DeFore Finds Place for Dramatic Talent in Hollywood
Don DeFore, Cedar Rapids native, recalls his rise from Community Playhouse to Broadway and Hollywood. He reflects on The Male Animal film, praise for Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland, and his early zigzags including a costly misstep with the Zeppo Marx agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeFore
Hollywood
ON Defore
Jd. E. DeFore
Seventh Avenue SE
New York
Henry Fonda
Olivia DeHavilland
Twentieth Century Fox
Carole Landis
Cedar Rapids
Community Playhouse
The
Association Players
Don DeFore
Pasadena Community Playhouse
Zeppo Marx Agency
Marilyn
George Olmstead
Chicago
Verne
Clifford
Elliot Nugent
Adam Faces Ulcer Pain In Apple Dilemma Ad Weighs Relief
An old advertisement touts Uden Tablets for ulcer and stomach pains amid questions about Adam and an apple. It promises relief for indigestion gas heartburn and excess acid with a money back guarantee. Drug stores carry the product.
Berlin diary 1940 reports invasion plans and partisan war talk
Berlin reports September 12 to 18 1940 describe a planned invasion of Britain possibly for September 15 and a later shift to the Mediterranean. The writer notes burned wounds on soldiers from a transport train near Postdamer Bahnhof, Swiss border rumors of British raids, and Italian distractor moves in Egypt while Mussolini seeks strategic gains.
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Berlin
Siemensstadt
Joe Harsch
Ed Hartrich
Siemens Electrical Works
Germany
Jong Red Cross
Geneva
England
France
Britain
Postdamer Bahnhof
Ribbentrop
Rome
Mussolini
Egypt
Sidi-el-Barrani
Hitler
Mediterranean
Egyet
Suez Canal
Palestine
Permits Granted Last Week Town Blog Reports
Local blog lists weekly permits including new garages sheds and remodels across multiple addresses in NE SE NW and SW. Notable items include a new dwelling at 181 Twenty second Avenue SW valued 4500 and a church garage at 1320 First Street SW valued 200.
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Paul C. Lockwood
SeIlmhurst Drive
ZC Ball Hall
Third Street
E. W. Bohren
Fruitland Boulevard
Ed Owen
Knollwood Drive
Ruth Kent
Ninth Street
Charles Novak
Sixteenth Avenue
Gilbert Doubrasky
Ellis Boulevard
Annabelle Coover
Third Avenue
Gustav Librava
Twenty Second Avenue
Fred L. Melichar
Twentieth Avenue
Joe Peterka
Fleventh Street
Iowa City Railway
Fourteenth Avenue
Eleventh Street
Myron W . Dvorak
Booth Street
Hermie Cameron
Fourth Avenue
P. M. Listebarger
Jlenry Lorenzen
Building activity and new owners in East Iowa towns
In Decorah Scott buys the 308 Terrace Street residence from Ingvoldstad Lumber, once home to the Ronans, with Mrs Ronan planning a return to Berlin New Jersey. In La Porte City Mr and Mrs Fred Loveless buy the Dr R T Paige property along highway 218, a 17 acre improved site now housing Mr and Mrs Ralph Foss, possession to be taken March 1.
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Riverside
C. J. Karel
Frank Florang
Washington
Mary Vlasak
Viola
F. B. Collins
Benton
Main Street
Clover Farm
R. S. Ferris
Everett Schauff
A. C. Schoenthaler
Merle Smith
Elsie King
Henry Harris
Decorah — T
Ta. Scott
Terrace Street
Thomas Ronan
Ronan
Ingvoldstad Lumber Company
Berlin
N. J
LA Porte City
Fred Loveless
R. T. Paige
Ralph Foss
McCleary Clinic Publishes 122 Page Health Book
The McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri offers a 122 page illustrated book on piles fistula stomach and colon disorders plus related ailments. Readers may request a copy by postcard or letter to the clinic address and mark items named by their physician on the chart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary Clinic
Birds Grounded by Harsh Weather at Municipal Airport
Weak flying conditions kept birds and pilots grounded as rain fog and mist lingered. Civil aviation inspectors continued work by auto transport visiting the Municipal airport. Soloist James Fisk learned solo flight. Lt. Bob Crowles, a former private student, now graduates from Kelly Field and joins the air corps. The airport repair shopModernized with an all metal paint box and new tool chests enhances year round use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Civilian Pilot Training Program
C A. A
Bob Crowles
C. PO T. P
Saxon Flying Service
Coe College
Air Corps Advance Flying School
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Iowa
Fall bulbs bloom despite war blockade guide
The article explains US and British bulbs are available for fall planting, with depths and spacing for various species. Tulips normally 4 times bulb diameter deep, Madonna Lily and crown imperial shallower, narcissus similar to tulips, crocuses two inches cover, anemones and iris deeper, and notes soil and frost effects on planting success.
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United States
British Empire
Darwin
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Margaret Dilley
Charlottenburg
Italy
Greece
Norway
Luftwaffe
Lancor
RAF
Dr. Goebbels
Belgium
Holland
London
Oslo
Gauleiter
Terboven
Reich
Europe
Ciano
Spain
Axis
Suner
Willam L. Shirer
West Main Street
Roy Himebauch
Herman Bauer
Himebauch
Waterloo
Don DE Fore
Adam
Red Cross
Landwehr Canal
Switzerland
Franco
Serrano Suner
Gibraltar
Africa
Churchill
Laurens Koster
Sir Watkins
Alfred
Regal
Hamilton
PET
RED Wing Dog
Miller's
Chapper’s
Ken L Biscuit
Hamilton Seed & Coal CO
Eton Aa
Postofficf
Tate
Arh
Sahara
Sahara Stoker Coal
Cedar Rapids Fuel CO
DIAL
ED Soboda
MLEK
James Fisk
Cedar Rapids Airways
S Incues
Whues
Weuts
Wee Mty
Tates
Apart
Oia
Star Jewelry CO
Second St. SE
Lee
B. O. Smith
Opt
Bendix
3Rd Ave
Consult
Reams
KKKK
G. V
Shepherd Agency
National Life Insurance of
Dows Ride
Cedar Rapids, Iowse
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