Bing Crosby Tops Poll as Favorite Film Star of 1949
Bing Crosby is named the favorite film star of 1949 in a nationwide poll of press and radio critics, theater owners, and civic representatives. June Allyson rises from seventh to first among women, with Crosby holding the top male spot for the sixth year.
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National Motion Picture Trade Journal
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Polls list top 1949 screen stars by votes and Westerns
The article lists the dozen leading feminine stars of 1949 led by Bing Crosby and the top male stars with Clark Gable and Cary Grant. Montgomery Clift gains notice as a rising newcomer. Western favorites show Roy Rogers and Gene Autry still ahead with George Hayes and others following.
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June Allyson
Loretta Young
Olivia de Havilland
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Gary Cooper
Bol Hope
Jane Wyman
Ingrid Bergman
Claudette Colbert
James Stewart
Dane Allyson
Betty Grable
Esther Williams
Barbara Stanwycek
Irene Dunne
Jennifer Jones
Elizabeth Taylor
Cowboys
George “Gabby” Hayes
Bill Eliott
William Boyd
Andy Devine
Tim Holt
Smiley Burnette
Johnny + Mack Brown
Leo Carrillo
Funeral services for Albert J. Julius
Albert J. Julius 72 died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday at his home north of Eldora where he had lived three weeks. Services will be at 2 o'clock today at Evangelical United Brethren Church in Ackley with burial in Hazel Green Cemetery southwest of Ackley. Born February 23, 1877, he grew up on the farm across from the family home and married Clara Steenblock on February 22, 1899.
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Evangelical United Brethren
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75 Hardin Countians Go to F B Convention
Hardin county residents represented at the State Farm Bureau convention in Des Moines last week with about 75 attendees. They previously lived in Moorhead Minnesota for 42 years, moved to Ackley in a trailer on Third Avenue, visited their old home, then settled in Eldora. Surviving relatives include a widow, a brother Sieben Julius of Webster City, and two sisters Mrs. John Dornbusch and Mrs. John Hill of Elmore Minnesota.
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Eldora
Sieben Julius
Webster City
John Dornbusch
John Hill
Elmore
Four-day event draws over 40 women to sessions
More than 40 women traveled by bus and car to participate in a four day event featuring outstanding speakers at multiple sessions. H V Synder of Iowa Falls Hardin county served as voting delegate and met with county representatives to draft resolutions aligning with the Iowa Bureau's 1950 policy.
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Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Iowa Bureau
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