Roosevelt Has Long Range Plan for Land Use and Jobs
Washington correspondent outlines a Roosevelt era plan tying afforestation, unemployment relief, farm relief, and public works to a permanent national land use program. It envisions moving industry from cities to rural areas, expanding electric power, roads, and housing while removing sub marginal land from cultivation and developing rural industrial communities.
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Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee
Columbia
Tennessee Valley
Columbia River
Agricultural Adjustment Program
M. L. Wilson
Montana
Iowa State College
University of Wisconsin
Harold L. Ickes
Wilson
Rexford Guy Tugwell
America
Tugwell
Continental
Hell's House at Uptown theater draws crowd and praise
The fictional yet fact based film Hell's House stars Junior Durkin as the reform school resident whose limited hero worship clashes with his environment. Junior Coghlan plays Shorty in a key friendship sequence. Pat O'Brien appears as the bootlegger who knows Babe Ruth and Red Grange.
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Marcus
Uptown
Photoplay Magazine
Junior Durkin
Shorty
Junior Coghlan
Pat
O’brien
Durkin
Babe Ruth
Red” Grange
Salisbury Players to Present The Gladiator at Uptown Theatre
The Salisbury Players under Ethel Salisbury Hanley will stage The Gladiator a three act comedy at the Uptown theater after the main film each night Wednesday through Friday next week. The cast of seven includes Ed Wright Mildred Bernick and others from Muscatine and Iowa City with rehearsals at the Hanley cottage Innisfail on the Mississippi east of Muscatine.
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Uptown
Salisbury Players
Ethel Salisbury Hanley
Muscatine
Ed Wright
Mildred Bernick
Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
Hanley Cottage
Innisfail
Mississippi
Iowa Receives Federal Relief Grant of 813 695
The Federal Relief Administration announced unemployment relief grants of 1 529 714 to New York and 813 695 to Iowa. Iowa's grant was a matching payment for state expenditures in the second quarter, bringing Iowa's total federal funds to 1 513 816. New York's allotment covered one third of first quarter spending, lifting its total to 12 439 894.
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Washington
New York
Iowa
Federal Relief Administration
Huston and Asther Star in Sandor Hunyady Dramatization
Walter Huston leads as a Serbian nobleman in a romance blending history and fiction. Phillips Holmes co stars as a Hungarian officer in a tale set around the Sarajevo assassination with a dramatic love triangle and notable makeup feats.
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Red
Walter Huston
Phillips Holmes
Metro-Goldwyn - Mayer
Sandor Hunyady
Vienna
Max Reinhardt
Richard Boleslavsky
Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Huston
Asther
Miss Francis
Hell
Gabriel
White House
Comedy in film tale of postwar Vienna
Charlie Ruggles supplies the comedy in Evenings for Sale, a postwar Vienna romantic comedy at the Palace theater. The plot follows Franz, an impoverished nobleman, and Lela, daughter of a bourgeois merchant, as they meet at a masked ball and he agrees to work as a cafe entertainer to stay alive. Jenny Kent, an American widow, enters the triangle, creating a humorous and hopeful wartime intrigue.
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Charlie Ruggles
Vienna
Palace Theater
Herbert
Sari Maritza
Burgeois
I. A. R. Wylie
Franz
Lela
Marshall
Maritza
Jenny Kent
Jenny
The Half Naked Truth Presses Publicity Exposé
A lively comedy drama exposes the Ballyhoo racket with Lee Tracy as a hard driving press agent and Lupe Velez as the publicity star. The film mirrors real life exploits of Henry Reichenbach and plays at the A Muse U theater Sunday and Monday.
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Henry Reichenbach
Broadway
Lee Tracy
Lupe Velez
Reichenbach
T. R. Zann
Tarzan
Coming Attractions at Salisbury Players and More
The Salisbury Players stage The Gladiator a three act comedy with Kay Francis Nils Asther Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Eugene Pallette C Gordon Louise Closser Hale and Jean Parker also presenting Storm at Daybreak Pathe news cartoon travel talk and Pathe review Bette Davis Junior Durkin Pat O'Brien Hell's House Ken Maynard Drum Taps serial Three Musketeers Lupe Velez Lee Tracy Frank Morgan The Half Naked Truth This Sporting Age Hello Sister Self Defense and more in a packed program with news and comedy throughout the week.
