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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
8
It looks like the goofy comedy cycle is waning as Carole Lombard rejects more roles and Claudette Colbert joins in declining a follow up to It Happened One Night. Colbert had been set to star in Are Husbands Necessary? when she balked.
Alan Cameron a young trapper joins hunter John McCord and his daughter Heather in the wilderness beyond the Sinking Lakes. McCord tests Alan s loyalty and sends him for dogs while police pursue a murder suspect. Alan learns Ned Campbell s name surfaces as the tale unfolds in a perilous northern land.
In a roundup of cinema chatter, Claudette Colbert returns from Europe to star in Midnight while It Happened One Night and The Son of the Sheik revive audience interest. George Arliss may return via The Exiles, and The Miracle with Bette Davis moves toward screen adaptation. Bob Burns and wife flee to Buffalo amid public attention. Margaret Tallichet joins Ramon Novarro in As You Are. Nancy Carroll and Judy Garland are highlighted, and Bobby Breen’s earnings plan is noted alongside Sigrid Gurie’s husband threat claim. Harold Lloyd’s Professor Beware debuts across New York London Paris.
Alan Cameron races north with three new Ungava puppies after trading for sled dogs at Nastapokas. He faces police pressure and a mysterious outside agent Mrs Hanbury as Fort George factions shift. The pursuit crosses Whale River toward the headwaters with Neil Campbell and Noel guiding the way while tension rises over McCord and a potential murder link.
The wheel, a World’s Fair icon at Chicago 1893, was invented by George Washington Gale Ferris of Galesburg. WPA accounts note the project faced doubts but gained steel industry backing and officials’ support. It cost about 300000 dollars, with a 40 foot deep foundation laid in winter. The 270 foot diameter structure held 36 cars of 40 seats each, rising to 258 feet for views of the grounds.
Advertising stresses quality merchandise and urges buyers to seek better goods. The piece argues that ads create demand, lower selling costs, boost production, increase employment, reduce costs, and enable cheaper prices through sustained quality choices.
A youthful Beowulf is famed as a brave chieftain who joins kin to aid Hrothgar in Denmark. He sails with trusted warriors to confront Grendel, feasting before the monster’s brutal attack as the quest to rid the realm begins.
The Beowulf tales were recorded in the eighth century though events date to around the fifth century. Legends passed by memory through generations, with tale tellers rivaling each other for entertaining accounts and some stories sung around camp fires.
Beowulf defeats Grendel and Grendel’s mother with sword and courage. He finds a second dragon in a lair, retrieves a forged blade, and slays the beast after a hard fight. The king falls ill and dies after rewarding a loyal warrior and sharing the treasure with his people. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
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