Cab Calloway Heads to Iowa for May 24 Engagement
Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club orchestra bring a three day show to the Town theater starting Wednesday May 24 with Minnie the Moocher and a sequel song Kickin the Gong Around plus torrid dance music and comedy. The screen feature Lucky Devils stars Bill Boyd Dorothy Wilson Roscoe Ates and William Gorgan.
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Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher
Cab
Min
Smoky Joe
Minnie
Irving Mills
Calloway
Mind as a scientific guide in moral questions dialogue
Albert Edward Wiggam discusses education motivation and the limits of science in answering moral questions. He argues science places society's rights above individuals, notes people resist changing beliefs, and praises fiction for exploring ideal human nature while cautioning against psychoanalytic overreach.
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Galsworthy
Ancient Roman Fortress Found Atop Sahara Hill
An ancient Roman fort is discovered forty miles from Tamanrasset in the Algerian Sahara by French savant Professor Reveasse II. The vast stone complex sits atop a hill with eleven chambers and is in near perfect preservation. Locally called the Tomb of Ahalesei it is linked to Tuareg lore and a royal princess legend.
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Algiers
Ap)i
Tamanrassit
Algerian Sahara
Reveasse II
Ahalesei
Cousin Marriages A Scientific Explanation
A short booklet explains why cousin marriages occur and weighs advantages and disadvantages. It notes love at first sight and offers to mail the pamphlet free with stamped self-addressed envelope and a three-cent stamp to cover cost. Request from Dr. Albert Edward Wirgam care of this newspaper.
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Albert Edward Wirgam
Two Thrilling Films At Rialto For Short Engagement
Rialto shows two new pictures with high action. One features gunplay on docks and a speakeasy brawl, the other a daring horse leap over a speeding car. A driverless car plunges over a cliff in a chase scene. Diamond Trail opens Friday for two days.
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the Rialto
Fragmented OCR Note Lacks Clear Event
The readable text presents scattered words and names with no coherent event or subjects. No identifiable persons or organizations form a complete report.
Smail Stock Assn Holds Lawn Show Sunday
Smail Stock Assn holds a lawn show Sunday at Nis Park featuring three kinds of fur animals including rabbits and cavies. Harold Higdon of Waterloo will officiate at the judging table as entries come from Des Moines Dubuque Knoxville and other towns. The group formed in January and grew to about forty members in five months.
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Mee
Nupads
Asa Av Oa
Nis Park
Harold Higdon
Water
Nes Moines Dubuque
Knoxville
Theaters Show Proms and Pictures in Local Run
Hobart Bosworth stars on stage with three other acts while Sailor Be Good features Jack Oakie and Viviene Osborne. Paramount presents Made on Broadway with Sally Eviers. State shows Murders in the Zoo with Charles Ruggles and Lionel Atwill. Palace screens Fast Life with William Haines. Rialto offers Diamond Trail and The Girl From Calgary with Rex Bell and Fifi DOrsay.
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Iowa
Hobart Bosworth
Sailor Be Good
Jack Oakie
Vivenne Osborne
Paramount
Robert Montgomery
Sally Eviers
Palace
William Haines
Rialto
Rex Bell
Fifi D’orsay
Calgary
Original Desert Song Road Show Heads To Iowa Stage
The complete Desert Song road show arrives at the Iowa theater for two nights Monday and Tuesday May 22 23. Perry Askam stars as The Red Shadow in Sigmund Romberg's romantic musical drama with a screen program featuring The Unwritten Law.
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Iowa Theater
The
Iowa
Perry Askam
Red Shadow
Sigmund Romberg
Askam
Lfe
Santa Clara
Italy
California
Hollywood
Notable Motown of 1930s Film Stars Gather
Greta Nissen Skeets Gallagher Mary Brian Louise Fazenda Lew Cody and Hedda Hopper appear in a studio circle as listed figures in a 1930s entertainment feature. The piece notes their presence and careers within the studio system.
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Greta Nissen
Skeets Gallagher
Mary Brian
Louise Fazenda
Lew Cody
Hedda Hopper
Shannon Dam Besieged By Muskrats
In Limerick Ireland the Shannon power station faces a muskrat threat after three were shot near the works. Government launches extermination campaign and imports rodents to curb the growing population believed to number in the hundreds of thousands.
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Shannon Dam
Limerick
Ireland
Great Shannon
Shannon Works
Bishop Longley to Visit St. John's Sunday
The Right Rev. Harry S. Longley bishop of Iowa will visit St. John s Episcopal church on Sunday. He will celebrate holy communion at 8 a m address the Sunday school children at 10 administer the rite of confirmation and preach at 11.
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Harry S. Longley
Davenport
Iowa
St. John’s” Episcopal Church
Longley
Civil service salary exempt from garnishment ruling
The civil service commission states that a civil service employee’s salary cannot be garnisheed. This preserves employee income from creditor claims while in government service.
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Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Man Found Walking After Reported Death Near Vihton
Lou Paulsen of this city was found alive after sheriff Nile Morena and Night Marshal Earl Olmstead were dispatched to a roadside scene eight miles south of Vihton where a man had been lying on the paving hours earlier. Paulsen said he had been hiking from Van Horne and fell asleep resting with his feet on the road.
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Yvinton
Vihton
Nile Morena
Earl Olmstead
Lou Paulsen
Paulsen
van Horne
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Charles Ruggles
Lionel Atwil
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Bill Lee Tracy
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Tom Mix
Mickey Rooney
Pride OF the Legion
Barbara Kent
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Sally Blane
Rin Tin Tin, Jr
H. S. Longley
St. John’s
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Theodores
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Geo. E. Stone
Cotton Club Orchestra
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Montrose
Ick Lakes Barrels
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