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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1948

Page

5

Local Club Meetings and Movie Spotlight at State Theatre

A calendar lists multiple club meetings across Thursday and Friday including St Joseph Circle H H club and Eastern Star at the Masonic Temple. A movie feature, Treasure of Sierra Madre starring Bogart, Huston, Holt and Benoga, headlines state theatre listings with John Huston directing.

Givans Eastern Star Masonic Temple Just Us Club W C. McFadden Heights Social Club E. A. Stewart Prairie Flower Missionary Society

Washington Iowa Evening Journal Publisher and staff list

The Washington Iowa Evening Journal credits Shannon and Co as publishers with R. Shannon and Dave Elder in key roles. The paper operates afternoons except Sundays and is a member of major press associations. Subscriptions are 25 cents weekly by carrier in Washington and vary by region for mail, with advance payment required.

the Evening Journal Washington, Iowa Shannon .&& Co Audit Bureau of Circulations Washington

Huston Appears in Treas ure of Sierra Madre Film

The novel by B. Kaven earns high praise for faithful adaptation. John Huston, director and screenplay writer for Warner Bros., also features in the film as a small role dubbed white suit, an American tourist in Tampico. Huston repeats scenes for Humphrey Bogart while the art director travels Mexico for ideal locations.

John Huston Warner Bros Sierra Madre Pears Tampico Huston Humphrey Bogart John Hughes Mexico B. Traven

Treadmill horse power tested by railroads derailed by cow

In early railway experiments the Baltimore and Ohio and the South Carolina railroads tried cars propelled by treadmills driven by horses. The device was condemned after a trespassing cow derailed the test car.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad South Carolina Railroad

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