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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1938
Page
8
Des Moines area readers note scholarships awarded and vacations planned. Local residents Hannah Wlaithly and others visit Washington and Rochester for trips and extended stays. High school band picnics, car registrations, baptisms, and travel updates populate the week. Community notes include club leadership, CCC enrollment, street work, shop openings, and a church gospel meeting series.
Mr and Mrs Hubert Beal and daughter Helen visit Mr and Mrs W M Beal in Beatrice Nebraska. The Beals travel from Beatrice. The State Bank woodworks is getting a varnish coat.
Hollywood gossip notes from 1938 recount Dolores Cos tello using John Barrymore’s old dressing room while filming Breaking the Ice and her son visiting a movie set. Corset disputes flare as Orry Kelly eyeing new fittings top industry chatter, with stars like Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and others spotted at La Conga.
Sensational business in the east ties to Sol Lesser and to the Ice Follies here as developments ripple through entertainment circles. The fragmented text hints at a deal or public fallout affecting performers and management.
Irene Dare tours for a Bobby Breen film and may appear at Madison Square Garden in August with future world fairs planned in New York and San Francisco. Kay Van Riper discovers a haunted lookalike in a former Valentino home. a hidden buzzer under the carpet triggers in the servant’s quarters. Spencer Tracy brings two polo ponies to Omaha for location work. Errol Flynn protects his dressing room with trained dogs. Jack Warner seeks publisher feedback on newspaper pictures. Helen Hayes may vacation at Yosemite. Anne Shirley and John Payne plan a California motor tour. Judy Garland records a song for Love Birds Andy Hardy while Tyrone Power prepares Jesse James as his first color picture.
The Florence Nightingale medal is the top nursing prize from the International Red Cross committee. First struck in 1919, it has been awarded every other year to outstanding nurses worldwide.
In Wayland on July 1 Chriss Earnest Jr suffered a badly dislocated elbow after a hay load upset him. Mrs Ed Rinner had a stroke and is slowly improving. Haberman creamery began operations June 24 with two truck routes a 1000 pound churn and two vats. James White of Olin Iowa and Fred Klopfenstein were mentioned among visitors. Mr and Mrs J A Taylor are daughters of Superior Wisconsin moving into the Ells Shively home. Besse Allen of Iowa City visited Mrs Orus Hashbart. Dr Sarah Esch of Goshen Indiana visited the Anmiasa Miler home and plans service at Lutheran hospital Des Moines before going to India as a Mennonite medical missionary. Her father Dr C D Esch was awarded the Kaisar i Hind medal. For sixteen years Dr Esch supported Mennonite missionary children in Kuchner Ontario Canada.
R. L. Francis, once a Newport social figure and father of Mrs. John Jacob Astor III, reveals he has filed for a WPA job. He refuses aid from his wealthy daughter and son-in-law, having previously driven a taxi after facing financial trouble.
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