Will Barber Life Film Set By Universal Bosses
Hollywood gossip notes a Will Barber biopic in development with Sam Briskin producing The Life of Will Barber Gene Raymond to star as the young war correspondent Irene Dunne named for Madame Curie biopic discussions at Universal Colman eyed for Sir Walter Raleigh role in next year Fairbanks engages in Last Minstrel project Jobyna Howland defends herself over Fairbanks spear claim Dick Powell prepares for Stage Struck with Joan Blondell Sonja Henie lands leading film role in The Champagne Waltz skating to be showcased in Hollywood exhibitions
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Universal Service
Los Angeles
Will Barber
Young Barber
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Frederick Courtney Barber
Sam Briskin
Gene Raymond
Lou Lusty
Pierre Curie
Charles Rogers
Universal
Charlie
Irene Dunne
Irene
Back Street
Miss Dunne
Columbia
Paramount
Jerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein
Douglas Fairbanks
Ronald Colman
Walter Raleigh
Young Doug
Colman
Battle of Floodenfield
Walter Scott
Fairbanks
Criterion Films
Dick Powell
Warner
Jack Warner
Warners
Joan Blondell
Sonja Henie
Hollywood
Patterson McNutt
Leena Owen
St. Moritz
League Secretariat Says Italy Loses Trade To Sanctions
In Geneva the League of Nations Secretariat reports Italy's gains from victory in Ethiopia offset by heavy trade losses due to sanctions. Exports to 19 major countries fall from 7,194,000 gold dollars in March 1935 to 1,029,0? in March this year, signaling prolonged economic strain amid unresolved sanctions.
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Geneva
INS
Italy
Ethiopia
Secretariat
League of Nations
League Today
League
Britain
Ickes Aims to Cut PWA Staff by 20 Percent
The bill proposes hourly pay for a 13 hour work week to push industry toward higher wages for fewer hours. Chairman James P. Buchanan supported the amendment saying prevailing wages in cities like New York should apply nationwide. Connery expects Senate acceptance and incorporation into the act. The House moved the relief bill quickly, adjourning with votes pending on non partisan boards and on passage of the measure. The PWA earmark proposal for 350 million dollars collapsed after McCormack ruled it out of order.
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James P. Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
New York
Connery
Senate
House
PWA
Harold L. Ickes
Public Works Administration
John McCormack
Mass
Alfred F. Beiter
N. Y
Duce Reclassifies Addis Envoys Diplomatic Status
In Addis Ababa foreign envoys, including US Minister Cornelius Engert, lose official status as Italy declares the Ethiopian government non existent. Italian officials deliver a verbal note stripping their accreditions, while Italian troops search huts and seize looted property amid renewed terrorism.
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Duce
Addis Ababa
INS
Italy
United States
Cornelius van H. Engert
Adolfo Alessanmerini
Black Shirts
Legation
ALICE Longworth critiques relief money split
Washington column notes a public squabble between Ickes and Hopkins over the 1.5 billion relief appropriation. Hopkins demands WPA control for the entire sum, while Ickes seeks half for PWA. The piece argues earmarking preserves executive control and taxes, with ALICE LONGWORTH offering sharp commentary.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
New Deal
Ethiopia Bank Reopens as Italian Rule Tightens
An Italian officer reports lawlessness spreading in outlying regions near Addis Ababa. Bandits attacked an ambu lance killing the driver and bearer and burned a hotel at Dis hofta, thirty miles from the capital. Thirty thousand troops patrol the city as the Bank of Ethiopia reopens with resources placed at the Italian government's disposal.
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Dishofta
Addis Ababa
Sidies
Negushe Bank of
Ethiopia
Postville Club Honors Edward Staadt With Stage Folk Tribute
The Monday club met at Mrs. Will Leal's home to study Glimpses of Stage Folk honoring Edward Staadt former Postville resident and University of Minnesota drama chief. Honorine Otley Falb reviewed Winds in the South and Mrs. Will Leal shared Staadt's life.
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Postville
Will Leal
Edward Staadt
University of Minnesota
Honorine Otley Falb
Willeul
Niece accuses James of plotting fiancé plane death
Lois Wright, 21, claims her uncle Robert S. James plotted the death of her fiancé Cecil Allen after he died in a Bendix race plane crash. She says James pressured her to take life insurance in his name and notes his alleged pattern of deaths for insurance gains.
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Los Angeles
INS
Lois Wright
Robert S. James
Cecil Allen
Allen
Miss Wright
Casanova
James
Mary Busch James
Woman Arrested For Reckless Driving Wrecks Jail Room
Mary Hybl a 34 year old from 1107 Ninth Street SE was arrested by Patrolman Earl Davis after a high speed chase in a private car. She damaged the city jail quarters by breaking a table ripping a mattress and battering walls before being moved to the county jail strong room. She fought officers hitting Patrolman Stusak with a pair of record books. Hybl was charged with reckless driving and malicious damage to property and fined 100 dollars on each charge with half the reckless driving fine suspended if paid.
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Mary Hybl
Ninth Street
Miss Hybl
Earl Davis
Davis
Jack Skalicky
Sixteenth Avenue
Stusak
Wal nut Kernel weekly paper from California
The Wal nut Kernel is a weekly California newspaper known for local briefs and community notices. It covers town events, markets, and social happenings for residents seeking community news.
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California
The
Walnut Kernel
Hindenburg First U S Trade Flight Sighted Over New York
The airship Hindenburg crossed Long Island at dawn en route to Lakehurst after a dramatic pass by New York landmarks including the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty. Passengers observed crowds below, a storm lashed the deck, and German rival Bremen watched with searchlights as officials noted the voyage's dangers and thrills.
