Fidler Chides Ginger Rogers Over Honolulu Visit
In a Manila style dispatch from Honolulu, SME Fidler reports Ginger Rogers ignored press and public during a visit. He notes autographs declined, interviews avoided, and invitations snubbed, prompting satire and prompting Fidler to defend stars while criticizing Rogers’ aloof conduct.
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Bonolulu
Ginger Rogers
Los Angeles Harbor
Miss Rogers
Honolulu
Ginger
Muss Rogers
Fidler
Chamber of Commerce
Desi Taskmaster and Hollywood Sidelights
Hollywood notes and gossipy items from a 1939 column. Desi Taskmaster covers Nurse Edith Cavell previews, Abe Lincoln in Illinois location filming near Eugene, a Patricia Morison feud, Sheila D Arcy and Erich von Stroheim Jr romance, and Roy Rogers private boat trip with a nod to Leonard Slye. Includes Vera Dale policy joke and McCauley Miss Atlantic City quip.
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Desi
RKO
Edith Cavell
Bill Halden
Walker
Federal Theatre
Oregon
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Eugene
Paramount
Patricia Morison
Catalina Channel Waters
Pat
Toauy
Sheila D'Arcy
Erich von Stroheim
Willie Wyler
Cathy
Papa Wyler
Wuthering Heights
the Tailwaggers, Inc
Virginia Dale
Paramount Cutie
Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's
Roy Rogers
Newport Beach
Leonard Slye
Jack McCauley
Hollywood
Atlantic City
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Avon Lake Caucus Nominates Local Officials for November Ballot
Avon Lake held its annual caucus with 178 voters present. Wayne Black presided as chairman and Joe Boehm as secretary. Nominations include Muayor Howard Drake and Ad Wilson for mayor, Boehm for clerk, Nina Dunning and Walter Beck as treasurers, and a slate for council public affairs and school board positions.
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Avon Lake
Wayne Black
Joe Boehm
Muayor
Howard Drake
Ad. Wilson
Boehm
Nina Dunning
Walter Beck
Bill Arnold
Bob Shermillin
Frank K
Fred Lott
Lila Black
Ed Ennis
James Deasy
Edwin Wussdorfer
West Ridge Ladies Aid Society Meeting
The West Ridge Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. H. E. Kruger’s home on West Ridge Wednesday afternoon. President Mrs. H. J. Hillier led a regular business session. Contests directed by Mrs. R. W. Richards and Mrs. C. C. Strickler provided afternoon entertainment with prizes to Mrs. R. L. Walker, Mrs. C. N. Williams, and Mrs. M. O. Penfound. Sixteen members enjoyed refreshments afterward. Next meeting to be hosted by Mrs. C. C. Strickler on Oberlin road.
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West Ridge
C. C. Strickler
Oberlin Road
Elyria Man Hurt In Fall On Sidewalk
George Blake of 408 East Avenue received emergency treatment at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a fall on Broad Street near West Avenue. He struck his shoulder and was treated at 2:45 a.m. according to a police report.
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George Blake
East Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Broad Street
West Avenue
Wellington Resident Reported Missing
Albert Sandberg a 50 year old Wellington man was last seen driving his car on Saturday and his disappearance was reported by his son James Sandberg of Wellington prompting a sheriff's department search effort.
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Sheriff's Department
Albert Sandberg 50
Wellington
James
Radio Programs THK 13a Country E Hastings Baseball Past
Radio schedule blurbs list WTAM WGAR WCLE WAR and WCLE stations with names of hosts and programs including sport and music segments. Mentions Tony Dorsey Gray Gordon Larry Clinton and Guy Lombardo among others with varying times and lineups for MONDAY AUGUST 21.
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A. Hastings
Dixcarce
Trade Commission Sues Hearst Magazines Over Good Housekeeping Claims
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Hearst Magazines charging false guarantees in Good Housekeeping advertising. It claims Page 6 guarantees mislead readers and that a shopping service paid commissions from sales. Hearst officials rejected the FTC action saying the charges are untrue and seeking a hearing on Sept. 22.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
Hearst Magazines, Inc
Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeping Institute
Good Housekeeping Bureau
New York
Richard E. Berlin
Hearst Magazines’ Inc. Today
Federal Trade Commission
Good House- Keeping
Commission
Real Estate Transfers Listed by Land Title Guarantee 1939
Real estate transfers filed August 15 1939 reported by The Land Title Guarantee and Trust Company Lorain Avon Lake Elyria Oberlin Lorain Township Shef field Township Amherst Township Elyria Lorain Township Lorain Columbia Township and more. Transactions include trustee transfers to Holton Realty Co to Frank Wedrish et al and others from Cleveland Trust Co and Home Owners Loan Corp. Properties cover E 28th St Lorain Dewey Road Amherst Township Park Avenue Elyria North Pleasant Street Oberlin East 33rd St Lorain Oakdale Avenue Vermilion Road Nichols Road and Omaha Ave.
