That Girl from Paris at the State Theater
The melodic comedy That Girl from Paris stars Lily Pons with Gene Raymond and Jack Oakie at the State Theater. The film features a versatile comic cast including Herman Bing Mischa Auer Frank Jenks and Lucille Ball with a French grape festival ocean liner roadhouse and the Metropolitan Opera House as backdrops culminating in Pons singing an aria from The Barber of Seville.
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Lily Pons
Paris
Miss Pong
Gene Raymond
Jack Oakio
Herman Bing
Mischa Auer
Frank Jenks
Lucille Ball
Metropolitan Opera House
Rose Bowl film charms Fox theater audience
A breezy tale of young love set around college football delights viewers. Stars William Frawley Eleanor Whitney Tom Brown Larry Crabbe Benny Baker Terry Ray Priscilla Lawson appear as a fast moving football romance with a triangular love plot culminating in a stadium victory.
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Fox Theater
William Frawley
Eleanore Whitney
Tom Brown
Larry Crabbe
Benny Baker
Terry Ray
Priscilla Lawson
America
Christmas Dinner Gathered Families at Koehler Home
Prairie Center report details a large Christmas Day dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Koehler with guests from Emden Illinois Davenport Iowa Hartsburg Illinois and Fairfield including the Rademaker Reiner Koehler Wolfe Lolling and Oltman families plus others. Several visits and weekend stays followed with extended family members joining at various homes across the region.
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C. A. Ruebsam
Prairie Center
John Koehee
Albert Reiner
Walter Rademaker
Ruth Rademaker
Emden
Ill
John Martin
Kahoka
Elmer Graber
Baby
Olds
John Werrman
Webe
Wolfe
Ellen
Don Wylie
Don
Mrs. Wylie
Washington
Lloyd Robertson
Chas. Ruebsam
Davenport
Charles
Lloyd
Dorothy
Vera Foss
L. A
King Peter Studying in Palace School Room at Dedinje
King Peter of Jugoslavia is shown at his desk in a palace school room preparing for rule. He lives at Dedinje with his mother and brother.
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Peter of
Lemley Rites Held at L A Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for L. L Lemley were conducted by Rev. Arthur Atack Saturday at 2 pm in the L A Jones funeral home. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers Elmer Swickard Charles Root W P Moriarity C E Beatty Tom Carris and Emmett Hays.
Breakfast tragedy claims life of local railroad worker
Police report Robert R. Smith, 49, a Union Pacific shop employee, shot himself at home during breakfast. He arose quietly, finished his meal, then fired a single shot through his left temple, taking his own life.
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Council Bluffs
Robert R. Smith
Union Pacific Railroad
Christmas Eve and Day Gatherings at Foss Home
The Foss home hosted Christmas Eve and Christmas Day visits. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rathmel and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. John Fiben, Mr. and Mrs. R.R. W. Kephart, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robertson, Miss Doris Zeck, Charlea Ruébsam, Dr S. P. Telford, and Glenn Robertson of Chicago.
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L. A. Foss
Ray Rathmel
John Fiben
R.R. W. Kephart
Lloyd Robertson
Doris Zeck
Charlea Ruébsam
S. P. Telford
Glenn Robertson
Chicago
Auto Accident on Christmas Eve in Crawfordsville
An Illinois driver with seven passengers skidded on a slippery Crawfordsville hill the night of Christmas Eve and hit a tree in front of Henry Mast's house. The driver was injured. all other passengers escaped harm. The car was damaged and to be repaired.
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Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Illinois
Henry Mast
Clive Huston
Everette Huston
Renee
Chicago
W. G. Huston
Etta Buxbaum
John Wooley
Harlow Engel
Brighton
Lee Lease
Margaret Schmitt
Marion Work
Washington
Oma Strain
Iowa City
C. M. Strain
Merle Beauchamp
Peoria, Jr
Ernest Beauchamp
Homer Bill
Sheffield
C. Fishburn
Minnesota Couple Visits Leet Home at Dayton Grove
Mr and Mrs Walter Miller of St Paul Minnesota visited the Leet family at Dayton Grove over the Christmas period Lyall Moore and family were dinner guests on Christmas Day.
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Minnesota
Leet
Dayton Grove
J. B. Moore
Walter Miller
St. Paul
Minn
Sunday Visitors and Community Work Noted
Mr and Mrs J B Moore Mr and Mrs Coffey Miss Hattin Mr and Mrs Pred For inash and daughter Caroline Mr and Mrs Troy Forinash and son Jerry visited Me and Mrs Wim Embree. Ted Anderson and Job Adams cut wood Thursday. The So and Sew club served lunch at the Clarence John site and thanked helpers. Embrees spent Christmas with Mrs Jay Embree and Forest. Ted Anderson cut his foot cutting wood last week. Embree and Hamen shelled corn Thursday morning.
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J. B. Moore
Coffey
Luck or Good Work Luck in practical affairs
A concise assertion that luck equals effective management in practice, underscoring how prudent oversight and disciplined effort shape outcomes more than random chance.
State Board to Seek Higher Funding for Institutions
Iowa state board of control plans to ask the legislature for a ten percent pay raise for employees earning over $2,000 and for increased funding for care and provisions at four state hospitals and insane asylums. Chairman E. K. Fettas disclosed the request on December 28 in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Board of Control of State Institutions
EK. H. Fettas
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