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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1941
Page
8
At the Grand Theatre Brice Aherne stars in The Man Who Lost Himself in a Tuesday program titled The Great American Broadcast. The venue features an evening of film and performance with a varied lineup and local showings.
Mariene Ditwich stars in The Flame of New Orleans with Bruce Stading in a Friday Saturday program. The film centers on a romance amid city intrigue and stage glamour at the Screens venue.
A cryptic line-up of names appears with a rough headline feel as readers are teased about a price on a horse named Vaquero. The fragment references Cesar Ramera and several others including Mery B Lycene Roberts Fin Martin Kebe Ben Catier.
A fragment suggests a note about a Lady From Louisiana event or person with a Saturday timing. The readable text is limited, but it hints at a social or performance matter involving Louisiana. No clear names, places, or outcomes emerge from the fragment.
Maureen O Hara stars in They Metz TN Argen and cast its Die.
In an April 12 to 24 incident, authorities reported a political stage event involving Baty Preaiset Lineuin amid damage fines totaling 2.23.00 pounds. The case centers on a seizure and related penalties as investigators pursue the Independent group in Pole iGelghie.
A brief note places the famed Rownd Church near Fingland Farm in London, mentions Cambridge work, and references North Maplestead in Essex and Lidlow, suggesting a scattered geographic note or archival fragment. The readable text is fragmentary with unclear events or dates.
A simple method to hide table edges uses adhesive paste tape applied to the underside of each corner of the cloth. This keeps corners from peeking through the covering and maintains a neat appearance during use.
Alss Rey Corrigan stars in a western set piece at Tumbe Frown Ranch in Arizona referenced in Adventures of Captain Marvel. The tale features Corrigan in a rugged desert backdrop with tense encounters and Daring action typical of the serial.
The article notes that the woodchuck meat is edible and cooked similarly to muskrat. It mentions preparation methods such as frying, roasting, stewing, or parboiling, with a brief aside on meat quality and a reference to young animals.
In Indianapolis Judge Herbert E. Wilson heard testimony about a wooden box device called the evetherator that its inventor Dr. Heil Eugene Crum said could cure baldness locate oil wells determine unborn sex and diagnose distant ailments including cancer and tuberculosis. Crum claimed over 7,000 patients were treated with the machine, which critics labeled a drugless practice and led to a state medical board license revocation.
A US health report shows the baby death rate fell 20 percent from 1934 to 1939 while about 50,000 infants still die before reaching their first year. Stillbirths total about 75,000 annually and 8 million children now receive government aid at home. Surgeon General Parran cites hopeful new horizons in national health and child welfare.
Kentucky plans a state park near Danville featuring replicas of the courthouse jail and meeting house tied to early constitutional conventions. Construction began in late October 1940 with completion aimed for the 1942 sesquicentennial of Kentucky statehood.
Alexander Graham Bell receives the IG cent stamp as the fifth member of the inventors group in the Famous Americans series. The note says Bell’s life focused on teaching deaf people to speak, not electricity transmission. It also mentions his family’s work in speech and phonetics and an early boyhood mechanical speaking head.
The battleship South Dakota was launched with 17 12 nautical miles, 3 inch secondary guns and eight anti air guns. It features a girdie counter mine device and catapults for six light planes and dive bombers. Secretary Knox praised speed and urged rapid, quality construction at Cramps Shipyards amid a fiery wartime world.
Ford plants nationwide faced shutdowns due to engine shortages with River Rouge supplying about 5,000 engines daily. UAW CIO proposed a third shift to boost output as 16 plants abroad and the River Rouge facility struggled to recover from recent stoppages. Production on army blitz buggies continues, while numerous workers have been reassigned as officials seek contract terms.
Readers learn that strong resentment toward Japan's China policy informs a diplomatic letter. Secretary Grew is noted as a skilled diplomat, with the letter reportedly prompted by a circular addressed to Americans in Tokyo by a certain group. The piece underscores the gravity of the issue in wartime diplomacy.
Christian workers circulate a cablegram to John T. Flynn urging a conference for a just peace and equitable world order and opposing U S entry unless no other way defeats Germany. The circular public June 1. Grew cites a Gallup poll showing 68 percent of fighting age families favor entry if no other option remains and 85 percent expect U S entry.
The secretary aims to add 84 foreign tankers to U S government service to prevent fuel shortages. A June 3 survey found many other foreign ships in American ports that could be requisitioned, including 11 Jugoslav freighters 21 Dutch ships 74 Norwegian vessels and 29 Panamanian ships. The plan favors negotiation and purchase but reserves outright seizure if price talks fail.
A suspect linked to a murder spree in San Bernardino is captured in Spokane after a series of killings. He forced a note to stir aid for his half sister Violet, shot Mrs. Wells and Miss Destree, then killed Raymonde and fled. Police arrested Alfred on concealed weapons charges in a rail yard hobo jungle.
Minneapolis police arrested a suspect in a daylight robbery of 46182 dollars from the Minneapolis Brewing Company. Detective Chief James Mullin said witnesses partially identified the man from a photo as one of four armed bandits. The suspect came from the west coast months ago and was picked up for investigation.
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