Two Equal Features at Iowa Theater This Week
The Iowa theater offers two equal features Torchy Blane in Panama and Call of the Yukon. Lola Lane stars as Torchy Blane in a New York to Panama mystery with a clever crook and clear solution. Richard Arlen stars with a wolf dog in an Alaska romance adapted from Curwood. A rubber doll manufacture reel and an all girl orchestra accompany the program.
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Iowa
Torchy Blane
Lola Lane
Indianola
Glenda Farrell
Warner Oland
Charlie Chant
Miss Lane
Miss Blane
Torchy
New York
Panama
Yukon
James Oliver Curwood
Ina Ray Hutton
S.M
Comedy Of Studio Life Heads Rialto Program
Rialto presents a madhouse of cheap mirth headlined by She Married An Artist starring John Boles and Luli Deste in Paris studio life antics. Second feature Alias Bull og Drummond with Fay Wray and Jack Hulbert is a mystery thriller. Serial Secret Agent X-9 ninth chapter plays with light comedy and re view.
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Rialto Bill
John Boles
Luli Deste
New York
Bullog Drummond
Fay Wraynd
Jack Hulbert
Edgar A. Guest Poet of the People
Poet Edgar A. Guest rests at noon beneath a tree and enjoys a simple lunch. He describes sixty minutes free from frets as a canopy of calm overhead. The scene highlights a tranquil, air conditioned venue with pure solo numbers and sunlit stage lace.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Theaters Show New Card Of Films In Iowa Listings
At the theaters in Iowa the slate features Torch y Blane in Panama with Lola Lane and Paul Kelly Call of the Yukon with Richard Arlen and Beverly Roberts Paramount The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with Tom M y Kelly May Robson Jackie Grant Walter Brennan and Victor Jory New State College Swing with Burns and Allen Martha Vaye and Bob Hope Tip Off Girls with Mary Carlisle Lloyd Nolan Roscoe Burns Strand Loretta Young Pryor Power in Second Honeymoon The Jones Family in Hot Water Palace Handy Andy with Will Rogers Time Out For Romance with Claire Trevor and Michael Whalen Rialto She Married An Artist with John Boles Luli Deste Alias Bulldog Drummond with Fay Wray and Jack Hulbert
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Iowa
Panama
Lola Lane
Paul Kelly
Richard Arlen
Beverly Roberts
Paramount
Tom Sawyer
Tommy Kelly
May Robson
Jackie Gran
Walter Brennan
Victor Jory
NEW State
Burns and Allen
Martha Aye
Bob Hope
Mary Carlisle
Lloyd Oland
Roscoe Burns
Strand
Loretta Young
Pryrone Power
Hollywood Memories of Dazzling and Dramatic Stars
A collage recalls iconic moments from early Hollywood. Instances include Johnny Weissmuller and Lupita battles, Harry Langdon’s Christmas gift to his secretary, Norma Shearer urged to quit acting, and Fred Astaire noted as balding yet talented. Also mentions Lilyan Tashman, Robert Montgomery on MGM contrasts, Tallulah Bankhead clashing with a columnist, and Clara Bow’s devotion to Gary Cooper.
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Ollywood
Johnny Weissmuller
Lupita
Harry Langdon
Norma Shearer
Paramount
Fred Astaire
Lilyan Tashman
Roosevelt Hotel
Edmund Lowe
Robert Montgomery
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Clark Gable
Columbia
Tallulah Bankhead
Hollywood
Colony Club
David Selznick
Kay Francis
Countess di Frasso
Clara Bow
Gary Cooper
John Barrymore
Mrs. Jacobs
Hollywood Ink and Sailfish Tales Spill Over
A gossiping columnist lists top redhead and brunette stars with playful defiance, then recounts Bing Crosby’s tomato juice mishap and a charitable street vendor actress. anecdotes follow on William Powell’s hospital stay and Errol Flynn’s Caribbean sailfish caper, with brash humor and glam critique throughout.
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear on May 16 1938 at 9 o clock A M the instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of W F Severs deceased for proof and admission to probate. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk of the District Court Deacon Sargent and Spansler Attorneys Cedar Rapids Iowa May 2 1938.
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Linn County
District Court
W F Severs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edwin W. Lundquist
Sargent and
Spansler
Hanford Post Endorses Jim Franken for District Commander
James Franken, commander of Hanford American Legion post, was endorsed Tuesday night for commander of the Second District with the district election set for a Dubuque meeting. A McKinley band program and Harold Reeves performed as part of the evening, followed by a Cornell College wrestling exhibition and club reports from several post committees.
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James Franken
Hanford
American Legion
Dubuque
McKinley High School
Paul Anthony
Harold Reeves
Dick Barker
Cornell College
Cornell
Gordon Ellison
Mount Vernon
A.A.U
Dale Brand
Fort Dodge
Bill Lyman
Clinton
Gene Tornquist
Mitchellville
Barker
Ellison
Roy Olson
Dwight Krumholtz
James P Winn
Frank Stepanek
James H. Smith
Charles A. J Marousek
Daylight Extends Late North in England
The piece notes England stays daylight long into late spring and early summer, with sunset around 11 p.m., highlighting the longer northern daylight compared to the United States.
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England
United States
Train Dog Crate Verse Reaches Derby in Record Time
A dog shipped by rail from Swansea to Derby carried a crate with a verse for porters and trainmen. The poem asks the porter to hurry the crate to the Derby train, praising swift service. The dog and crate arrived at their destination in record time.
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Swansea
England
Derby
Porter
Comma Shifts Distance to Wolf 424 by 18 Trillion Miles
In Williams Bay Wisconsin the Yerkes observatory announced Wolf 424 may be earths nearest star. A missing comma in a copy of the notice altered the distance by about 18 trillion miles, affecting the interpretation of the star's proximity.
Rail route to El Salvador via Mexico and Guatemala
A journey southward from the United States can be made by rail as far as El Salvador, crossing Mexico and Guatemala.
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United States
el Salvador
Mexico
Guatemala
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Comedy of Studio Life
Rialto
Workman
Cardinal
Buddy Rogers
June Clyde
Claire Luce
Jimmie, Fidler
Pola Negri
IICE
Madeleine Carroll
Dolores del’ Rio
Jeanette MacDonald
Olivia de Haviland
Claudette Colbert
Irene Dunne
Olympe Bradna
Gloria Stuart
Gladys Swarthout
Bing Crosby
Studio
Bing
Paramount Studio
Louis King
William Powell
Bill
M-G-M
Warner Brothers
Errol Flynn
Caribbean
Flynn
Mel
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
James Ellison
Beulah Bondi
Charles Coburn
Ned
Philanderer
Marco, the
Magnificent
Samuel Goldwyn
Marco Polo
Archie Mayo
United Artists
Martha Raye
Lloyd Nolan
Palace
Will Rogers
Claire Trevor
Michael
Whalen Avis
Louis Panico
Danceland
Rial
Fay Wray
Jack Walbert
Bulldog Drummond
Secret Agent X-9
Comedy Review
Jim Franken
Labor Party
Mack Johnson
Montrose Hotel
General Motors Sales Corporation
Dayton,o
Ceneral Motors
General Motors
Frigidaire
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