Quaint Hawaiian reply gag for playfully evasive stars
A humorous imagined interview mix highlights among Hollywood legends Kay Francis Norma Shearer and others using a fantasy Hawaii style refrain me no spikee English to dodge tough questions. The piece riffs on celebrity PR and light satire of press queries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simaale Fidler
Hawaii
Kay Francis
Kay
Rawther
Norma Shearer
England
Norma
Robert Donat
George Raft
Stars Face Politicians With Witty Press Sparring
Jimmie Fidler notes that celebrities could deftly handle probing questions with charm so as not to offend writers while avoiding terse replies like none of your business. The piece suggests a careful public persona to prevent political backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Fidler
Valentino Remembrance and Hollywood Scribbles
The column blends tributes on Rudolf Valentino's death anniversary with gossip on Hollywood happenings. It notes Joe Schildkraut plans a vast serpentine pool at his home, mentions Marjorie Weaver’s marriage rumors, Claire James securing an MGM contract, Orson Welles’ intensive schoolwork, and Joe Brown Jr signing with Twentieth Century Fox after being spotted on an ad poster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie
Waikiki
Joe Schildkraut
Rudolph Valentino
Hollywood Cemetery
Dick Powell
Buffy
Thomas
Frankie Thomas
Holywood
Hollywood
Marjorie Weaver
Claire James
MGM
Orson Welles
Joe. Brown, Jr
Joe E
Twentieth Century-Fox
Sol Wurtzel
Lad
Surprise anniversary praised by friends in Wellington
In Wellington Ohio on Friday evening Mr and Mrs Lew Whitney were surprised by several friends who honored their twenty ninth wedding anniversary. The gag involved a billboard ad and a photographer whose address was tracked down after a web of telegrams and calls. Also mentioned: Huntley Gordon golf banter with Dick Arlen who wears mismatched socks during a putt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Lew Whitney
Twentieth
New York
Joe Brown, Jr
Westwood
Huntley Gordon
Dick Arlen
Huntley
Radio Programs and Alibi Club Highlights
Radio listings and program notes feature Andorn Van Carl Grorwe Alibi Club and Phil Baker on WCLE 419M 610K. Music segments include Mime Studio, Gene Mewin, Paul Whiteman, and Tommy Dorsey. Sports and news items touch on baseball final and Spur spotlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andorn
WCLE
W. Campbell
Wellington and Akron Legion Parade Highlights
A Wellington gathering hosted a lovely meal for guests from LaGrange and Wellington. Ten Wellington American Legion members marched in Akron's colorful parade with color bearers, guards, and a Spirit of 76 float receiving special recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington American Legion
Wellington
American Legion
Department of Ohio
Akron
Frank Clara
Arthur MecQuate
Glen Outridge
Harold Perry
Navy
Horace B. MecClaflin
Claud Smith
True Fortney
Ralph W. Falls
Clair McCaffrey
Herbert H. Reep
Wellington Post
E. L. Hewes
Ed. Wise
Clifton West
The
Legion
Two Students Develop New Iron Ore Furnace in North Dakota
In Grand Forks North Dakota credit for a special processing furnace for converting iron ores to higher grade magnetic ore goes to Louis Savage and Harold Soratokke two University of North Dakota engineering students. The process uses pulverized lignite to upgrade low grade hematite ore into higher grade magnetic ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks, N. Dp
University of North Dakota Enginering
Louis Savage
Harold Soratokke
Hahn Reunion Held on West Ridge
Mr and Mrs Joe Briggs hosted the Hahn reunion at their West Ridge home. Sixty four guests attended from Ashland Bowling Green Brownhelm Amherst Elyria and Carlisle. A basket dinner was held on the lawn and officers elected: President Cecil Hahn Vice President Henry Hahn Secretary Treasurer Merle Penfound. Ice cream and cake followed social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ridge
Joe Briggs
Hahn
Ashland
Bowling Green
Brownhelm
Amherst
Elyria
Carlisle
Cecil Hahn
Henry Hahn
Merle Penfound
Entertain For Mrs. Melanie Farr Gerasch
