George Jessel to Write Cantor Biography Upon Cantor Picture
George Jessel to write Eddie Cantor biography style script for Cantor’s next film with Cantor’s input. Samuel Goldwyn directs the project while Jessica offers his own version and holds the possible enrichment of Cantor’s rise to fame. Lionel Barrymore rumored as Parnell in Parnell with Gable Crawford. Sylvia Sidney to star in Walter Wanger’s Rome project with Debut in London. Douglas Fairbanks rescues two ships then sails with Lady Sylvia. Robert Montgomery eyed for Night Must Fall dramatic role under Clarence Brown.
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George
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Hollywood
Lionel Barrymore
Gladstone
Parnell
Clark Gable
John Stewart Parnell
Joan Crawford
Kitty O’shea
Walter Wanger
Italy
Mussolini
Sylvia Sidney
Wanger
Il Duce
Sylvia
Wuthering Heights
London
Douglas Fairbanks
Lady Sylvia
Merle Oberon
David Niven
Catalina
Doug
Robert Montgomery
Lothario
Clarence Brown
Bob
Clarence
Montgomery
Emlyn Williams
Arrest at Home After Seizing Alcohol
Francis McLain, 66, of 1140 H Avenue NE, was arrested at 10 30 a m Wednesday after police found more than a gallon of alcohol in his home. He was charged with illegal possession. His two minor daughters were taken to headquarters and turned over to juvenile authorities. one girl claimed a fractured arm.
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Poetess of Today Puzzle Clues Lead to Fall Injury
In a fall a few days ago she was found with no medical attention per police. The cryptic crossword style item lists clues across horizontal and vertical entries intertwined with names and places implied by the puzzle.
Theaters Show Busy Schedule with Star Lineups
Iowa listings feature Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, and Robert Young in The Bride Walks Out and The Last Outlaw with Harry Carey and Hoot Gibson. Paramount presents We Went to College with Charles Butterworth Hugh Herbert Una Merkel. Fury Times Square Playboy star Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney June Travis Warren William. Palace offers Red Salute and Freshman Love with Barbara Stanwyck Robert Young and Frank McHugh Patricia Ellis. Rialto screens School for Girls and Cheers of the Crowd with Sidney Fox Paul Kelly Russell Hopton Irene Ware. Olympic showcases Annie Oakley Sanders of the River Lottery Lover with Lew Ayres Pat Paterson.
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Iowa
Barbara Stanwyck
Gene Raymond
Robert Young
Harry Carey
Hoot Gibson
Paramount
Charles Butterworth
Hugh Herbert
Una Merkel
State
Spencer Tracy
Sylvia Sidney
June Travis
Warren William
Times Square
Playboy
Palace
Frank McHugh
Patricia Ellis
Rialto
Sidney Fox
Paul Kelly
School For Girls
Russell Hopton
Irene Ware
Preston Foster
Annie Oakley
Paul Robeson
Leslie Banks
Sanders
Herring To Speak At Tipton August 12
Des Moines governor Clyde Herring accepted an invitation to address Tipton on the evening of August 12. He expected his rival for the U S senate, Senator Lester J Dickinson, to speak there that afternoon, though Dickinson's headquarters could not confirm or deny the report.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde Herring
Tipton
Herring
Lester J. Dickinson
United States
Dickinson
Two Coe Tennis Courts Open to Public Use
Merwin Woodward manager of Coe college tennis courts announced public access to two men’s courts from 6 a.m. to dark daily except Sundays for a nominal fee. The move responds to a playground commission report on local tennis facilities shortages. Reservations via recreation permit office. payment at the court after permit is issued.
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Coe College
Merwin Woodward
Woodward
Playground Commission
Import Rules for Swine into Iowa 1936 Regulation Text
Regulation details govern purebred swine imports to Iowa with health certificates and hog cholera serum requirements. Sections cover immunization timing, state origin vet vaccination, shipping rules from public stock yards, quarantine periods, and special feeding-permit provisions. Dated Des Moines July 6 1936 and signed by Secretary Ray Murray.
