Cantor Signs Zanuck Deal For Autobiography Film
Eddie Cantor has signed a long discussed contract with Darryl Zanuck marking Zanuck's first star term deal since Fox and Twentieth Century merger. Cantor's autobiographical film starts February 1 and traces his stage years and Ziegfeld years. Claudette Colbert and Cary Grant are highlighted in upcoming projects with Frank Lloyd directing.
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Louvella O. Parsons
Universal Service Motion Picture
Los Angeles
Eddie Cantor
Darryl Zanuck
Eddie
Samuel Goldwyn
Zanuck
Fox
Twentieth Century
Cantor
Claudette Colbert
Frank Lloyd
James Lewis
Frank
Lewis Yard
Gil Gabriel
Cary Grant
Desire at the Palace Stars Dietrich and Cooper
Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper headline Desire at the Palace, a fast moving romance described as light and suspenseful entertainment. The pairing is praised as a standout screen couple, with Dietrich as mysterious and alluring and Cooper as relaxed and engaging. Warner Oland leads the second feature Charley Chan's Secret.
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Warner Oland
Charley Chan
Hollywood Week at the Local Theaters
In Iowa Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star Swing Time at the theaters. Paramount showcases Yours for the Asking with George Raft and Dolores Costello Barrymore and Girl of the Ozarks with Virginia Weidler. State presents My American Wife with Francis Lederer and Ann Sothern and Charlie Chan at the Race Track with Warner Oland and Keye Luke. Palace features Desire with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper and Charley Chan's Secret with Warner Oland. Rialto screens The Great Impersonation with Edmund Lowe and Valerie Hobson.
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Iowa
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Paramount
George Raft
Dolores Costello Barrymore
Virginia Weidler
Francis Lederer
Ann Sothern
Warner Oland
Keye Luke
Franklin Junkermann to lead Crandon-Hunter in Miami
Franklin Junkermann after 22 years as manager of Churchill Drug leaves for Miami to assume the presidency of Crandon-Hunter Company wholesale druggists. T. E. Yerkes secretary treasurer of the local printers union departs for Colorado Springs for the International Typographical convention. Miss Josephine Peterkin returns from a three week trip to Yellowstone Park.
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Churchill Drug Company
Miami
Fla
Crandon-Hunter Company
T. E. Yerkes
Colorado Springs
Josephine Peterkin
Yellowstone Park
Local Students Return and Depart for Studies and Visits
Vincent Bromwell returns to Ames to resume veterinary studies. Earl A. Rich and his father leave for the Pacific coast. Mr and Mrs James Reynolds and family drive to Crawford county Indiana to visit their former home last seen in 1881. Iss Xina White departs for Lexington Kentucky to attend Transylvania College.
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Vincent Bromwell
Ames
Earl A. Rich
L. M. Rich
Pacific Coast
James R. Reynolds
Crawford County
Ind
Iss Xina White
Lexington
Transylvania College
Great Lighthouse Robbery At Greene's Opera House
The Great Lighthouse Robbery highlighted a program at Greene's opera house today. Notable attendees included Rev. Robert Lincoln Campbell who was elected president of Buena Vista College at Storm Lake. Clara Barton, famed Civil War relief worker, was honored at a reception.
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Greene’s Opera House
Robert Lincoln Campbell
Presbyterian Church
Marion
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
S. H. Goodyear
Clara Barton
Red Cross
E. Mae Maynard
Owatonna, Minn
Pillsbury Academy
Florence Brecht
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
Anamosa Garden Club Holds Two Day Home Improvement Course
Increasing interest in landscape architecture and home beautification prompts a two day course sponsored by the Anamosa Garden club. Russell B. Johnson landscape architect from Iowa State College extension service will conduct the course with the county Farm Bureau and local garden club at the Congregational church Monday and Tuesday.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Garden Club
Russell B. Johnson
Iowa State College Extension Service
County Farm Bureau
Garden Club
Congregational Church
Appointment of Ernest Blezek as Administrator in Linn County Iowa
Notice states Ernest Blezek appointed on August 26 1936 as Administrator with the will annexed of Joseph Blezek late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Debtors urged to pay and all claims to be filed with the Clerk of the Linn County Iowa District Court in Johnston.
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Pina County
Joseph Blezek
Li County
Iowa
Linn County
Mas Gtry Court
Ernest Blezek
G. K. Thompson
When Is A Drinker Drunk In Medical View
Personal Health Service discusses how diabetes hypoglycemia and advanced illness can mimic drunkenness. It argues alcohol odor on breath can mislead police and doctors, urges treating alcoholism as disease, and cites Heise 1934 study on reduced judgment with even small alcohol levels.
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Herman A. Heise
Milwaukee
Chemical Test for Alcohol Aids Drunkenness Diagnosis
Dr. Heise advocates chemical testing for alcohol in place of unreliable police tests. The American Journal of Clinical Pathology March 1934 notes this test is specific and practical to confirm drunkenness or intoxication, aiding decisions in accident cases.
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Heise
Am. Jour
Epilepsy and Marriage Laws Across States
Questions about epilepsy inheritance and marriage restrictions. Epilepsy appears more common in children of feeble minded, insane, alcoholic, or neurotic parents. Some states bar such marriages by law. an apparently normal person from a troubled family may still be a poor marriage risk. Safety and heredity are noted concerns.
Bar Etiquette Says How to Clean Beer Glasses
The guide warns against using soapy water on beer glasses. It prescribes dipping glasses in very hot water followed by cold water. It also states beer should never be drawn from a dry glass.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
An old advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic for kidney and bladder issues. It claims relief from backache, irritated bladder, and sleep disruption, urging buyers to choose GOLD MEDAL from Haarlem in Holland for assured results at 35 cents.
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Haarlem
Holland
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