Wapello Members Of TTT Headed To National Convention
A group from Chapter 6, TTT, traveled to Omaha Nebraska for the national convention. Attendees include Mrs. Carl Oakes national office secretary and Mrs. H E Hoover past national secretary with delegates Mrs. Ralph Matthews and others. Several residents also mentioned visiting family and other local movers about town.
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Wapello
Chapter 6
TTT
Omaha
Nebr
Carl Oakes
H. E. Hoover
Ralph Matthews
Canvo
George Oakes
M. D. Thomas
Albert Hook
Vada Allworth
Maude Schafer
Lake Worth
Silent Auction Plans at Sweetsland Methodist Class
The Philathea class meets at the church for a silent auction planned for December. Hostesses Tillie Kretschmar Mayme Hetzler Edna Toyne and Faye Doerfer arranged the program with Grace Collier in charge. Fellowship and bake sale plans are noted along with Family Night on December 2.
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Sweet
Philathea
Methodist Church
Tillie Kretschmar
Mayme Hetzler
Edna Toyne
Faye Doerfer
Grace Collier
Charles Shepard
Elmer Chatfield
Henry Doerfer
Howard Toyne
Arthur Hetzler
Clarence Eis
Arnold Kretschmar
P. W. Martin
Ray Downer
Charles Sywassink
Earl van Camp
Oakley Collier
Tallie Derby
Lucy Sever
John McCullough
James van Nice
Carl Bancks
Gordon Day
Harriet Shepard
Edna _ Belle Bancks
Evelyn Pace
Vernon Shepard
John McCullcough
Oscar Lea
Raymond Shoppa
James Shepard
Phil Zimmermaan
Harold Pace
Milton Borgastadt
James Slyan
Washington Story Brings Wit and Politics to Capitol Screen
Van Johnson stars as Congressman Joe Gresham in a brisk Washington comedy drama at the Palace. Patricia Neal plays Alice Kingsly, a skeptical reporter sent to expose him, while Louis Calhern features as Birch, a rival and ally in equal measure.
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M-G-M
Dore Schary
Robert Pirosh
Battleground
Washington
Palace Theater
van Johnson
Patricia Neal
Louis Calhern
Pirosh
Washington, D. C
Joe Gresham
Newchester
Mass
Alice
Joe
Capitol
Charles Birch
Ceilometer Mercury Lamp Measures Cloud Ceiling Height
A high voltage mercury vapor lamp used to measure cloud ceiling height with a ceilometer method.
Willie and Joe Score Again in Back at Front
Willie and Joe reprise their dogface roles in a war comedy at the Uptown theater. Tom Ewell and Harvey Lembeck play Willie and Joe at an Army base near Tokyo as they disrupt a Japanese spy ring with unintentional heroics. Filmed on location in Japan with Mari Blanchard as an Oriental spy and Richard Long as a sergeant.
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Universal - International
Bill Mauldin
Willie
Joe
Uptown
Tom Ewell
Harvey Lempeck
Tokyo
Ewell and
Lembeck
G.I1
S. Mari Blanchard
Richard Long
Willie and
Barry Kelley
Palmer Lee
Russell Johnson
Vaughn Taylor
Aram Katcher
George Sherman
Leonard Goldstein
Clifford Stine
Women Groups of Keithsburg Entertained and Reorganized
In Keithsburg Illinois the Federated club of Mercer county held a dinner at Mrs G E Platts home with nine attendees. Mrs Alma Aschenhurst was elected president and Mrs Charles Minteer vice president. P E O Chapter 28 opened its season at Mrs Bret Trents home with a Constitution Quiz and a tea followed.
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P.E.O Chapter
Bret Trent
Viera Dryden
William A. Hardin
H. W. Trent
Richard Shaw
Iowa Meat Output Up Six Percent
Production of commercial meat on Iowa farms rose 6 percent in the first seven months of the year compared with 1951. Through August total output reached 1,644,000,000 pounds versus 1,557,000,000 last year, with beef up 16 percent, pork up 1 percent, and mutton and lamb up 34 percent while veal fell 4 percent. August 1952 output was 172,857,000 pounds, down 9 percent from July’s 189,890,000 pounds.
