Negro Singers Plan Short Religious Featurettes in Hollywood
The Hall Johnson choir plans a series of religious short features seen through colored eyes with titles such as Samson and Delilah Daniel in the Lion's Den Jonah and the Whale and David and Goliath. The group will provide acting and singing for the project.
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Los Angeles
Hall Johnson
Green Pastures
Hollywood
Marc Connolly
RKO
Daniel
David and
Goliath
Carole in Rest and Plans Between Works
Carole had a throat infection and Gregory La Cava suffered a heart attack. Claudette Colbert, near a nervous breakdown last year, now enjoys three months’ holiday before Maid of Salem. She plans a garden and reading, seeks a Europe sabbatical none in sight due to married doctors’ schedules.
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Carole
Gregory la Cava
Claudette Colbert
Paramount
Frank Lloyd
Claudette
Theaters Show Multiple Double Features This Week
Paramount presents Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in Trouble for Two. Edward G Robinson and Joan Blondell star in Bullets or Ballets with Louise Fazenda in Doughnuts and Society. El Wy n hosts a spook party with Lionel Barrymore and Elizabeth Allan in The Mark of the Vampire. State Rochelle Hudson and Paul Kelly in The Country Beyond. Palace features King of Burlesque with Warner Baxter and Alice Faye and The Virginia Judge with Walter C Kelly. Rialto offers Coming Round the Mountain with Gene Autry and Wallace Ford with Phyllis Brooks in Another Face. Olympic stars George Raft and Joan Bennett in She Couldn t Take It with Edmund Lowe in King Solomon of Broadway and Spencer Tracy in It s a Small World.
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Paramount
Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
Towa
Edward G. Robinson
Joan Blondell
Louise Fazenda
Lionel Barrymore
Elizabeth Allan
Rochelle Hudson
Paul Kelly
Johnny Downs
Shirley Deane
Palace
Warner Baxter
Alice Faye
Walter C. Kelly
Rialto
Gene Outry
Wallace Ford
Phyllis Brooks
George Raft
Joan Bennett
Edmund Lowe
King Solomon
Broadway
Spencer Tracy
Personal Health Service on Coryza and fever debate
The piece critiques Webster and Ol Doc Brady over defining coryza as nasal catarrh and cold in the head. It notes genuine coryza brings fever, runny nose, and discomfort lasting days, while mock coryza is common. The narrator sneers at cold exposure theories and warns of conversational spray.
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Coryza
Dr. Webster
Doc Brady
Webster
Mock coryza and its elusive cures discussed
The author lampoons half baked cures for mock coryza while warning against credulity. He notes symptoms such as itching sneezing watery eyes and nasal discharge before meals and jokes about widespread yet unfounded remedies. A note promises a sequel to follow.
Coffee intake and health advisories in a 1936 article
The piece discusses coffee consumption for adults, noting one or two cups at breakfast and possibly one at dinner is usually harmless. It cautions invalids, children, and asthmatics to seek physician advice and mentions grapefruit, juice, and peptic ulcer considerations. It references a request for patient information and living arrangements.
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Ieee
Domestic Help and Manners in Everyday Life
Reader questions about a husband who enjoys helping at home and hosting guests. Advice encourages gradual social invitations and setting firm visit limits to prevent outstaying welcome, with practical tips for polite boundaries and shared chores.
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Miss Manners
M. E
Other Men Wear Silk Hats
A speaker explains to his partner why he won t wear a silk hat. He notes the difficulty of keeping a silk hat steady in strong wind and admits he prefers the old brown felt setting a practical and comfortable tone despite pressures to look dapper.
New Ground and the Idlewild House Move
Anne Audinran breaks an engagement as Halsey Forbes goes bankrupt. Steven Forbes arrives at Sea View House on Idlewild to set up a boarding house with Mantle and Rosie amid a horde of pink rooms and a meddling Grandma Diggs. A tense, coastal settlement unfolds with a bridal plan in flux.
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Anne Audinran
Steven Forbes
Halsey
Anne
Vera
Steven
Ryan
Bane
Florida
Parker Nes
Sarah Sore
Cook Hatte
Hart
Mantle
Rosie
Causeway Bridge
Idlewild
Clearwater Beach
the Gulf
Mr. Forbes
Sea View House
Allen
Mr. Krebbs
Grandma Diggs
Hawkeye Farmer Jacob Palmer Dies After Illness
Jacob Palmer 51 a Hawkeye area farmer died Saturday after a brief illness. A Gretna Nebraska native he married Kathryn Muster in 1914. The couple lived near Omaha before moving to a farm near Hawkeye in 1923. Surviving are wife Kathryn and six children Volney Mary Ann Kenneth George Kathryn and Willis all at home.
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Hawkeye
Jacob Palmer
Gretna
Neb
Kathryn Muster
Omaha
Volney
Mary Ann
Kenneth
George
Kathryn
Willis
Mind and science shape society and longevity
A casual examination notes that scientific insight defines societal rights over individual rights. It discusses why women may outlive men, learning methods, and how sympathy affects a child’s schooling, citing studies from J. P. Morgan and S. M. Corey at the University of Nebraska.
How to Improve Your Memory
A booklet by Dr Henry Link explains memory rules tested by modern science. It covers remembering names dates lessons books and more in accessible language. Readers can obtain the memory booklet by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Albert Wiggam care of the newspaper.
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Dre. Henry
Link
Fies
Albert E. Wiggam
Care Newspaper
Gifted Children Deserve More Attention From Schools
The text argues that focusing on feeble minded students neglects gifted children. It notes schools lack programs for the gifted, who are labeled as smart alecks when their studies miss system. It suggests identifying and training gifted children to cultivate future leaders.
Kinney Divorce Action Filed in Tipton District Court
Verda Kinney filed a divorce action in Tipton district court Saturday against Edward Kinney of Tipton. The case seeks dissolution of marriage and division of property, with no preliminary injunction or further counts specified in the available text.
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Tipton
Verda Kinney
Edward Kinney
Wife seeks custody of daughter Joyce after 1928 Cedar Rapids marriage
Kinney and spouse separated this year after a 1928 marriage in Cedar Rapids. She seeks custody of their 6 year old daughter Joyce, requests temporary $20 monthly support and an attorney. Kinney is accused of cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Joyce
Cedar Rapids
Is Kinney
Kinney
Rebekah Lodges of Muscatine Louisa Counties Meet
At the I O O F hall Muscatine the annual convention of Rebekah lodges in Muscatine and Louisa counties concluded Friday evening. The officers named were Mrs Reed president Mrs Fanni Shew vice president Mrs Olli Thompson secretary Mrs Ethel Collyar treasurer Miss Nola Bent warden all from Grandview. The June 1937 convention will be held at Grandview. About 175 attended the evening program with state officers present at all sessions.
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Eheciea Polen Onal Cers
Rebekah
Muscatine
Louisa Counties
I. O. O. F. Hall
Reed
Fanni Shew
Olli Thompson
Ethel Collyar
Nola Bent
Grandview
Mrs A E Conrad sells East Broad Way home for 5300
Mrs A E Conrad sold her East Broad Way residence to Dr Edward F Hagen for 5300 dollars. The house, built by Dr Conrad, remains a physician’s home with Dr L C Kuhn as current occupant.
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Decorah
A. E. Conrad
East Broadway
Edward F. Hagen
Conrad
L. C. Kuhn
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