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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1937

Page

8

Let Us Get Married Leads Connolly’s Screen Family Cast

Walter Connolly plays a father to Ida Lupino in Columbia’s Let’s Get Married at the Vox theater. Lupino stars as Pau la with a noted line of previous on screen daughters including Sullavan Colbert Gaynor Loy Wray Moore Conklin Hudson Pennett and others in similar roles.

Walter Dad Connolly Ida Lupino Miss Lupino Claudette Colbert Janet Gaynor Paddy Myrna Loy Fay Wray Grace Moore Pegey Conklin Rochelle Hudson Joan Pennett

Gowns Highlight Racketeer Tale In Marked Woman

Bette Davis leads eleven gala gowns in the nightclub sequences of the First National film Marked Woman. Rosalind Marquig Lola Lane Isabel Jewell and others dress in dozens of outfits designed by Orry Kelly for the State theater presentation Wednesday and Thursday.

Bette Davis Rosalind Marquig Lola Lane Isabel Jewell Mayo Methot Jane Bryan Orry Kelly Miss Davis Adem Finkel Robert Rossom

Seniors Plan Davenport Trip For Wayland Class

Wayland Senior Class votes to take their Davenport trip as in past years. Baseball notes cover Wayland 13 Winfield 12 in seven innings with four players highlighted for strong bats and pitching. Marionette show "The Wishing Fairy" at Mt Pleasant fest features nine county schools. Junior-Senior banquet set for Thursday in the high school gym. students attend Older Town and Girls conference in Mt Pleasant.

Wayland Davenport RR. Falkenburg Pocket Testament League Columbus Ohio Highcchool Assembly Wboshart Winfield Nepshart Winfield Boys Eva Ballard Henry County Mt. Pleasant Mt Pleasant

Olds Seniors Postpone Class Play for Illness

Olds April 27 The Senior Class play is postponed for the second time due to sickness. It will be held April 24 and 30. Various local residents visited: Mrs Sadie Skinner of Peabody Kansas with sister Mrs Fred Shaffer. Mr and Mrs Laban Freak and daughters from Davenport. Mr and Mrs Ezra Wittmer and family of Wayland. Mr and Mrs Wm Harper of Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Chris Garrick.

Garrick Waterloo Harpers Miller House Bennie Fenton Ben Miller Town Jeanette Anderson Marguerite Morgan Marjorie Faulkner Leona Huston Ruth Norman Marie Jacobsen Mt. Pleasant Missea Gabrielson Cassidy Fred Shaffer Lawrence Shaffer

John Ward Chosen to Lead Fairfield Chamber of Commerce

Fairfield announces John Ward as the new president of the Chamber of Commerce succeeding William Stever. He will take duties May 1 with Rook Smith as first vice president Charles T. McCampbell as second vice president C. L. Kersey as treasurer and J R Robbie and George Reams named secretary and assistant secretary.

Fairfield John Ward Fairfield Chamber of Commerce William Stever Rook Smith Charles T. McCampbell C. L. Kersey J. R. Robbie George Reams

East Highland couple welcome twins in local notice

Mr and Mrs Alvah Bell of East Highland are the proud parents of twins a girl and a boy born Thursday night Mrs Edd Knueneman cares for them The column lists visits and local errands by area residents including Murdocks Loracks and Dvoraks with various relatives and friends and notes a spelling contest dispute in Des Moines

Alvah Bell East Highland Frank Macer Edd Knueneman Gail Murdock Washington Raymond Lorack Norma Rose Mary Anne Harold Rath Esther Murdock Frank Mincer Henry Prymek James Dvorak James Swailes Cedar Rapis Marie Richard Skala James Dvorak Jr Cedar Rapids Ralph Wieland Ethel Hester Leona Anne Milton Birka Lewis Weber Wm. Weber Riverside Alvin Vegey Lutheria Arlene Raster Vera Foss

Patrolmen Kegley Arrests L Parker at Crawfordsville

Leroy J. Parker of Fort Madison was arrested by Patrolman J. D. Kegley on No 161 for reckless driving and brought before Justice Davidson. He was fined $10 and costs. accompanying parties R J Ferguson Earl Ferguson R J Williams and Manuel Maxwell drove to Clear.

Nellie Manners Crawfordsville Leroy J. Parker Fort Madison J. D. Kegley Davidson R. J. Ferguson Earl Ferguson R. J. Williams Manurrice Maxwell

Franklin District Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits

Local items report Mr and Mrs Harold Fulton hosting relatives and a visit to Cedar Rapids. Clarence Fulton helped Harold with work while neighbors and families gathered at homes for Sunday events. Residents complain about poor roads and maintenance strains as a mail carrier damages two tires last week.

Howard Hoyle Franklin District Harold Fulton Jo Ann Cedar Rapids Clarence Fulton Harold L. EB. Hoyle Dwight and Lawrence Alice White John Hick Virginia John Heck George Reed Harry Hutt Emil Fink Gerald Ella Boileau David Kleese

States of Indian Origin Named by Indian Names

A report notes that twenty one Indian states derive their names from Indian languages or cultural terms. It highlights the prevalence of indigenous etymology in modern political geography and cites several examples.

Eye catching costumes at Clip Joint club draws men

Orry Kelly says the night club display uses costume line design fit and material to enhance feminine allure. The melodrama Marked Woman features Miss Davis and other performers alongside Humphrey Bogart and Eduardo C annelli in the cast.

Orry-Kelly Miss Davis Humphrey Bogart Eduardo C’annelli

Memorial to Strauss statue in Vienna Stadtpark unveiled in 1921

Vienna honors Johann Strauss with a gilded bronze statue playing a violin in Stadtpark. A white marble pergola and relief figures rise behind, evoking his Danube waltz. Other memorials mark his life in the city, with his birthplace at Lerch esfelderstrasse and his childhood cottage at Salmannsdorf near Vienna.

Strauss Vienna Stadtpark Danube Lerchesfelderstrasse

Fulton Steamboat's Journey Shocks Ohio Shore

Robert Fulton’s steamboat traveled from Pittsburgh toward New Orleans attracting crowds along the Ohio shore. People who had never seen such craft fled in fear at the sight of the strange vessel.

Robert Fulton Pittsburgh New Orleans Ohio

Octopus Dies Quickly in Captivity Says Curator

The Honowe aquarium curator reports octopuses though appearing strong die young in captivity. The sea creature often falters after a short time in confinement and does not endure long term in tanks.

Honowe Aquarium

McClellan Relation to Lincoln Shifts in 1864 Vote

Civil war general George B. McClellan, once a major general by Ohio's governor, faced Lincoln after command removal from the Army of the Potomac. In 1864 he was nominated for president on an antiwar platform, with the Army of the Potomac voting 250 for Lincoln and 226 for McClellan.

McClellan George B. McClellan Ohio Lincoln Army of the Potomac

Calendar systems switch from Julian to Gregorian

The calendar in general use is the Gregorian, not the Julian. The Gregorian calendar began in Europe in 1582 but England and its colonies adopted it in 1752. Before that the Julian calendar remained in effect, promulgated by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C.

Europe England Julius Caesar

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