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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
4
A Washington junior college basketball player invited his girlfriend to the game but tore a ligament and will miss action. The column also notes LeRoy Pratt a Washington groom and other local anecdotes including a Mexico honeymoon and a goatee dare story.
Sidhey Toler is chosen for the title role of Charlie Chan in Honolulu after tests across many nationalities. Basil Rathbone, famed for The Dawn Patrol, earned the Military Cross for services in World War I.
A passerby on the municipal course asks if fondness for golf would stop him from playing badly. The friend retorts that a true golf fan could not bear to play so foolishly. The piece shifts to a sharp social aside about doll wives and ornamental spouses.
A collage of dialogue and jokes shows changing society from gadgets to generous acts. A woman’s note with a $2 bill prompts a stranger to “Take Courage” as a racehorse wins at odds. Hollywood chatter laments actors’ chances and shifts in screen roles.
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