Editorials on taxes and daily life satire in 1950s Iowa
A collection of editorial snippets critiques on government spending and Korea war funding, local park funding plans in Central and Sunset parks, and opinions on longevity statistics. It includes a sardonic note on trifocals and zany asides about doormats and manners. The piece ties national fiscal strain to international pressure from Russia and Korea.
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Look Magazine
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Arizona
Sunset
Central Parks
Ralph Smith
Central Park
Truman
Becaue
Congress
Kremlin
Russia
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
U. S
United States
The Third Man Garners British and Cannes Honors
The Third Man stars Joseph Cotten Valli Orson Welles and Trevor Howard and will play this Sunday at the State Theater. It won the London Daily Express Film Tribunal best picture award after pre release in London and captured Cannes Grand Prize, with jurors including Evelyn Waugh and Anona Winn.
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London
Joseph Cotten
Valli
Orson Welles
Trevor Howard
London Daily Express
America
England
Evelyn Waugh
Kenneth Barnes
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Leigh Ashton
Victoria and Albert Museum
Anona Winn
C. A. Lejeune
London Daily Mirror
Leonard Mosley
Exhibi
The Third Man Tops Popular Picture Choice for 1950
The Cinematograph Weekly declares The Third Man the year’s most popular British picture. Early signs point to it contending for the 1950 Academy Award for Best Picture, with David O. Selznick and Alexander Korda associated with the presentation.
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Tors
Cinematograph Weekly
David O. Selznick
Alexander Korda
Watch left for repair returns after 20 years in shop
Alexander Frickel of Lincoln Nebraska went to C. D. Peacock's in Chicago to retrieve a watch left for repair in 1930. He said he no longer had the claim ticket. The clerk promised to search but warned it may be difficult to locate the timepiece.
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Chicago
Alexander Frickel
C. D. Peacock
Lincoln
Neb
McCleery Publishes Travel Book We Were Met
Richard H. McCleery of Washington releases a 112 page report titled We Were Met detailing a trip with his wife Sara to Hawaii Australia the Philippines China and Japan as a Y's Men’s club representative. The volume from McCleery-Cumming prints letters from Y's Men's officials and relays travel impressions with humor and narrative flair.
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Richard H. McCleery
Washington
Mrs. MecCleery
Hawaii
Australia
Philippines
China
Japan
McCleery-Cumming Company
Y’s Men's Clubs
Far East
Pacific
Dick McCleery
McCleery
Europe
Y’s Men’s
Korea
Sara McCleery
Y's Men's Club
MccCleerys
Dave Elder
Y's Men’s World
Cluo
Hammond World Atlas Shows Rock Island Cutoff in Iowa Map
The reviewer notes Hammond's new World Atlas includes a detailed Iowa map. It marks the Rock Island cutoff from Ainsworth to Brighton, a feature previously seen only in railroad timetables. The discovery highlights the atlas's map accuracy and utility.
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Hammond
Iowa
Rock Island
Ainsworth
Brighton
Map shows location error between Cotter Ainsworth
The note describes a geographic error in a Town map placing the line midway between Cotter and Ainsworth and the Rock Island track midway between Ainsworth and West Chester.
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Cotter
Ainsworth
Rock Island
West Chester
Father Is a Bachelor at State Theatre Tonight
Columbia's film Father Is a Bachelor a William Holden Coleen Gray comedy opens at the State Theatre tonight. Supporting players Mary Jane Saunders Charles Winninger Stuart Erwin Clinton Sundberg fill the rich Ohio River town setting as Holden becomes a surrogate father to five orphans and persuades Gray to stay.
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Columbia
F’ather
William Holden
Coleen Gray
State
Mary Jane Saunders
Charles Winninger
Stuart Erwin
Clinton Sundberg
Ohio River
Holden
Miss Gray
Winninger
Mary Jane
Erwin
Sundberg
Aleen Leslie
James Edward Grant
Norman Foster
Abby Berlin
S. Sylvan Simon
Geronimo a Paramount Adventure at Fox Theatre
Paramount presents Geronimo a vivid epic of the Apache chief’s clash with the U S Army on the Great Southwest plains. Preston Foster Ellen Drew Andy Devine lead a cast that enlivens the capture of the last great redskin enemy Chief Thunder Cloud appears in a supporting role.
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United States Army
Great Southwest
Paramount
Geronimo
Fox
Preston Foster
Ellen Drew
Andy Devine
William Henry
Ralph Morgan
Chief Thunder Cloud
Geronimo Heroic Tale Sparks Adventure in Frontier Drama
Full blooded Cherokee Indian dominates as the vengeance driven savage in this frontier epic. William Henry plays a West Point lieutenant torn by loyalty and love as his family is attacked. After capture and torture he is rescued by seasoned Indian fighters led by Foster, trapping Geronimo.
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Pioneer County
William Henry
West Point
Henry
New Horizons
Geronimo
Foster
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