Fannie Hurst to Write Screenplay for Show Business
Universal Service reports Fannie Hurst invited to Paramount to write the Show Business screenplay based on Lew Lipton idea. Hurst will travel to Hollywood soon as production plans include four stars and a four or five member cast with notable names rumored for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovella C. Parsons
Universal Service
Los Angeles
Tinkle “Inkle
President Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Fannie Hurst
William le Baron
Paramount
Lew Lipton
Miss Hurst
Our Village
Lewis Gensler
Warner Bros Reissues One Way Pass With Powell and Francis
Hollywood notes report Warner Brothers plans a re issue of One Way Pass a 1933 William Powell Frances Kay film. The piece recalls its 1933 Oscar winning original story by Robert Lord and calls the re release a worthy idea and return of classic pictures.
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Hollywood Sun
Warner Brothers
William Powell
Francis
Jack Warner
Robert Lord
Bill and Kay
Dietrich Persuades Von Sternberg To Direct I Claudius
Marlene Dietrich remains grateful to Josef von Sternberg and helped secure his engagement by Alexander Korda to direct the Merle Oberon and Charles Laughton starring film I Claudius. Production would begin in two weeks if Von Sternberg recovers from a London nursing home operation, with William Cameron Menzies joining as associate director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Dietrich
Josef von Sternberg
Budapest
Marlene
Von
Alexander Korda
I Claudius
Merle Oberon
Charles Laughton
London
William Cameron Menzies
Hollywood
Korda
Born To Dance Preview Draws Hollywood Elite at Grauman’s
A gala combined picture and air preview of Born To Dance at Grauman’s Chinese draws a starry audience including Bob Taylor Jean Harlow John Barrymore Robert Montgomery Joan Bennett Edmund G Whe... Eleanor Powell Jimmy Stewart Virginia Bruce Una Merkel Buddy Ebsen Sid Silvers Frances Langford Bessie Love and Charles King with a number from Broadway Melody the first important talking musical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Grauman
Bob Taylor
Jean Harlow
John Barrymore
Robert Montomery
Joan Bennett
Edmund We
Ann Sothern
George Jessel
Norma Talmadge
Elizabeth Allan
Rosalind Russell
Gladys George
Louis B. Mayer
Sally Eilers
Betty Furness
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Eleanor Owell
Jimmy Stewart
Virginia Bruce
Una Merkel
Buddy Ebsen
Sid Silvers
Frances Langford
Bessie Love
Charles Kind
Randy Scott Returns Alone as Bride Chooses His Suits
Hollywood chatter notes Randy Scott back in town without his bride Marion Dupont Summerville who picked twelve new suits for him. He will wear some in High Wide And Handsome with Irene Dunne. He gives no reason for her absence citing possible Hollywood fears.
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Hollywood
Randy Scott
Randy
Irene Dunne
Marion Dupont Summerville
Margo to Star in Hurricane Role Open to Oberon’s Shadow
Report states Margo is testing on the Goldwyn lot for the native girl part in Hurricane. If she completes the screen test she is likely to win the role Merle Oberon was slated to play before her disapproval over a South Sea setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margo
Goldwyn
Merle Oberon
Merle
South Sea
Garbo Lured to Star in Idio t’s Delight at MGM
MGM bosses woo Greta Garbo to play Idiot’s Delight with Clark Gable. Lynne Fontanne echoes Garbo on stage and Garbo’s consent remains pending. Garbo brightens George Cukor luncheon alongside Katharine Hepburn and Tilly Losch.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Greta Garbo
Lynne Fontanne
Garbo
MGM
Clark Gable
George Cukor
Katharine Hepburn
Tilly Losch
Comedians Mary Boland and Hugh Herbert Star in The Full Life
Warner Brothers release features Mary Boland and Hugh Herbert in The Full Life a Paramount story by George Bricker about an average couple in a small town facing comic yet sincere situations and a rare quiet moment.
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Warner Brothers
Mary Boland
Paramount
Hugh Herbert
George Bricker
Evereye
Hugh
Mary
Hollywood Snaps Show Ills and Encounters on Set Streets
Mae West is seriously ill with intestinal flu and cannot make her personal appearance trip. James Quailn, Dionne film papa, receives a photograph from the quins family. Gertrude Niesen and Reynolds form a new duo at a night spot. Lionel Barrymore motors in a yellow roadster at the MGM studio. Johnny Weissmuller seeks London permission to appear with Churchill and Chaplin. Jack Benny skims through chatter as headlines buzz.