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Land Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Court Street
Cleveland Trust Company
Holton Realty Co
E 28Th St. Lorain
Frank Wedrish
E. 28Th St. Lorain
Cleveland Trust Co
Fred A Randel
Beach Park
Avon Lake Village
Joseph Svete
Mildred Dietrich
Dewey Road
Amherst Township
Paulinus M van Driest
Morris Rhodes
Park Avenue
Elyria
Katerina Nowak
Olga Helke
L. H. Webber
Esther Hay
Braman‘s Subdivision
Catherine Ott
Mamie A. Knipper
Lee S. Day
Dan S. Roltari
Margaret Roltari
Vermilion Road
Henrietta Township
Ruth Mollenberg
George H. Hunter
Nichols Road
Columbia Township
Home Owners’ Loan Corp
Ben F. Hollman Jr
Omaha Ave
Lorain
Bernard A. Rothgery
Frances Alten
la Grange
Catherine EB. Irwin
Conrad Road
Avon Village
Lara Werchel
Stephen J. Mark
Oakdale Avenue
Anna Barabas
Robert H. Cameron
Sheffield Land Co
Anthony Lukesic
Eva Lukesic
Hengartner
Henry G. Kremm
Nicholas Vian
Lake Breeze
Sheffield Lake Village
Gertrude D. Bryant
Margaret H. Hollis
Riverdale Court
Lewis H. Loken
Delaware Avenue
William Holmes
Elberton Avenue
Patsy Norton
East 20Th Street
Ruth M. Ehrman
L. Paul Wottring
Elgrin Avenue
Amherst Village
Esther M. Ehrman
Pyle-South Amherst Road
C. Arthur Brown
Norman Taylor
Lakeview
Black River
Self Opening Envelope Invented by Arthur Barrett
Columbus inventor Arthur Barrett, a former filling station operator, spent eight months counting unopened letters in waste baskets across Ohio and other states. He developed a self opening envelope that lets a folded letter protrude and be pulled out with a quick grasp, and has applied for a patent.
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Columbus
Arthur Barrett
Barrett
Ohio
Barret
Religious Sect Raises Bail For Arrested Member
In Youngstown on August 21 William Hall a 50 year old Jehovah's Witness member posted $500 bond after being charged with creating a disturbance at a sect meeting in Hubbard. The mass gathering followed a scuffle with hecklers among about 1200 spectators. Colleen Workman 13 Massillon was cut on the forehead by a stone thrown as she left Hubbard. Local police and sheriffs deputies were kept on order duty. The sect recently filed suit in Federal Court Cleveland seeking an injunction against Hubbard village officials to curb interference with parade and loud speaker use.
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Youngstown
William Hall
Jehovah's Witnesses
Liberty
Hubbard
Hall
Colleen Workman
Massillon
Cleveland
Hubbard Village
Death Found Natural Causes in Lorain County
A verdict of natural death was returned for Harold Townley Stewart of Sisterville West Virginia. Stewart’s body was found at 8 30 p m Saturday under a tree near Stop 48 Elyria avenue close to the Zacchini Shows with which he was indirectly connected. Two Lorain youths Oscar Villa and James Buiterras found him. Coroner S C Ward reported post mortem findings of an enlarged heart and congested lungs.
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Harold Townley Stewart
Sisterville
W. Va
Elyria Avenue
Zacchini
Oscar Villa
East 3Th Street
James Buiterras
East 30Th Street
C. W. Parker
Stewart
S. C. Ward
Louisiana Scandals Reviewed In Series By U. P. Writer
A New Orleans dispatch outlines the start of four reports on Louisiana political scandals sparked by the Louisiana State University embezzlement case. Dr James Monroe Smith, LSU president, admitted misusing university funds in stock deals triggering indictments against him and several associates. Investigations reveal graft and a multi‑sectional web, with bonds, forged signatures, and large losses across banks and brokers as turmoil deepens.
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Louisiana
State University
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Huey P. Long
Tulane University
Long
Smith
Richard W. Leche
David M. Ellison
Lewhe
Earl K. Long
Kingfish
Dewey J. Sanchez
East Baton Rouge Parish
J. M. Brown
Ont
Fenner & Beane
J. Monroe
Charles Fenner
Frontier Marshall at Rivoli Theatre Review
The Frontier Marshall starring Randolph Scott Cesar Romero Binnie Barnes and Nancy Kelly plays at the Rivoli. It is a Western with familiar plot but strong mass appeal due to fast exciting action and steady pacing.
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Randolph Scott
Cesar Romero
Binnie Barnes
Nancy Kelly
New Rivoli Theatre
Capita l Theatre Presents The Man in the Iron Mask Picturized
The Capitol Theatre screens Alexandre Dumas' The Man in the Iron Mask starring Louis Hayward with Warren Wil lam Jo an Bennett and Joseph Schildkraut in a vivid picturization of the classic novel.
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Man In the Iron Mask
Louis Hayward
Warren Willam
Joan Bennett
Joseph Schildkraut
Capitol Theatre
Alexandre Dumas
Suburban Calendar for Tonight in Multiple Towns
Various clubs and meetings listed for tonight in Rochester North Olmsted Avon Lake N Ridgeville Oberlin New London with times from 1 p m to 8:30 p m and events including caucus, Kiwanis, card parties, Grange inspections, and an I O O F lodge gathering. China bought 25 679 130 pounds of old American newspapers last year.
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Rochester
North Olmsted
Kiwanis Club
Coe
Avon Lake
Scientist
New London
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Odd Fellow Temple
Grange
China
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Gov
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Ren Pernie Dance
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Queer Quiries Dugent Taterey
Anioune, Lem
Salvo Johnson
Powell
Orch
Mirste Sport
Muale BO Hoagland Green Hornet
Fred Dietrich
14Th St
U. P
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Capitol
Women's League
Alex Wagner
H. Kinsner
Jolly Twelve Club
Nora Moll
Ridgeville
Ridgeville Grange
Oberlin
Oberlin Grange
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