Hollywood gossip fills the racks of stories and stars
Hollywood gossip columns chronicle feuds and flattery among stars like Martha Raye Anna May Wong Loretta Young Joan Crawford and Shirley Temple. Tales include a playful alley collision with a gangster actor and a manicured past with Aileen Whelan.
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Hollywood
Martha Raye
Butte
Montana
Anna May Wong
Buck Jones
Henry Wilcoxon
Herbert Marshall
Wayne Morris
Loretta Young
Joan Crawford
Jane Withers
Akim Tamiroff
Petter Lorre
Shirley Ross
Sonja Henie
Tyrone Power
Anita Louise
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Arrives in Cedar Rapids July 1
The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus comes to Cedar Rapids with two shows at 2 and 8 pm. The program features Miss Bobby Peck a versatile performer who rides a dancing horse leads the spectacle and handles elephants. New to America Blacaman the Hindu hypnotist performs with lions and crocodiles.
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Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Cedar Rapids
Bobby Peck
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Miss Peck
America
Outline Allocations For Flood Control In Mississippi
The War Department outlined tentative allocations of 31 million dollars for general flood control on the Mississippi River and its tributaries for the current fiscal year. Army engineers said 13 projects would be carried out under the civil functions appropriation, with possible later revisions to the plan.
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Washington
War Department
Mississippi River
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Valley Expenditures Rise by Three Million Since 1928
Historical note records average annual valley spending increasing by about 3 million dollars since 1928. It also recalls Robert Fulton’s Clermont voyage from New York City to Albany covering 154 miles in thirty two hours.
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Robert Fulton
New York
Albany
Notice of Appoint ment of Administratrix in Linn County Iowa
On June 15 1938 C E N A Samuelson was appointed and qualified as administratrix of Jens C Jenson deceased of Linn County Iowa All persons indebted must pay promptly and all claims should be filed with the Linn County Iowa District Clerk attorney R 8 Milner represents the administratrix
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Jens C. Jenson
Wise Parents Let Children Learn From Experience
In advising parents to let teens learn from experience, Mary Manners suggests sending them off with guidance, a car, and blessing to find jobs in a distant city, teaching labor values whether they succeed or not. A reader asks about dating limits for a girl, and Manners replies advice favors moderation, broader social circles, and pursuing college education.
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Mary Manners
Miss Manners
Marion Talley Debuts at Metropolitan Opera House
Marion Talley makes a debut at the Metropolitan Opera House without any prior stage experience. Her appearance marks the start of a carrière in high level opera for the unknown singer.
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Marion Talley
Metropolitan Opera House
Anticipated daily message reveals a letter puzzle
The reader is invited to a simple word game that converts the first name length into a key number. If six or more letters stay, subtract four. if fewer than six, add three. Starting top left, check the key numbers left to right and assemble the hidden message from the letters beneath.
At the Theaters Showings by Major Studios
At the theaters listings include Towa and Paramount releases with stars Donald Woods Patricia Ellis Dick Purcell Ann Sheridan Luise Rainer Melvin Douglas Robert Young plus David Copperfield Treasure Island cast Wallace Berry Jackie Cooper Ann Sothern in Danger Love At Work Chan at Monte Carlo Carnival Queen Rolling Caravan Lancer Spy and Romance of the Rockies among others.
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TOWA
Donald Woods
Patricia Ellis
Dick Purcell
Ann Sheridan
Paramount
Luise Rainer
Melvin Douglas
Robert Young
NEW State
David Copperfield
Wallace Berry
Jackie Cooper
Palace
Ann Sothern
Chan
Monte Carlo
Delores del Rio
George Sanders
Tom Keene
Carnival Queen at Rialto Headlines Friday and Saturday
A fast moving comedy romance about a carnival girl who discovers her shows hide a bank robbery scheme. She teams with the law for thrills and romance while revealing carnival life. An all star western Rolling Caravan is the second feature and S O S Coast Guard follows.
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Rialto
S. O. S. Coast Guard
Untitled listing of cinema showings and country notes
Fragment lists a tenth chapter and an Andy Clyde comedy with Cats and the Fiddle as other attractions. It comments that Sweden is a more fertile country than Norway.
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Sweden
Norway
Strand Theater Installs New Cooling Plant
The Strand theater now operates a cooling plant providing complete air change every three minutes. New owners Woodrow Praught and Harold Wright have also remodeled the front and lobby, and installed Western Electric Microphonic sound and updated projection equipment.
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Strand
The
Woodrow Praught
Harold Wright
Western Electric
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Madie Evans, Lewis Stone
Lionel Barrymore
Edna May Oliver
M-G-M
Wallace
Beery
MIT
Mary Boland
Bylvia Sidney
Joel McCrea
ORR
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Dick Purcell and
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Daly
Killian CO
Butterfly Cafe
Youngs
Third Avenue SE
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Milner
New Orleans
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Barbara One
Bs Zee Ae
Seemea Tync
Ebsa Cayn Wi Ee
Popeye -In
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Luise Raineer
Paramount News
Sasseed
Robert Wilcox
Dorothy Kent
Coast Guard
All Day, Inc
Thornwood Hawthorne
Water Street
Carl Nebbe
Alf
Faye In
Rob Baker
Wally Beau
Sweetheart
Sunny
Golden Glow
Hickory
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First Ave
Bert’s Shoe Store
Second Street
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Tam
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