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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1936
Page
16
Hollywood gossip and industry notices preview Purvis negotiating with Nat Levine for a 15 episode serial based on an adventure cartoon strip. Also details on Souls at Sea with Gary Cooper and other projects and sightings from Chatter in Hollywood.
Homestead Welfare club officers announce a full Fourth of July program starting at 10 a.m. in the picnic grove. The day features an address by Dr. F. C. Schadt of Williamsburg a ball game between Middle Amana and Marengo and a three act play The Blue Bag by club members.
A mystery thriller set in airways stars Esther Ralston Onslow Stevens and Sidney Blackmer. The New York airliner forced to land in a remote field after a thunderclap rings out. A passenger is killed as the plane stops and tension rises aboard the flight.
The article previews two features: Fighting Coward a Peter B Kyne tale about a murder with many armed suspects and a government investigator’s challenge. Tail Spin Tommy will be shown in the seventh chapter with a comedy and a sport reel.
The report notes that the first oranges were cultivated in California in 1873 marking the start of commercial citrus farming in the state.
Paramount theater presents a Yankee Stadium boxing night with Louis Schmeling vs Joe Louis fight footage. It shows entrances, knockdowns, and the fight’s dramatic moments with slow motion on key blows. The program also features The Big Noise with Guy Kibbee and a Paramount News segment.
William Henry Barnes 72 who came to North English in 1868 died at his home after a life in furniture and undertakings and later as a Home Lumber salesman. He married Etta Richardson in 1888 and leaves wife, five children Shirley Barnes Nellie Simmons Roxy Glandon Florence Lewis eleven grandchildren two great grandchildren a sister Nellie Warner. Funeral held at Methodist Episcopal church with Rev J H Krenmyre officiating. Burial followed in North English cemetery.
At the Paramount The Big Noise featuring Guy Kibbee and films starring Joe Louis and Max Schmeling are shown. Chester Morris Margot Grahame lead Counterfeit and Bunker Bean with Owen Davis Jr Louis Latimer. The Great Ziegfeld with Powell Loy and Rainer. Palace presents The Story of Louis Pasteur with Muni and Sothern. Rialto offers Forced Landing and Fighting Coward. Olympic screens This is The Life Kid Millions The Return of Peter Grim with listed stars.
Tom Mix and his horse Tony visit Iowa City Thursday for a two show engagement at 2 and 8 PM. Mix will greet friends and display Tony in the menagerie before each performance. The circuit travels with 157 railroad cars and over 900 staff, featuring 1 009 animals including three elephant herds and Irma Ward as a mid air queen act.
Funeral services for Thomas W. Morgan, a Louisa Center farmer, were held Tuesday at the Louisa Center Baptist Church with Rev. C. E. Riddington officiating. Mrs. Albert Hall and Mrs. Harry Grim led singing. burial followed in Long Creek Cemetery with pallbearers George Deppy Albert Hammond Albert Nichols Thomas Sam and Henry Wykert.
The reviewer praises Counterfeit for strong storytelling and sharp photography as T men chase counterfeiters led by Chester Morris and Lloyd Nolan. Margot Grahame and Marian Marsh receive mixed notes while the double feature's second film Bunker Bean with Owen Davis Jr. draws big laughs from the audience.
Court Hussey and his orchestra return to Cedar Park ballroom in Iowa City for a carnival themed week with waltz night and collegiate nights. Roger Graham and his orchestra provide the music as crowds enjoy noisemakers hats balloons and prizes. Wrestling bouts are planned for the open air arena Thursday evening.
Miss Anna Boe daughter of Dr and Mrs O Boe and James McAndrews son of Michael McAndrews wed Wednesday at St Benedicts Catholic Church with Rev M E Nolan officiating. The couple plans a Pacific coast honeymoon and will return to Decorah in two weeks where the groom will begin duties with the Decorah post office carrier force.
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