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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1928
Page
6
A wartime style broadside urges young men to act now to curb lethargy and adopt thrift and reform. It cites the Indianapolis News and Thrift Magazine, contrasts male and female depositor shares, and notes changing banking habits and moral exhortations amid global prompts.
Ten years ago Forest Park citizens planned a pro rabity event under the Council of Defense at Harken Golf grounds with Red Cross support. Other items note a canal picnic, local weddings and engagements, a fatality in May, a soldier transfer, a Downers Grove departure, a Mrs Joyce wedding anniversary, a death in Waldheim, and a large auto derby attendance at Speedway Park with a body found near Twelfth street.
Fine Pictures Every Day at the Forest theater announces a busy week. Hebe Daniels headlines in Fifty Girl a merry comedy by John McDermott, following two of Bebe Daniel's greatest hits. Bebe plays the lead in this lively production.
The critique praises Burt and Hart for a polished, thoughtful work that argues America suffers from international criticism and self-criticism. It urges a stronger, more balanced voice and laments overly negative American self-representation while respecting constructive analysis.
Book review by Esther Gould contrasts Norway and Sweden story cycles with crisp saga energy and lyric charm. It lauds Skyward by Commander Richard E Byrd as a bold aviation chronicle showing progress beyond individual risk, praising Byrd’s sincere conviction and the drive of exploration.
Kathleen O Kara stars with Jim Donahue in a mining basin saga while James Hall and Victor Mellin headline a Sunday screening of Hangman’s House. Harald Lloyd brings Speedy on Monday and Tuesday with Mian vs Beast comedy. Lois Moran and Neil Hamilton star in Don’t Marg on Wednesday. A Fourth of July matinee is planned.
A brief note announces Count of Ten featuring Charles Ray to be shown Thursday. The blurb describes it as a fighting romance of a bashful pug that fat on the dog.
Paul Whiteman and his orchestra appear for one week starting Monday July 2 at the Chicago Theater. The famed Jazz King leads thirty performers including musicians singers dancers and comedians in a program of dance melodies ballads and modern jazz.
Whiteman’s orchestra returns in a lively program blending Rhapsody in Blue with a colorful production titled Kin Romatee. Featured are Joe Pennet and Greenwich Village Follies cast, with Danists in Hit News and a new Blue Heaven weekly start on Sundays July 1.
Al Beale draws growing crowds at the Oriental Theater as he headlines a season of vibrant stage and screen acts. Admirers flock to see a show described as enterprising and torrid, signaling the entertainer’s rising stardom.
A garbled report notes a United States Navy action was postponed on November 17 or 18, with unclear details. The passage mentions official Navy involvement and a formal postponement by authorities.
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