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Poppa
Meyer Benny
Waukegan
Hollywood
Johnny Downs
Dixie Dunbar
Eleanore Whitney
Una Merkel
Covington
Kentucky
New York
Rubye Throop
Carole Lombard
Harpo Marx
Skeets Gallagher
Aben Randall
Lady Castleross
Dolores del Rio
Coconut Grove
David Carlyle
Anita Blair
Loyola- Texas
Mae West
James Qualen
Dionne
Papa
Quins
Gertrude Niesen
Reynolds
Lionel Barrymore
MGM
Johnnny Weissmuller Cabling
London
Rock Island official visits Cedar Rapids and minor fire incident
W. H. Dick of Des Moines, general superintendent for the Rock Island railroad, was in Cedar Rapids on a business visit Saturday. Firemen answered an alarm at Peoples Grocery, 1700 Fourth Avenue SE, Friday at 5 35 p.m. a light fixture near the ceiling short circuited causing slight damage.
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W. H. Dick
Des Moines
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Peoples Grocery
Fourth Avenue SE
Woman Has Sliver Removed At St Luke's Hospital
Mrs Mildred Chadima of 2800 Fruitland boulevard SW had a sliver removed from under a fingernail on her right hand at 10 15 p.m. Friday. She did not remain in the hospital.
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Mildred Chadima
Fruitland Boulevard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chadima
Muskrat Violation Leads to Fine in Center Point
Charles Fee of Center Point was fined ten dollars plus costs in Justice A. S. Reed's court Friday for violating game laws. He admitted possession of two muskrat hides and was accused of catching muskrats out of season.
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Charles Fee
Center Point
Justice A. S. Reed
Fee
Odd Fellows to Attend Wright Funeral in Full
Members of Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows meet at 1 45 Sunday afternoon at 838 First avenue East to attend in a body the funeral services for Guy B Wright at Trinity Methodist Church. The lodge conducts the burial service at the Palo cemetery.
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Maine
Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Lodge
First Avenue E
Guy B. Wright
Trinity Methodist Church
Palo
Daughters of Isabella Install Catholic Book Shelf
The Daughters of Isabella Our Lady of Perpetual Help circle have placed a Catholic book shelf in the public library. Books costing $100 were purchased by the circle and will circulate with the rest of the library holdings. The shelf will be named the Daughters of Isabella shelf.
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Daughters of Isabella
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Circle
Circle
Gasoline Stolen From Phillips Bulk Plant
Earl Cecil reports fifty gallons of gasoline stolen from Phillips Petroleum bulk plant at 618 Fourteenth Avenue SW. A hole three feet above ground was drilled into the center tank and gasoline drained. a wooden plug was found in the drill hole when Cecil checked Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Petroleum Company
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Earl Cecil
Eighth Avenue SE
Cecil
Purses stolen from two cars in city areas
Mrs. A. C. Stewart reports her purse containing $8 and keys stolen from her car in front of the post office at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Mary Louise Kowalke says her purse with $2 in cash was taken from her car behind the Union depot. Both cars were unlocked.
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A. C. Stewart
Park Terrace SE
Post Office
Mary Louise Kowalke
Fourth Avenue SE
Union Depot
Fined for Failing to Stop in Cedar Rapids
Joseph Vopalka of Cedar Rapids was fined 10 dollars and costs in Justice A S Reed's court on Saturday for failing to stop before entering a highway. State patrolman A H Hallgren tagged him on Highway 161 near the airport. fine suspended on payment of costs and during behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Vopalka
Cedar Rapids
A. S. Reed
A. H. Hallgren
Intoxication Fines In Police Court Action
Don O Switzer of 310 Seventh Street SE was fined 25 dollars and costs after police found him Friday evening seated behind the wheel on Third Avenue and Second Street SE trying to insert the key. Art Hillock, 35, and Bruce Donisthrop, 34 of 872 Eleventh Street NE each received 10 dollar fines and costs for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don O. Switzer
Seventh Street SE
Third Avenue
Second Street SE
Art Hillock
Bruce Donisthrop
Eleventh Street NE
Reckless Driving Fines Hit Several Area Drivers
John McDonald of 718 Third Avenue SW was fined 10 dollars for reckless driving after a Thursday arrest for speeding on the Second Avenue Bridge near the Memorial building. Robert Cypra of 841 Fifth Avenue SE also paid 10 dollars for speeding. Ted Thorson of 1217 Ninth Street NW was fined 1 dollar for improper parking, while G M King of 1047 Seventeenth Street NE and Mrs R A Youngblood of 3103 E Avenue NE each paid 1 dollar for overtime parking.
