Magnetic telephone aims to aid trapped mine victims kin
The American Television corporation unveils a two way magnetic telephone system from Communicating Systems Inc a CS I subsidiary designed to convert voice into magnetic wave impulses. The device claims to reach isolated mine sections where radio and regular phones fail reducing the wait for victims families and rescuers.
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New York
American Television Corporation
Communicating Systems, Inc
Samuel M Saltzman
CSIL
Calls 3rd Term Ban Move Non-Partisan
Rep Edwin Hall of North Carolina told the House that his resolution barring Presidents from a third term was offered in a purely non partisan spirit. Democrats laughed and acted as if they did not believe him.
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Washington
Edwin Hall
House
Creator of Tom Sawyer puzzle clues and hidden message
A crossword styled grid lists across and down clues for a Tom Sawyer themed puzzle. It includes pen name hints, character references, and terms from literature and letters, with a final note about AQUILLA P INNATE and various geographic and linguistic clues.
Hollywood Gossip and Casting Buzz Stir in 1940s Stars
Gossip debunks Lana Turner’s supposed MGM discipline after her elopement to Arthur Shaw. Lana co stars with Lew Ayres in To Own The World, a Trumbo story. John Ford and John Wayne projects with Thomas Mitchell and Dudley Nichols, Claudette Colbert denies split with Joel Pressman, plans Boom Town with Tracy Gable Lamarr. Gloria seeks divorce in Paramount role I Want A Divorce.
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INS
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Lana Turner
Arthur Shaw
Hollywood
Lana
Lew Ayres
Dalton Trumbo
Johnny
Claudette Colbert
Joel Pressman
Claudette
Sun Valley
Lark
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Hedy Lamarr
Orm Dickson
Pete Westmore
Gloria
Perce
Paramount
Joan Blon
HATTER IN HOLLYWOOD AND HOLLYWOOD BUZZ
Hollywood chatter centers on Bette Davis and Arthur Farnsworth staying with her Sugar Hill neighbors in New Hampshire. The town speculates about a possible engagement or marriage but Farnsworth’s involvement remains unclear. Other notes cover Tyrone Power’s ski accident and subsequent crutches, Chaplin’s gun scene on a San Fernando set, Paulette Goddard’s bathing scene at Paramount, and Thalberg award to David Selznick.
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Arthur Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Bette
Sugar Hill
New Hampshire
Big Bear
Tyrone Power
20Th Century-Fox
Charlie Chaplin
San Fernando Valley
Paulette Goddard
Paramount
Irving Thalberg
David Selznick
Sam
Dorothy di Frassa
Randolph Scott
Cary Grant
Phyllis Brooks
Perinos
Ciros
Norma Shearer
George Raft
Ronald Colman
Spencer Travys
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Charles Boyer
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Lou Reese
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Jackie Congan
Chile
John Hart
Pat den
Rudy Valice
Allan Gorden
Sardi’s
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Mary Pickford
United Artists
Walter Kane
Lanny Bari
Bob Hope
Basil James
Santa Anita
Ann Sheridan
Warner Lot
Gilbert seeks restoration of maiden name Bakaleinikoff
Helen Gilbert requests legal restoration of her maiden name Bakaleinikoff. No further details provided.
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Helen Gilbert
Bakaleinikoff
Theaters Show New Films With Big Names Across Cities
Theaters present Jamaica Inn with Charles Laughton and Maureen O Hara at Paramount alongside Young As You Feel with Jed Prouty. Iowa screens Outside the 8 Mile Limit and The Covered Trailer with Higgins family. Gone with the Wind stars Vivien Leigh Clark Gable Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel at State. Palace offers Lady of the Tropics with Hedy Lamarr Robert Taylor Wings of the Navy and Sabotage with Olivia de Havilland George Brent. Rialto features The Spellbinder with Lee Tracy and Aileen Whelan. Strand presents Deventko Z Venkova with Vera Ferbdosova Antoine Nedosinka.
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Paramount
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Hara
Jamaica Inn
Jed Prouty
Spring Byington
Vivien Leigh Clark Gable
Leslie Howard
Olivia de- Havilland and
Hattie McDaniel
Palace
Hedy Lamarr
Robert Taylor
George Brent
Olivia de- Havilland
Rialto Lee ‘Tracy
Club votes to make dinner an annual affair
Chairman Miss Iola Tillapaugh and Mrs E J Petranek led a decision to establish the dinner as an annual event. The club announced its first field trip will depart from the Coe campus at 8 am next Sunday.
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Iola Tillapaugh
E. J. Petranek
Coe
Pure Oil Posts 1939 Profit Jump In Chicago Report
Pure Oil Co reports 1939 net profit of 8,290,418 dollars, earning 111 cents per common share after preferred dividend deductions, up from 5,412,903 dollars or 38 cents per common share in 1938.
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Chicago
Pure Oil Company
Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People
Spendthrift of time and wasted hours appear in a reflective verse. The speaker, identified as Edgar A. Guest, contemplates the elapsing day from dawn to noon and the sense that chances slip away while one lounges in bed. The poem cautions against postponing action and the inevitability of death.
Eureka Feels Slight Earthquake Tuesday Afternoon
A minor tremor was recorded at 146 p m Tuesday in Eureka California and nearby Humboldt County towns with no major damage reported yet.
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Eureka
Calif
Ins
Humboldt County
Danube Thaw Ends Locking Hit on German Barge Route
The Danube in Bratislava has begun thawing after a period of lock-down since New Year. The break up of ice paves the way for the escape of a large German barge diverted to Romania for coal and grain, restoring south eastern Europe’s main transport link.
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Slovakia
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Germany
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Frigidaire
Frigitare
General Motors Sales Corporation
Dayton
Ohio
Dinner Quiz At Bird Club Draws 39 Members
The Cedar Rapids Bird club held a Monday dinner at the Commonwealth tea room with 39 attendees. In the radio quiz, teams were led by Miss Esther Copp and Miss Myra Willis, Copp’s team winning. first prize went to FE W Steffan, second to Alfred Wo Meyer, and consolation to Mrs Meyer.
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Bird Club
Commonwealth Tea Room
Esther Copp
Myra Willis
Copp
FE W Steffan
Rr Alfred Wo Meyer
Meyer
Lillian Serbousck
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