Burns and Allen to star in Hotel Haywire satire
Burns and Allen pulled twelve thousand dollars in a week from San Francisco as Gracie and George prepare to headline Paramount satire Hotel Haywire with Preston Sturges writing the story on a profit sharing basis. Also noted are moves involving Fred Stone at RKO, Boris Karloff’s film hunt at Hal Wallis, and Karloff’s London trip reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella O. Parsons
Universal Service
Los Angeles
Burns and Allen
San Francisco
Gracie
George
Georgie Porgie
Paramount
Hal Wallis
Boris Karloff
Gaumont- British
Warner Brothers
Karloff
London
City of Conquest sale draws all major studios
Hollywood chatter and industry moves focus on The City of Conquest winning film rights. Columbia plans to screen the New York melodrama as Ronald Howard and other stars head to new projects. Studios hire authors to adapt their own plays while several stars jet between shoots and openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aben Kandel
New York City
Columbia
Hollywood
Ronald Howard
Leslie Howard
Donald
Ronnie
Romeo
Leslie
Lonesome Pine
George O’brien
Sol Lesser
George Hirliman
O’brien
Gilbert Gabriel
New York American
James Lewis
Paramount
Gabriel
Clayton County Commercial Students Contest Held in McGregor
The annual contest for commercial students from Clayton county high schools will take place in McGregor on Saturday with Donald Whitmore in charge. Teams from Strawberry Point Elkader Guttenberg Marquette McGregor and Monona compete. A sectional contest will follow in McGregor on April 18 with twelve larger high schools from Clayton Allamakee Howard Winneshiek and Fayette counties entering teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Clayton County
Donald Whitmore
Strawberry Point
Elkader
Guttenberg
Marquette
Monona
Clayton
Allamakee
Howard
Winneshiek
Fayette Counties
The Primrose Path Is Easy To Take And Make
Nancy Page column by Florence La Ganke explores social trends and personal stories with a wry, observant tone. The piece sketches everyday foibles and prudent advice for readers navigating modern manners and moral choices.
Primrose Path Quilt Pattern Teases Easy Sewing
A dialogue discusses a quilt pattern with blocks to slide down a primrose path. It notes reversing blocks is avoided for simplicity, praises the design, and outlines color choices and a small eight inch square block.
Primrose Path Quilt Pattern Details and Sourcing
Instructions describe making a "Prim rose Path" quilt with light cardboard templates, no seams, and one-eighth inch seam allowances. It can be used for double or twin beds with mirrored paths for twin setups. Use fast color material, number 60 white thread, woolly texture cotton batt, and plain backing. Pattern can be obtained from Nancy Page at The Cedar Rapids Gazette for three cents, plus three cents per back pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Page
Cedar Rapids
Western Union Executives Briefly Visit Cedar Rapids
Four executives of the Western Union Telegraph company visited the Cedar Rapids office Tuesday morning. The group led by Roy B. White president J C Willever first vice president J J Welch vice president in charge of traffic and A D Bradley general manager left at 9 a m on a special car for Waterloo. They are making a tour of inspection through the central division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Roy B. White
J. C. Willever
J. J. Welch
New York City
A. D. Bradley
Omaha
Central Division
Jack Spratt Labels Free Saturday Film at Iowa Theater
Children can earn free admission to a Saturday 10 30 a m screen program at the Iowa theater by bringing five Jack Spratt food labels from products sold by local grocers. Labels may come from packages or cans and collaborations with Western Grocer Co. ensure all kids with five labels gain entry. those without must pay ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Spratt
Iowa Theater
Western Grocer Company
Cocoanut Grove Revels and Prisoner of Shark Island At Theaters
Theaters list shows Cocoanut Grove Revels on stage with Murder on a Bridle Path starring Helen Broderick and James Gleason on screen. Paramount Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart in The Prisoner of Shark Island. Laurel and Hardy in The Bohemian Girl. Will Rogers in In Old Kentucky with Two-Fisted, Lee Tracy and Gail Patrick. Escape from Devil's Island with Victor Jory and Florence Rice, The Oregon Trail with John Wayne. Born for Glory with Betty Balfour and John Mills, Folies Bergere with Maurice Chevalier and Ann Sothern. Under Pressure with Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen. Tama man pleads guilty to coal larceny. fines. Roy Sprague fined for overloaded truck. license to be purchased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cocoanut Grove
Helen Broderick
James Gleason
Paramount
Warner Baxter
Gloria Stuart
State
Laurel and Hardy
Palace
Will Rogers
Kentucky
Lee Tracy
Gail Patrick
Rialto
Devil’s Island
Victor Jory
Florence Rice
Oregon Trail
John Wayne
Betty Balfour
John Mills
Maurice Chevalier
Ann Sothern
Edmund Lowe
Victor McLaglen
Lofty Yacht for Shah of Iran Under Construction in Amsterdam
Beele & Company in Bolnes workers push to complete the 165 foot Chah-Sevar yacht by July 1. The Shah’s 7-foot height shapes design with vertical space, a 10-foot draft, three decks, twin diesel engines, 15 to 16 knot speed, and palatial western fittings for 18 guests. The vessel will travel via Leningrad and the Volga to the Caspian Sea, guarded by a special cradle for shallow canals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Beele & Company
Bolnes
Iran
Leningrad
Volga River
Caspian Sea
Volga
Priests Escape City Besieged By Communists
Ten Spanish Franciscan priests fled Yenan Shensi after five months of siege by Communist forces. Bishop Ibanez led a 125 mile snow covered retreat to Tungchow with several soldiers and priests dying from exposure and battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Ins
Yenan
Shensi
Ibanez
Tungchow
Gasoline Requires Air for Efficient Combustion
A gallon of gasoline needs about ninety pounds of air to burn efficiently. This fact highlights the air demand involved in typical fuel combustion processes and may influence engine design and fuel economy discussions.
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Burns-Allen
Fred Stone
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Stone
Sam Briskin
RKO
Briskin
Jean Parker
Andy Devine
Glenda Farrell
Addison Randall
Vine Street
Informer
Josephine Hutchinson
Jimmy Townsend
Tanforan
Myron Selznicks
Selznicks
New York
Ile de France
Franchot Tone
Stokowski
Santa Barbara
Walter Catlett
Joseph Cawthorn
Joe
Marlene Dietrich
Willis Goldbeck
John Otterson
Adolph Zukor
Gert
Nera
George Karns
Ea Pees
Norman Foster
Florence Rice In
Devil's Island
Feg Murray
ee _ ERIK RHODES IGON
Salton Sea
Robert Taylor
Sanna Karenina
Dark Angel
Patacom Island
Paramount News
Rae Port
Florence la Ganke
Nancy
Western Union Co
Tama
John Clark
E. C. Carnal
Roy Sprague
Barnes City
Sprague
Banjo
Lovelies
Ieee
Shantungs
Chambrays
Land O’cotton
Land O’cotton Shop
Bill
LUX
Aana
Baku
Ballibuntal
Martin
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