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John McDonald
Third Avenue
McDonald
Second Avenue Bridge
Memorial Building
Robert Cypra
Fifth Avenue SE
Ted Thorson
Ninth Street
G. M. King
Seventeenth Street
R. A. Youngblood
E Avenue
Manchester to Erect Holiday Tree in Courthouse Square
Manchester to place a municipal Christmas tree in the courthouse square for the first time in years. Santa Claus will visit the tree to give candy to children. The American Legion post will sponsor the tree and handle lighting and decorations. Funds include Hey Day receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
American Legion Post
Legionaires
Clark Howell dies at 73 longtime Dixie editor
Clark Howell, prominent Atlanta publisher of the Constitution, died at age 73. He led investigative efforts cited for exposing Atlanta city hall corruption and won the Pulitzer for meritorious service. Survived by wife Margaret Carr, four sons including Clark Howell Jr, and four sisters. funeral details pending.
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Clark Howell
DIXIE
Constitution
Atlanta
Howell
Associated Press News
Washington
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Poland
Turkey
The
Margaret Cannon Carr
Durham
N. C
Clark Howell, Jr
Rosalie Howell
New York
R. L. Foreman, Jr
R. G. McCabley
A. A. Heidenreich
Warehouse Strike Settled and Wage Boosts Announced
Chicago reports a nationwide wave of pay increases as warehouse workers on the west coast gain seven and a half cents per hour after a settlement with San Francisco and Oakland grocery wholesalers. Across industry, Packard adds five cents an hour for over ten thousand workers and raises salaries under $200 monthly by ten dollars a month. Mount Clemens pottery offers a $50,000 bonus, Northwestern Leather boosts five percent for nine hundred workers, U S Rubber Products plans raises for five thousand, and Rittler Dental Manufacturing lifts salaries five percent for six hundred fifty employees.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Oakland
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit
Alvan Macauley
Mount Clemens
Mich
Salt Ste. Marie
Northwestern Leather Company
U. S. Rubber Products, Inc
Naugatuck
Junior League Sets Aim to Finish Nutrition Campaign
The Junior League targets reaching a $3500 goal to fund the nutrition center at the Community House. Captains led a Saturday canvass from Mrs. William C. Crawford’s home, planning to finish pledge prospect canvassing early next week and seek contributions citywide.
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William C. Crawford
Vernon Drive
Junior League
Charles Dorman Died After Long Illness In Buchanan
Charles Dorman of Buchanan died at his home Friday morning after a long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Buchanan church with Rev. H N Poston of Tipton officiating. Burial followed in Woodridge cemetery east of Buchanan. Dorman was born at Mount Vernon on November 12, 1867.