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Iowa
Division of Animal Industry
State House
Des Moines
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Animal Industry
Iowa Department of Agriculture
College Comedy in Hot Weather Fare
A Paramount program features the spoof of college homecomings with Hugh Herbert Walter Catlett and Charles Butterworth delivering top laughs. Walter Abel Una Merkel and others drive the pratfalls including a smothering Othello moment and a brick salesman subplot.
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Hollywood
Paramount
Hugh Herbert
Charles Butterworth
Walter Catlett
Walter Abel
Hugh
Una Merkel
Abel
Senator Badger
Paramount News
Just a Lucky Fool and Domestic Servant Permits
A humorous note about Bill the fool who fishes against all odds and keeps hoping for a bite. The piece shifts to a statistic: England issued 2,923 work permits to foreigners as domestic servants in 1932 and over 3,500 in 1933.
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Bill
England
Cranky Dad Casts Gloomy Pall Over His Household
Dear Miss Manners answers Babe about a sister who duplicates her dates. The adviser suggests arranging a foursome with the sister on the next date, hoping she will learn from the experience.
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Miss Manners
Babe
Admonition on marrying a diamond in the rough suitor
A reader asks if she can marry a kindly, principled country teacher with little schooling. The columnist cautions that intellectual incompatibility can doom happiness and advises postponing marriage until the writer can fully accept him in all circumstances.
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Miss Manners
Tad
Relief Client Repays $13 Benefit in Delaware
Delaware town reports George E. Bobb repaid $13 in relief aid received last winter. He had $8 in coal and $5 in groceries, later earned as a carpenter and received his soldier's bonus. He is the only relief client here to do so.
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Delaware
George E. Bobb
Labor split over steel drive within the AFL
WASHINGTON AP leaders of the American Federation of Labor debated a split over John L. Lewis and the drive to unite 500000 steel workers. William Green condemned Lewis as splitting labor, while Lewis accused Green of dishonor if the AFL aligned with steel industry rivals. The AFL executive council met to consider removing Lewis and eleven unions.
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American Federation of Labor
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United Mine Workers
Share-Expense Tourist Abandoned On Iowa Roadside
A California man and woman riding share-expense bonds on a car were eastbound from San Diego when the woman drove off with his baggage after asking him to fetch water about seven miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway 30. He was found with fifty-seven cents and a thermos jug of water. the woman was stopped in De Witt and released after his property was recovered.
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DeWitt
Dick Payn
San Diego
Calif
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Payn
California
de Witt
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
The fragment shows Claude Callan's poem title Poor Pa and a line about a mother in blues, recalling a son’s love while noting a new hat bought by Ma. The passage captures a nostalgic domestic moment with a simple, affectionate tone.
School for Girls Headliner at Rialto
Silent era stars head the Rialto program with School for Girls featuring Sidney Fox and Paul Kelly. Lucile La Verne plays the tyrannical matron, joined by Charles Ray Robert Warwick and Helen Chadwick. Also shown are Cheers of the Crowd with Russell Hopton Irene Ware and Tail Spin Tommy chapter nine with a comedy and sport reel.
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Sidney Fox
Paul Kelly
School For Girls
Rialto
Lucile la Verne
Reform School
Mae Marsh
Charles Ray
Robert Warwick
Helen Chadwick
Russell Hopton
Irene Ware
Texas Leads U.S. Pecan Production With Large Share
Texas produces a substantial share of the national pecan crop, estimated between one fourth and one half of the total United States harvest, reflecting its key role in pecan supply.
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Texas
United States
Two Against The World at the Iowa Friday
Humphrey Bogart stars in Two Against The World at the Iowa Cedar Rapids as the first feature on a double bill. The film exposes sensational scandal and radio network greed while a second feature Ticket to Paradise offers a comic tale of amnesia and publicity stunts. March of Time closes the program.
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Humphrey Bogart
Iowa Theater
Cedar Rapids
Roger Pryor
Wendy Barrie
Pryor
Extension courses listed at University of Iowa
Iowa City reports 288 extension courses across 24 departments available to students who can study at home and must finish within one year. The schedule includes 34 English, 22 education, 16 commerce, 14 sociology, 13 journalism, 12 Romance languages, 11 history, 10 political science, and 9 mathematics courses.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
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