Iowa Department of Public Instruction Overview and Boards
A historical summary outlines the Iowa Department of Public Instruction with Superintendent Jessie M. Parker and the boards of Educational Examiners and Vocational Education and Rehabilitation. It covers duties, appointments, term lengths, and the roles of the boards in teacher certification, standards, and federal fund programs, plus office location and staffing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
IDPA
Department of Public Instruction
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jessie M. Parker
Lake Mills Republican
Parker
State Board of Educational Examiners
Board For Vocational Education and Rehabilitation
State Library Board
Iowa
Ers
Board of Educational Examiners
O. R. Latham
Iowa State Teachers College
John S. Nollen
Grinnell College
Crawford County
F. N. Olry
Denison
City
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Board For
Smith- Hughes
State Board of Education
George T. Baker
Davenport
State Commissioner of Labor
Charles W. Harness
Ottumwa
State Department of Public Instruction
Statehouse
Hollywood talks co stars and new projects across studios
Joe Pasternak plans Our City with Loretta Young and Gloria Jean under Grover Jones while Loretta meets a poor youth. Frank Capra signs a Warner Brothers deal for The Life and Death of Joe Doe with Robert Riskin. Gloria Jean prepares World Cruise and Ten Days with Bing Crosby. Richard Wallace to direct Our City cast includes Bob Cummings Billy Gilbert Kenneth Brown and more.
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Ollywood
INS
Joe Pasternak
Universal
Marlene Dietrich
Jimmy Stewart
Destry
Mae West
W. C. Fields
Joe
Loretta Young
Gloria Jean
Our City
Our Town
Grover Jones
Loretta
Frank Capra
Robert Riskin
Warner Brothers
Joe Doe
Capra
Harry Cohn
United Artists
U” Lot
Bing Crosby
Richard Wallace
Bob Cummings
Billy Gilbert
Kenneth Brown
Billy Lenhart
Eugene Paulette
Academy Award Contenders Highlight Top Performances
The year promises a hotly contested award with strong support for James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr Chips. Fans prefer Stewart, while Donat remains a favorite among many audiences and critics across towns.
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James Stewart
Mr. Smith
Washington
Robert Donat
Mr. Chips
Spencer Tracy
Stanley
Swingstone
Henry Fonda
Young Mr. Lincoln
Laurence Olivier
Wuthering Heights
Horizontal Inventive Genius Puzzle Solved
Answers reference a puzzle full of clues and wordplay across horizontal and vertical entries. The grid contains clues for famous inventors, objects, and common terms, including items like tam o shanter and phonograph references, with multiple cross-linking solutions.
Capehart Promises To Aid G O P Corn Belt Confab
Chicago report says Homer E. Capehart pledged financial support to a corn belt convention proposed by ten midwestern state Republican leaders. He will not seek office but wants to back a 1940 Republican victory. The meeting included chairs from Illinois Iowa Indiana Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri South Dakota Wisconsin and North Dakota.
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Chicago
Homer E. Capehart
Capehart
Washington
Washington, Ind
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Wisconsin
William Stern
North Dakota
Kentucky
Nebraska
Ohio
Theaters Show Weekday Film Lineup At Paramount Palace Rialto Strand
Paramount presents Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart in Destry Rides Again at the top, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday at Iowa, Jane Wyman with Dick Foran in Private Detective at Iowa, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Jeffrey Lynn in A Child Is Born Henry Goes Arizona with Frank Morgan and Virginia Weidler at State, Ginger Rogers in Fifth Avenue Girl and Stronger Than Desire at Palace, Submarine D-1 with Pat O’Brien and George Brent and Ken Maynard in Flaming Lead at Rialto, Bette Davis in Dark Victory and Rose of Washington Square with Tyrone Power and Alice Faye at Strand.
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Iowa
Cary Grant and
Rosalind Russell
Jane Wyman
Dick Foran
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Jeffrey Lynn
Henry
Arizona
Frank Morgan
Virginia Weidler
Palace
Ginger Rogers
Fifth Avenue Girl
Desire
Virginia Bruce
Rialto
Pat O'Brien
George Brent
Ken Maynard
Strand
Bette Davis
Rose of
Washington Square
Tyrone Power
Alice Faye
Hollywood Gossip Roundup from Palm Springs to Beverly Hills
Gossip column notes Bette Davis may have won in Dark Victory were it not for Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind while Merle Oberon is pitched for Wuthering Heights. Gilbert Roland and Louise Stanley are linked in the desert as Connie dates Richard Ainsley. Eddie Albert skips town amid contract talk, and Olivia de Havilland rumors swirl at Warners. Cary Grant’s party guest list features Natalie Draper Phyllis Brooks Barbara Read and Robert Coote with Edna McHugh’s daughter birth cited.
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Bette Davis
Vivien Leigh
Merle Oberon
Eddie Albert
Errol Flynn
New York
Alex Aarons
Eadie
Warner
Warners
Olivia de Havilland
Jackie Cooper
Palm Springs
Hollywood
Randy Scott
Natalie Draper
Johnny Maschio
Cary Grant
Phyllis Brooks
Cary
Barbara Read
Robert Coote
David Niven
Barbara
Robert
Lee Russell
Bart Marshall
Reginald Gardiner
Howard Hughes
Ginger Rogers
Eddie
Edna
Jimmy McHugh
the Cedars
Billy Seymour
Nancy Kelly
G. Garbo
Carla
Fernando
Checkerboard Love Synopsis
Audrey Swan nicknamed Cyzie daughter of a famed horse trainer lives beside Judge Castle whose son Jeff and Audrey are childhood friends. Jeff’s wife Olive resents his career, while Jeff’s college friend Vic Quinn loves Audrey. Jeff, worried by Olive’s absence in Paris, contemplates a Brussels posting as Vic worries about Jeff and Olive’s troubles amid business talks and family tensions.
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Audrey Swan
Cyzie
Judge Castle
Jeffrey
Audrey
Parville
Olive Cooper
Jeff
Vic Quinn
Vic
Victor Quinn
Adams House
Victor
Brussels
Annie
Harrison’s
Abraham
Isaac
Parville Dilemma Probes Jeffreys Departures and Family Tension
Jeffrey faces a decision about leaving Parville after a key war with Harrison's office. Vic urges caution and offers support while planning to inform Judge Castle of Jeffrey’s status. Mrs Castle’s Reno divorce surfaces as the judge contemplates travel and home duties. The scene builds toward a continuation.
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Victor
Parville
Judge Castle
Judge
Jeffrey
Harrison Office
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Children’s Hour
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Bankhead
Willie Wyler
Jack Warner
Bette
Davis-Wyler
Jezebel
Claudette Colbert
Jock Whitney
Atlanta
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la Colbert
Benjamin Glazer
John Szekely
ROUGE
Des Moeines
Grand Opera House
Main Street Lawyer
Anita Louise Edward Ellis
Heaven
Rou
Patric Wabres
Pussett Wicks
Ae Stewart
Jeffrey Lynn Fitzgerald
Mason Wirs
With Frank Morgan
Alwar
Fifth Avenue
Walter Pidgeon
Louella Parsons
Inventor
Imai
Virginia
Great Lake
North America
Paramount
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Cary Grant Sa
Ralph Bellamy
Gene Loid
Merry
Reno
Olive
Salvation
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Feila
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Lambert Pharmacat Co
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OWA
Electal Light and Power Company
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