Bette Davis and Warners Face Off in Studio Dispute
Los Angeles report on Bette Davis clashing with Warner Brothers over contract terms as she pauses projects on the Warners lot. Warners replace Davis with Beverly Roberts in Gods Country and the Woman and seek another lead for Another Dawn while talks continue.
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Louella C. Parsons
Universal Service
Los Angeles
Bette Davis
Warners
Bette
Warner
Beverly Roberts
Errol Flynn
Cagney
Nab Another Man In Connection With Postville Theft Ring
WAUKON Iowa AP Allamakee county officers arrested Milton Gordon of Postville in a sixth arrest linked to a robbery to order ring. Gordon faces a receiving stolen property charge for an eight cylinder motor and a radio. A July 13 hearing was set. Five men arrested after June 13 raids have pled guilty and are serving prison sentences.
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Waukon (Ap
Allamakee County
State Bureau of Investigation
Milton Gordon
Postville
Gordon
Heart's Heritage: Dale Farwell and a Secret Past
Dr. Jonathan Farwell leads Old White Church parish in Locust Hill. His son Dale bonds with Lee Brady during a Staten Island trip while revealing memories of his mother Elaine and a knightly childhood shaped by Malory. Dale recalls armor crafts and a quest for physical prowess as their dialogue deepens.
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Jonathan Farwell
Old White Church
Locust Hill
Dale
Pink Mulgrew
Handy M-N
Lee Brady
Farwell
Staten Island
Lee
Lady Lee
Elaine
Lily Maid
Aslat
Arthur’s Court
Old Malory
Galahad
Risin
Pictur
Mother Ideal and Father Devotion Shape Dale’s Memories
Dale recalls his father’s devotion to his late wife and how it shaped his own sense of love and morality. He explains how his father kept Elaine’s memory alive, carrying her scarf and portraying her as beautiful and virtuous to mold his son’s ideals. The car ride ends with gratitude and a quiet farewell at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dixie Dunbar
Tony Martin
Actors’ Fund
Douglas Fairbankses
Norma Shearer
Irving Thalberg
Constance Bennett
Gilbert Roland
Marion Davies
Sally Eilers
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Frank Capra
Frank
Betty Blythe
Sheba
W. S. Hart
Jack Mulhall
Herbert
Eleanor Powell
Jimmie Stewart
Bob Burns
Bob
Luise Rainer
Clifford Odets
Dale
Staten
Lee
Pink
Elaine
Father
Bayonne Bridge
Peter Page Junior
Susan
Peter
Dad
Nancy
Sis
O. K
O.K
The Subtleties of Bidding and a Contract Bridge Hand
In a sample deal South dealer and both sides vulnerable the article explains how a misinterpreted double by North led to a four diamonds bid and a shaky defense. It shows how additional values can reflect distribution rather than pure tricks and analyzes the resulting play and the potential saves with diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South
Hearts
Declarer
Free Bridge Booklet Offered by The Gazette
Readers of The Gazette may receive a free copy of Bridge Rules and Etiquette by Josephine Culbertson. The offer is available through special care of The Gazette and requires a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Josephine Culbertson
Co A Gazette
Blueberry Upside Down Cake and Pineapple Dessert Menu
A vintage recipe collection featuring Blueberry Cake with ham and sides, Melon Salad with Fresh Pineapple, and Blueberry Upside Down Cake. Instructions cover batter, sugar, and fruit layering for skillet bake, plus serving suggestions with pineapple and cherries.
Funeral for Clarence Campbell in Maquoketa
Funeral services were held Saturday for Clarence Campbell 25 who died Thursday night from injuries after a bicycle fall led to being struck by a car driven by L M Ripple of Wisconsin. Campbell lived near Hurstville after moving from Sedalia Missouri five years ago and worked on Mrs David Sauers farm. Burial took place in Mount Hope cemetery Maquoketa.
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Maquoketa
Clarence Campbell
City Memorial Hospital
L. M. Ripple
Wisconsin
Hurstville
Campbell
Sedalia
David Sauer
H. H. Dill
Mount Hope Cemetery
Bride Walks Out at Iowa theater with strong comedy rescue
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a bride earning $50 a week who shares an engineer’s salary with Gene Raymond in The Bride Walks Out. Ned Sparks Helen Broderick and Robert Young spark the film with sharp wit and lively humor. The second feature The Last Outlaw stars Harry Carey Hoot Gibson Tom Tyler with Henry B Walthall and Margaret Callahan assisting.
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Iowa
Barbara Stanwyck
Gene Raymond
Ned Sparks
Helen Broderick
Robert Young
Barbara
Helen
South America
Harry Carey
Hoot Gibson
Tom Tyler
Henry B. Walthall
Margaret Callahan
A. T
The Bride Walks Out and Other Theaters Lineup
Iowa theaters feature Barbara Stanwyck Gene Raymond and Robert Taylor in The Bride Walks Out plus Harry Carey and Hoot Gibson in The Last Outlaw Paramount presents Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald in San Francisco Spencer Tracy in Fury and Times Square Playboy at State Palace shows The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Your Uncle Dudley at Palace Hoot Gibson Sunset Range Federal Agent Darkest Africa at Rialto Dante's Inferno and Coming Round the Mountain with Gene Autry at Olympic Mysterious Avenger at Olympic with Charles Starrett plus Cary Perry Palace and Jeanne.
