Las Vegas Nights at Fox Theatre Delights Swing Fans
A first rate swing orchestra led by Tommy Dorsey and Bert Wheeler headline the musical comedy Las Vegas Nights at the Fox Theatre Sunday through Tuesday. Constance Moore Virginia Dale and Lillian Cornell star with Phil Regan and Red Donahue and his mule Uno as the vaudeville troupe seeks an inheritance in Las Vegas Nevada. Four popular songs are featured Delores Moments Like This Mary Mary Quite Contrary and I Gotta Ride with a romance between Regan and Moore.
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Las Vegas
Fox
Constance Moore
Phil Regan
Betty Brewer
Lillian Cornell
Virginia Dale
Red Donahue
Nevada
Bert Wheeler
Miss Moore
Delores
Dorsey
Irene Dunn and Cary Grant star in Penny Serenade
Irene Dunn and Cary Grant reunite in George Stevens film Penny Serenade at the State Theatre Sunday. The romantic drama follows a newspaperman and his wife in a vivid absorbing story based on Martha Cheavens's work, acclaimed by Hollywood as a top romance of the year.
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George Stevens
Irene Dunn
Cary Grant
State Theatre
Hollwood
Columbia
Penny Serenade
Martha Cheavens
Penny Serenade film adaptation with Bondi Dunne cast
Review credits Morrie Ruskind for the screen adaptation and lauds Beulah Bondi Edgar Buchanan for performances. Grant is praised for sincerity and humor as a newspaper man who marries a music store clerk played by Miss Dunne. They face tragedy and hope as they adopt a daughter and endure strain, illness, and near divorce until a final blend of laughter and tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrie Ruskind
Beulah Bondi
Edgar Buchanan
Grant
Miss Dunne
Tokyo
America
Stevens
No cure for high blood pressure says Stanford doctor
Dr David Ryland of Stanford University California argues there is no cure for high blood pressure because it is a symptom rather than a disease. He compares it to fever, which is treated by addressing the underlying infection rather than fever itself.
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David Ryland
Stanford University
California
Dyed in the Wool Slang Roots in Civil War Era
The College Courant 1871 notes Daniel Webster as a Dartmouth student riding horseback in homespun clothes. A drenching rain washed indigo from his suit dyed in the wool at home, darkening his skin to a vivid blue.
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Daniel Webster
Dartmouth College
The
College Courant
Socialite Martha Stevenson Kemp to marry Vic Mature
Martha Stevenson Kemp widow of Hal Kemp heir to the Kemp orchestra fame, a 22 year old New York socialite, plans to marry Vic Mature a 26 year old actor soon. Kemp was killed in a December auto crash.
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Hal Kemp
Martha Stephenson Kemp
New York
Vic Mature
Kemp
Public Hospital Bond Vote Carried in Washington County Iowa
Washington County Iowa Board of Supervisors reports results of a June 10 1941 special election. Bond proposition to erect and equip an addition to the County Public Hospital authorized borrowing up to $48000 with tax levy not to exceed one half mill. 1016 Yes 537 No 8 blank. result declared carried. County Auditor Stan Kiesey witnesses the filing.
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Washington County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Washington
Ford
Wesmart & Parrish Simplement Company
Smart & Parrish Implement Company
H. P. Wilson
E. F. Bauer
Stan Kiesey
Ned Morrow
County Hospital Bond Election Approved in Washington IA
The Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting on June 6 1941 adopted a resolution calling an election for June 10 1941 on adding to the County Public Hospital. The measure seeks borrowing up to 48000 to fund the hospital expansion with taxes to repay bonds and interest.
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Board OF Supervisors
E. F. Bauer
H. P. Wilson
Ned Morrow
Pleasant Ridge Social Roundup Feeds Local Hospitality
Louis Stumpf and Hugh Devine from Chicago visit the Anton Kauffman home for several days. Mrs. Etta Reeves and Mrs. Sage spent a afternoon at the N Linnenkamp home. Numerous local families host and visit through the week with Sunday dinners and calls at several neighbors.
