Cat and the Fiddle Opens at Paramount in Four Day Run
Romantic musical debuts starring Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald at the Paramount with a four day engagement. The pair, celebrated for concert tours, bring a popular screen and stage act to the film adaptation of The Cat and the Fiddle with songs including The Night Was Made for Love and She Didn’t Say Yes. Also featured is a Disney Mickey Mouse cartoon Playful Pluto for kids and adults.
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Paramount Theater
Ramon Novarro
Jeanette MacDonald
Europe
New York
Paramount
Pluto
General Municipal Election Ballot For Superintendent Race
Official ballot listing the General Municipal Election held March 26 1934 for the position of Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements. Vote for one candidate as indicated on the ballot.
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Superintendent of Public Safety
Anc
New Books At Public Library
A list of new library acquisitions covers works on ancient Near East studies by J H Breasted, social morality by JT H Tufts, Julia Peterkin’s Negro life, and cultural analyses by W A Orton. Biographies include Eva Le Gallienne and Jacob Wassermann. Travel and adventure titles feature Beatrice Borland, Beatrice Fleming, and Peter Fleming, plus gardening guides by Ortioff and Bailey.
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J H
Near East
America
Tufts
Tut
Arde
W A Orton
Achmed Abduhlah
Autor
Eva le Galvienne
Eva le Gallienne
New York
Jacob Wassermann
Asia
Beatrice Borland
San Francisco
Istanbul
Peter Fieming
Water Works Question Cedar Rapids Public Measure
Notice to voters asks if Cedar Rapids should extend municipal water works, incur debt not exceeding 140000 dollars, issue bonds for the purpose, and levy a tax of one mill per year to pay bonds and interest, with revenues from operation to be used for bond payments. The measure asks for approval of the tax if needed.
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Cedar Rapids
City of
Cedar Rapids Nations Bank Claims Noted by Comptroller
Treasury notice in Washington on February 2 1934 requires all claimants against The Cedar Rapids Nations Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa to file proofs with Receiver Robert S Cook within three months or be disallowed. Comptroller T O Connor signs the document.
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Treasury Department
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D. C
Cedar Rapids Nations Bank
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Robert S. Cook
T. O'Connor
Will Rogers on wage disputes and stalled strikes
Will Rogers suggests a wartime style compromise where workers owners and government each provide two people to keep operations moving during a wage dispute. He notes back pay or hour reductions could be awarded if reconciliation favors labor, avoiding public conflict while allowing quiet negotiations.
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Hollywood
Will
Skyway and Tom Mix Bring Western Action to Olympic
The Olympic program opens Thursday with Skyway based on an original idea and fast-paced starts, promising rapid adventures for its scrappy hero. The Rustlers Roundup stars Tom Mix in frontier action from 1860 to 1905 as a peace officer across New Mexico Oklahoma Kansas and Texas. Two cartoons round out the screening.
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Tom Mix II
West
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Mix
Theaters Show Busy Weekend. Stars at Paramount Majestic Rialto
At the theaters this week actors headline across venues. Dane Fairbanks Jr and Genevieve Tobin star in Success at Any Price at theaters A, with Walter Huston and Frances Dee in Keep Em Rolling at Paramount alongside James Cagney and Bette Davis in Jimmy the Gent. Sleepers East screens state wide with Wynne Gibson and Preston Foster. Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery headline Letty Lyndon at Majestic, Edmund Lowe and Nancy Gethin also appear. Olsons Big Moment features El Brendel. Irene Dunne leads The Silver Cord at Rialto. Tom Mix stars in The Rustlers Roundup at Olympic S.
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Doug Fairbanks, JR
Walter Huston
TOWA
Dane Fairbanks, Jr
Genevieve Tobin
Frances Dee
Wynne Gibson
Preston Foster
Majestic
Joan Crawford
Robert Montgomery
Letty Lynton
Edmund Lowe
Nancy Gethin
Palacf
Germans invent horseback piano for rider access
A German invention allows a piano to be carried on a horse with the keyboard within reach of the rider. The design enables playing while mounted, combining mobility with musical performance.
