One in a Million shines at Staite theater with Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie hailed as 1937 discovery leads the Twentieth Century Fox musical spectacle One in a Million opening yesterday at Staite theater. A dazzling winter wonderland features a hundred ice revels and a cast including Adolph Menjou Jean Hersholt Ned Spatka Don Ameche Ritz Brothers Borrah Minevitch Dixie Dunbar Leah Ray and Shirley Deane.
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Sonja Henie
Adolph Menjou
Jean Hersholt
Ned Spatka
Don Ameche
Ritz Brothers
Ar- Vine
Borrah Minevitch
Dixie Dunbar
Leah Ray
Shirley Deane
S. U. S. Students Hurt in Toboggan Accident
Iowa City report lists University of Iowa student Jack Firth from Davenport and Frances Ann Roper of Davenport injured in a toboggan accident at the country club. They were knocked unconscious when the toboggan struck a tree.
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Iowa City
Jack Firth
University of Iowa
Davenport
Frances Ann Roper
Weeks Resigns as Buttermaker at Wellman Co op
G Weeks resigns as butter maker for Wellman Cooperative Creamery after one year. A C Kraft of Strawberry Point will take his place and move to Wellman. Mrs H K Hibnes ill with influenza unable to work. Art McDowell marries Miss Hazel Retzgiff. ceremony at Mapherst plant officiated by Rev Fred Meske. The couple to reside in Wellman where McDowell is employed. Marvin Fosse buys Wellman theater and plans remodeling before reopening March 1. he will hire a manager and handle bookings.
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Martha Adams
Wellman
G. Weeks
Wellman Cooperative Creamery
Weeks
A. C. Kraft
Strawberry Point
Week
Art McDowell
Arthur McDowell
Dan Steiner
Mapherst
Dee
McDowell
Marvin Fosse
Wellman Theater
Fosse
LaPorte City
Green
Magnificent Brute star at Fox theater in Fool for Blondes
Victor McLaglen plays Big Steve Andrews a steelmaker famed for sparks and appetite who is a fool for blondes. The Universal film The Magnificent Brute, adapted from Owen Francis’s Bis, screens at the Fox theater. McLaglen, 1935 Oscar winner, rose to stardom in What Price Glory and The Informer.
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Big Steve Andrews
Big Steve
Brute
Victor McLaglen
Steve
Junior Red Cross Reaches 625 Members in County
In Washington county 38 rural schools and 2 rooms of Riverside public schools participate in the Junior Red Cross. Lime Creek township reports 100 percent rural school membership. About 625 boys and girls hold this membership. Thanksgiving time or
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Washington County
Riverside Public
Red Cross
Lime Creek Township
John May sells business and home in Washington
John May announces sale of his home on North Marion avenue and transfer of the Phillips station business at 1004 East Washington street to Walter H. Wheatley of Wiota Iowa who will take possession immediately. Wheatley adds a repair department to the business while May remains connected at John May & Son.
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John May
Marion Avenue
Walter H. Wheatley
Wiota
Iowa
Mr. Wheatley
Mr. May
Jona May & Sons
Nash- Lafayette
Phillips
Connection
Wheatley
Nash-Lafayette
Willys
Freasy
East
Washington Street
May
John May & Son
Oran
May Farm
Ainsworth
Everette Roberts
Washington
W. H. Wheatley
Japanese climbing fern stores food in branch roots
Unlike typical ferns, the Japanese climbing fern develops branch roots that function as food storage organs, enabling nutrient reserves for growth. This adaptation highlights a unique survival strategy in its rhizome system.
Valparaiso Four Centuries Old and Charity Acts
The Chilean port Valparaiso is described as four centuries old. In Davenport a place favors were prepared for the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans home. Before Christmas 25 Braille books were bound for the school for the Blind in Vinton. Schools are making albums of letters to be sent abroad. Winnie F. Beiter.
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Valparaiso
Chilean
Davenport
School For the
Vinton
Winnie F. Beiter
Funeral for Samuel D Lindsey Held at Local Funeral Home
The funeral for Samuel Dick Lindsey was held yesterday afternoon at L A Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev M C C Carstensen. Pallbearers were Earl Smith Walter Smith John Foster Lloyd Turnipseed Jay Carris and Joe Hines. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Samuel Dick Lindsey
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
M. CC. Carstensen
Earl Smith
Walter Smith
John Foster
Lloyd Turnipseed
Jay Carris
Joe Hines
Elm Grove Cemetery
Honolulu aquarium hosts large tropical fish collection
Denizens of Tropic Sea note a major U S tropical fish collection situated in Honolulu. The article also mentions asphalt production and several personal notices including Marilyn Wehrle living in Pasadena and George Bishop's medical care at a Washington hospital.
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Tropic Sea
United States
Honolulu
Marilyn Wehrle
Pasadena
California
Marlyn Dorn
George Bishop
Washington
Katherine Bishop
R. N
Council Bluffs
Cleo Moothart
Donald Leroy
Walter Zillmer
Albuquerque
N. Mexico
Herman Zillmer
Greeley
Colorado
Donald Bidwell
Bill Would Turn Industry Into Military Machine in War
Washington lawmakers push a bill granting the president power to mobilize industry for total war. Key provisions authorize a 95 percent tax on income above three years, control over pricing and contracts, requisition of resources, civilian draft of industrial managers, and licensing of industry for government use. The measure aligns with neutrality aims and broad mobilization plans.
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Washington
Jan
Europe
Sheppard
Texas
American Legion
Roosevelt
Senate Munitions Committee
Funeral services for Ray Ross held in Crawfordsville
Ray Ross was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Crawfordsville with Revs. Cochran and Zimmerman presiding. Burial followed at Green Mound Cemetery south of Wayland with pallbearers Vernon Conrad, Lyle Long, Carl Martin, Lester Altars, Rex Rinner and Harold Stoner.
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Ray Ross
Crawfordsville
Methodist Church
Cochran
Zimmerman
Green Mound Cemetery
Wayland
Vernon Conrad
Lyle Long
Carl Martin
Lester
Smallest Humming Bird Helena’s Humming Bird
Helena’s hummingbird Tauna in Central America and the West Indies is the smallest humming bird species. It is not much larger than a blue bottle fly and represents the tiniest member of its group.
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Helena’s
Tauna
Central America
West Indies
Popular Quins Guarded by Glass At Oatmeal Daily
Daily visitors flood the Deanne Quins, five little girls, who charm crowds with a display area and a glass barrier five feet away. The feature highlights Quaker Oats as a daily food, cited as vital for health and growth in childhood nourishment.
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Dionne
Deanne
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