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Pat Swift
Pleasant Ridge
Louis Stumpf
Hugh Devine
Chicago
Anton Kauffman
Etta Reeves
Sage
N. Linnenkamp
Wilmer Kauffman
Ray Steele
Frank Schneider
Washington
William Fry
Burlington
George Chalupa
Eli Jackson
Elliot McKinstry
Linda
John van Syce
Viola Campbell
Arthur
Mary
Patricia Swift
Homer Ernest
Frank Schaad
Tony Kauffman
John Westen
Henry Underwood
Roger Letts
Elmer Schantz
John Renoux
John Erlenbush
Pete
Chris Ernest
Liberty Bell Taken to Allentown in 1777 for Safety
Historical note recounts the Liberty Bell being moved to Allentown Pennsylvania in 1777 as American forces prepared to evacuate Philadelphia to prevent the bell from falling into British hands at the city gate.
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Allentown
Philadelphia
Davis Buys Hurley Building Plans to Open Food Store
Jake Davis of Columbus Junction rents the P. J. Hurley building and will open a food store on June 14 in Wayland. The notice appears in a local column listing moving plans and community updates with many named residents and trips.
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Davis
Hurley
Columbus Junction
New Wayland
Wayland
Jake" Davis
P. J. Hurley
Verdi Social Notes Tally Weekend Visitors and a Wedding
Verdi notes report visitors over the weekend at the Edd Miller home including Mr and Mrs Harry Miller and family Mr and Mrs Roy Miller and family Mr and Mrs W H Harrison and Ray Miller. Bob Gates touring Long Beach California plans Oregon trip visiting grandfather Dan Gates. Leslie Gates and son Kimball attended the Amy Williamson wedding on June 5 at Fairfield.
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California
Millard Wyse
Glendale
Calif
P. P. Wyse
Oregon
Ezra Conrad
Peter Krabill
Jonathan Conrad
Ashley, Mich
Edwin Martin
Dayton
Ohio
A. EF. Martin
F. J. Longer
Verdi
Harry Miller
Roy Miller
W. H. Harrison
Ray Miller
Edd Miller
Bob Gates
Long Beach
Dan Gates
Leslie Gates
Kimbal
Amy Williamson
Fairfield
Toasts in fifteen languages show shared health cheers
A playful list presents greetings for “Here’s to your health” in fifteen language styles. It pairs American, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish, and Zulu variants with quirky spellings.
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Nent
Univeca Wight
Tommy Dorsey
Trombone
Grantland Rice Eport
Gaanee News
P.L. Etter
S. Iowa
MR. T. W
Harwood
W. Washington
Farmers Automobile Inter Insurance Exchange
Trusk Insurance Exchange
Glenn M. Kaufman
van Buren St
Iowa City
Ardley
Beulah
Edgar Bondi
Buchanan
Doran
Sade
Irene
Cary Tay
Donald Duck
Paramount News
Stan Kieley
B. of S. Attest
Ezra Wittmer
J. J. Pritchard
Victor
A. S. Allen
Millard Schlatter
Krabill
Emerson
J. Wesley Pritchard
Des Moines
Alvin Roth II
Alvin Roth
Milford
Neb
Alvin
Henry County Hospital
Richard Nelson
Goshen
Ind
Gladys Weaver
Napa
Tda
Clarence
Lois Burk
Albany
Ore
Amasa Miller
Washington State
Anna Nelson
Cloyce Nelson
Pasadena
Fannie Zehr
Women's Democratic
Mt. Pleasant
Ed Witting
John Wenger
Kate Wittiig
Emma Rhum
Margaret Ritz
C. K. Schantz
Carl Hensley
Ruth Meyer
Elmer Meyer
Bobby
Marilyn
Gary
Kent
D. F. Meyer
Donald Auld
Jake Roth
E. C. Allen
A. B. Magdefray
Jim
B. PD. Roberts
Galesburg
A. B
C. J. Freyenberger
Joseph
Willard Leichty
Marion Jarrard
Duane
Harold Neff
Westwood
Lester Neff
Ira Jessup
Billy
Kathleen
Port Orchard
Wash
Jessup
Will Allen
Michigan
C. C. Wenger
Jerry May Castell
Norma Castell
Marshalltown
Jerry
Iowa Avenue
American Petroleum Co
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