Rationing, bonds drive, and war front ties eyed in county notes
A local column laments rationing strain on volunteers like Goo O. E. Schmitt and lauds Dunham Morrison for civil defense work. It details Washington County's third bond drive, urging a house-to-house campaign with quotas and broad participation. Roosevelt quotes and national press snippets frame the home front effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Schmitt
Ndt
Peter
Neval
Office of Civilian Defense
Washington County
E. D. Morrison, Jr. Weontinue
Dunham Morrison
God Bless America
Dunham
William Shakespeare
Washington
Iowa
Roosevelt
Quips From Relief Investigators in New York
A collection of humorous misreads and oddities from relief reports. Items include a woman troubled with obsessed ears, a man who speaks broken English after an automobile accident, and a wife living with a singing canary. Other notes mention multilingual intellect, rent woes, and playful anecdotes about a bridge party and a lagoon incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Einstein
Lloyd George
Prohibitive Waistline Brown Exchange Public Remarks
Prolix quotes on Stott people and moral character contrast with a strong man eating ice cream in a public setting. Note of Atlanta federal penitentiary housing a radio in every cell and the accompanying exclamation on punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Abbott Costello Hit The Ice Lighthearted Comedy
Abbott and Costello star in the new action comedy Hit The Ice at State Theatre this Sunday. Ginny Simms leads, with Patrie Knowles Elyse Knox and Marc Lawrence in support. The film features Johnny Longs orchestra and a lineup of entertainers including Helen Long Gene Williams The Four Teens and skating acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Costello
Ginny Simms
Abbott and Costello
Buck Privates
Bud and Low
Patrie Knowles
Elyse Knox
Marc Lawrence
Johnny Long
Helen Long
Gene Williams
Four Teens
Hit the Ice thrills and bank caper mix in muddled spoof
Bud and Lou photographed by candid camera find themselves implicated in a bank robbery. They are chased by crooks, captured at a mountain resort hideout, and stage a spectacular table turning that blends action and comedy. Joo Knowles and Miss Knox head a romantic sub plot with Costello and Gunny Simms in supporting roles. Four songs by Miss Simms and composers Revel and Webster punctuate the production. Gerald, Tarquin Olivier, Mary Gordon and Oscar O'Shea also appear.
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Bud
Lou
Romance
Joo Knowles
Miss Knox
Costello
Gunny Simms
Dooley Wilson Returns in Two Tickets to London
Dooley Wilson, famed for Casablanca's As Time Goes By, appears in Two Tickets to London with Michele Morgan and Alan Curtis. Wilson performs two songs Lead Kindly Light and You Are My Sunshine in this new romantic action melodrama showing at the Fox Theatre Sunday. The cast also includes C Aubrey Smith and Barry Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooley Wilson
London
Michele Morgan
Alan Curtis
The
Fox
Wilson
Sunshine
Miss Morgan
Curtis
Aubrey Smith
Barry Fitz
Pools Breed Mosquitoes Endangering City Areas
Pools breed mosquitoes on private property and contribute to increased bites. Citizens are urged to remove water holding containers from yards, clear drainage ditches, and fill holes with standing water. Flooded cellars should be treated with kerosene or furnace oil. a quart suffices for an average cellar.
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the Home Daily Newspaper
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
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Marion Avenue
United Press
Iowa Daily Press
Moines, Iowa
God
Chicago Daily News
Century of Progress
Sally Rand
Wall Street Journal
Waterbury
New York Times
Burlington
Hawk-eye Gazette
Lkiwar
Pytie Wyrne Way
Applicant
Son
WAC
Norma Kunstler
Messina
Sicily
Miss Simms
Harry Revel
Paul Francis Webster
Gerald, Tarquin Olivier, Mary Gordon and
Oscar O'Shea
Davis County
Here
John M. Aikman
Iowa State
Theatre
Hosek—Polisi—Rubbers
Ross Motor Service
Joe Palooka
Nada
Ham Fisher
Dixie Dugan
Him
Cloud
Him Tookum
White
Clous
White Cloud
Huh
Ey McEvoy
Striebel
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