Iowa Sees Largest Iowa Recruit Quota In Three Years
Sergt William Melton in charge of the Des Moines United States army recruiting station announced a 56 man Iowa quota for the Fourteenth cavalry and the Eighteenth field artillery at Fort Des Moines. Eligible are men 18 to 35 who pass a strict physical and have no prior convictions.
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William Melton
United States Army
Federal Building
Des Moines
Fourteenth Cavalry
Eighteenth Field Artillery
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Melton
This Man Is Mine at the Town Friday
Irene Dunne and Ralph Bellamy star in This Man Is Mine opening Friday at the Town with Kay Johnson. Cherry Sisters offer The Gypsy's Warning vaudeville for two days, adding local celebrity appeal to the program.
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Irene Dunne
Ralph Bellamy
Kay Johnson
Cherry Sisters
Constance Cummings
Bellamy
Miss Dunne
Irene
Constance
O’grady
Miss Cummings
Cherry Sisters to Perform Three Shows Daily This Weekend
The Cherry Sisters stage shows run Friday and Saturday with three performances daily at 3 7 and 9 pm. Amber class of nineteen awaiting Palm Sunday confirmation at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. Names listed for the class include Lois Thuman Richard Helgen Henry Dirks Edward Harms and several others. Oxford Junction bride Ruth Onalee Gable wed Joe A Lerfeld at home of the bride's parents with Rev W A Walgemuth officiating.
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Miss Dunne
Cherry Sisters
Amber
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Here
Palm Sunday
Lois Thuman
Richard Helgen
Henry Dirks
Edward Harms
Willam Harms
Maynard Kuhns
Myron Kuhns
Leslie Balster
Theodore Freese
Donald Danneman
Dennis Tobiasson
Irene Freese
Selena Antons
Louise Thellen
Luella Sechusen
Bernice Poppe
Caroline Bodeker
Meta Ortgles
Oxford Junction
Ruth Onalee Gable
O. A. Gable
Joe A. Lerfeld
W. A. Walgemuth
Wedding Bells for Miss Gable and World War Vet
Mrs. Willam Horstman and O. A. Gable Jr. witnessed a spring ceremony with an arch of flowers and Talisman rose bouquet. Onalee Horstman was ring bearer. The couple, she a Cedar Rapids Business College graduate and 1933 Oxford Junction graduate, and he a World War II veteran who runs Lenfeld cafe, celebrated at the Blackhawk hotel in Davenport with a wedding breakfast.
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Willam Horstman
O. A. Gable, Jr
Onalee Horstman
Blackhawk
Davenport
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Olympic
FBI
SKY Ways
Kathryn Crawford
Ray Walker
Tom Tix
THE
Rustlers
Tony
Noah Gerry, Jr
Nancy Carroll
the Mask OF
FU Manchu
Rodhimer
Boris Karloff
Karen Morley, Marna Lou
Charles Sturrett, Tead, Stone
Jean Oversholt
Paramount World News
Roth
Voutiteue Stars
Non Rove
Mickey Mouse
Cros
Milan
Frokie
Sin York Cabs
Wapeed
Osvels Boe
Panera
George
Don Rou
Tien Werry
Public
Countries
England
France
Germany
Central America
China
United States
NS Ortioff
L. H Bailey
Supaner
Rowovsky Wes
Cook Jonn
Kruidenter Dan
Rahn Zika Sheftio Stefan
Louis J
L. J. Storey
Feetter
Frank Wood
Third Street
Kimball
Rial
Joel McCrea
3 Musketeers
Beershady
Ae Ca
Toeblet Ak Fem
Kings of Rhythm
Man
Witie
Will Rogers
Tom Mix
Come To
James Cagney and
Bette Davis
Jimmy the Gent
Wonne Gibson
Thy
Pryor
Lpts
Tom Vatricals
Rabtut Curtann —News
Cecil B. DeMillee
Olsen
el Brendel
Barbara Weeks
Walter Catlett
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Red Nichols
Owens Sisters
James Cagney
Broadway
P.mon Novarro, Samer Donald
Rome
Frank Morgan
Vivienne Segal
Jean Hers Holy Ables Butterworth
Playful Pluto
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