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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1948
Page
8
Arrangements for the Protestant film commission's first full length movie Beyond Our Own are set for Crawfordsville school. The showing is scheduled Sunday evening April 11 at eight o'clock. The production involved nineteen denominations and thirteen service agencies and was produced in Hollywood under the commission's supervision.
A fragment praises a work titled Beyond Our Own, hailing it as heartily recommended and first rate entertainment. The note emphasizes strong positive reception without additional context or details.
Lieut. Lester E. Hutchcroft of Mediapolis died in action on Iwo Jima March 16, 1945. His body arrived in Columbus Junction from San Francisco for funeral services at 2:30 p m Sunday at the Hutchcroft home. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Hutchcroft.
Columbia presents Adventures in Silverado at the Fox Theatre on Friday. The cast features William Bishop Gloria Henry and Edgar Buchanan with Forrest Tucker and Edgar Barrer. Screenplay by Garnet Kilpatrick and Pagano follows The Monk and Silverado miners tale inspired by Stevenson's Silverado Squatters.
User asks about compatible film size for their camera and states they have film with unlimited quantity. No further details on camera model or film type provided.
The forecast calls for clear skies and a very cold night with frost possible. Tomorrow should bring fair skies and a warming trend, raising afternoon highs compared to tonight.
William R. McCabe 64 publisher and political leader was beaten and shot by three men on a country road near Joliet Illinois. Doctors said he had a fighting chance to live with possible skull fracture broken legs and three bullet wounds. McCabe blamed political enemies fearing his forthcoming weekly newspaper. He described being forced from his car blindfolded and beaten before attackers fled upon another car's approach.
West Chester high school students earned top ratings at the Iowa City music contest on April 3 with Mary Ann Bauer first in piano and vocal solo and Esther Bauer first in vocal solos. Mary Jane Stephenson earned a second in piano. One-act play festival in West Chester featured casts from Kalona Riverside Wellman and West Chester and met with strong audience approval.
Ainsworth high school students earned five Division I ratings at the preliminary state high school music contest in Wapello, including trombone solo bass clarinet solo mixed quartet and contralto solo. Winners advance to the state contest in Fairfield on April 38 under directors Mrs Norma Clegg and Leonard Kokesh.
Des Moines April 8. For the first time in five years Iowa trappers did not reach 2 million dollars in fur value. The 1947-48 season yielded 1,055,086 dollars, down from 2,003,000 last season, with 155,356 fur animals trapped.
At the hospital admitted yesterday are Mrs. Mae Werner of 108 W Jefferson for medical care. Today’s admissions include Karen Plecker route 4 for tonsillectomy and Mrs. Fred Kleinschmidt route 4 for tonsillectomy. Also listed is Roger Chamberlin of 212 W.
Dismissed today: Mrs Bernard McCarthy, Mrs Raymond Gordon, Keota. Births today: Mr and Mrs Thomas O Clark Wayland. A son born at 1928 AY Bb.
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