Alameda WPA project costs spark public debate
The Alameda sewer and disposal plant project is three years old and over budget. WPA grants plus local sponsorship total 306 767 dollars, about four times the estimated value. Officials cite higher excavation and piping costs and warn of mounting debt for Alameda taxpayers.
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Reaching for the Sun at the Orpheum delivers laughs and romance
Joel McCrea and Ellen Drew star in a Michigan woodsman tale who seeks an outboard motor by taking a Detroit factory job. Eddie Bracken shines as McCrea’s witty pal, delivering solid laughs as romance and funds advance the plot.
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The Lady From Cheyenne Opens at Chief Theatre
Loretta Young stars in a frontier comedy about a Philadelphia schoolteacher on the Wyoming 1870 frontier who clashes with crooked politicians. Co star Robe Preston Edward Arnold Gladys George and Frank Craven. Also on the program George Murphy and Lucille Ball in A Girl a Guy and a God.
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Theatres Schedule Brightens With Starry lineups
At Theatres CHIEF and ORPHEUM this week Ray Milland William Holden Wayne Morris and Brian Donlevy star in I Wanted Wings with Constance Moore and Veronica Lake. Warren William features in The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance with June Storey. Robert Benchley presents The Forgotten Man. Loretta Young Robert Preston Edward Arnold and Gladys George appear in The Lady From Cheyenne. George Murphy Lucille Ball lead A Girl a Guy and a Gob with Acrobatic Aces. ORPHEUM adds Reaching for the Sun with Joel McCrea Ellen Drew Eddie Bracken Albert Dekker Billy Gilbert and Gene Autry in The Singing Hills. A Technicolor Popular Science frames the bill. Intermezzo with Leslie Howard Ingrid Bergman and Suez with Tyrone Power Loretta Young Annabella play Tuesday Wednesday. Color cartoon The Haunted Mouse. Thursday Friday showcases Man Made Monster with Lionel Atwill Lon Chaney Jr Frank Albertson and Lone Star Raiders with the Three Mesquiteers plus Cinderellas Fella. Saturday brings Devil Dogs of the Air with James Cagney Pat O Brien and They Met in Argentina with James Ellison Maureen O Hara Buddy Ebsen. Serial Sky Raiders Saturday only and late news events abound.
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Destiny and desire clash in a tense desert encounter
In a tense scene, Blaze Sherwood presses Anne about surrender and destiny. Their uneasy exchange shifts from banter to danger as he asserts ownership while she resists and questions her training and boundaries.
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Singing Hills and Western Duo at Orpheum Run
The program features Singing Hills with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette and also includes the villainous McCrea played by Albert Dekker with Billy Gilbert and Regis Toomey in supporting roles.
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Stranded Lovers Face Hunger and Faith in Uncertain Future
In a stark desert scene Anne and Sherwood wrestle with love and duty amid a mission that may deny them happiness. He argues that fasting can be nourishment for the soul while she questions trust as dawn reveals their isolation and fragile hope.
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I Wanted Wings at the Chief Theatre
The army takes star billing in I Wanted Wings at the Chief theatre with leading roles by Ray Milland William Holden Wayne Morris Brian Donlevy Constance Moore and Veronica Lake. The story follows three flying cadets through training stages at Ran.
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Forgotten Man headline on Movietone News at Chief
The program at the Chief includes Robert Benchley’s short subject The Forgotten Man with the latest Movietone News events flown direct from New York completing the slate of features.
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Pocatello Railroad Man Transfers
The Western Pacific railway announces several freight traffic department moves effective immediately. William R. Jones moves from San Francisco to Salinas as traveling freight and passenger agent, replacing W C Rosswag in government defense service. John P. Carroll shifts from Pocatello to San Francisco as freight traffic agent. Carroll A. Hood moves from San Jose to Pocatello as agent. Cyprus note appears unrelated.
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