Gulliver's Travels on Screen in Technicolor at State Theatre
The animated feature Gulliver's Travels opens Thursday at State Theatre in a lavish Technicolor production from Max Fleischer. The film, in development for nearly two years, involved hundreds of artists and cost roughly twice the usual big picture budget. Based on Jonathan Swift's classic, it portrays Gulliver’s adventures in Lilliput with fantasy and humor.
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Max Fleischer Studios
Miami
Florida
United States
Jonathan Swift
Lilliput
Dean Swift
Fleischer
Gulliver
Harvard Youth Rescued After 28 Hours on Mount Washington
Harvard sophomore Webster N. Jones Jr. from Pittsburgh was found alive by mountain rangers and CCC volunteers after a blizzard on Mount Washington Crawford Notch New Hampshire. He lay half buried in snow in serious condition and had endured below freezing temperatures during the 28 hour search. His father Dr. W N Jones directs the Carnegie Institute of Technology engineering college.
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Mount Washington
Crawford Notch
N. H. Webster N. Jones, Jr
Harvard
Mountain Rangers
CCC
Jones
Pittsburgh
W. N. Jones
College of Engineering
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Fleischer's Gulliver Cartoon Cast and Songs Spotlight
The article previews Fleischer's Gulliver Travels film with Lilliputians and giants including Little and Bombo as kings of Lilliput and Blefuscu Princess Glory and Prince David. New character Gabby the town crier is introduced. Eight songs from the Gullivers Travels soundtrack are popular with radio and nightspot audiences.
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Dean Swift
Fleischer
Little
Bombo
Lillipus
Blefuscu
Princess Glory
Prince David
Sneak
Snitch
Snoop
Advance
Delaware First to Ratify Constitution in 1787
Delaware, the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1787, set a historic precedent for the new republic. The action solidified Delaware’s role in establishing the framework of American governance and inspired regional momentum for ratification.
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Delaware
Train schedule notice for Kansas City Davenport route
Local eastbound train No 8 from Kansas City to Davenport departs at 6 14 am plus No 26 Southwest Limited departs at 1 36 am No 3 and No 8 operate daily except Sunday agent W C Bell signs the notice.
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Golden State Limited
Washington
BOP Enceenaaene
Geandaenemeunen
California
Knoxville
QO. F. Anderson
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
Bunday
W. C. Bell
Omaha
Chicago
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Canton
Agong
Studebaker Explains Gasoline Choices For 1940 Cars
Cox Motor Co warns that many gasoline brands differ in octane ratings and cetane quality affecting engine performance. The 1940 Studebaker uses an automatic spark control with a knock eliminator or octane selector to adjust timing for the fuel used, preventing spark knock.
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Cox Motor Co
Studebaker
Cox
Pleasant Hill Social Rounds Fill Week With Visits
Mr and Mrs Glenn Pratt Mr and Mrs H L Witt rnge and Orville Harvey. supper guests of Mr and Mrs Lee Hesseltine Tuesday. Numerous visits and butcherings noted among local families including Wittings Caldwell Lambert Millers and Kepharts. Several relatives spent weekends in Williamstown Burlington and Washington with kin and friends.
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Earl Kephart
Pleasant Hill
Glenn Pratt
H. L. Wittrnge
Orville Harvey
Lee Hesseltine
Frank Scranton
Howard Caldwell
Howard Wittings
Fred Heck
Ronald
Glenn Beenblossom
Velma
Les Beenblossoms
Clyde Lambert
William Wasson
Washington
Clyde
Millers
Lloyd Dickinson
Will Millers
Helen
Arnold Carr
Hazel Statler
Phyliss McConnell
Hiomer Kephart
Roy Kephart
Alvin
Sam Stgufoose
Jake Ernest
John Miller
Vincent Beliel
Will Miller
Delia Miller
Dale Cole
Clyde Lamberts
Howard Baker
Missouri
Ray Martin
Williiamstown
H. L. Witting
Charles Cannon
Burlington
Eugenia Dickinson
Waynes Keller
Opal Adams
Everett Lewis
Glenn Lambert
Lloyd Anderson
C. G. Anderson
Frank Kephart
Charley Kephart
Edd Mayhew
Bill Crane
William Gamon
Marjorie
John Gamon
W. R. Gamon
Fierald Dickinson
Roy’ Randall
Mary Ellen
Les Been Blossom
Fred Eisele
Lee
Havre
Ernest Eisele
Marie Eisele
John Widmer
Gilbert Widmer
Olds
S. K. Orris
Ralph
Mae
Dorothy
Paul
Dr. Howell
Johnny
Jimmie Howell
Max Schlatter
Jim Lemley
Joe Schlatter
Schlatter
Mt. Pleasant
Ralph Howell
Million Circle
Tri T
Lawrence Barquist
George Fulton
Laverne Graber
Arthur Hoshart
Visit by Friends at Foss Home Near Ainsworth
Girls and boys visited Sunday evening at the parental L. A. Foss home near Ainsworth, gathering for a family social at the residence.
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Swift
George Chalupa
Carl
Pat
Near Ainsworth
L. A. Foss
Mrs Merle Twinam Visits Ill Parents Near New London
Mrs. Merle Twinam stays with her ailing father and mother at the Strothman home near New London to help care for them. A series of Sunday dinners finds families gathering across the area including Crawfordsville Washington Olds and Noble with many neighbors and relatives mentioned. A separate note recalls Forest Wilson near Knoxville reporting a horse bite incident.
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Clarence Hering
East Sunset
Merle Twinam
C. E. Strothman
New London
Boyd Twinam
George Yeager
Crawfordsville
Dick Stephens
Richard
Gene Stephens
Ainsworth
Dick Blanchard
Rider Executes Mare Suspected of Rabies
A rider was forced to shoot a favored saddle mare that had apparently contracted rabies, ending the animal's suffering after the horse showed signs of illness.
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GC. W. Tucker
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Court Louse
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East Main Street
Theodore B. Bailey
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Frank B. Miller
J E. Lemmon
Lester H. Orr
C. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
Will Dupuis
Clarence Jacobs
Fred Reid
City Library
Eva Denny
Homer Stephen
Eveready Plumbsing Shop
Webster N. Jones, Jr
Delaware First
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Howard McBride
W. M
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Goodlander
P. J. Graber
Bert Spangler
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Forest Wilson
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