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Des Moines
Lowa
Monkey Business brings Cary Grant comedy to Uptown Theater
Cary Grant Ginger Rogers Marilyn Monroe star in Twentieth Century Foxs Monkey Business a high spirited comedy about a chemist who hones a youth restoring formula The film features Charles Coburn Hugh Marlowe and more with script by Hecht Lederer and Diamond and a story by Harry Segall
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Cary Grant
Ginger Rogers
Marilyn Monroe
Charles Coburn
Twentieth Century-Fox
Sol. C. Siegel
Howard Hawks
Charles Coborn
Hugh Marlowe
Henri Letondal
Robert Cornthwaite
Larry Keating
Douglas Spencer
Esther Dale
George Winslow
Ben Hecht
Charles Lederer
I. A. L. Diamond
Harry Segall
Mr. Jordan
Firemen Respond To Wilton Grass Fire
Fire department was called about 1 30 p m Thursday to battle a grass fire along the Rock Island tracks near the Charles Hart home. A high wind drove the flames across several blocks but no property damage was reported.
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Wilton
Rock Island
Charles Hart
Wilton Hustlers Four-H Club Meets in Banquet Night
Wilton Hustlers Four-H club at the Kraklie home held a recent meeting with ten members present. Wilton-Fritz Gruemmer was named a county office candidate and Lyle Johnson announced as campaign speaker. Family night featured a potluck supper and roll call on My Project for the Coming Year. C. W. Brown will deliver the banquet address at the Iowa Newspaper conference on October 17 at the State University of Iowa. Brown publishes the Oconomowoc Wisconsin Enterprise and previously co-owned the Decorah Iowa Journal.
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Wilton
Fritz Gruemmer
Lyle Johnson
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Kraklie
Rollcall
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National Editorial Association
Iowa
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Journal
Monkey Business and World Series in Pictures
UPTOWN features Marilyn Monroe Cary Grant Charles Coburn and Ginger Rogers in Monkey Business. Thursday to Saturday World Series in Pictures includes Tom Ewell Harvey Lembeck and Mari Blanchard in Willie and Joe Back at the Front. Also shows One Minute to Zero with Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth and cartoons Tomorrow We Diet Mealtime Magic Donald’s Golf Game and Washington Story Captain Blackjack with George Sanders Herbert Marshall Patricia Roe and Agnes Moorehead.
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Marilyn Monroe
Cary Grant
Charles Coburn
Ginger Rogers
van Johnson
Patricia Neal
Washington
George Sanders
Herbert Marshall
Patricia Roe
Agnes Moorehead
One Minute to Zero at the Palace Promises War Romance
The Edmund Grainger production stars Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth in a wartime romance set against a bold military ridge defense. The film blends a moving love story with spectacular battle scenes and the UN mission backdrop. It opens at the Palace theater for four days starting Sunday.
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United Nations
East
Robert Mitchum
Ann Blyth
Howard Hughes
Palace Theater
Mitchum
Edmund Grainger
RKO Radio
the Palace
Film planned to show real war scenes with scale
Hollywood prepares a major production using hundreds of mobile units and real combat footage. The film, shot in Colorado, recreates war conditions with thousands of soldiers to achieve a panoramic battlefield background.
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Matic
Hollywood
Colorado
Population shifts before the Civil War and sheep abundance
The text notes a prewar ratio with more sheep than people in the United States. It then contrasts modern times showing five humans per sheep, illustrating a dramatic change in population density and livestock ownership.
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United States
Rhinoceroses Known for Hearing and Smell Over Sight
The article notes rhinos rely less on sight due to poor eyesight and instead use strong hearing and smell to navigate their surroundings. It explains their sensory strengths play a key role in behavior and safety.
Warns Against Farm Accidents During Harvest Season
Des Moines Secretary of Agriculture Clyde Spry urged farmers to guard against corn picker accidents and to drive cautiously on dimly lit fall highways. He urged vigilance so farmers can be here on Thanksgiving to celebrate a bountiful harvest. You only need to think twice to avoid an accident. Do not break up a farm home by carelessness.
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Des Moines
Clyde Spry
Spry
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