The Toy Wife Powerful Portrayal by Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer stars as a flamboyant southern belle in The Toy Wife a Paramount feature set in pre Civil War Louisiana. She marries an aloof attorney while her sister Louise struggles with love and loyalty as Rainer's character faces heartbreak and a dramatic climactic finale. Supporting turns by Barbara O Neill Melvyn Douglas Theresa Harris Clinton Rosemond and Clarence Muse enrich plantation life with nuanced performances. A Popeye cartoon and Paramount News accompany the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luise Rainer
Anna
O-Lan
Paramount
Louisiana
Miss Rainer
Froufrou
George Sartoris
Louise
Barbara O'Neil
Robert Young
Sartoris
France
Alan Perl
Andre
Young
Melvyn Douglas
Theresa Harris
Pick
Clinton Rosemond
Pompey
Clarence Muse
Brutus
Bill Popeye
Sailor
Paramount News
Dizzy and Pepper Strike Oil Lease Near Summer County
Dizzy Dean and Pepper Martin own a 40 acre lease near a new Summer county oil well in Kansas, four miles from existing production. Wichita operator L A Murphy, a baseball fan, said the well could yield 300 to 500 barrels daily. The lease was obtained about sixty days ago in a trade for autographed bats given to his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Dizzy Dean
Pepper Martin
Summer County
Kan
L. A
Murphy
Wichita Oil
Joe
Oklahoma City
This Element Has Brief Existence
TORONTO Ontario AP The American Physical Society heard that a new method of precise chemical analysis indicates the element illinium may not exist or only appears briefly before vanishing in a few millionths of a second. Dr T R Wilkins of the University of Rochester described the method at the meeting and also reported a new type of radioactivity with portions of three rare elements changing into each other.
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Toronto, Ontario
American Physical Society
T. R. Wilkins
University of Rochester
N. Y
Widow of Noonan Married To Broker
Carson City Nevada widow Mary B Noonan who was declared widow in an unusual court decision after her husband vanished during an attempted trans Pacific flight with Amelia Earhart wed Friday to Harry B Ireland a retired Philadelphia broker now living in Santa Barbara California The couple plan to reside there after marriage.
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Carson City
Nev
INS
Mary B., Noonan
Amelia Earhart
Friday
Harry B. Ireland
Philadelphia
Santa Barbara
Calif
Legion Leader Warns Against Taking Law Into Own Hands
Daniel J. Doherty national commander of the American Legion said the Legion frowned on a German American band for subversive tendencies but cautioned members not to take the law into their own hands in Waterville Maine.
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Legion
Waterville
Daniel J. Doherty
The
American Legion
GOP Claims Democrats Again Dunning Federal Workers
Washington AP report says the Republican National Committee accused the Democratic National Committee of pressuring federal employees in the lower income brackets for campaign contributions. The statement quotes Oliver A. Quare Jr citing a letter urging voluntary contributions of 5 or 10 dollars or a 25 dollar pledge in two monthly installments to aid in an emergency.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Oliver A. Quare, Jr
Democratic
Notice of Cedar Rapids school motor installation bid
Sealed proposals will be received by the Cedar Rapids School District at the secretary’s office for installing a motor in the Johnson School located at Alexand Avenue and Seventeenth Street Southeast Cedar Rapids Iowa. Bids due 10:00 A M Saturday September 1938. Specifications available from the Secretary at 718 Avenue S. The district reserves the right to reject all bids. Charles D Medbe Secretary Board of Directors.
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Board of
Linn Unty
Systh
Johnson School
Ithington Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Rapids
Rns County
Charles D. Medbe
Human Race Decay Warned By Harvard Professor
Earnest Hooton of Harvard told a University of Iowa audience that humanity has grown physically and mentally weaker despite population growth. He linked increased growth to hereditary flaws, warned against sterilization, urged urgent study of biology and behavior, and said better institutions must produce better men.
