Modernizing of School Financing in Iowa Debate
Dr. E T Peterson of the University of Iowa urged shifting Iowa rural school funding from property taxes to broader sources. He warned Iowa's 9,200 rural schools face poor education equality with immature graduates and high dependence on property tax. He proposed state county direction for 5,000 rural districts, a guaranteed state subsidy, and local control with a fixed per student levy.
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Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
United States
Peterson
Dr. Peterson
Des Moines
Gold in Sea Water Ratio Reported
A note states gold occurs in sea water in the range of five to two hundred sixty seven parts per hundred million of water. The figures reflect measured traces and place gold abundance in sea water within a narrow, uniform band across ocean basins.
Buick Dealers Have Strong Orders As 1939 Buick Year Opens
Flint Michigan—Buick dealers report record high orders for 1939 models during the opening announcement period. General sales manager W F Hufstader says telegraphic reports show dealers hold more 1939 orders now than for the new models at this time last year, with some already surpassing first-half 1938 totals. Over 15 000 1939 cars are in field stock as production accelerates to meet demand. In September 14 500 cars rolled from Buick plants and output will rise in the current month to fulfill retail needs.
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John Stark Heads YMCA Shark Club
John Stark is elected president of the YMCA Shark Club with Brew Sheehy as vice president and Bob Foulks as secretary treasurer. The club, formed by last year’s swimming team as charter members and new pledges, plans a splash party to be held shortly.
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Shark Club
Brew Sheehy
Bob Foulks
Club schedules meet with Washington MCA and December carnival
The club plans a meet with the Washington M C A team on November 4 and a water carnival in December. The article notes activities for the club season and community events.
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Washington , M. C. A
Widening of Third Avenue Begins With Local Cooperation
Widening of Third Avenue SE from the bridge to Fourth street started Wednesday as Haegg Construction removes excess sidewalk in front of Fred Groeltz property housing Sears Roebuck. Groeltz arranges a new sidewalk during the PWA project. City Engineer Frank Young notes possible wider owner participation and explains basements under sidewalks must be cleared. The work, part of the PWA job, will be assessed to owners who arrange new sidewalks. ancients linked emerald to better eyes and amethyst to drunkenness.
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Groeliz
Stars Over Broadway tops Iowa theater bill at Cedar Rapids
Count Berni Vici presented Stars Over Broadway at the Iowa theater to a packed Cedar Rapids audience. The show featured seven novelties with a versatile sixteen member girl orchestra, bold stage effects, adagio duo La Rue and Carol, and acts by Sam Schleppermof, Edith Tarler, Gene Gary, Lane and Lane, with Bill Guthrie solo numbers. Also on screen Jack Holt in Crime Takes a Holiday. Foreign razor purchases show a jump from 7 210 in early 1937 to 56 376 in early 1938.
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Zaza Remake Sparks Censorship Debate In Hollywood
Hollywood columnist notes rising censorship pressure on Paramounts Zaza remake and argues postwar moral shifts pushed studios toward stronger storytelling. Anecdotes about Joy Hodges staffer and autograph-hungry teens illustrate Hollywood culture and fan obsession at LA events.
Leonard’s band to play Navy Day dance at Danceland
Leonard’s band will furnish music Thursday night at Danceland for Cedar Rapids official Navy day dance with a trumpet trio led by the maestro. They recently performed with Horace Heidt at the Orpheum theater in Minneapolis to strong acclaim and declined New York work due to ties with Winona School of Music. Dancing runs 9 to 1 at popular prices and the band promises stage flash.
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Winona
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Harold Lloyd in Lensless Glasses Reveals Silent Comic Era
A passerby laughs as Harold Lloyd, unrecognizable without his signature lens-less glasses, performs a joke that hints at the era of silent films. The scene, dated 1938, captures the beloved comedian in a rare behind the scenes moment.
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Harold Lloyd
King of Alcatraz at Paramount Melodrama
A lusty melodrama on the Paramount screen features Carrol Naish as a notorious Alcatraz escapee who hijacks a coastwise steamer bound for Panama. Lloyd Nolan and Robert Preston play radio operators, Gail Patrick is the nurse heroine, and the shipboard action includes an emergency operation and a dramatic firefight at sea.
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Robert Preston
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Ship crew struggles as captain Harry Carey leads effort
The report notes crew attempts to regain control of the ship under Captain Harry Carey who does a commendable job. The program includes Cupid Takes a Holiday, a Eddie Peabody minstrel short, a Sportlight on air gliders, and a Paramount News reel. F.C.H.
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Comedy Bill At Rialto Features The Weekend Millionaire
Rialto presents two comedies The Weekend Millionaire starring Buddy Rogers and Mary Brian and He Couldnt Say No with Frank McHugh Jane Wyman and Cora Witherspoon. Jungle Jim ninth chapter and Cats and the Fiddle complete the bill plus a puppet show at Ely high school carnival Lincoln Legion hall Oct 28 with student committee chairs named.
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Buddy Rogers
Mary Brian Paris
Buddy
Frank McHugh
Jane Wyman
Cora Witherspoon
Ely
Florence Burlan
Ely High School
Legion Hall
Doris Krob
Rosie Skripsky
Rachel Truhlar
Martha Horsky
Charles Lee
Emil Skripsky
Wilmer Koss
Theaters Show Holiday Lineup and Milk Cow Record
Iowa theaters present Stars Over Broadway on stage and Crime Takes a Holiday on screen. Paramount runs King of Africa and That Certain Age with Durbin. Palace shows Robin Hood with Flynn De Havilland Rathbone and Rains and Bar 20 Justice with Boyd Hayes. Strand features At St Anthony s in Bohemian talkie with Herrmanova. Rialto offers The Weekend Millionaire and He Couldn t Say No. A Greensboro Holstein cow produced 100,371 pounds milk and 4,227 pounds butterfat in ten years.
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NEW State
Deanna Durbin
Joy Hodges
Andy Devine
Robin Hood
Errol Flynn
Oliia DeHavilland
Basil Rathbone
Claude Rains
William Boyd
George Hayes
Svateho Antonicka
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Liuba Herrmanova
Franz Paul Rialto
Budd, Rogers
Mary Brian
Frank McHugh
Jane Wyman
Greensboro
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