MGM signs Philip Dorn to lead role in Escape
Hollywood gossip notes Philip Dorn, six feet two, 180 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes, signed by MGM to play the doctor in Escape joining Robert Taylor Norma Shearer Paul Lukas Nazimova and Elsa Basserman under Mervyn LeRoy. The cast is filling for the Nazi Germany tale adapted from Ethel Vance, with Dorn’s contract purchased from Universal as the studio builds a strong property for the production already underway.
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Hollywood Celebs React to Connolly Death and RKO Deal Notes
Hollywood mourns Walter Connolly after a sudden illness traced to a prior leg vein issue. The industry also notes the RKO agreement set by Andy Lawlor to borrow Jeffrey Lynn for Sunny and Dennis Morgan for Nanette. Report highlights star sightings at the Philharmonic revival and other social rounds.
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San Francisco Memorial Day
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World’s Largest Mouths Ranked by Sea Mammal and Hippo
The whale reportedly holds the record for the largest mouth in the world, with the hippopotamus ranked second. This comparison highlights extreme jaw and gape size across large aquatic mammals.
Personal Health Service Conceding Rheumatism Treatment
The column suggests a personal treatment approach for rheumatism including iodine, vitamin D at 200 000 units daily for two to three months, vitamin C and A rich diets, and calcium intake from milk cheese peas greens and other foods. It notes skepticism about popular remedies and invites readers to request a monograph on iodine and the high calcium diet.
Supplement Diet With Wheat Germ and Vitamins
The text advises extending a diet with vitamin D calcium and phosphorus, plus wheat germ meal. It recommends at least three ounces daily and securing fresh weekly or biweekly supplies from a miller who can mail or deliver. Wheat germ offers vitamin B complex and, when fresh, vitamin E.
Questionable Medical Claims and Quack Remedies Exposed
The text cites dubious injections and tonics for herpes and fatigue, mentions three alleged institutions as quack sources, and warns readers to consult a physician. It also references a monograph offer and urges caution against self diagnosis and unverified treatments.
Theaters Run New Double Feature Card Across Iowa
Paramount shows Viva Cisco Kid and Half a Sinner with Walter Catlett and Island of Doomed Men with Peter Lorre in Iowa. Higgens Family stars Grandpa Goes to Town. State presents 20 Mule Team with Wallace Beery and Marjorie Rambeau plus The Lion Has Wings with Merle Oberon. Palace features Remember the Night with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray and Nick Carter Detective with Walter Pidgeon and Rita Johnson. Rialto pits Duke of West Point with Louis Hayward and Tom Brown and The Border Patrolman with George OBrien. Strand features Laugh It Off with Constance Moore and The Witness Vanishes with Edmund Lowe.
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Cesar Romero
Jean Rogers
Walter Catlett
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Higgins
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Wallace Berry
Marjorie Rambeau
Merle Oberon
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Fred’ MacMurray
Nick Carter
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Rita Johnson
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Louis Hayward
Tom Brown
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Edmund Lowe
Jury Convicts Mrs Burleson In Slaying
A circuit court jury in Columbia South Carolina convicted May Walker Burleson 51 of manslaughter with mercy recommendation for the death of her former husband second wife killed March 8 in Galveston Texas context not exact location.
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May Walker Burleson
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How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
A daily menu plan for a family of five aims to balance calories protein minerals and vitamins on about twelve dollars weekly. It includes braised lettuce and other inexpensive dishes plus tongue as a centerpiece with jelly mold and assorted sides to feed five with economical preparations.
Notice of Appointment of Executor for Anton L Naso Estate
Linn County Iowa announces LEO P NASO is appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Anton L Naso deceased on May 14 1940. Creditors must present claims to the Linn County District Court. All debts should be paid to the Executor L D Dennis Attorney.
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Hitler May Try To Induce Leopold To Form Puppet Govt
Paris reports Adolf Hitler might press King Leopold to return to Brussels and dismiss his surrendering cabinet. Belgian leaders say constitutional limits apply to Leopold but a parliamentary majority could overthrow it. The refugee government contemplates raising a Belgian army in exile, drafting 250,000 males in France plus 50,000 volunteers.
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Slavs plan to ship gold reserves to United States
An Athens report via Exchange Telegraph says Yugoslavia and Rumania arranged to send their gold reserves to the United States, signaling a move amid wartime uncertainty.
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United States
Navy chief calls for powerful fleet to deter adversaries
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, commandant of the Third Naval District, proposed Tuesday building a navy powerful enough to defeat the naval force of any single potential enemy nation or combination of nations.
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Third Naval District
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