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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 10, 1934

Page

4

Double Feature at Paramount Showcases Outcast Lady and Kansas City Princess

Paramount screens two major pictures with tense drama in Outcast Lady and madcap comedy in Kansas City Princess. Constance Bennett leads Iris in Outcast Lady, while Joan Blondell Glenda Farrell headline the Paris caper in Kansas City Princess with supporting turns by Herbert Marshall Robert Loraine and Robert Armstrong.

Paramount Kansas City Paris Constance Bennett Miss Bennett Iris Herbert Marshall Naper Robert Loraine Hilary Easy Marks Robert Armstrong Miss Farrell Miss Blondell Hugh Herbert Paramount News F. C

My Weakness Heads Rialto Feature With Lillian Harvey

Lillian Harvey stars in My Weakness at the Rialto on Friday and Saturday with Lew Ayres. The musical romance features a strong supporting cast including Charles Butterfield Sid Silvers Harry Langdon Henry Travers Irene Bentley Irene Ware and others. Also shown is Thunder Over Texas a family picture headlined by Big Boy Williams and Manan Schilling in the second bill.

Lillian Harvey Rialto Lew Ayres Charles Butterfield Sid Silvers Harry Langdon Henry Travers Irene Bentley Irene Ware Texas Big Boy Williams Wall Manan Schilling

Vaudeville And Happiness Ahead At Iowa Friday

A festival of fun comes to the ow t theater with a stars filled stage and Dik Powell singing five new song hits in Happiness Ahead The vaudeville show features Radio Ramblers Americas premier mimics Rod and Mores Carter Dunne Sisters and The Tucks Boss with their acts Bet Nagie and Girls Lane and Harper and a burlesque and gags routine A glamorous romance with Dick Powell and Josephine Hutchinson leads the cast including Frank McHugh John Halliday Ruth Donnelly Dorothy Dare and Allen Jenkins Three stage shows Saturday and four on Sunday

Dik Powell Radio Ramblers Americas Rod and Mores Carter Dunne Sisters Tucks Ringing Brothers Barnum and Bailes Bet Nagie Lane Harper Dick Powell Josephine Hutchinson Frank McHugh John Halliday Ruth Donnelly Dorothy Dare Allen Jenkins

The Feminine Lord and Cats and the Fiddle Comedy

A matinée for children Saturday features the serial Young Eugies. The morning program includes the comedy The Feminine Lord along with Cats and the Fiddle in a light entertainment bill.

Eugies

Kansas City Man Arrested Over Kidnap Case

Thomas J Miller a Kansas City salesman was arrested as a suspect in the Alice Speed Stall kidnapping. Police found a fingerprint outfit in his car and questioned him before releasing him as a harmless traveling salesman. Miller offered to sell the fingerprint gear to Attleboro police.

Kansas City Miller

Blairstown Votes on School Band Plan

Blairstown independent school district schedules Saturday election from 1 to 7 pm to decide if the board will sponsor the school band. The band, run by parents and businessmen, has won county state and national prizes and four straight state titles in its class. Community groups have funded the project.

Speral Blairstown Board of Education Community School Club

Navajo Squaws Own Much Tribal Wealth

In the Navajo Nation women hold significant economic power through customary bequests and ownership of a large share of tribal wealth. The article notes that gender roles in property and marriage differ from typical practices, with women often controlling assets even after marriage.

Missionaries’ Son Most Likely to Succeed, Says Yale Scholar

In a discussion on morality and science, Prof. Ellsworth Huntington argues that missionaries' sons perform best in worldly success. He cites classmates' votes and notes churches demand physical strength and high intelligence.

Ellsworth Huntington Yale

To Judge Your Probable Success In Business

An advertising blurb for a twenty page tile booklet by Dr Harry W Weener psychologist Syracuse University promoting tests as part of Lets Explore Your Mind by Albert Edward Wissam Sc D. Offered as a reader service with a request form and ten cents, addressed to Dr Albert E Wigeant care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette.

Harry W. Weener Syracuse University Albert Edward Wissam Albert E. Wigeant Cedar Rapids Gazette

Similar Heights Drive Marriages Says Heredity Experts

A discussion notes that height similarity influences marriage choices with 879 cases showing few extremes pairing. Researchers Davenport Hersey and Watson find happiness is harder to measure than unhappiness, as comfort in shoes contrasts with pain when unhappy.

Charles B Davenport Davenport Rex B. Hersey University of Pennsylvania Goodwin Watson Columbia Copsright

The Outcast Lady and Kansas City Princess at Theaters

At the theaters the Paramount presents Iris March in The Outcast Lady with showtimes 2 25 5 7 40 and 10 15. Joan Blondell and Robert Armstrong star in Kansas City Princess with showings 1 15 3 50 6 25 and 9. Also in Iowa Gridiron Flash features Eddie Quillan and Betty Furness. The Curtain Falls with Henrietta Crosman plays Palace The Notorious Sophie Lang and She Learned About Sailors. Rialto shows My Weakness with Lilian Harvey and Lew Ayres Thunder Over Texas with Big Boy Williams and Marian Shilling. Olympic screens Smoking Guns with Ken Maynard and Gloria Shea and Walls of Gold with Sally Eilers and Norman Foster.

