner
The Quaker Oats company feted its 1939 pensioners in a Stuart Hall dinner attended by 250 employees and guests. Arthur Poe presented engraved pins to six retirees while ten more pensioners were unable to attend. The program included boxing and wrestling bouts, a floor show, and performances by the Quaker Oats chorus and dancers under Dempsy Jones.
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Stuart Hall
Quaker Oats Company
Arthur Poe
Milo D. Bagley
William H. Bartels
Mark T. Dagwitt
Fred Hoppe
John Lattner
George J. Laird
Charles Bentley
Henry Corey
Hayden G. Franks
Michael J. Fruth
Arnold V. Harold
A. M. Henry
George Langham
Frank Shimek
Benjamin W. Umbrell
Mr. Poe
Edward Sheehy, Jr
Byron Stewart
Marvin Whitters
Jack
Bob Foster
Alex Fidler
Baron Rosina
Jimmy Bear
Dempsy Jones
Quaker Oats
Harold Reeves
Betty Ross
Elmer Davis
Dempsy
Evelyn Brent Headlines Iowa Stage Show Dinner Menu
Evelyn Brent of Hollywood headlines a day in Iowa featuring a stage show followed by a community meal. The menu lists baked rice pudding tea for adults, milk for children, beef pot roast boiled potatoes creamed onions carrot sticks bread and butter sliced bananas with butterscotch sauce and coffee. The day’s cost runs about 1.90 dollars.
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Evelyn Brent
Hollywood Heads
Iowa
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well in $12 a Week
A 1930s guidance piece outlines menus for a family of five two adults and three children. It covers daily meals, balanced nutrition, and affordable relishes like celery olives pickles and raw vegetables. It notes carrots can substitute celery in raw salads and stresses chilling produce for crispness.
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Wis
Stewed Prunes and Luncheon Menu Items Listed
A brief list details foods including stewed prunes, hot oatmeal, toast, jelly, coffee for adults, milk for children, a cabbage au gratin luncheon, and re heated rolls. It reads like a pantry or meal plan note with quantities for each item.
Creamed Cabbage Bake with Cheese and Breadcrumb Topping
A simple casserole combines cabbage boiled until tender with a creamy sauce of butter flour and evaporated milk. Layer cabbage with sauce cheese and toasted crumbs, bake until browned, serving five.
Guardian Doctor Plans Film at New York World’s Fair
The guardian remains the physician for five young girls and oversees their welfare. If the children attend the New York World’s Fair this summer, a movie will be filmed there. The plan aligns with Mayor LaGuardia’s push to boost film production in the city.
Hal Roach Spends Birthday at Arrowhead Springs
Hal Roach celebrated his birthday at Arrowhead Springs with Mrs. R and the Freeman Goldens. The brief note ends with a sign off wishing readers to see you tomorrow.
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Hal Roach
Arrowhead Springs
Mrs. R
Freeman Goldens
Wang Ching-wei offers Chiang peace on Japanese terms
Wang Ching-wei, heading a Japanese sponsored central Chinese government, telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek offering peace on Japan's terms. He proposed to travel to Chungking to negotiate but warned that if Chiang refused, he would negotiate with Japan to secure peace in parts of China. Wang said interior conditions doom China's chances of victory.
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Shanghai
Wang Ching-wei
Chiang Kai-shek
Wang
Chungking
Chiang
Japan
China
The Debate Over Crime and Moral Courage
A fragment discusses shifting views on crime, urging readers to consider their feelings about violence and wrongdoing rather than sensational headlines. It contrasts adventure with cold blooded acts like murder and kidnapping and invites audience reaction.
Broken Window To Cost Girl $178.21
In Los Angeles Patricia Winfrey pled guilty to malicious mischief after breaking a drugstore window with a brick. Municipal Judge Newcomb Conde ordered her to pay $15 a month until the $178.21 cost is covered.