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Tipton
Charles Dorman
Buchanan
Buchanan Church
H. N. Poston
Woodridge
Mr. Dorman
Mount Vernon
Government Asked To Turn Over Suspect From Ohio Case
Linn county officials seek repatriation of Reese Bailey captured near Jackson Ohio to face a bank robbery charge. Bailey wounded during federal trap and is held at Chillicothe federal hospital. County seeks Hoover approval to send Linn official and Ely bank cashier Norbert Janko to verify identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Reese Bailey
Jackson
Linn County
Bailey
Chillicothe
Ely Trust Nd Savings Bank
Thompson
Ben W. Rout
Federal Reformatory Hospital
Rout
North Carolina
Raleigh
Hoover
Norbert Janko
Bennett
Ely Bank
Federal plan aims to end Pacific coast ship strike
Federal conciliators unveiled a compromise peace formula to end the Pacific coast maritime strike. The plan centers on federal control of workers' hiring halls, the strike’s main issue, and will be presented to leaders of seven maritime unions today by Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edward F. McGrady
Washington Arrives as Seamen Strike Starts
The U S liner Washington docked amid air and water picketing to pressure sailors to refuse sailing on Wednesday. P A S Franklin of International Mercantile Marine condemned the strike as outrageous and costly. The I M M oversees U S lines and Panama Pacific lines among others affected by the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
Franklin
Panama Pacific
James Toohig 88 Veteran Grounds Keeper Dies
Chicago AP James Toohig 88 longtime University of Chicago grounds keeper of athletic fields died after a brief illness. Known as Old Jimmy to generations of Maroon students, he worked at the university from 1884 to 1890 and 1900 to 1928, retiring two years ago. His death followed pneumonia at Billings Hospital.
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Chicago
James Toohig
University of Chicago
Tocig
Jimmy
Billings Hospital
The
University
Paroled After Sentence For Passing Forged Check
Willis Grumman, 17, of Marion, was sentenced to an indeterminate 15 years at Anadama state reformatory for uttering a forged instrument. Judge H. C. Ring withheld commitment and paroled the defendant to his father during good behavior. He allegedly passed a $6.75 bad check at Belden Hill cigar store last Saturday.
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Willis Grumman
Marion
Ana
Amosa State Reformatory
H. C. Ring
Ring
Grumman
Belden Hill
Folies d Amour Delights Iowa Theater Audience
The Parisian revue Folies d Amour plays the Iowa theater through Sunday with three standout acts. The Novell Brothers wow with violin and bird calls, Wilford De Bois dazzles with tennis racket juggling, and the Currie waltz team charms with nimble feet. Joe and Jane McKenna provide light comedy as Beatrice Hagen and Sally perform. a Parisian Melodeans orchestra backs the show and a Goddess of Liberty finale closes.
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Iowa Theater
Novell Brothers
Wilford de Bois
Ellsworth Vines
Bill Tilden
Wilford
Joe
Jane McKenna
de Lorraine Mann
Sudan
Beatrice Hagen
Nicholas Boila
Sally
Melodeans
Dorothy de Vray
Goddess of Liberty
M. J. Frankel
First Lady Invites Two Communists To Attend Meeting
Kansas City AP report states Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt allowed two avowed communists to stay during a press conference. The men Allen J. Randolph and Robert Scott claimed to be reporters with no credentials and described being beaten by police on the University of Kansas City campus before the conference ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
University of Kansas City
Mrs. Roosevelt
Allen J. Randolph
Robert Scott
Armistice Day Program Held at City Gymnasium
A parent teacher meeting and Armistice day program took place Thursday evening at the gymnasium. The Friar-Watson post of the American Legion and its auxiliary conducted the event. Frank Miles, editor of the Iowa Legionaire, spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Friar-Watson
The
American Legion
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
Duck hunter bags rare big Canadian goose on Mississippi
McGREGOR Agquilla Cords returned from a day’s duck hunt on the Mississippi River north of here with a large Canadian goose in his bag. Such successful take of a wild goose is uncommon in this river section.
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McGregor — Agquilla Cords
Mississippi River
Here
Mississippi
Cedar county Older Boys and Girls Conference Meeting
The annual meeting of the Cedar county older boys and girls conference will be held in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Mechanicsville on Saturday November 28. Speaker list includes Rev. O G Herbrech t of Des Moines director of young peoples work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Older Boys
Mechanicsville
O. G. Herbrecht
Des Moines
Young Peoples Work
AP Managing Editors Name Permanent Secretary For Group
Oliver Owen Kuhn of the Evening Star Washington re elected as chairman of the Associated Press Managing Editors association. The group will meet in New Orleans next year for a three day convention October 7 8 and 9 with a day devoted to local newspaper problems. A permanent secretary will be appointed to contact editors on mutual issues.
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Chicago
Oliver Owen Kuhn
Evening Star
Washington
D. C
Associated Press Managing Editors’ Association
New Orleans
Report Mother Will Aid King's Romance
King Edward will not crown Mrs. Simpson queen and plans to keep her from royal duties. She will host at Balmoral Sandringham and Fort Belvedere and attend state events in background. Lady Diana Duff-Cooper will serve as unofficial chaperon during the decree nisi hiatus.