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Iowa
Barbara Stanwyck
Gene Raymond
Robert Taylor
Harry Carey
Hoot Gibson
Paramount
Clark Gable
Jeanette MacDonald
San Francisco
State
Spencer Tracy
Sylvia Sidney
Bill Boyd
Irene Ware
Clyde Beatty
Africa
Claire Trevor
Gene Autry
Ann Rutherford
Charles Starrett
Joan Perry
Vinton Farmer Carl Wood Dies After Hay Load Accident
Carl C. Wood 45 a Vinton farmer died at the local hospital after injuries from a Tuesday hay load overturn. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee leading to infection and amputation. Surviving: widow Elizabeth McKinley Wood and three children Doris 13 Mardene 11 Jack 7, his father and brothers Charles and J W Wood. Funeral Sunday 2 30 p m at Vinton Methodist Church with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Vinton
Carl C. Wood
Wood
de Witt
Neb
J. W. Wood
DeWitt, Neb
Vinton Methodist Church
E. A. Sabin
William Caldwell
Evergreen Cemery
Bees Swarm Car Window Near Sigourney Stings Man
Dr F O Pershing and Mrs Pershing with two boys escaped a bee swarm south of Sigourney as they traveled from Ottumwa with the windshield splattered by bees. The incident caused no stings to the Pershings. Floyd Carris, heading to his Keota area home, was also attacked by a swarm and suffered several stings.
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Keota
F. O. Pershing
Floyd Carris
Games for Children in the Summer Time Leaflet
Nancy offers a leaflet on summer games for children with a stamped self addressed envelope for copies. Contained in The Cedar Rapids Gazette notices, copyright 1936.
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Nancy
Cedar Rapids
Mint from Shakespeare’s Grave Inspires Poetic Reflection
A friend shares a mint fragment claimed from Shakespeare’s grave. The speaker muses that growing the herb above the poet’s couch could render Shakespeare in a slenderer guise, imagining immortal lines revived in a garden patch.
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Shakespeare
Clay
Reverend Egbert Accepts Pastorate Here This Summer
Lone Tree reports Rev. Orville Egbert has accepted the pastorate at the Reformed Evangelical church and will arrive with Mrs. Egbert around July 31. He will preach his first sermon on the first Sunday in August.
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Lone Tree
Orville Egbert
Reformed Evangelical Church
Egbert
San Francisco Melodrama Highlights 1936 Screen Career
Paramount feature San Francisco blends Jeanette MacDonald’s singing with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy in a coastwise melodrama culminating in a spectacular earthquake and fire. MacDonald shines in varied music while Gable headlines. Popeye and a cartoon short accompany the program.
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Hollywood
San Francisco
Paramount
Jeanette MacDonald
Clark Gable
William Randolph Hearst
Barbary Coast
Coast
Jack Holt
Nobhill
Spencer Tracy
Miss MacDonald
Jerusalem
Mission
Popeye
Paramount News
Mexican Aviator Col Castrejon Killed In Plane Crash
Col Augustin Castrejon a Mexican air commander and Lindbergh companion died when his plane collided with Ajusco mountain in dense fog. Three lieutenants in the squadron were gravely injured in another crash. Castrejon had been a friend of American ambassadors and a former presidential staff member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Augustin Castrejon
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ajusco Mountain
Castrejon
Lindbergh
Mexico
Dwight W. Morrow
J. Reuben Clark
Josephus Daniels
Kelley Field
United States
Europe
Goats Spark Assault Charge Against Cedar Rapids Couple
E A Nemecek and wife Anna faced assault and battery charges Friday after neighbor Hazel B. Cargin accused Mrs Nemecek of striking her during a dispute over goats entering the Nemecek property on highway 30 east of Cedar Rapids. The Cargins recently faced foreclosure and were summoned to court by Sheriff Smith and Deputy Condon. case continued to Monday at 9 a.m. on own recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Nemecek
Anna Nemecek
Cedar Rapids
Hazel B. Cargin
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Ralph Wonders
Columbia
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John Ford
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Preston
Watterson Rotacker
Winfield Sheehan
John Otterson
Watty
Margaret Dumont
Marx Brothers
Harpo
Eddie Mannix
Tod Browning
Lionel Barrymore
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Virginia Weidler
Virginia
Cecil B. DeMille
Feg
Feg Murray
George Vince Barnett
Geo. M. Cohan
W. Farnum
Gloria Stuart
Santa Monica “Outlook
James Stewart
Princeton
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Heart’s Heritage
Joseph McCord
Mrs Alexander George
Vinton Farmer
Nancy Page
Florence la Ganke
Edgar A. Guest
Caesar
Lindy
Thea
Cedar Park
Gents
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