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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1939

Page

3

Oomph Sheridan heads East for New York tour

Ann Oomph Sheridan planes to travel east on Sept 23 to promote the American film market. She opens at the New York Strand on Oct 5 for four weeks of personal appearances with a traveling entourage. Warner brothers plan to send thirty players later to boost theater business.

Hollywood INS Ann “Oomph Sheridan New York Strand New York Warners Gus Edwards Smiley Burnettes Smiley Charlie Chaplin Jack Oakie Chaplin Tilly Losch Carnarvon Castle Lord Carnarvon Joel Pressman Honolulu Claudette Colbert Ann Sothern Roger Pryor Ruth Chatterton Cincinnati Billy Seymour Jane Wyman Ronald Reagan Jackie Coogan Norma Hall Castoria Johnny Warburtons Jackie

10 20 30 Years Ago In The Gazette

A column recalls incidents from years past including injuries from accidents and notes on local students. Mary E White fractured her right leg and bruises after being struck by a car at First avenue and Thirty third street. Roy Shelton, 10, broke an arm during scrimmage. DeWitt Gibson, age 5, fractured a collar bone in a fall. Paul Dvorak suffered a fractured skull after his motorcycle hit a car track. Joseph Klepach and others reported gashes and bruises from vehicle incidents. Several locals ready for college at Amherst and Cambridge. The Rev Thomas Ballon was appointed to St Ludmila church staff.

Mary E. White First Avenue Thirty-third Street Paul Miehe Cambridge Mass Harvard University Roy Shelton Joseph Klepach Mount Vernon Avenue Seventeenth Street Wilbur A Gorman Forrest Stewart Amherst DeWitt Gibson Paul Dvorak Thomas Ballon Duncan St. Ludmila Church Eugene Stark

Local notices and theater listings mixed with travel plans

Residents announce travel plans including departures to Los Angeles Canon City Seattle and Washington D C. A horse drowned in a rain flood on C street near Nineteenth avenue. The page also lists film showings at STATE PALACE and RIALTO theaters with cast names and titles for 1939 offerings.

Paramount Screens Quick Millions and Grand Jury Secrets

The Jones Family stars in Quick Millions with Jed Prouty Spring Byington and Ken Howell while Grand Jury Secrets features Gail Patrick and John Howard. Bette Davis and Miriam also appear in Iowa screenings.

Paramount Jones Jed Prouty Spring Byington Ken Howell Pein Gail Patrick John Howard Iowa Bette Davis Miriam

Film Listings Highlight Double Feature Pairings

The page lists cinema pairings including Miss X featuring Michael Whalen and Mary Hart, Wells Fargo with Bob Burns and Joel McCrea, and Straight Place and Show starring the Ritz Brothers, indicating a busy theater lineup.

Bob Burns Joel McCrea Michael Whalen Mary Hart Wells Fargo The Ritz Brothers

Flea Pulls Weight 1100 Times Its Body

A flea can pull a load equal to about eleven hundred times its own body weight, a feat noted in studies of insect strength. This remarkable power underscores the flea's efficient jumping and gripping abilities observed in early experiments.

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