State's New Bill Will Please Many
Adeline Taylor notes the State theater program offers two films The Voice of Bugle Ann and 13 Hours By Air. Bugle Ann stars Lionel Barrymore in a hunter role with Eric Linden and Maureen O'Sullivan, while 13 Hours By Air features Gem thieves G-men Zasu Pitts Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett in a brisk, entertaining airliner era caper.
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Missouri Hills
New York
San Francisco
State Theater
Cedar Rapids
MacKinlay Kantor
Lionel Barrymore
Barrymore
Bugle
Eric Linden
Maureen O’sullivan
Ann
Grand Hotel
G-men
Zasu Pitts
Fred MacMurray
Joan Bennett
Hollywood
75 Million Fund For Needy Youth Is New Deal Plan
The national youth administration will receive 75 million dollars from the new work relief program to continue creating jobs for needy youths aged 16 to 25. The allotment exceeds the prior Williams allotment by 25 million from the existing 4 billion fund, supporting about 500,000 youths with New Deal security wages.
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New Deal
Washington
National Youth Administration
New Work Relief Program
Aubery W. Williams
Ghost Goes West Opens Tuesday at Paramount Theater
The program at Paramount Theater features Ghost Goes West starting Tuesday with Donald in a lineup of novelty acts. Also shown are Rookie Fireman, Yankee Doodle Rhapsody with Ferde Grofe and his orchestra, and the latest Paramount sound news.
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Paramount Theater
Donald
Ferde Grofe
Paramount Sound
Dancing Pirate Comes to Iowa in Technicolor Feature
The article promotes Dancing Pirate in Technicolor with a star cast including Charles Collins Frank Morgan Steffi Dunn Luis Alberni Victor Varconi Jack La Rue and the Royal Cansinos. A romantic colorful tale follows a young Boston dancing master shanghaied at sea and captured by pirates ending on Spanish California shores.
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Charles Collins
New York
London
Frank Morgan
Steffi Dunn
Luis Alberni
Victor Varconi
Jack la Rue
Royal Cansinos
Spain
Boston
Spanish California
Enterprising Negro Winds Up In Jail
In Wilson North Carolina a Negro man named Alexander Handy was jailed after a get rich quick scheme. He allegedly stole a cow from Henry Griffin then sold it to Wade Pearson for 35 dollars and later took the cow back from Pearson to claim a reward.
Dog Bark Costs Man $60 in Ontario Court
In Chatam Ontario Robert McCrie paid $60 after a dog bark frightened Thomas McRoberts' cow into an oil tank and caused his mare to bolt, injure itself, and trip over a wire. McRoberts sued McCrie and was awarded the $60.
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Chatam
Ont
Robert McCrie
Thomas McRoberts
McRoberts
McCrie
Ben Bernie Brings All The Lads To Danceland May 14
Dance fans in Iowa City will welcome Ben Bernie and his band all the lads for a 9 to 1 performance at Danceland on Thursday May 14. Advance tickets are available at Danceland box office Lyman's cafe Belden Hill's cigar store and the Academy in Iowa City. Mail orders require a money order and self addressed stamped envelope.
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Ben Bernie
Danceland
Hollywood
College Inn
Chicago
Bernie
America
Lyman
Belden Hill
The
Academy
Iowa City
Frank Brookhiser
Riverview Park Pavilion
Thornwood
Ralph Slade
Poirot and the Big Four Mystery Intrigue
World famous detective Hercule Poirot pursues the international gang known as the Big Four. Secret Service contact Mayerling dies mysteriously, and clues involve Li Chang Yen and a secret wireless beam plot. Hastings narrates hotel and lab intrigues as Halliday disappears and motives unfold.
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Hercule Poirot
Secret Service
Mayerling
Russia
Poirot
Li Chang Yen
Hastings
Hanwell Asylum
John Ingles
Kent
United States Secret Service
Halliday
The Disappearance of Mr Halliday in Paris
Mrs Halliday recounts husband’s travels from July 20 in Paris visiting Professor Bourgoneau and Madame Olivier. Poirot questions the sequence of events as the husband’s normal behavior contrasts with suspicions of infidelity, with routine meals and hotel stay noted up to the night of arrival back at the hotel.