Paramount Constance Bennett Iris March Joan Blondel Robert Armstrong Kansas City Iowa Eddie Quillan Betty Furness Henrietta Crosman Palace Sophie Lang Rialto Lilian Harvey Lew Ayres Texas Big Boy Williams Marian Schilling Ken Maynard Gloria Shea Sally Eilers Norman Foster

The Merry Widow at Paramount Sunday Double Feature

Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier headline The Merry Widow in a Lubitsch production priced over 1.5 million dollars. The second feature is Cheating Cheaters with Fay Wray, offering mystery suspense and romance.

Jeanette MacDonald Maurice Chevalier Paramount Theater Una Merkel George Barbier Edward Everett Horton Fay Wray

Notable Local Appointments And Markets From 1914 Gazette

Warren P Hartman of Cedar Rapids is named second lieutenant in the reserve officers' training corps at the University of Iowa. Ernest R. Moore, Cedar Rapids, becomes chief of staff of the national United Spanish War Veterans. Mr and Mrs Theodore Olsen move from Vinton to Cedar Rapids. Local markets list prices for wheat corn oats barley hay straw hens eggs hogs steers sheep. Also reports on May Robson in Martha by the Cat at Greene's opera house and staff changes at Coe College library. Mastodon teeth found near Cedar Rapids during bridge piling work.

Warren P Hartman Cedar Rapids Reserve Officers’ Training Corps University of Iowa Ernest R. Moore National Organization of the United Spanish War Veterans Theodore Olsen Vinton May Robson Martha By Greene's Opera House Ruby ‘Taylor Coe College W. P Powell Insurance Federation of Iowa Joseph McCormick

Local Market Prices and Two Weddings at Williams Home

Local markets list oats at 27 to 44 cents, corn 50 cents, barley 30 to 40, rye 60, wheat 100, hay 7 to 9, straw 4 to 5, hens eggs 18 cents, hogs 4 3/4, steers 3 to 4. Doris Williams and John W. Russell wed in the Williams home, Rev. Palmer Lutz officiating. Augusta Sundberg wed to Rev. Nils Peter Anseen at the Swedish Lutheran church.

Doris Williams John W. Russell Williams Palmer Lutz Dinsdale Augusta Sundberg Nils Peter Anseen Swedish Lutheran Church O. J. Johnson Wahoo Neb A. E. Gustafson Walter H. Williams Rock Island Railroad Waterloo Cedar Rapids

Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa

The District Court for Linn County Iowa will hear the last will of Mary C Douda deceased on November 13 1934 at 9 o clock for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa November 8 1934 Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court H Kubicek Attorney.

Linn County District Court Mary C. Douda Cedar Rapids Iowa EDWIN_W. LUNDQUIST H. Kubicek

Notice of Will Probate For George W. Parks In Linn County

Notice is given that on November 15 1934 at 9 am the last will of George W Parks late of Linn County will be heard in Cedar Rapids Iowa for proof and admission to probate Edwin W Lundquist North Attorney is named. Sealed proposals for installing boulevard lighting systems in Cedar Rapids will be received by the City Clerk.

Linn County George W. Parks District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa First Street First Avenue B Avenue

City Council bids notice from 1934 Cedar Rapids Gazette

The council invites bids with contract and bond requirements and returns to unsuccessful bidders. Checks payable to City Treasurer must be in a separate envelope. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated November 8, 1934. City Clerk L J Storey. Deputy Maude M Krebs. Published in Cedar Rapids Gazette on November 8 and 9, 1934.

L. J. Storey Maude M. Krebs Cedar Rapids

Notice of sale of Cedar Rapids Sash and Door assets

Receiver acting under Linn County Iowa District Court will auction factory buildings equipment site and office furniture comprising Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 Block 4 Mansfields First Addition and Lots 1 2 3 4 6 7 Block 6 Youngs Second Addition Cedar Rapids along with a 10 403 foot strip of ground on D Avenue West. Sale set for 2 PM November 15 1934 with open inspection and options for sealed bids requiring 10 percent certified funds.

Cedar Rapids Sash and Door Company District Court of Linn County Iowa Mansfields Cedar Rapids Youngs D Avenue Eighth Street Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago and North Western Railway Company Indiana Ford

Receiver James C Loomis Sells Unaccepted Bids

The above court approves deposits accompanying unaccepted bids and directs return to respective owners. Gedar Iapids Sas il and Door Company. By James C. Loomis. Receiver.

Oll Gedar Iapids Sasil and Door Company James C. Loomis

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Big Boy Wiliams Marion Schilling Richard Barthelmess Trail Dames Oliver Curwood the Wolf Munters John Wasne Dick Powell and Josephine Walphinson Americus Premier Mymicks Rod and Morey Carter Duane Sisters Hert Nagle Harper Su Pinrybody Frank McHingie Atieyn Jenkins Rutsy Donnelly Valeony Baleony Ste Ile Sete Biy Byichael Arlen Bendett Herbert Marshall Patrick Campbell Hugh Williams Elizabeth Allan Ralph Forbes Princess ’ Robt. Armstrong Hugh Herbert ‘ — OL le Eesal Ease Fay Ulc LL Ae Paramount Screen EDWIN _W. LUNDQUIST J North 12Th Ave Milo Ulch Kolaches Gertrude Michael Paul Cavanagh Alice Faye Featuring Benny NBC Red Tepper Jack Marshal Florence Gast Bashful Girl J. Hill Morton Downey Dolly Bell Radio Aces Casper Sue WTA Cantor OW Chase & Sanborn Widows and Orphans Fund Broadway Maurice Chevalier Tee tAeat Lessin Una Aaerkel Franz Ary Kaleakala der Minna Gombel Second Avenue SE Credit Service
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