Chautauqua Opens Despite Rain to Large Opening Crowd
A Chautauqua program opened yesterday drawing a sizable crowd even though rain fell. Organizers reported strong turnout and enthusiasm for the kickoff event.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
8
Tracy Eilers and Durante In Comedy Hit Carnival
A fast moving comedy drama starring Joe Tracy Sally Eilers Jimmy Durante and Baby Dickie Walters heads the Fox program Tuesday and Wednesday. The Columbia film was authored by Robert Riskin whose screen achievements include Lady for a Day It Happened Overbeht Broadway Bit and The Whole Towns Talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tracy
Sally Eilers
Jimmy Durante
Baby Dickie Walters
Fox Theater
Columbia
Robert Riskin
Carnival Barker's Quest Drives Comedy Romance Thriller
Lee Tracy stars as a carnival barker who loses his infant son and flees across the country to keep the child. Sally Eilers plays "Dairy" the pianist in the show and romance develops as the plot unfolds. The film includes a large supporting cast with Thomas Jackson Florence Rice Fred Kelsey and Lucile Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Sweriing
Walter Lang
Lee Tracy
Tracy
Washington
Sally Eilers
Bec’'Des
Thomas Jackson
Florence Rice
Fred Kelsey
Lucile Ball
Buenos Aires: Grand Capital on a Vast Plains
Buenos Aires, named for its good air, sits on a flat plain with the Avenida de Mayo praised as among the world’s finest streets. It is the largest city south of the equator and the largest Spanish speaking city in either hemisphere, home to one fifth of the nation’s people. Remarkably, men outnumber women by five to one, making each woman seem a princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Hoover urges Roosevelt to declare constitutional aims
In a lengthy address, Hoover laments expanded presidential powers and congressional surrender, criticizing court rulings and emergency actions. He demands transparency about proposed constitutional changes and urges the administration to openly state the exact amendment it seeks, arguing for liberty and clear public debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Supreme Court
Eskimo Dogle Describes Husky Strength and Use
The Alaskan Eskimo or strong wolfy dog is sturdy with straight legs a solid body and a massive head. Weighing about 70 pounds on average these heavily furred dogs pull sledges hunt musk ox and polar bears until hunters arrive.
Adventists publish growth and works from 1863 to 1873
A Washington reader reports on Seventh-day Adventists and cites official figures from Washington. The World General Conference lists 150,000 US and Canadian believers contributing 1,306,300.68 in early 1935. Since 1863, world membership neared 400,000 with 208,479,491.39 total tithe offerings through 1933. The movement began in 1845 in Washington NH and expanded under a general conference formed in 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stemple White
J. Millicia
Whauile
Washington
Mr. Waite
Seventh-way Adventist Church
Washington, D. C
H. BE. Rogers
Worlds General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
United States
Canada
New Hampshire
Africa
Livingstone
Central
Battle Creek
Earth
South Pacific
Louisa County Fair Opens With Olympic Shows
The Louisa County Fair moves in this week with the Madden Sulllian company showing 220 performers and many rides. Judging starts Wednesday morning as premiums exceed $2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Colusibus
Louse County
Eld
Madden-Sullian Company
Presbyterian Sunday School
Local Social Notes and Storm Hit North Iowa Nearby
Iowa phonics event at Sharon Pennsylvania with Lee Syphrit as president and Mrs Ralph Gilkey as secretary. Indian Creek club meets with 22 members and will gather September at Mrs Ralph McKean home. Wilson and William families hold Columbus Quauhaug Park reunion. Wind storm felled corn. Timothy to be threshed. Smoke house burns near Columbus City. Columbus Junction Fire helps save house. Various visits between Cedar Rapids Okmulgee Harrisonburg and Marsh residents. Church calendar shift to August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Lee Syphrit
Ralph Gilkey
Indian Creek Club
Russell Owen
Ralph McKean
Wilson
William
Columbus
Park
Ray Green
Marsh
Presbyterian Church
Timoth
Myrtle Cavin
J.A. Sprague
Cedar Rapid
Newell Nase
Harrisonburg
Adrian Norris
Isabelle Green
Cagney O'Brien Mc Hugh Triumph In Irish In Us
Star trio Cagney O'Brien and McHugh headline The Irish in Us at State theater. Film centers on a New York Irish family blending comedy and drama with romance and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagney
O’brien
McHugh
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Frank McHugh
G Man
James Cuneney
Pugs
O'Brien
Pat
Warner Bros
New York
Ireland
Knot Speed Measurement Explained
An explanation of a knot as one nautical mile per hour and its relation to land miles. It notes the nautical mile length of 6,080.7 feet and that ten knots roughly equal 11 land miles per hour.
Overruling Supreme Court Through Constitutional Amendment
The only method to overturn a Supreme Court decision is to amend the Constitution in the specific provision the court held to prohibit legislation. The path requires formal constitutional alteration rather than simple legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Grand Junction Residents Call Friends Friday
Former residents gathered in Grand Junction to call on friends Friday, seeking reunion and shared memories of the community.
Fall merchandise arrives as Klein Klothing Kompany stacks crates
The board reports heavy boxes blocking Klein Klothing Kompany entrances while Joe Falk and Carl Hedges explain the fall stock will be stocked soon. Skeeter Crossett notes racks are not ready yet but new men's apparel is expected to arrive shortly. Mike Logan touts local inventory over Chicago options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein Klothing Kompany
Joe Falk
Carl Hedges
Skeeter” Crossett
Mike
Logan
Chicago
Forest management in Caneds and France forestry yields
The article compares forest yields in France and Canada under intensive methods. It cites France producing about 44 cubic feet of timber per acre annually versus Canada at TM coke feet per acre. It notes current limits but suggests that if accessible productive areas in Canada reached 10 cubic feet per acre, it could replace current annual depletion from cutting fires and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Caede
Forest Service Department
Cenede
Montree! Herald
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John Shields & Sons
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