Nine Day Wondertrip on a Yacht
Maida Winn, posing as Matilda McCabe, wins a nine day NerMuda trip aboard a ship with Wallis Kane and the theater manager Mr Metziger. Tensions rise as Maida courts freedom, Aymon lurks with a job offer, and Kane grows wary while Wallis tries to protect her amid masked identities and a dramatic voyage.
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Maida Winn
Maida
Metziger
Wallis Kane
Jnfns
Waring
Kane
Metriger
Aymon
Wall
Wallis
Metty
Walls
Mitzy
Wally
Sitdowners Emerge From Gold Mine
Forts sitdown strikers who held the Pioneer gold mine for three days left the 2600 foot level Thursday night without a wage or union recognition settlement. The miners, at work since Tuesday, sought CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers union recognition in a five month dispute.
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Pioneer
B. C
Forts Sitdown
CIO
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
A columnist offers menus and recipes for a five member family. Daily plans aim to provide balanced nutrition with sufficient protein minerals and vitamins on a tight budget.
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Sis
Costly MonDAY Meals and Cookery Schedule
A detailed daily menu list with recipes and costs for meals including baked pork chops with apples and escalloped potatoes. It outlines breakfast and lunch items, with items like coffee for adults, milk for children, jelly sandwiches, doughnuts, and strawberry gelatin. Includes two full cost summaries: About 1.85 and About 0.16 dollars, plus notes on ingredients and preparation steps for several dishes.
Plot to Rob Jack Benny Admitted by Suspects
Two Chicago youths, Thomas Adams and Paul McCarthy, confessed a plan to rob radio star Jack Benny and wife Mary Livingston in Beverly Hills. Police found guns masks and tape in their parked car and a pencil circled map showing Benny Marion Davies and Tyrone Power homes. They were booked on suspicion of robbery.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Jack Benny
Mary J.ivingston
W. W. White
White
Thomas Anthony Adams
Paul Lawrence McCarthy
Chicago
Bennys
Marion Davies
Tyrone Power
Vite and Vital Health concepts defined in wellness guide
Readers explore vite a coined term for youth preservation and robust health. It covers nutrition, immunity, reserve power, and longer prime years. Practical guidance notes many adults hover at 75–80 percent vite and may gain with balanced diet and vitamin supplementation.
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Webster
Notice of Probate for Marys Ann McBonnell Will
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear on March 9 1940 the proof and admission to probate of the purported last will and testament of Marys Ann McBonnell late of the county deceased. Rhinehart and McLaughlin attorneys represent the matter with Edwin W Lundquist Clerk of District Court noted.
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Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Marys Ann McBonnell
Cedar Rapids
Jona
Edwin W.lundquist
Rhinehart & McLaughlin
Hollywood Night of Oscar Honors and Gossip
Hollywood buzzed as the Academy Awards highlighted David O Selznick and his Gone With the Wind work with praise for Bette Davis Vivien Leigh Spencer Tracy and Hattie McDaniel. The piece notes Errol Flynn buying a South Pasadena building and includes reader letters about Warner Baxter Mickey Rooney and Joan Crawford connections.
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Ollywood
INS
Hollywood
David O. Selznick
David
Florence Selznick
Lewis J Selznick
L. J
Bette Davis
Vivien Leigh
Spencer Tracy
Miss Leigh
Robert Donat
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Y. Frank
Hatter
George Long
Chicago
Warner Baxter
Warner
Vicky Howley
Elmhurst
Mickey Rooney
M-G-M
Mickey
Joe le Sueur
Lucille le Sueur
Joan Crawford
Joe
Virginia City
Huntington Park
Miriam Hopkins
Errol Flynn
Alan Hale
Hollywood Society Notes From a Busy Weekend
Hollywood figures mingle at lunch and events with Terry de Lapp and Adelaide Title wed and Greta Nissen visiting ill mother. Merle Oberon and Alexander Korda plan London to Hollywood moves. Mary Martin arrives for academy dinner with Edith Head sewing dress in two hours. Jules Stein decorates Ambassador Fiesta room with racing touches and Hal Roaches host luncheon. Robert Z Leonard calls off work for Pride and Prejudice comeback amid busy scenes.
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Ghali
Hollywood
Terry de Lapp
Adelaide
Paramount
Merle Oberon
Alexander Korda
London
Greta Nissen
Guido Orlando
Mary Martin
Academy
Edith Head
Ambassador Fiesta Room
Jules Stein
Hal Roaches
Santa Anita
Sonja Henie
Dan Topping
Robert Z. Leonard
Agnes Agres
Hal Strotz
Agnes
Hedy Lamarr Glamour Persists In I Take This Woman
Hedy Lamarr remains a potent glamour figure as she stars in I Take This Woman at the Paramount in nurse outfits and evening gowns. The article notes publicity around her, mentions her marriages to Fritz Mandl and Gene Markey, and compares her to Joan Bennett. Spencer Tracy leads the story with a plot about love and transformation, while Veree Teasdale and a musical short with Jimmy Dorsey are also highlighted.
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Hedy Lamarr
Miss Lamarr
Fritz Mandl
Gene Markey
Joan Bennett
Hedy
Paramount Theater
Spencer Tracy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount
Kent Taylor
Spencer
Veree Teasdale
Mr. Tracy
Charles Boyer
Paramount News
Grantland Rice
Jimmy Dorsey
W. M
Theaters in Iowa and across towns show new films
At the theaters in Dale Iowa Paramount presents I Take This Woman starring Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr and Veree Teasdale. In State Gone With the Wind features Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia De Havilland. Palace shows Each Dawn I Die with James Cagney George Raft Joe Brown and Martha Raye in 1000 a Touchdown. Rialto stars Phil Regan Jean Parker Flight At Midnight William Boyd Pride of the West. Strand features William Boyd The Frontiersman with Melvyn Douglas in Tell No Tales.
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Iowa
Carole Lombard
Anne Shirley
Brian Ahern
State
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Olivia de Havilland
Palace
James Cagney
George Raft
Joe Brown
Martha Raye
Rialto
Phil Regan
Jean Parker
William Boyd
Strand
Melvyn Douglas
Milwaukkee Road announces $8 million 1940 improvement plan
Chicago news reports the Milwaukee Road unveils an $8 million 1940 improvement budget. Trustee H A Scandrett says federal court approval will be sought, covering rail and track work, 2,000 new steel box cars, 25 remodeled coaches, 10 high speed locomotives, with remaining costs via equipment trust certificates to RFC.
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Chicago
INS
Milwaukee Road
H. A. Scandrett
Scandrett
RFC
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