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Iowa City
Earnest Hooton
Harvard
University of Iowa
Hooton
Nebraska Official Seeks Reelection After Embezzlement Sentence
Lieut Gov Walter Jurgensen, sentenced to two to five years for embezzlement and appealing to the Nebraska Supreme Court, Friday filed for reelection. The Democrat, elected in 1932 and reelected twice, gave no comment on his campaign. Ouster proceedings are pending alongside the appeal.
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Lincoln
Neb
INS
Walter Jurgensen
State Supreme Court
Pittsburgh Newspaper Strike Ends With Agreement
Pittsburgh publishers of the Press and Sun-Telegraph reported an agreement with 10 unions to resume Sunday editions. The A F of L Office Workers union had led a weeklong shutdown demanding a closed shop and higher pay. Arbitration will settle compensation for idle workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
the Press
Sun-Telegraph
A. F. of L
Are Dogs Color Blind or Not
The author discusses debates on canine color perception citing eyewitness tests in Waltenburg Germany where dogs pick matching color rag after seeing a red flag. He notes about twenty dogs have passed similar tests and invites readers to help verify whether dogs see colors as humans do.
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Waltenburg
Germany
Blind Man's Year
Rosamund Gerard, famed author, hides a disfiguring birthmark on a Sussex farm. Her husband Clive Strange, blind yet serene, guides her through life and new friendships. A London doctor, a boxing friend, and a risky cartoon threaten their happiness as Rosamund learns to trust Clive and herself.
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Rosamund Gerard
Sussex
Norah Snade
Phoebe Rodgers
Rosamund
Maceraret Hayle
London
Rosamound's
Clive Strange
Clive
Manda
Norah
Herbert
Jack Bowker
Mr. Bowker
Munda
Jack
Toff
Teddy
Luigi
Gerard
Douglas Gerard
Fragmentary note hints at sisterly tension in story
A brief, unreadable fragment hints at Margaret differing from Norah as plans for dramatic sisterly indignation loom. The line ends with a promise to continue tomorrow, indicating an ongoing serialized narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garet
Margaret
Norah
Mind and emotion expressions across cultures explored
An author notes science guides moral questions and discusses facial expressions as inherited versus culturally learned. References Darwin on animal gestures and Dr Otto Klineberg on racial customs. A Baltimore psychiatrist proposes a doll play method to treat shy children.
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Darwin
Columbia
Otto Klineberg
Family Tree Pedigree Chart Promises Inheritance Insights
Reader advisory in two color pedigree chart by Wiexam explains what you inherit from ancestors and why children may resemble parents, with instructions to work out a family tree. Includes price, mailing method, and address for Cedar Rapids Gazette submission. References Chicago Juvenile Research and psychiatrist opinions on shy children and cold-blooded killers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiexam
A. OE. Wikkam
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People
A fragmentary verse piece questions why beauty dies and why sorrow endures. The speaker ponders evil, filth, and a hoped for better way, invoking faith as consolation and suggesting a cosmic order beyond mortal understanding. Copyright note appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Cedar Rapids School District Seeks Fire Escape Bids
The Independent School District of Cedar Rapids announces intent to purchase two row stairway fire escapes for Lincoln School located at 18th Avenue and 8th Street SW. Bids accepted until 10:00 A M Saturday July 1938. Specifications available from the Secretary at 716 A Avenue NE. no deposit required. district may reject any bid. Charles D Hedberg, Secretary.
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Independent School District
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Lincoln School
18Th Avenue
8Th Street
Iowa
A Avenue
Linn County
Charles D Hedberg
Pleasant little game hints at daily fortune message
A cheerful note describes a numeric puzzle that yields a personal key number from the reader’s first name length. Subtract four if six or more letters, else add three. Start at the rectangle’s upper left, check cells by the key numbers left to right, and read the message formed by the letters beneath the checked figures.
