Radio Idol Jimmie Allen Stars In The Sky Parade
Jimmie Allen, the millions of radio fans and a national sensation, travels from the airwaves to Hollywood for Paramounts The Sky Parade based on his adventures. The Palace Sunday screening marks his screen debut as creators meet the teen idol who loves flying and imagines many future paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Allen
America
Jimmie
Paramount
Palace Theater
Hollywood
Kathtrine de Mille
William Gargan
Kent Taylor
the Palace
West Branch High School 1936 Commencement Held
The fifty ninth annual West Branch graduation honored 30 seniors in the auditorium Friday. Notables included William Bowman receiving high honor and Dorothy Secrest distinction in activities. Dr. M Willard Lampe of Iowa City gave the address. diplomas were presented by Principal F D Weaver as the class sang America.
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West Branch
West Branch High School
C. M. Eden
Russell Anderson
William Bowman
Clyde Brown
Thelma Byers
William Carran
Robert Cox
Edward Dean
Belva Davis
Elizabeth Edgerton
Ivan Estle
Earl Grizel
Earl Heald
Orpha Jacobs
Ardeth Jensen
Robert Lee Jensen
Mary Kadera
Wayne Krouth
Myrtle Larson
William Miller
Harold Morback
Elwood Mundy
Cleo Pedersen
Eugene Pedersen
Dorothy Secrest
Harold Slach
Harold Sondergard
Herbert Sorensen
Kenneth Stuart
Thomas Taylor
Robert Thomasen
E. L. Erlander
R. W. Millen
Gilman
F. D. Weaver
America
38th Graduation Program Staged at Lone Tree High
Lone Tree high school held its 38th annual commencement at the Grand opera house. The program featured processional Laura Green invocations Rev. Paul Hann music My Creed, Wel come Fern Harshbarger vocal solo Friend of Mine Marion Brossma class president address Raymond Swanson recessional high school chorus Farewell Vivian Toland commencement song senior quartet Marion Brolsma Hilton Yakish Vivian Toland Fern Harshbarger honors awards Josters citizenship medals Vivian Toland Hilton Yakish, high grade honors Vivian Toland Gertrude Eden Marion Brolsma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Lone Tree High School
Grand Opera House
Laura Green
Paul Hann
My Creed
Marion Brolsma
Hilton Yakish
Vivian Toland
Fern Harshbarger
E. L. Dickenson
Gertrude Eden
Football players aided by federal relief in fall
Federal relief supported players from 24 colleges last autumn. Since the World War armistice, there have been 44 wars worldwide.
Show Boat on Stage at Up town Theater Five Day Run
Charles Winninger stars in Show Boat at Up town theater opening today for five days. Irene Dunne and Allan Jones headline a romantic Mississippi show boat tale with Julie sung by Helen Morgan and Paul Robeson in a resonant role. James Whale directs a lavish production with a 3500 cast and new Kern Hammerstein tunes.
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Charles Winninger
Muscatine
Uptown
Edna Ferber
Jerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein
Universal
Magnolia
Ravenal
Mississippi
Irene Dunne
Allan Jones
Captain Andy
Helen Westley
Helen Morgan
Julie
Paul Robeson
James Whale
Irene Dunn
Trene Dunne
Alan Charles Dunne Jones
Universal Picture
Radio Schedule From The Studio Echoes Of The Week
A dense listing of radio programs across networks WBBM WLS WCFL WOC and others. Entries include orchestras dances news shows and concerts with time slots from 6:00 to 8:00 a m and continuing through the morning. The schedule pairs performers like Duke Ellington Paul Sullivan Kay Kyser and Phil Harris with stations such as WGN WCA be MBS NBC CBS and ABC affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS
WBBM
Wwoc
WCFL
WOC
London
Mbs
WGN
WIBA
NBC
WLS
Nbc—Who
Jack
WCBS
Sy Kyser
Titans of Science
White Goods Workers
WHO
Bob Crosby
Wihc
Don Bester
Stoward Kraemer
WMT
Paul Sullivan
News Room
WLW
Duke Ellington
WMAQ
Phil Herrs
NBC— Who
Frankie Masters
WCBD
Sunshine Hour
Clement Wood
WCCO
Capitol Family
WENR
June Jerry
KMOX
Louis Flues
Benno Rabines
Communist Party
WJID
WJJD
New, Who
Jack B Niy
Kay Kyser
Abelieve
Phil Baker
WFBM
Radiotousip
Major Bowes
NBC — Who
Horace Hveidt
Jack H
Harold Sokes
Court of Human Relations
Vincent Travers
C83s
Nay Kyser
Duke ¥Llarton
Gene and
Glenn
WPEBM
NBC —Who
Walter Blaufuss
Betty and
Bob
WMBD
Reporter
WISN
Snider
Brooks
the O'Neills
Trading Post
Milton Charles
Ma Sothern
Dorothy Gordon
JBC
Lowell Thomas
Ma Perkins
Johnson
Palmer House Ensemble
Uncle Ezra
Lum
Abner
Sigmund Romberg
Joe Sanders
Wayne King
March of Time
Northerners
Amos
N’ Andy
Rae Gare
Happy Jack
West Point of the Air opens at A-Muse-U theater
Wallace Beery stars in West Point of the Air a drama about Army aviation at the A-Muse-U theater. The film portrays young men trained to face death for country while in peak physical condition ready for any emergency in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Air Corps
West Point of the Air
Army Aviation
Wallace Beery
A-Muse-U
Coming Attractions at Uptown and Palace Theaters
The Uptown offers a five day lineup with a color classic The Show Boat starring Irene Dunn Allan Jones and others plus double features The Golden Arrow and The Florida Special. The Palace stacks weekly programs with Sky Parade Vamp Until Ready Manhattan Tapestry Garden Murder Case West Point of the Air and more across days and serials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Dunn
Allan Jones
Charles Winninger
Paul Robeson
Helen Morgan
Helen Westley
Queenie Smith
Sammy White
Pnthe News
Bette Davis
George Brent
Eugene Foran
Dick Foran
Alexandre Rignault
Jack Oakie
Sally Eilers
Kent Taylor
J. Farrell MacDonald
Sam Hearn
Florida
M. G. M. News
Palace
Jimmie Allen
Radio Idol
Katherine DeMille
Grant Withers
Charlie Chase
Fox News
Gene Raymond
Wendy Barrie
Helen Broderick
William Collier Sr
Walter Johnson
Manhattan Tapestry
All Star
Universal News
Edmund Lowe
Virginia Bruce
Benita Hume
Douglas Walton
Nat Pendleton
Carole Lombard
Chester Morris
Buck Jones
Junction Paving Crew Is Moved
Columbus Junction the paving gang moves from Cotter to finish the west end of the six mile Columbus Junction to Washington county line stretch today. They start Monday on the east end in west Columbus Junction with machinery on railroad land south of the railroad park. The flag station moved into the park to create room.