Mr and Mrs J H Penfound hosted a gathering of twenty eight relatives on Oberlin road in honor of Mrs Melanie Farr Gerasch of Giddings Texas A picnic and pleasant time were shared Attendees included Abs Frank Henney and son Wade Burt McMullen Blake Hicks family John Hahn and children Lois Dale and Nyle from Butternut Ridge Charles Yost Doris Nyle Linda Lou from Chestnut Ridge Bertha Pember Theodore Penfound Elyria Byrle Snyder Dale Carlisle Herbert Farr Willa May Columbia Station and Evelyn Miller the guest of honor Mrs Gerasch Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Penfound
Oberlin Road
Melanie Farr Gerasch
Giddings
Texas
Abs
Frank Henney
Wade
Burt McMullen
Blake Hicks
Carol
Kenneth
John Hahn
Lois
Dale
Nyle
Butternut Ridge
Charles Yost
Doris
Linda Lou
Chestnut Ridge
Bertha Pember
Theodore Penfound
Elyria
Byrle Snyder
Carlisle
Herbert Farr
Willa May
Columbia Station
Evelyn Miller
Gerasch
Suburban Calendar of Meetings and Socials Listed
Avon Lake scientist meeting at school eight p m New London S O O F Lodge at Odd Fellow Temple eight p North Olmsted Grange at town hall eight thirty p m Avon Lake Kresge Club card party with Mrs M Corlett at one p m Avon Lake Townsend Club Park Hall eight p m Lake Avenue North Elyria Subordinate Grange Grange Hall eight p m No juvenile meeting North Olmsted Group One Ladies Aid home of Mrs Philip Wetzel twelve o clock noon N Ridgeville Townsend Club town hall eight p m LaGrange Old Glory Grange ice cream social seven p m all members urged to attend Chinese checkers games LaGrange Gott reunion home of Mr and Mrs Leslie Knowles picnic supper entertainment Fields Fields Ladies Aid home of Mrs Robert Harding 685 East River street Flyria for luncheon LaGrange Townsend Club eight p m New London Halcyon Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellow Temple eight p m Penfield Republican Caucus town hall WestRidge Jolly Hus tlers entertain Boys Banner Club cars depart from Bob Schroeder home seven thirty p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Kresge
M. Corlett
Townsend
Park Hall
Lake Avenue
North Elyria
Grange Hall
North Olmsted
Ladies Aid
Philip Wetzel
N. Ridgeville
Lagrange
Old Glory Grange
Robert Harding
East River Street
Flyria
Leslie Knowles
EATON
Eaton Ladies Aid
LA Grange — Circle IM
The
Aid Society
Flora Foster
Avon Lake—Dames of Malta
Geo. E. Slawson Sisterhood
Wil
LA Grange — Townsend Club
New London
Halcyon Rebekah Lodge
Penfield
Town Hall
Westridge — the Jolly Hustlers
Boys Banner Club
Bob Schroeder
At The Theatres Tonight Shows James Cagney Drama
The prison melodrama Each Dawn I Die starring James Cagney George Raft and Jane Bryan will screen tomorrow at the new Rivoli Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rivoli
James Cagney
George Raft
Jane Bryan
New Rivoli Theatre
Hotel For Women Opens At Capitol Theatre Tomorrow
Elsa Maxwell, famed party giver, presents a new angle on life for women in her first film Hotel For Women opening tomorrow at the Capitol Theatre. South India reports a cotton pest outbreak affecting crops and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsa Maxwell
Capitol Theatre
County Seeks Bids On Slag Cement For Road Project
County commissioners will take bids September 8 on about 7500 dollars worth of slag and cement. It is the county share of the State Highway and WPA improvement of Herrick avenue in Wellington. The county agrees to furnish 1866 barrels of cement and 7600 tons of slag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrick Avenue
Wellington
Real Estate Transfers Reported By The Land Title Trust Co Elyria 1939
Real estate transfers listed from August 19 1939 include T D Welsh to Mabel E Brown undivided 1 2 interest on West Avenue Elyria Home Owners Loan Corp to Nelly Daly on Cornell Avenue Elyria Chester C Carpenter et al to Wayne C Myers on Capell Road Eaton Twp Edward B Bayton to Myrtle Bayton on Norman Avenue Avon Lake Joseph Svete Trustees to Winford Dalzell et al on Broadway Garden Allotment Sheffield Twp A W Rehl Inc to Harold Stanislawski on East 34th Lorain Clifford McKinley to Florian Schweller on Elm Wellington Milo Kendeith to Robert Wissler on Charlies Street South Amherst Village Sheriff Deed to Home Owners Loan Corp on Tenney Street Amherst Village Sheriff Deed to HO L Corp on East 30th Lorain Board of Education Clearview Rural School Dist Loain County Ohio to Sam Cicco on 46th Street Sheffield Twp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Welsh
