W. C. Fields Brings Poppy To The Paramount Friday
W C Fields film Poppy heads to the Paramount next Friday in a comedy noted for its generous Field s tomfoolery. Rochelle Hudson and Richard Cromwell play a romance woven into the plot as Fields roams carnival days in the 1880s with his ward.
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W. C. Fields
Paramount
America
Dean of All Comics
Poppy
Paramount Theater
West
Rochelle Hudson
Richard Cromwell
Miss Hudson
We Went to College at Paramount Tuesday
Hugh Herbert Una Merkel and cast headline the Paramount bill next Tuesday in a comedy about middle aged grads returning for a homecoming. Merkel and Herbert spark a romantic subplot with Walter Abel while a light hearted plot unfolds around college antics and a couples’ misunderstandings.
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Hugh Herbert
Charles Butterworth
Una Merkel
Walter Catlett
Paramount Theater
Herbert
Walter Abel
Miss Merkel
Edith Atwater
Abel
Miss Atwater
Butterworth
Fury at State theater dramatic indictment of mob violence
A vivid motion picture centers on vengeance after a kidnapping suspect jailed amid lynch mobs. Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney lead a cast that includes Walter Abel and Bruce Cabot as the drama unfolds with courtroom scenes and a social message. Times Square Playboy follows as the secondary feature.
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State Theater
Spencer Tracy
Sylvia Sidney
Tracy
Miss Sidney
Walter Abel
Bruce Cabot
Edward Ellis
Walter Brennan
Times Square
June Travis
Warren William
Barton MacLane
Five Orchestras To Play At Cedar Park This Week
Dance fans can see a week of performances at the Cedar Park ballroom. Al Sky and his Musical Stars open tonight, followed by Roger Graham with El Granada on Tuesday, Court Hussey on Wednesday, Maurice Bruckmann on Thursday, Bob Snyder on Friday, and Al Sky returning Saturday night.
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Cedar Park
al Sky
Roger Graham
el Granada
Court Hussey
Maurice Bruckmann
Bob Snyder
Roger
Aechestra
Hussey and Maytag Orchestra
Hursday
Play at Kenwood Community Program Features Local Cast
A three act play Young Folk's Happiness was staged at the Kenwood playground community night on Friday. Cast included Patricia Maloney Barbara Jean Gross Geraldine Lou Hart Donald Houts and Robert Gepfert with Maloney playing two parts. Also appearing were Ruth Ann Washburne Geraldine Young Dorothy Schmidt Norman Bucksang and Kathleen Stanley who performed a tap dance.
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Kenwood Playground
Patricia Maloney
Barbara Jean Gross
Geraldine Lou Hart
Donald Houts
Robert Gepfert
Ruth Ann Washburne
Geraldine Young
Dorothy Schmidt
Norman Bucksang
Kathleen Stanley
Local Students Cast In All-State Play At Iowa Venue
Roosevelt high school representatives Kenneth White and Mavis Nelson are chosen for the all state high school production of As You Like It. The outdoor performance will be near Old Capitol Monday with a Matinee Wednesday in Macbride hall. White plays Oliver and Nelson Celia.
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Roosevelt High School
University of Iowa
Old Capitol
Macbride Hall
Kenneth White
Vern White
Third Avenue
Oliver
Mavis Nelson
Charles A. Nelson
Sixteenth Street
Celia
Dentist fined for trespass in London girl’s dental ordeal
In London a dentist was found guilty of trespassing for removing most of a 21 year old patient’s lower teeth after she claimed only a single broken stump should be extracted She received a 1250 fine and the judge stated there was trespassing in taking out the teeth. Britain seeks a modern St Patrick to keep adders from England as series of bites alarms campers and holiday parties.
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Associated Press
London
Eileen O’shea
Britain
Ireland
England
Shanghai starts flying club for civilian aviation training
In Nanking and Shanghai an air minded movement takes shape as a flying club begins in Shanghai with plans for similar clubs in major cities. Civilians would be trained in aviation to prepare for possible military air service in wartime.
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Nanking
China
Shanghai
Barbara Stanwyck Stars In Red Salute At Palace
Barbara Stanwyck offers a sparkling comedy turn in Red Salute at the Palace today through Wednesday, portraying a headstrong debutante whose family is embarrassed by her antics. Robert Young co stars with an excellent cast including Cliff Edwards Ruth Donnelly and Hardie Albright. The second feature Freshman Love is a musical romance led by Frank McHugh and Patricia Ellis.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Palace
Barbara
Robert Young
Cliff Edwards
Ruth Donnelly
Hardie Albright
Frank McHugh
Patricia Ellis
Twins Born to Esma Fechich in Kaloshvitza
Esma Fechich wife of a peasant in Kaloshvitza Yugoslavia has given birth to a new set of twins her sixth. The report notes the twins are doing well and highlights the family’s simple rural life.
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Kaloshevitza
Jugoslavia
Esma Fechich
Government cancels debts for Wrangel Island Eskimos
Moscow announces debts of Wrangel Island Eskimos canceled after the reign of Konstantin Semenchuk. New schools and homes will be built for the indigenous people along with hothouses a herd of reindeer and several hunting vessels to aid recovery after the polar station tyranny.
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Moscow
Wrangel Island
Konstantin Semenchuk
Polar Station
Buried Tristam 2nd Isolde Site Sought at Castle Dore
In Cornwall near Fowey diggers probe Castle Dore, a prehistoric fort linked to King Arthur legends, aiming to reveal the burial place of Tristam 2nd Isolde praised in ancient songs. Excavations continue at the site believed to be where the lovers met 1,400 years ago.