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Los Angeles
Patricia Winfrey
Newcomb Condee
Immortal Storm to be filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Phyllis Bottome novel The Immortal Storm is slated for immediate production at MGM with Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Frank Morgan and Robert Young in key roles. Frank Borzage and Sidney Franklin will produce and stay faithful to the book’s Nazi era family narrative.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Phyllis Bottome
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
Frank Morgan
Robert Young
Margaret
Jimmie
Bob
Frank Borzage
Sidney Franklin
Miss Bottome
Jane Wyman to Star Opposite Edward G Robinson in Brother Orchid
Warner Brothers confirms Jane Wyman will play the female lead with Edward G Robinson in Brother Orchid. Ronald Reagan is cast as the chief romantic interest, a favorable note for Wyman.
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Warner Brothers
Jane Wyman
Edward G. Robinson
Orchid
Ronald Reagan
Jane
Jean Hersholt Plans Return to 20th Century Fox for New Film
Returning on the Santa Fe Chief with us were the Jean Hersholts from six New York broadcasts of Dr. Christian. Jean agreed to return to 20th Century-Fox for another quin movie and, in New York, discussed the young ladies with their friend and mentor Dr. A R Dafoe. He said he dined with the doctor twice and noted the doctor is no longer officially...
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Santa Fe
Jean Hersholts
New York
Dr. Christian
Jean
20Th Century-Fox
A. R. Dafoe
William Holden as a two master actor tied to studios
William Holden must secure both Columbia and Paramount approvals for contracts. Columbia borrowed him from Paramount for Golden Boy with a split deal, so Sol Lesser now borrows him from both studios for Our Town. Shooting begins Thursday without a Martha Scott replacement. Martha is praised for beauty and talent.
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William Holden
Columbia
Paramount
Para
Sol Lesser
Our Town
Martha Scott
Martha
Theaters Preview Busy Start of 1940 in Iowa
Theaters list new films and stars with Evelyn Brent and others at Iowa venues. Entries include Paramount musicals and crime pictures, while gossip notes predict upcoming Hollywood marriages and divorces among Powell Lewis Bennett Wanger Marshall Best Wolfe Wyman Reagan and others.
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Hatter
Hollywood
William Powell
Diane Lewis
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
Lee Russell
Herbert Marshall
Lee
Marshall
Edna Best
Bart
Nat Wolfe
Jane Wyman
Ronald Reagan
Ronnie
Hollywood party honors Front Page cast at city hall event
Susan Hay wards homecoming cheers after a raise. The oomph man in Hollywood prompts speculation. Linne Carroll Phyllis Brooks and Paulette Goddard attend a Trocadero party Tuesday night hosted by Bob Hope for Pat O'Brien Rosalind Russell and Lee Tracy who starred in Front Page.
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Susan
Mind Versus Morals in Scientific View
Albert Edward Wiggam discusses how science guides moral questions and prioritizes social duties over individual rights. An occupations magazine study by Durea and Love probes whether men or women face tougher personal problems, based on student self tests.
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Psychologists
Durea and
Love
Hollywood social whirl and career notes mix with crime curiosity
Snapshots from Hollywood scenes show Alice Faye slimming in New York and gearing to regain weight for a role, while David Selznick is bitten by a dog and treated. Other stars and industry figures mingle at a Bette Davis tea as Cary Grant refines a Santa Monica home. The piece also ponders why audiences seek crime stories.
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Hollywood
Alice Faye
New York
Lillian Russell
Hedy Lamarr
Gene Markey
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
David Selznick
Aileen Whelan
Alex D'Arcy
Susan Hayward
Howard Hughes
Paulette Goddard
Anita Loos
Melchair Lengle
Gilbert Miller
Anita
MGM
Sally Eilers
Jack Warners
Cary Grant
Santa Monica
Norma Talmadge
Norma
Florida
Beverly
George Jessel
Susanna Foster
Victor Herbert
Palm Springs
Getting Along With People by Milton Wright
Public notice advertising a self help booklet by Milton Wright about mastering social interaction. Promotes identifying introvert or extrovert traits and understanding basic emotions. Request to send ten cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Wiggam via the newspaper for information.
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Milton Wright
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