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Long Island
Empire State Building
New York
Central Park
Hudson
Germany
Bremen
Lakehurst
Hindenburg
Atlantic
Eckener
Indenburg
Theaters Show New Titles At Paramount Palace Rialto And Olympic
The listings note new features at multiple venues including Paramount with Small Town Girl starring Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor. IOWA presents The Ex Mrs Bradford with William Powell and Jean Arthur. STATE offers A Message to Garcia with Wallace Beery and Barbara Stanwyck and Three Godfathers with Chester Morris and Irene Hervey. Palace runs Nevada with Larry Crabbe and The Lady Consents with Ann Harding and Herbert Marshall. Rialto presents Roarin Guns with Tim McCoy and Laddie with John Beal and Gloria Stuart. Olympic features The Cowboy Millionaire with George O'Brien and Og Kennedy and Bela Lugosi in The Raven with Boris Karloff.
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Wallace Beery
Barbara Stanwyck
Garcia
Chester Morris
Irene Hervey
Godfathers
George O’brien
Og Kennedy
Bela Lugosi
Boris Karloff
Dr Crawford Installed Linn County Medical Society President
Dr Jennings Crawford, Cedar Rapids physician for over fifty years, was installed as president of the Linn County Medical Society at its annual meeting held Friday night at Hotel Montrose. Dr A R Zurcher will be president-elect next year.
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Jennings Crawford
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Medical Society
Montrose
A. R. Zuercher
F. F. Ebersole
Mount Vernon
Robert Y. Netolicky
F. W. Mulson
G. E. Crawford
J. Lynn Crawford
Crawford
Johns Hopkins University
Hartford Hospital
Hartford
Conn
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ugh Hampton Young
Medical
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
Young
Frank Skinner
Marion
Cedar county Young Democrats to Meet at Courthouse
The Cedar county Young Democrats plan a meeting in the courthouse on Tuesday evening. Martin I. McCarthy of Davenport, vice president of the Young Democrats of Iowa, will deliver an address.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Young Democrats
Martin I. McCarthy
Davenport
The
Young Democrats of
Iowa
Sunset Trilogy Over Nevada Mountains Confuses Pacific Flights
Travelers en route to the Pacific coast report seeing three sunsets within an hour as planes cross Nevada mountain ranges, creating an unusual aviation display and potential confusion for crew and passengers.
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Pacific Coast
Nevada
Police Seek Duo After Abduction Of Girl In Car
A Northwest Side girl was seized by two men in a dirty blue sedan late Friday as she walked home. She escaped by jumping from the car and flagging a second vehicle. One suspect was short and the other tall. she provided a license number for police to check.
Miss Gaynor Sells The Paramount In Romance Film
Janet Gaynor stars as a naive small town wife in a Paramount romance opposite Robert Taylor as a conflicted surgeon. Lewis Stone Charley Grapewin and Edgar Kennedy provide strong support as the doctor’s circle. Mickey Mouse in Grand Opera and a Paramount News add further entertainment on the bill.
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Paramount
Janet Gaynor
Robert Taylor
Urbane
Miss Gaynor
Lewis Stone
Charley Grapewin
Edgar Kennedy
Mickey Mouse
Olin Consolidated School Announces Commencement Program
The Olin consolidated school schedules a May 13 baccalaureate at the auditorium with Rev. Lloyd Dutro as speaker. Valedictory honors go to Charlotte Swenson and salutatory honors to Marie Phillips. Class members include Marie Ohlsen, Jean Glick, Gwen Tudor, Hazel Wood, Eunice Murfield, Arthur McCrea, Theo Ballou, Roland Fall, Theola Hunter, Vernie Kreger, Paul Levsen, Lester Wright, Frederick Engelking, Howard Jones, Morris Lane, Mary Levien, Elsa Peck, who assist with the music.
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OLIN
Olin Consolidated School
Lloyd Dutro
Charlotte Swenson
Marie Phillips
Marie Ohlsen
Jean Glick
Gwen Tudor
Hazel Wood
Eunice Murfield
Arthur McCrea
Theo Ballou
Roland Fall
Theola Hunter
Vernie Kreger
Paul Levsen
Lester Wright
Frederick Engelking
Howard Jones
Morris Lane
Mary Levien
Elsa Peck
Ex Mrs Bradford Entertains In Light Mystery Cast
A lively 1936 film review praises The Ex Mrs Bradford for witty dialogue and polished direction. Jean Arthur shines beside William Powell with supporting turns from Robert Armstrong Lila Lee Grant Mitchell and Ralph Morgan making the whodunit engaging for spring cinema audiences.
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James Gleason
Eric Blore
Robert Armstrong
Lila Lee
Grant Mitchell
Erin O’brien-Moore
Ralph Morgan
Leon Errol
Bradford
Jean Arthur
William Powell
W. M
Iowa Division of Univ Women Elects Officers
At the tenth anniversary Iowa convention in Ames the Iowa division of the American Association of University Women elected Mrs. Leon G. Wood of Des Moines as division president. Other officers include Mrs. L. H. Hart Cedar Falls first vice president Mrs. George R. Fowler Ames second vice president Martha Berry Indianola third vice president Willetta Straham Muscatine secretary and Mrs. A E Regel Charles City treasurer Mrs Wood succeeds Mrs A H Fuller of Ames.
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Ames
Iowa
American Association of University Women
Leon G. Wood
Des Moines
L. H. Hart
Cedar Falls
George R. Fowler
Martha Berry
Indianola
Willetta Straham
Muscatine
A. E. Regel
Charles City
Wood
A. H. Fuller
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