Small Groups Find Ed Charming But He Hates Crowds
Advice column extracts describe Ed preferring small gatherings over crowds and his wife fitting social plans. Readers suggest inviting him to church or a picnic with friends to widen his social circle and avoid large parties. The missive on Joy Rider questions a boy using a car, with guidance that sharing car expenses makes rides acceptable and affordable escorts can exist.
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Miss Manners
Dr Newton
Joy Rider
Funeral services for Mrs Charles G Nelson
Funeral services for Vera Krahl Nelson age 37 who died Monday will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church with Dr J R Fraser officiating. Burial will be in Grandview cemetery. Born May 14 1898 near Letts she was married to C C Nelson June 22 1922 and is survived by her husband two sons Gerald and Richard a step father and mother Mrs H H Snyder a brother Merle Krahl a step sister Mrs Lester Wiese and step brother Howard Snyder.
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Gerald
Richard
H. H. Snyder
Merle Krahl
Lester Wiese
Howard Snyder
Grandview
Weep for Me Becomes Tense Family Drama in Nightclub
Toni confronts a ruined social world as Hubert Montgomery disinherits his sister Isabelle Charles and her three children. At a nightclub Toni meets Celie and the mysterious Peter Gardner while flashbacks reveal Celie’s party scene and Toni’s disillusionment with rich, reckless lives.
Murder in the Fleet at the State Saturday
A MGM detective thriller set aboard a cruiser during maneuvers features naval lieutenant detective work amid civilian visitors and crew. Jean Parker and Robert Taylor headline with Jean Hersholt as a civilian inspector, supported by Ted Healy and others. comedy interludes punctuate the suspenseful plot.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Jean Parker
Times Square
Taylor
Leutenant
Jean Hersholt
Men In White
Hanson
Ted Healy
Nat Pendleton
Una Merkel
Mary Doran
Major Film Lineup at Local Theaters
Iowa theaters present The People's Enemy with Preston Foster and The Unwelcome Stranger with Mona Barrie. Paramount features Cardinal Richelieu with George Arliss. State shows The Devil is a Woman with Marlene Dietrich and Spring Tonic with Lew Ayres. Rialto gates include Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round with fifteen stars and Lone Rider. Palace screens Roberta with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Olympic offers One Is Guilty with Ralph Bellamy and I Give My Love with Paul Lukas.
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Paramount
George Arliss
Cardinal Richelieu
STATE
Marlene Dietrich
Lew Ayres
Rialto
Buck Jones
Palace
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Ralph Bellamy
Paul Lukas
Wheeler-Woolsey thriller leads Nit Wits at Iowa Friday
Wheeler and Woolsey bring fast stepping music and thrills in The Nit Wits at the Iowa opening Friday. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey star as amateur sleuths in the new film performance.
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Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Iowa
Bert
Bob
Will Rogers on Tax Exempt Bonds and Fair Share Plan
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers cites a congressional bill to tax exempt bonds arguing it would curb large tax free income and prevent governments from selling excessive bonds. He frames the move as a fair share policy affecting towns states and the government.
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Hoitor Capette
Beverly Hills
Calif
Congress
Wil
Mystery slaying on Tin Pan Alley prompts frontier marshal chaos
A melodrama about the murder of a Tin Pan Alley publishing magnate unfolds as sleuths pursue the killer to absolve Wheeler’s beloved. The troupe injects humor through perilous escapades while introducing three new musical numbers. Betty Grable, Evelyn Brent, Fred Keating and Erik Rhodes support the two leads in a frontier Arizona setting.
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Tin Pan Alley
Wheeler
Betty Grable
Evelyn Brent
Fred Keating
Erik Rhodes
Arizona Frontier
Richard Dix Stars in The Arizonian Companion Feature
In the early 80s Richard Dix headlines The Arizonian with a strong role. Cast includes Margaret Grahme Preston Foster and Louis Calhern, described as a formidable ensemble in this starring vehicle.