Mabel E. Brown
West Avenue
Elyria
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation of
Washington, D. C
Nelly TV
Daly
Cornell Avenue
Chester C. Carpenter
Wayne C. Myers
Capell Road
Eaton Township
Edward B. Bayton
Myrtle M. Bayton
Norman Avenue
Avon Lake Village
Joseph Svete
Winford KR. Dalzell
Broadway Garden
Sheffield Township
A. W. Rehl
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Tenney Street
Amherst Village
Home Owners Loan Corporation
East 30Th Street
Lorain
Ohio
Board of Education
Clearview Rural
Lorain County
Sam Cicco
46Th Street
John Rick
Hurd Family Visit and Goode Trip Mentioned
West River Road residents Mr and Mrs Harlan Hurd and their children stay several days with the Hurd grandparents in West Lafayette Indiana Alan and Patricia Goode visit Ada Ohio for about two weeks with grandparents and relatives Mrs C E McIntire and daughter Shirley returned Saturday after a visit and other notes from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West River Road
Harlan Hurd
West Lafayette
Indiana
E. H. Hurd
Alan
Patricia Goode
Ada
Ohio
C. E. McIntire
Shirley
Property transfers across Lorain County in 1939 legal notices
Parcel listings show numerous transfers recorded on August 21 1939 including Philip C King and others to Ebba Ovidia Sejerne East College Street Oberlin Guardian Herman E Hageman to P C Trinter undivided 16th interest in Lot 36 Doll Braun Addition Lorain Cora Montgomery to Betty Jane Watson Lake Road Avon Lake Julia M Hines to James F Hines Mardun Road Carlisle Township Citizens Home and Savings Association Co to Mabel Alice Cresty Avenue Sheffield Harold H Baker to Clarence C Baker and others Glenwood Street Elyria Todd W Meeker and others to Willis G Chandler Harvard Avenue Elyria and Lorain County property on 48th Street Sheffield Township
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip C. King
Et al
Ebba Ovidia Sejerne
East College Street
Oberlin
Herman E. Hageman
Guardian
P. C. Trinter
Doll Braun
Lorain
Cora Montgomery
Betty Jane Watson
Lake Road
Avon Lake Village
Julia M. Hines
James F. Hines
Mardun Road
Carlisle Township
Citizens Home and Savings Association Co
Mabel Alice
Cresty Avenue
Sheffield Township
Harold H. Baker
Clarence C. Baker
Glenwood Street
Elyria
Todd W. Meeker
Willis G. Chandler
Harvard Avenue
Board of Education of
Clearview Rural
Lorain County
Ohio
Steve A. Rose
48Th Street
Commissioners To Hear Noted Author At Mansfield
Lorain County commissioners travel to Mansfield on Thursday to hear Louis Bromfield, renowned novelist now on a farm near Mansfield, speak before the North Central Ohio Commissioners Engineers and Auditors Association. The meeting will be at Westbrook Country Club two miles northwest of Mansfield. The board this afternoon visited the Wellington Fair, then noon from New York where they attended the World's Fair. Local residents and visiting families are listed among dinner guests and weekend activities across Lorain and nearby towns, noting multiple social visits and a hospital operation return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton G. Battles
Wellington
Charles Schue
Elyria
Norwalk
Wanda Jordan
Ernestine Strandberg
Lorain County
H. H. Hall
Mansfield
Travelair
Fair Grounds
Huntington
Western
Newark
East
Louis Bromfield
Whoas
North Central Ohio Commissioners, Engineers, and Auditors' Association
Westbrook Country Club
Wellington Fair
Thief Returns Stolen Typewriter To Church
A thief, troubled by conscience, returned a stolen typewriter to West Park Baptist Church. Pastor Rev U S Randall refused to reveal the thief’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
West Park
U. S. Randall
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Kiwanis Club
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Harold Engle
Detroit
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Baby
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Lodi
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Charles Dart
Fairbury
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McIntire
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S. C. Hurlbut
E. Bridge St
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Max M. Phillips
Second Street
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