Theatres Present Two First-Run Hits This Week
The Carroll theatre shows two first run films Sunday Monday and Tuesday August 4 5 6 on one bill. First feature Private Affairs followed by Blondie with Penny Singleton as Blondie Arthur Lake Dagwood and Larry Simms as Baby in Blondie Has Servant Trouble.
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Carroll Theatre
Blondie
Rumstead
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Dagwood
Larry Simms
Baby
Baby Dumpling
Two New Tunes Debut at Royal Theatre Fulton
Dumpling presents two new songs at the Royal Theatre showing Sunday through Tuesday. The musical stars Lana Turner Joan Blondell and George Murphy in a tale of three small-town hoofers who rise to the Big Time. Songs include My Wonderful One Lets Dance and Broadway Still Broadway. The first tune arose after Murphy hummed in the shower shaping the number.
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Royal Theatre
Fulton
Lana Turner
Joan Blondell
George Murphy
Composer Finishes Unfinished Tune For New Musical
A composer recalls an unfinished melody found among manuscripts and completes both tune and lyrics. The song becomes the key number in a new musical film starring Lana Turner and George Murphy in their first dancing team, paired with the co hit Invisible Man Returns.
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M-G-M
Arthur Freed
Freed
Murphy
Lana Turner
George Murphy
Miss Turner
Clinton theatre program features Untamed in Techni Color
The three day program begins Saturday at Clinton's Capitol theatre with Untamed a Technicolor outdoor drama based on Arthur Lewis novel and tied to Anne of Windy Poplars lore. Cast includes Ray Milland Akim Tamiroff Patricia Morrison and Anne Shirley. Second feature Wagons Westwards with Randolph Scott Kay Francis runs four days. Also Ladies Must Live with Wayne Morris Rosemary Lane screens as part of the lineup.
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Clinton
Capitol Theatre
Arthur Lewis
Clara Bow
Canadian Northwest
Ray Milland
New York
Akim Tamiroff
Patricia Morrison
William Frawley
Jane Darwell
J. M. Kerrigan
Roscoe Ates
Anne Shirley
L. M. Montgomery
Anne of
Anne
Pringleton
Windy Poplars
Bayshore
Pringle
Old Hester
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Kate
Rebecca
Issac Pringle
Hester
Catherine
Patrick Knowles
James Ellson
Louise Campbell
Henry Travers
Slim Summerville
Elizabeth Patterson
Daltons
George Marshall
Republicans Plan Day at State Fair
Illinois Republicans schedule Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday August 21 with all state candidates speaking at the grandstand a national headline speaker to discuss national issues. The event features a large reception after 1 45 p m in a tent near the race track with band escorts and a parade cancellation to ease traffic.
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Illinois
Republican State Central Committee
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Epworth League Picnic and Health Update in Milledgeville
The Epworth League partook in a picnic at Lowell park with members and families listed among attendees. A health note cites 1930 Illinois child diphtheria deaths at 602 and 1938 at 104, plus diarrhea and enteritis deaths under twenty dropping from 1,214 to 503 in 1938. The State Health Department reports major declines in 17 of 20 under twenty disease categories from 1930 to 1938, crediting medical advances, disease control, and parental care education. Continued cooperation among physicians, health officers, and the public is urged as the health record improves.
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State Department of Public Health
Local visits and Sunday gatherings in Chadwick area
Miss Joyce Naniga of Downers Grove visited the Fred Queckboerner home for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Appel and family shared Sunday dinner at the C. J. Miller home. Mrs. Alice Bush joined Mr. and Mrs. Simon Brackemeyer in Morrison for a Sunday visit. May House hosted Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kilroy and family of Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Weeks and Virginia of Milledgeville. Mr. and Mrs. Mernice Legel of Mt. Carroll called on Mrs. Bertha Heefner Saturday evening.
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Joyce Naniga
Downers Grove
Fred Queckboerner
Harry Appel
C. J. Miller
Alice Bush
Simon Brackemeyer
Morrison
Mernice Legel
Mt. Carroll
Bertha Heefner
Suter Couple Visited by Schreiners in Wisconsin
Mr and Mrs Earl Suter of Delevan Wisconsin were entertained Sunday by Mr and Mrs W J Schreiner.
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Earl Suter
Delevan, Wis
W. J. Schreiner
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