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Columbus Junction
Cotter
Six Mile
Washington County
W. E. Whetstine
Arlene
Toledo
C. E. Lukins
Monmouth
New Henderson
Ill
Galesburg
C. C. Snyder
Chester
C. Christopherson
Muscatine
L. W. Smith
Oelwein
Ralph Lukins
James Alexander
Cedar Rapids
Max Mize
Franc Sigafoos
Ainsworth
Herman Sheridan
Building Permits Reach $18 525 in May
May saw building permits totaling $18 525, the highest monthly value in at least a year. Seven new structure permits contrasted with 56 repair projects totaling $8 760, led by a $9 000 three building apartment project on Poplar Street. Total new building value issued was $9 765, while April permits reached $11 888 with 39 permissions. The winter months brought only a few permits each month.
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I. V. Howenstine
F. R. Lawrence
Poplar Street
Maria Theresa dollar key coin of Ethiopia
The Maria Theresa dollar or thaler stands as the principal coin used in Ethiopia, highlighting its monetary standard and currency history. The term refers to a widely recognized historic coin adopted in Ethiopian commerce and trade.
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Ethiopia
McCarthy Farm Sale Near Columbus Junction
The McCarthy farm in Louisa County near Columbus Junction sold for 1200 dollars to cover 23 acres with a house and barn. Mr and Mrs Mark Shafer and their two children from West Liberty visited Miss Anna Mulhern and P F Benson, while Mrs C E Peck of Crookston Minnesota visited her sister Miss Lela Schneider in Grandview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
McCarthy
Louisa County National Bank
Mark Shafer
West Liberty
Anna Mulhern
P. F. Benson
C. E. Peck
Crookston
Minn
Lela Schneider
Grandview
Lone Tree Memorial Day Observances And Local Notices
Lone Tree hosts Legion memorial at River Junction Swank's Nichols and St Marys cemeteries then 11 am program in park pavilion. Local groups report meetings and appointments. students earn perfect attendance and spelling honors.
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Lone Tree
John L. Mumm
American Legion
Legion Hall
River Junction
Swank’s
Nichols
St. Mary’s
Park Pavilion
Lone Tree Band
Paul Hann
M. L. Bach
Hann
Grant Stover
Burlington
Noble Grands’ Club
Hankill Rebekah Lodge
Anna Eden
Eliza Burgess
Iowa City
Y” Book Club
Richard Hotz
Love on a Bet at Palace in midweek show
The Palace presents Love on a Bet featuring Gene Raymond and Joan Crawford with Wendy Barrie in a light hearted screen comedy. The plot begins with Raymond in underwear in Central Park at midnight and a $15,000 wager requiring him to reach Los Angeles in fashion and betrothal within ten days.
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Gene Raymond
Dolores del Rio
Joan Crawford
Wendy Barrie
Palace Theater
New York
Central Park
Raymond
Gene
Los Angeles
Week-end Visitors in Nichols Homes
Local notes report visitors at Nichols and nearby homes. People from Muscatine Riverside West Liberty Sioux Falls Cedar Rapids Des Moines Waterloo and Des Moines joined families for visits and summer plans. The Delta Alpha class meets June 1 at Nettie Schmitt’s home with Helen Rice assisting.
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Clarence
Sioux Falls
Lt. D
Hattie Fuller
Ralph
Cedar Rapids
Nina Quimbly
West Branch
Delta Alpha
The
Christian Church
Nettie Schmitt
Helen Rice
Double Feature At Uptown Theater Next Week
Two photoplays The Golden Arrow and Florida Special headline a double feature at Uptown Theater Thursday through Saturday. Bette Davis stars in a brisk comedy with George Brent. Jack Oakie and Sally Eilers lead Florida Special aboard a speeding New York–to–Florida express train with jewel theft a central plot.
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Florida
Uptown
Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bette Davis
George Brent
Miss Davis
Jack Oakie
Sally Eilers
New York
Claude Gillngwater
Frances Drake
Gillingwater
Gems
Miss Drake
Kent Taylor
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Lampe
Geo.m.wittich
Ployd A. Downey
Kenneth Gohlmann
Walter Cassel
Bari
Sidney
Mississipp! Serenaders
Davenport
Os Luxe
Lone Tree Notes
Legion Post
Sify
John Salemink
Harry Salemink
George Kirchner
Lucy Brown
Wilma Mills
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church
Walter Morris
Uptown Theater
Claudette Colbert
Lady Boston
Rex and
Rinty
Katherine DE Mille
William
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