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Richard Dix
Arizonian
Public Hero No 1 praised by press in wartime cinema feature
The piece highlights the MGM thriller Public Hero No 1 opening at Paramount for a three day run with a stellar cast including Chester Morris Lionel Barrymore Jean Arthur Lewis Stone and Paul Kelly. Joseph Calleia earns acclaim for a sinister high power performance praised by Variety the N Y Daily Mirror and N Y Telegram.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Secret Service
Paramount Theater
Chester Morris
Lionel Barrymore
Jean Arthur
Lewis Stone
Paul Kelly
Joseph Calleia
New York
N. S. Daily Mirror
N. Y. Telegram
Civic groups back city pool plan in unanimous show
Spokesmen for High Twelve West Highlands Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers Knights of Columbus plus Mayor Hahn voiced support for the pool project. Rotary Kiwanis Lions Cedar Rapids Dental Society Insurance Agents Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club South Side Civic Chamber of Commerce endorsed it. Don Hines cautioned government cannot guarantee revenue bond purchase. Quarton and Leonard led the meeting.
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High Twelve
Oscar A. Anderson
West Highlands Community Club
Louis Kriz
Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers Association
R. D. Chord
Knights of Columbus
Frank K. Hahn
Rotary Club
James F. Keevers
Kiwanis Club
Robert O. Bickel
Lions
Gordon Fennell
Cedar Rapids Dental Society
W. F. Hruska
Cedar Rapids Association of Insurance Agents
J. M. Welch
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Frank Kanak
South Side Civic Club
H. B. Garrison
Chamber of Commerce
N. Jay Leonard
Don Hines
William B. Quarton, Jr
The
Young Men’s Bureau
Two Army Flyers Die In Mid Air Collision
At Selfridge Field Michigan two army flyers were killed when their planes collided 500 feet above the field. The pilots were Flying Cadets Willis M. Darnell and Robert C. Streeter.
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Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Willis M. Darnell
Robert C. Streeter
Mrs Owen D Young Dies In Connecticut
Riverside Connecticut obituary reports Mrs Owen D Young wife of GE board chairman died Tuesday after a period of illness.
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Owen D. Young
Connecticut
Riverside
Conn
General Electric Company
Nab Suspect In Tourist Mystery
A man, possibly Jack Sullivan formerly of Las Vegas New Mexico, is under arrest in Nevada Missouri for investigation into the disappearance and suspected murder of four East St. Louis Illinois tourists. The case draws national attention as authorities pursue leads and verify identity.
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Santa Fe, N. M
Jack Sullivan
Las Vegas
N. M
Nevada
East St. Louis
Farmer uses sled binder in muddy field in Kansas
Parsons Kansas AP farmer Phil OBrien solves muddy wheat field problem by mounting binder on sled runners. On first day he cut 40 acres and on Monday aimed to cut 50 acres working until after midnight with lights.
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Parsons, Kan
Phil O’brien
Two Policemen See Slaying Of Gambler
In Chicago a gambler named Frank Noto was shot to death outside a tavern while two policemen stood nearby at a call box. They rushed to the scene and seized Nate Gregor, 35, a former convict, with a smoking revolver in his hand. Gregor denied the killing saying he picked up the gun after two men dropped it during a flight.
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Chicago
Frank Noto
Nate Gregor
Gregor
Japan Aims to Train 1500 New Pilots Over 15 Years
Tokyo officials disclosed a plan by the communications ministry to train 1500 air pilots over the next 15 years at an estimated cost of 5 million dollars. The aviation bureau published the plan as part of its effort to boost staffing in the industry.
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TOKIO
Aviation Bureau
Communications Ministry
Teacher Pleads Guilty To Speeding In City Court
In Granite City Illinois Raymond Duncan a teacher at Granite City High School pled guilty to speeding in City Judge George G Wests court He was fined ten dollars with the fine stayed if he returns on July 1 with a thousand word essay on Safety
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ST Louis
Raymond Duncan
Granite City, I
Duncan
George G. West
Time Stands Still
Raleigh AP report notes Luther Sherlin a 47 year old cement worker completed thirteen 30 day prison terms in a year. He earned days off each sentence for good behavior but was rearrested on intoxication charges immediately after release.
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Raleigh
N. C
Luther Sherlin
Sherlin
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