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London
Tristam 2Nd Isolde
Cornwell
Castle Dore
Fowey
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Argentine Olympic team hires German cook for Berlin trip
Buenos Aires officials enlisted Berlin chef Arnold Damm to feed the 70 member Argentine delegation at the Berlin Games. Damm, 26, is said to have learned local specialties including locro to satisfy national tastes during the event.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Berlin
Arnold Damm
Five Hundred Horses To Chiang Kai Shek On Birthday
General Ma Pu-Fang donor of five hundred thoroughbred horses will present them to Chiang Kai-shek on his fiftieth birthday October 29. The herd is to be supplied by the second army corps at Kokonor in Sian Shensi Province China.
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Sian
Shensi Province
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ma Pu-Fang
Kokonor
Danish Artist Wins 1000 Kroner Booth Fund Prize
In Copenhagen the Ralph H. Booth fund awards 1000 kroners to a promising young Danish artist. This year’s recipient is I. B. Andersen, who received the prize from Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, the United States minister.
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Copenhagen
Ralph H. Booth
United States
Booth
I. B. Andersen
Ruth Bryan Owen
Grim opium traffickers executed in public in Sian
In Sian Shensi province eight men and one woman convicted of opium trafficking were summarily shot in front of thousands. Authorities paraded the condemned through city streets in rickshaws to deter opium addiction before carrying out the executions.
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Sian
Shensi
China
Patriotic Parade At Arthur Playground Highlights Local Fun
A Fourth of July event at Arthur playground featured a flag drawing prize won by George Owen for "Old Glory." A parade with bicycles tricycles wagons scooters and doll buggies in red white and blue followed a neighborhood route. Arthur directors listed are Annabel Anderson and Wade Patterson.
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Arthur Playground
George Owen
Arthur
Annabel Anderson
Wade Patterson
Child Prodigy With Vast Early Vocabulary
Creston reports a child prodigy, Carol Lynn Rowe, age 2 1/2, already speaks about 2000 words and uses 600 to 1,000 words actively. She is quickly expanding to German French Italian and Spanish planned for later study.
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Creston
INS
Carol Lynn Rowe
The Bride Walks Out Leads Iowa Program at Iowa Theater
The film opening features Barbara Stanwyck as the star with Gene Raymond and Robert Young splitting top billing in a romantic comedy about courtship methods. Leigh Jason directs as Helen Broderick joins the cast. The program’s second feature is the western The Last Outlaw with Harry Carey Hoot Gibson Margaret Callahan Henry B Walthall and Tom Tyler.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Iowa
W. C. Fields
Paramount
Harry Carey
Sylvia Sidney
Spencer Tracy
John Howard
Frances Farmer
Gene Raymond
Robert Young
Iowa Theater
Miss Stanwyck
Raymond
Mr. Young
Leigh Jason
Helen Broderick
New Sparks
Hoot Gibson
Margaret Callahan
Henry B. Walthall
Tom Tyler
Odors Tied To Stronger Memory Effects Than Other Factors
Researchers report that olfactory cues have a uniquely powerful impact on human memory, influencing recall more than visual or auditory cues. The finding suggests odor-based triggers could aid learning and mood, with implications for therapy and education.
Ancient Greeks Used Bread to Wipe Lips Between Courses
A historical note reports that ancient Greek diners used a small piece of bread to wipe their lips between courses, reflecting table manners of classical meals.
His Night Out and Sundown Ride Top Rialto Bill
Edward Everett Horton stars in His Night Out a hard boiled role facing police cross examinations death threats and employer wrath with Irene Hervey Robert McWade Jack LaRue Willard Robertson Oscar Apfel and others. Buck Jones headlines Sundown Rider a gripping western melodrama with Barbara Weeks and intense action on a fast horse.
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Edward Everett Horton
Rialto
Horton
Irene Hervey
Robert McWade
Jack LaRue
Williard Robertson
Oscar Apfel
Buck Jones
Jones
Silver
Barbara Weeks
Border Flight and Half Angel Play State On Saturday
Adventure film Border Flight opens Saturday at the State theater on a double feature with Half Angel as the companion. Frances Farmer John Howard Roscoe Karns and Robert Cummings star in Border Flight as the government's fight against smugglers unfolds.
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State Theater
Two Against The World Heads New Iowa Bill Friday
The Iowa theater will feature two films starting next Friday headlined by Humphrey Bogart in Two Against the World and Ticket To Paradise with Beverly Roberts Claire Dodd and Paula Stone. The plot centers on greed exposing a wife and mother and the resulting tensions affecting the daughter and her fiancé. Radio exhumation of the past drives the drama as a ruthless chain owner threatens to broadcast scandal. Roger Pryor and Wendy Barrie co star in Ticket To Paradise.
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Humphrey Bogart
Roger Pryor
Wendy Barrie
Annie Oakley Headlining Four Day Olympic Theatre Bill
Olympic Theater opens a four day triple bill headlined by Annie Oakley starring Barbara Stanwyck Preston Foster and Melvyn Douglas. Also showing Sanders Of The River with Paul Robeson and Nina Mae McKinney and Lottery Lover with Lew Ayres Pat Patterson and Alan Dinehart along with Mickey Mouse cartoon and news.
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Olympic
Annie Oakley
Barbara Stanwyck
Preston Foster
Melvyn Douglass
Pert Kelton
Andy Clyde
Chief Thunderbird
Buffalo Bill
Sanders of
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