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England
Poirot
Madame
Paris
Monsieur
Mon Ami
Giraud
The
Surete
Hercule Poirot
Professor Bourgoneau
Madame Olivier
Poiret
Madame Curie
Hotel Castiglione
Rue de Castiglione
Cafe Royal
Bois
Passy
Lost Polish man found by wife after 20 years
Jan Pycek, long presumed dead and memory erased since 1916, is recognized by his wife Albina after wandering the streets for two decades. He recalls nothing of the intervening years and has no memory of recent events.
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Lublin
Poland
Jan Pycek
Albina
Chinese criminal punishment in Kuangsi court sentences
In Kiangsu a notorious robber asked to be shot instead of strangled. Chinese criminals fear strangulation by cord, the common method for civil crimes. hanging is a greater disgrace, and the electric chair is unknown. Military and political offenders face firing squads.
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Nanking
China
Queen Mary Gifts Toys to Bethnal Green Museum
Queen Mary sends childhood treasures to the children's gallery at Bethnal Green museum in London's east end. The items include dolls' furniture tea-sets dinner-sets and a dissected map of Europe used to teach geography.
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London
Queen Mary
Children’s Gallery of
Bethnal Green Museum
East End
Europe
Norwegian bill could grant women equal access to government posts
Oslo report says Norwegian women may be eligible for all government roles including military and church if the bill passed by the lower house becomes law. During debate speakers urged equal nomination of women as ministers.
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Oslo
Norway
Soboda Official At First State Collegiate Track Meet
Ed ward M. Soboda a Cedar Rapids coal dealer and Y M C A official served as an umpire at Iowa’s first state collegiate track meet held in Grinnell on June 6 1890. He faced angry crowds while calling winners but later performed an Indian clubs act on the program to offset the controversy.
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E. M. Soboda
Edward M. Soboda
Cedar Rapids Fuel Company
Iowa
John Ely Brigg
Gazette
Grinnell
Soboda
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Y Gym
Sokol
Government vows gender equality in minister nominations
The minister of justice said common justice requires women to have equality while noting the government will exercise discretion in nominating women as ministers.
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Minister of Justice
Common Justice
Belgrade Peasant Swears Off Liquor For Year
Milich Chara, a peasant from Belgrade, publicly swore before a judge and crucifix that he would abstain from drinking for a year. The ceremony was intended to impress him on the seriousness of his pledge as he admitted he spent his earnings on liquor.
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Belgrade
Milich Charapitch
Charapitch
Archbishop condemns modern books as cocktail ingredients
The Archbishop of Canterbury mocked contemporary literature calling it like pills and tooth powder. He warned that after reading a few best sellers he would burn most works, saying the loss to literature would not be great if they were consigned to a bonfire.
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London
Canterbury
Man Jumps to Death From Sugar Loaf Rail Car
Antenor Gomes da Silva leaped from the Sugar Loaf mountain scenic railway car and died after a 500 foot fall. Authorities report this as the eighth suicide by similar means on the railway.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Antenor Gomes da Silva
Sugar Loaf
Washington's Pulse Felt Before Death, Writings Reveal
Tobias Lear, Washington's secretary, notes that the first President calmly checked his pulse ten minutes before death to acknowledge the end was near. This detail appears in Lear's writings about George Washington.
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United States
Tobias Lear
George Washington
Farley Urges Campaign Focus In New England
Postmaster General Farley urged the Roosevelt campaign to concentrate on New York and New England due to weak New Deal support. He wants major speeches there while anticipating a unanimous first ballot renomination and warns that opposition from Smith and Ely could shift momentum in key states.
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Farley
New England
Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Democratic National Committee
Vention
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Smith
Ely
Camping Coaches on Southern Rails Attract Holidaymakers
Southern Railway in southern England repurposes worn out coaches into camping coaches. The living quarters are placed on sidetracks near popular resorts and rented for 15 to 20 dollars weekly, accommodating six people per coach.
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London
Southern Railway
England
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