Hollywood gossip and star life in a Minneapolis letter
A Minneapolis reader scolds Hollywood stars for luxury while noting the economic cycle, then shifts to fashion and superstition in Margaret Sullavan and Luise Rainer stories. Richard Phillips chats about a potential film career, and a Beverly Hills diversion ends with a girl buying a hat. Jean Harlow and Van Dyke’s pieced dinner anecdote follow. A brave 10 year old camera assistant’s daughter endures another operation amid concerned faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everal
Margaret Sullavan
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Jean Harlow
Miss Sullavan
Luise Rainer
Barbara Brodine
Hollywood
Ace
Humorous Everyone Needs a Laugh at Alpine Scotsman Joke
A playful remark about lightening the mood at a gathering prompts a joke about a Scotchman who took his wife to the Alps. The exchange hints at comic relief in social settings and underscores cultural humor of the era.
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Alps
C Pyrignt
Two Good Summer Pictures At Iowa Town
The Iowa Town theater packed for summer fare with two features. Romance on the Run follows a stolen necklace caper as Donald Wran s chases Grace Bradley while a pawnshop suspect and Patrum Els complicate the chase. Mystery House stars Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan as a standard whodunit unfolds with suspects narrowed to the uncanny. Louie Schmeling fight reels close the program with staged speed and slow motion to show the punches.
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Iowa
Donald Wrans
Underworld
Grace Bradley
Patumia Els
Dick Purcell
Ann Sheridan
Ann Nagel
Louie Schmeling
W.M
Smoke from hotel sign triggers city fire alarm
Smoke blew against a red neon sign atop Hotel Roosevelt, triggering a fire alarm at Cedar Rounds Savings Bank on Third Avenue and Third Street SE at 12 24 am Saturday. Fire Chief Kohout said high wind from railroad tracks caused a smoke illusion. No fire found. Six eleven am sprinkler at Rosenbaum furniture store auto alarm. no fire.
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Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rounds Savings Bank
Third Avenue
Third Street
Bank
E. P. Kohout
At the Theaters in Iowa and New State Updates
A rounded press listing shows multiple film titles and stars across theaters. Highlights include Romance on the Run with Donald Words and Patricia Ellis, Mystery House with Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan, The Toy Wife starring Luise Rainer and Robert Young, and David Copperfield with a large 65 star cast, plus Treasure Island featuring Wallace Berry and Jackie Cooper. Also noted are Danger Love at Work and Chan at Monte Carlo at Palace, Carnival Queen and Rolling Carasan at Rialto, and Lancer Soxith Delores Del Rio with George Sunders and Romance of the Rockies at Strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Donald Words
Patricia Ellis
Dick Purcell
Ann Sheridan
Paramount
Luise Rainer
Melvin Douglas
Robert Young
New State
David Copperefield
Wallace Berry
Jackie Cooper
Palace
Ann Sathern
Chan
Monte Carlo
Rialto
Robert Wileay
Deethy Kent
Lancer Sox
Ith
Delores del Rio
George Suneders
Tom Keene
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Dizzy
Pepper
Noonan
Nebraska
W. Wea Geavkcy
Reg V
Pat
Williams
Avice
Warwick Deeping
Synofsis
Battersea Park
Joseph C. Solomon
Baltimore
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Chicago
Jimmie Fidler
Ollywood
Minneapolis
Hollywoods
America
Richard Phillips
United
California
Withers
W. S van Dyke
Jean
Van
Suise Rainer
David Copperfield
W. C. Fields
Frennie Bartholomew
Edna May Oliver
Wallace Beery
Cal
Louis
Schmeling
Donald Woops
Patrici Lults Grave Bradley Edward Brophy
Dead End
Sylvia Sidney — Inc
McCrea
Humphrey Bogart
Thrill
Eleanore Whitney
Johnny Downs
Thornwood
Hawthorn Drive
SAT & Sun
Milwaukee
Wally Beau
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