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Balmoral
Sandringham
Fort Belvidere
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Diana Duff-Cooper
Diana Manners
United States
Simpson
Diana
Duff Cooper
Manchester Hosts Northeastern I O O F Meeting
One hundred thirty six Rebekah and I O O F lodges members attended the eighth annual Northeastern Secretary and Scribe association meeting in Manchester. Charles City will host next year with John Bergstrom elected president Jessie Schwartz vice president and Vera Finch treasurer all from Charles City.
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Manchester
Rebekah and
Northeastern
Secretary and Scribe Association
Charles City
John Bergstrom
Jessie Schwartz
Vera Finch
E. G. Dittmer
M. O. Fouts
A. J. Myers
Caroline Darby
Iowa City
Arlene Cox
A. W. Lee
Stuart
Nelle Crawford
Cedar Falls
Helen Sheppard
Harry Keepf
Burlington
E. W. Williams
Lena Pier Millin
Association
W. A. Merriam
Des Moines
Gordon Dale Cox
Ottumwa
Roberta Rector
Robert McMillan
W. S.night
Norman Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Airport Extends Runway For New Transport Planes
Work started Friday on a new runway extension at the local airport. A fleet of trucks hauls crushed rock to extend the ends by 1,000 feet to accommodate a new type of transport planes to be flown over the Iowa City route soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Dodsworth rises as a notable Sinclair Lewis film
The Paramount opens Dodsworth starring Walter Huston and Ruth Chatterton. The story follows Sam Dodsworth and Fran across Europe in a love triangle with sharp drama and mature themes. Edith Cortwright offers companionship, while Fran seeks youth through romance and Kurt. The film earns praise as a standout screen achievement this year.
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Sinclair Lewis
Dodsworth
Lewis
Paramount
Walter Huston
Sam Dodsworth
Ruth Chatterton
Fran Dodsworth
Arnold Iselin
Sam
Europe
Edith Cortright
Naples
Edith Sam
Fran
Kurt
Gregory Gaye
Paramount News
McGregor Man Shot Accidentally During Duck Hunt
McGregor resident Bart ling proprietor of an ice cream parlor was shot in the leg by an accidental discharge while duck hunting Friday. His companion M. R. Bush assisted and rushed him to the local hospital where doctors said the wound was not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Maynard Bartling
M. R. Bush
Bush
Theaters Show New Films and Star Casts
Iowa revue Folies on stage and screens feature Herbert Marshall in Make Way for a Lady. Mary Astor Walter Huston star Dodsworth. Loretta Young Don Ameche Janet Gaynor in Ladies in Love. Michael Whalen in The Man I Marry. Palace presents Professional Soldier with Victor McLaglen Freddie Bartholomew and The First Baby with Johnny Downs Shirley Deane. Rialto: Harry Carey Ghost Town Shirley Grey The Girl Who Came Back. Sun shows Sinful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Herbert Marshall
Loretta Young
Don Ameche
Janet Gaynor
Michael Whalen
the Man I
Marry
Palace
Victor McLaglen
Freddie Bartholomew
Johnny Downs
Shirley Deane
Rialto
Harry Carey
Shirley Grey
Local Man Injured As Truck Collides With Street Car
Leo Neuenswander, 27, of 1416 Thirty-second Street NE, suffers a lacerated forehead and cuts to the left knee and hand when his westbound truck hits a street car operated by H. Kobusch between Eighth and Tenth streets SW. He is taken to St. Luke's Hospital, initially unconscious but later conscious, with the left front of the truck damaged and the street car door glass shattered. No passengers were in the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Neuenswander
Thirty-second Street
Third Avenue
H. Kobusch
Eighth
Tenth Streets
Neuenswander
St. Luke’s Hospital
Neuenswaner
Chamber Dinner Delayed by Overtime at Fruit Warehouses
Peshastin Washington AP report says a Chamber of Commerce dinner was postponed indefinitely after many members were tied up with overtime in local fruit warehouses. The delay reflects labor demands in the fruit industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshastin
Wash
Chamber of Commerce
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