Group of 85 Boys at Camp Wapsie Y
A camp report from Camp Wapsie Y notes 85 boys in the fourth period. Fireworks display led by camp director Harry G. Hansen. Bird study highlighted with a group led by Louis Mounts identifying 27 species before flag-raising. Junior and senior track meet results list numerous event winners and placers. The long roster lists names of campers, including many with surnames like Pringle, Daniels, Beam, Marsh, and Mills.
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Camp Wapsie-Y
Harry G. Hansen
Louis Mounts
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Kenneth Franks
Kenneth Myers
Milford Myers
Lyle Moel
Charles Gill
Burton Bracey
Dean Moel
Bill Pringle
Dick Farley
Bob Melska
Dale Daniels
L. Dankert
Dick Bukacek
Jim Schuknecht
Art Woods
H. Ginsberg
Ken Marsh
Bob Beam
Charles Mills
Ray Cook
Charles Woodruff
Albert Mastin
John Wheeler
Jimmy Cook
Roy Dickenson
Grant Jennings
Arthur Winne
Edward Madison
Howard Parks
James Wigham
Lester Melichar
Bobby Merriam
Harvey Sindahl, Jr
Bully Shuttleworth
Robert Muir
Charles Dozois
Delbert Richlefs
Ralph Tufts
Harold Baker
Walter Vajgert
Charles Vajgert
Walter Brockway
Robert Sc
Bill Hunter
Billy Wildman
Jackie Stewart
Bobby Pospishil
Terry Shea
Jerome Stramel
James Stramel
Louis Stramel
John Skien
Bob Sedlacek
Clay Phillips
Owen Hoadley
Bob Meyer
Donald C. Burleson
Dick Hunter
Lloyd Holsinger
Jack Eggleston
Arnold Ellingson
Joe Stark
Theatres Showcase 1940s Stars At Local Houses
Theaters present a lineup featuring Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks in Having Wonderful Time, plus Gangs of New York with Charles Bickford and Ann Dvorak. Paramount stacks battles with Battle of Broadway and Wives Under Suspicion. New State features Blockade with Madeleine Carroll and Henry Fonda, One Wild Night with June Lang. Palace screens Souls at Sea with Gary Cooper, George Raft, and Bad Guy with Bruce Cabot. Rialto offers Platinum Blonde with Jean Harlow and That’s My Story with Claudia Morgan. Strand headlines I'll Take Romance and They Won't Forget with Claude Rains.
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Iowa
Ginger Rogers
Douglas Fairbanks
New York
Charles Bickford
Ann Dvorak
NEW State
Madeleine Carroll
Henry Fonda
Leo Carillo
June Lang
Dick Baldwin
Palace
Gary Cooper
George Raft
Bruce Cabot
Virginia Grey
Rialto
Jean Harlow
Claudia Morgan
Strand
Grace Moore
Claude Rains
Margaret Wickham's Dilemma Becomes a Turbulent Choice
In a melodramatic tale of romance and financial strain, Margared, eldest Wickham sister, navigates rejected marriage plans with Ken Raleigh the popular football hero as Alex Wickham's losses threaten the family's future. Ken demands marriage and travel, while Margaret wrestles with duty to her father and sisters and the lure of a risky new life at sea. The couple's clash over money, mobility, and affection tests their bond and fate.
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Wickham
Natale
Barbara
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Sue Decker
Kenneth
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Nees
I’m Through Kenneth and Margaret Seize Final Night
Margaret confronts Kenneth as they cling to a fading relationship under a magnolia tree. He admits uncertainty and chooses to end it, leaving a tense, unfinished note as the night closes with “To Be Continued Tomorrow.”
Calling All Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune
The author recounts speaking to puppies during walks and at home, noting they could not understand most words yet learned his voice tones. Over time the pups grasped praise and blame, and began to comprehend the general meaning of his orders as he gently “humanized” them.
Talking to Your Dog as Training Method
The author argues that dogs learn from the tone and words used by their master. Communicating with the dog is a real part of training. A dog listening to spoken cues will infer the trainer’s intent and respond, avoiding a non-humanized, silent-trained animal.
Hollywood Notes On Jimmie Fidler S Hollywood
Twentieth Century Fox plans a big talent push with many new faces. Zanuck aims to build stars as older names fade, balancing producer risk with future earnings. Judi Parks faces personal upheaval amid Hollywood chatter as Joey Louis idol Bill Robinson influences star Joe Louis.
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Red Cross Official and Sporting Anecdotes Recalled
A newly appointed Red Cross official is noted amid a compilation of clues and crosswords. The column recounts Bill’s boxing bet on Louis and a bemused Mike Whalen wandering the lot after a coffee cup fiasco, capturing the era’s public figures and lighter sports lore.
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North America
Spain
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Barrymore loses work in Hold That Co ed
The article notes John Barrymore was sent to work in Hold That Co ed? for several days only to be told he wasn not needed after arriving. He planned an outing but was ordered to report again and he said it looked like he would be in the football sequences.
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Judi Parks
Miss Weaver
Judi
Despond
Marjorie
John Barrymore
Platinum Blonde at Rialto Theater
Jean M Harlows Platinum Blonde heads the Rialto bill on Wednesday and Thursday with Robert Williams as lead. The second feature Thats My Story stars Claudia Morgan and William Lundigan. The serial Zero Rides Again airs in the fifth chapter alongside Cats and the Fiddle.
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Jean Harlow
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Claudia Morgan
William Lundigan
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Notice of Executor Appointment in Iowa Buckner Estate
Notice of appointment of Francis F. Buckner as Executor of the estate of William T. Buckner, deceased, Linn County Iowa. All debts due to the estate should be paid promptly and all claims filed with the Linn County District Court. Buckner executor. A. B. Fordyce, Attorney.
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Linn County
Auttantate
Linn
Fittler
Willam T. Buckner
Dee
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