Salaries of 1937 Leaders Include GM and Movie Stars
The article lists top earners of 1937 across industries. It highlights General Motors executives led by Alfred P. Sloan and Edward F. Fisher, plus high paid movie and radio stars such as Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Mae West, and Katharine Hepburn. Also notes leaders in steel and other firms, with Henry Ford not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Cooper
Donald Colman
Claudette Colbert
Mae West
Madeleine Carroll
Warner Baxter
Marlene Dietrich
Ruth Chatterton
Charles Boyer
Rudy Vallee
Ernest T. Weir
Weirton Steel
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel
Eugene C. Grace
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel
James H. Rand, Jr
Remington Rand
Buffalo
N. Y
J. D. Biggers
Libbey- Owens
Ford Glass Co
Ford
Henry Ford
Edsel
P. E. Martin
E. Sorensen
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corp
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Empire State, Inc
Bruce Barton
Congress
Lillian 8. Dodge
Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Inc
Mary Margaret McBride
Radio Quality Group Service, Inc
Charles Chaplin
Jean Arthur
George Bancroft
Ralph Bellamy
Joan Beamnett
Walter Connolly
Richard Rex
Melvyn Douglas
Howard Green
Edward Everett Horton
Edmund Lowe
Marian Marsh
Grace Moore
George Raft
Basil Rathbone
Bing” Crosby
1N Productions , Inc
Los Angeles
E. M. Crosby
Jack Holt
Ken Maynard
Walt Disney
Buck Jones
Harold Lloyd
Alice Brady
Warren William
Zeppo
Herb) Marx
Mino Martini
Leo Carillo
Francis Lederer
Fred Astraine
Helen Broderick
John Ford
Preston Foster
Helen Gahagan
James Gleason
Ann Harding
Howard Hawks
Katharine Hepburn
Frederic Marek
Herbert Marshall
Victor
Joe Penner
Moore
Al Roe & Son Highlight 300 Furnaces Sold Since 1919
The long established firm of Al Roe & Son marks 62 years in business this April and notes over 300 Green Colonial furnaces sold since records began in 1919. The Roe family leadership includes Al Roe Floyd Roe and Bob Roe with longtime staff Leon Fullerton, a veteran of the furnace trade.
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al Roe & Son
al Roe
Mr. Roe
Floyd
Bob Roe
Leon Fullerton
Roes
Keeley
Washington
Maid-Rites Meet Benteco Team At Y Tonight
A Burlington Benteco quintet travels to play the Maid-Rites at the Y tonight at eight. Both teams feature top former Burlington and Washington players. Admission is 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Earlier, the Washington Whites faced the Ex-Lainsmen of Pleasant Plain and Brig hton at seven, with Curt Wells joining the Whites.
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Benteco
Burlington
Washington
Missionary Group in West Chester Meets for Study
The Susan Coffey auxiliary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met in West Chester with eight members and one guest, Mrs. Nellie Helm. Mrs. Fred Sprague led devotions and prayer, a song, and readings while plans were made to study a book in coming Mondays with Mrs. Rittenhouse. Mrs. Edith Bauer led the season and members reviewed Missionary Friend articles and a China missionary letter from Mrs. Bauer. Benediction closed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Susan Coffey
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Bessie Bauer
Nellie Helm
Fred Sprague
Rittenhouse
Edith Bauer
Edna Kleese
Lucille Kleese
Dorothy Bauer
China
Washington College Basketball Faces Maquoketa and Bloomfield Tests
Washington junior college, after two losses to Bloomfield and Maquoketa, began preparations for Tuesday and Friday games. Coach George Freshwaters seeks a return to winning form as the Cards aim to impress home fans with improved play after two defeats at Muscatine and Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College
Bloomfield
Maquoketa
Collegians
Muscatine
George Freshwaters
Butter Robber Arrest Reported in Audubon Iowa
Des Moines January 10 Harvey McGill, last of the butter robbery gang that raided many Iowa creameries last year, is jailed in Audubon Iowa. The item lists monetary figures for several actors and figures including Fred Stone Lee Tracy Charley Chase Oliver Hardy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harvey McGill
Audubon
Iowa
Fred Stone
Lee Tracy
Charley Chase
Oliver Hardy
Patsy Kelly
Stan Laurel
Edward Sedgewick
Dolores Costello Barrymore
Madeleine Carroll
Henry Fonda
Walter Pidgeon
Sylvia Sydney
Margaret Sullavan
Raoul Walsh
Weather Outlook For Upper Mississippi And Plains
The week brings light snow in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with additional precipitation around Thursday or Friday. Temperatures are mostly below normal. In the northern and central great plains little precipitation is expected with temperatures near or below normal.
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Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Cardinals Rally On Road In Close Wins
The Cardinals beat both opponents on the road with tight margins. Washington High School Demons schedule one game this week hosting Mt. Pleasant Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Cardinals
Washington High School Demons
Mt. Pleasant
Crawfordsville Beats Mt. Union in Local Basketball Night
Crawfordsville fans celebrated Friday night as the Cyclone teams beat Mt. Union, with the Cyclones winning 35 to 16 over the FEagles and the Cyclonettes tying Mt. Union 29 all. Bankenhorn scored 138 points for the Cyclones while Smith of Morning Sun refereed and the Cyclones and junior high teams head to Ainsworth Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Mt. Union
Cyclonettes
Cyclones
Feagles
Bankenhorn
Smith
Morning Sun
Junior Hi
Ainsworth
Pilot sacrifices life in bombing practice crash
Lieut. Paul D. Bunker 28 of Los Angeles was killed in Honolulu when a bomb he released during a bombing practice caused a crash. Three other crewmen also perished as their aircraft exploded. Bunker attempted a parachute escape but was caught in the falling plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Paul D. Bunker
Los Angeles
Army Flier
Bunker
Humans Lived In Towa Area 20,000 Years Ago
Dean George F. Kay of the University of Iowa presented evidence that humans inhabited Tow a and nearby regions nearly twenty thousand years ago, based on studies by a Tow a geologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Towa
George F. Kay
University of Iowa
Skull of six year old found in Minnesota lake deposits
The skull of a six year old girl was recovered ten feet below the surface in gravel from a former lake bottom in Minnesota. Dean Kay stated the skull is as old as the sediments, dating the remains to approximately 18,000 to 20,000 years ago, tied to glacial retreat in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dean Kay
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News
FOX
Sloan
Roosevelt
A. B. Schmoeller
P.L. Etter
George L. McDaniel
Liee
Aavia’ Dav
Leslie
Mickey Mouse
Olivia de Havilland
Matinee
Charles Biklen
Frank Scranton
Washington State Bank
Washington, Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Govt
Fishers
Nicolas Harmon
Picty
Spor
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D. C
Member
Federal Reserve System
the Simpson Finance Co
Dreds
Co. Me Fc
Journal Building
Euch
BFE
Nicola
Harmon
Montgomery Ward
South Side Square
Washington, la
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