Actress Brenda Marshall Story From Negros Isle to Broadway
The feature profiles Ardis Ankerson later Brenda Marshall, an Isle of Negros native who rose from Philippine plantation roots to Broadway allure and Hollywood stardom. Detailing her move to the United States in 1930, high school and stock work, May 1939 screen tests, debut opposite Joel McCrea in Espionage Agent, and her first big role opposite Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk.
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Island of
Negroes
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Bette Davis
Dorothy Lamour
Hollywood
Isle of Negros
Davis
Ardis Ankerson
Brenda Marshall
Otto Peter Ankerson
Philippines
San Antonio
New York
Warner Bros
Brenda
West
Capital
Joel McCrea
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Johnny Misbehaves and Acts Like a Brat at Lunch
Johnny Brewster bursts in boisterously to lunch greeting a family guest then wrestles with the dog. His mother scolds him and Mrs James notes he imitates a schoolmate while trying to look tough. The scene hints at his temporary behavioral stage as he adjusts to school life.
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Johnny
Mrs. James
Jack
Women’s club hosts dessert-bridge after meeting
The Pan Aublenie Society held an evening meeting at a member’s home with dessert and a contract bridge session. Mrs. J.B. Osher won high score and Mrs. John Birney, guest, took second high. Fourteen members attended.
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View
Pan
J.B. Osher
John Birney
Miss Valen Honored At Farewell Party
Miss Alina Valen a nurse at Coleman Hospital was guest of honor at a farewell party Tuesday evening at the Handeland home. She leaves Saturday for Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis. Guests included former and current Coleman Hospital nurses as well as numerous friends and colleagues.
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Alina Valen
Coleman Hospital
Homor
Berg
Handeland
Miss Valen
Lutheran Bible Institute
Minneapolis
J. M. Walden
Gertrude
Berger Handeland
Ida Christensen
Kathryn Murphy
Alta Anderson
Harold Hipple
Hazel Nyhus
Evelyn Johnson
Helen Miller
Jose Smilie
Margaret Ulrich
Amelia Benesh
Harry Coffie
Mildred Jacobson
Margaret Sunde
Iva Youmans
Bessie Hollenbeck
James Boyle
Marilyn Shaw
Clara Madsen
Thelma Appelt
Edna Mae Klopping
Sylvia Nelson
George Schryver
Merle Moller
Setting the Scene for Better Snapshots
Advice from John van Guilder on using surroundings to enhance portraits. Emphasizes choosing familiar settings that harmonize with the subject and checking backgrounds for distractions. Suggests shifting position slightly to avoid visual glitches like trees appearing to grow from a subject's head.
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Grandpa
Dad
Johnny
John van Guilder
Be Sure Ball Player Physically Fit for Game
Dr. Eddie N Anderson and the Iowa health department advised sand lot football players to be physically fit before playing and to warm up properly. They urged dropping out when injured and using supervised recreational areas with protective equipment to avoid serious harm.
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Eddie N. Anderson
Iowa University
Iowa State Department of Health
Ironmen
Iowa Boys
Anderson
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Ill
Willkie farms in Indiana show practical farming model
Wendell Willkie, Republican presidential hopeful, owns five Indiana farms near Rushville operated with tenant managers. Each farm uses home grown feed and livestock for income, profits shared 50-50, AAA signups, and emphasis on farmer welfare, upkeep, and self sufficiency. Willkie backs 4H and stresses living standards for workers and families.
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Wendell Willkie
Farmer Republican
Indiana
Rushville
Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Joseph Kramer
Jesse Bell
Louis Berkemeier
Charles Brown
Harold Moore
AAA
Mary Sleeth
REA
Louis Berkeneyier Place
Mud Creek
Kramer
Berkemeier’s
Joe Kramer
Christine Kramer
Miss Sleeth
Philip
Princeton
Sept. 16 George Stallacher and others births and ages
Sept 16 entries list Geo R Stallacher Mason City age 84 Esther M Frohm Garrison age 27. Sept 17 Victor H Freeberg Mankato Minn age 23 Norene Joy Grant Mankato age 18. Sept 18 Walter E Feger Estherville age 26 Lois A Stark Estherville age 20. Plus social notes on visiting relatives from New York City Gail Morse and wife, and Mrs Robert Morse. Mrs Morse described as an Eastern girl. birthday dinner for Miss Adelaide Nichols hosted by Mr and Mrs W C Fancher.
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Geo. R. Stallacher
Mason City
Esther M. Frohm Garrison
Victor H. Freeberg
Mankato
Minn
Norene Joy Grant
V.R
Gail Morse
New York City
G H Morse
O ' Sheldon
Robert Morse
New York
Morse
George Nichols
Adelaide Nichols
W. C.fancher
Miss Nichols
Iowa Health General Urges Home Isolation for Ill Children
The Iowa state department of health urged parents to keep children home when showing signs of illness to curb the spread of measles, whooping cough, and scarlet fever. Officials warned against the pursuit of 100 percent attendance and outlined isolation periods of 21 days for whooping cough and scarlet fever, 10 days for measles.
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Iowa
Sheriff urges motorists caution on weekends in Iowa
Sheriff Cliff Fredericksen urged weekend drivers to be extra cautious on Iowa highways after data from the Iowa Department of Public Safety showed most auto crashes occur on Saturdays and Sundays. He cited urban crashes between 4 and 6 pm and rural dusk to midnight crashes, noting alcohol and fatigue factors and warning that drivers must hold valid licenses as 114 involved in last month's Town crashes lacked proper licenses.
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Cliff Fredericksen
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Fredericksen
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Vindigator
The
Vindicator and Republican Co
Eastor
W. E. Deming
Mgr
Estherville
Emmet County
Towa
Sea Hawk
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Studio Ha
Brenda Mar
PAN Aublenie
Socusty ‘Ras Mest Ball Meeting
AMO
Abraham Lincoln
U.S
Freedom OF the Press
Usm
Wiley Padan
MGM
Wyoming Rutherford
Amd
Wallace O
Watson
Los Angeles
MACE
Sennett Studio
Wyoming
Aarsonie
MM Aln Rast
Beery
M-G-M
Joseph
Ictur
Northwest Passage
General Custer
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal and
Farmer's Wife
Minnesota
Jacob Anderson
Chelmsford
St. ‘Paul
N. Rindsig
Spencer
Barker
Fox Ranch
Vindicator & Republican
Iowa Health
Clipper
C. E. Person
L. F. Hoffman
D-X
East Central Avenue
R. D. Thompson Chiropractor
DR. T. 0
Mann
Sanborn’s Store
A. I. Reed, M. D
Leuthold-Tibbetts Clothing Store
Gerberich Music Co
So. 7Th Street
Baldwin Pianos
Erroll
Bits Nee Haas
Donald Galipi
Flora Robson
Alan Halm
James Oliver Curwood
S End
Dennig ‘Morgan
Anne
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