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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
12
First National attraction at the Rivola theatre in Oskaloosa opens Sunday through Tuesday June 7 8 9 featuring Fathers Son from Boy of Mine. Tarkington known for boy stories explains his view of childhood through memory and psychology in this screen adaptation.
A voice within the story distinguishes between adult and boy thinking while critiquing Tarkington’s claim that boy stories are easy to write. Leon Janney, Lewis Stone, Irene Rich and John Halliday headline this American home drama.
Two laws from the 43rd Iowa General Assembly set pay and expense rules for legislators and officers. The Expense Grab Law caps regular-session expenses at 500 per member plus sworn itemized claims. The Mileage Law limits automobile costs to seven cents per mile and bars double-compensation or expenses when gratuitous transport occurs, effective May 1, 1931.
Iowa health officials advise that August September and October show the peak typhoid fever incidence with outbreaks linked to food handling at camps. They urge laboratory feces and urine testing for all camp food handlers and three doses of vaccine, free for campers willing to attend overnight or summer camps. Reports show various diseases by county for the week ending May 28, 1931, including Typhoid Fever one case in Polk County.
Joan Crawford stars in Dance Fools Dance as a newspaper reporter in a sensational Chicago crime tale. The MGM drama opens at the Princess Theatre in Oskaloosa on Sunday for a four day run, with Lester Vail opposite Crawford and Harry Beaumont directing. The film features Crawford’s glamour, a midnight yacht swim, and nightclub dancing with newsroom scenes filmed to mirror a real metropolitan daily.
William Bakewell plays Joan's fragile brother with striking nuance while Clark Gable as the gang leader delivers a magnetic, lasting performance, elevating the film beyond its plot.
The Bureau of the Census outlines Iowa farm statistics: 214,928 farms totaling 34,019,332 acres with a value of 4,495,022,350 dollars. It breaks down crop land, idle land, failed crops, and 9,508,644 acres of pasture, plus land not in forest, pasture, or crops. Farm land and buildings total 4,224,506,088 dollars. buildings worth 1,037,526,238 dollars. implements and machinery valued at 270,516,267 dollars.
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