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Salisbury Players
Kay Francis
Nils Asther
Walter Huston
Phillips Holmes
Eugene Pallette
C. Henry Gordon
Louise Closser Hale
Jean Parker
Pathe News
Cartoon
Travel Talk
Pathe Review
Bette Davis
Junior Durkin
Pat O’brien
Ken Maynard
Lupe Velez
Lee Tracy
Frank Morgan
Jack Holt
Evalyn Knapp
Hardie Albright
Graham McNamee
James Dunn
Boots Mallory
Palace Dog Contest Attracts Local Theater Giveaway
The Palace theater plans a dog contest tied to the show "Chic" Sale in "Lucky Dog." Owners must register by 1 p.m. Friday August 18 at the Palace, with prizes including 2.50 for the best looking dog, 1.00 for the ugliest, plus ten other class prizes for size and unusual features.
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Palace Theater
Palace
Another Language Brings Hayes and Montgomery to Uptown Screen
Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery star in Another Language a Metro film based on Rose Franken stage success shown three days at the Uptown theater. Hayes plays Stella a sculptor bride amid a middle class household while Montgomery plays the young husband under a strong mother in law played by Louise Closser Hale. The story centers on the middle class oppression of a young wife who marries into it and struggles for happiness.
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Helen Hayes
Robert Montgomery
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Uptown
Broadway
Miss Hayes
Stella
Montgomery
Louise Closser Hale
Don't Bet on Love at Palace features Lew Ayres and Ginger Rogers
The Universal drama stars Lew Ayres with 14 important supporting roles and Ginger Rogers opposite him as his sweetheart. The plot follows a young plumber who finds racing success then turns gambler, chasing love he loses at the track. Pat and Mary will appear in person as added stage attractions.
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Pat and Mary
NBC
Palace Theater
America
Universal
Lew Ayres
Ayres
Ginger Rogers
Pat and
Mary
West Liberty Moves and Visits Highlight Local Roundup
Dr and Mrs J C Carey relocate to Frank Moylan residence on East Elm while a brick home is built. old house torn down by Harry John and crew. Rev J A Saathoff and daughters Ruth Marian visit West Liberty then head to Dubuque. I Ticktien heads to New York City after summer stay, plans a Rock Island trip and Chicago visit. Mrs Frank Flynn and Esther tour Chicago for two weeks.
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J. C. Carey
Frank Moylan
East Elm Street
Harry John
J. A. Saathoff
Jamestown
S. D
Ruth
Marian
Rev. Saathoff
Saathoff
First Presbyterian Church
Dubuque
I. Ticktien
New York City
Popham Avenue
Bronx
Rock Island
Chicago
Ticktien
New York
Frank Flynn
Esther
Sale and Buster to star in new production
Internationally known humorist writer and actor Sale will headline a production with Buster the Hollywood wonder dog. Sale is famed for vaudeville Broadway and motion pictures including The Star Witness where he played the Civil War veteran. Buster, seven, leads in all barkies drawing wide attention for canine casts.
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Sale
Buster
Hollywood
Barkies
State Fair comes to Palace for two more showings
Palace theater books State Fair for Sunday and Monday after strong audience response on prior run. Manager Jerry Baker sees return interest from fans and those who missed it last time as top stars Janet Gaynor Will Rogers Lew Ayres Sally Eilers Norman Foster Louise Dresser Frank Craven and Victor Jory headline a romance comedy and dramatic plot based on Phil Stongs best seller.
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Palace
Will Rogers
Janet Gaynor
Lew Ayres
Sally Eilers
Norman Foster
Victory Jory
Louise Dresser
Frank Craven
Pepperpot
Africa
Ginger Rogers
Charles Grapewin
Hal LeRoy
Mitzi Mayfair
Merry Melody
Graham McNamee
Mary
Charlie Ruggles
Herbert Marshall
Sam Maritza
Paramount Souvenir
Ruth Etting
Ruth
Constance Bennett
Joel McCrea
Palace Theater
Jerry Baker
Srar
Victor Jory
Phil Stong
Bed of Roses at Palace theater with Chic and Lucky Dog
Constance Bennett stars as a daring huntress chasing millionaires in Bed of Roses. She forges ahead after a reformatory release, finding love with Dan and then a wealthy publisher, leading to a crisis before marriage.
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Africa
Constance Bennett
Palace Theater
Diana
Larry Evans
New Orleans
Dan
Stephen Paige
Page
Larry
Hoot Gibson Seen on Uptown Screen
Hoot Gibson stars in The Dude Bandit a western romance comedy and mystery drawing crowds at the Uptown theater. The film features Gibson hiding Skeeter in a trunk during a chase scene noted as a standout moment. Buster Keaton's Sidewalks of New York screens as the late Owl show.
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Uptown Theater
Hoot
Skeeter
Mason Ranch
Kirk Hotel
Owl Show
Buster Keaton
Sidewalks OF
New York
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Three Musketeers
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