Fighting Caravans Leads Paramount Western With Large Cast
Gary Cooper stars with Lily Damita in Fighting Caravans the Paramount epic of the Old West based on Zane Grey. The State theater screens Friday and Saturday with an enormous cast including Ernest Torrence Tull Marshall Eugene Vallettes May Boley Eve Southern and many more. The story follows the 1863 trek across the continent to the land of gold.
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Gary Cooper
Paramount
Zane Grey
Lily Damita
Land of Gold
Ernest Torrence
Tull Marshall
Jed Kohler
Frank Hagney
Eugene Vallette
May Boley
Eve Southern
Sid Saylor
Roy Stewart
Frank Campeau
James Marcus
Helen Hunt
Alyn Warren
James Durkin
Dolores Johnson
Marven Morgan
Peggy Eleanor
Rae Carrett Blossom MacDonald
Ernie Shields
James Farley
Walter Downing
Donald MacKenzie
Bruce Warren
Guy Oliver
Jack Carlisle
Harry Lee
Rose Gore
Pauline French
Scott Seaton
Sidney DeGary
Skeets Gallagher Stars In Her Wedding Night at Fox
In two pictures Skeets Gallagher supports Clara Bow under director Frank Tuttle who also made True to the Navy. Her Wedding Night opens Friday for two days at the Fox theater a pure farce about a mov ing picture star who during vacation faces a matrimonial mixup ending in a Venice honeymoon.
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Skeets Gallagher
Clara Bow
Frank Tuttle
Miss Bow
Navy
Fox Theater
Gallagher
Paris
Venice
Community News Roundup From Palestine Area
Leona Vondrasek reports social visits across Palestine and nearby towns. Families including Motley Berhand Novy Murphy Wieland Moon Shull Madison Sojka Kolosick and Vondrasek members shared Sundays with Kron VonDrasek Soukup and Knotek households.
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Palestine
Wash Motley
Lewis Schwab
Jack Rice
Charles Vondrasek
Dorothy
Marie
Frank Kron
Leona Vondrasek
Joe Soukup
Ed Horn
James Knotek
Washington
Arthur Beranek
Kalona
Humming Birds Sighted Along Coast and Colorado Mountains
Humming birds are common along the Pacific coast and in Colorado mountains. Their squeaky trills echo as they whiz overhead, sometimes hovering near bright clothing as they inspect for nectar mistaking red or yellow patches for flowers.
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Pacific Coast
Colorado
Wealthy Iowa capitalist Graf found dead by self action near Fayette
Relatives search for motive as Peter Graf, a bachelor and one of the area’s wealthiest men, is found hanging from a tree at his farm near Fayette. Funeral plans were under way and officials reported pruning work done that day.
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Fayette
Peter Graf
Graf
Here
Judge Declares War on Drunken Drivers in Iowa Court
Sioux City reports Judge Scott Reiniger vows a crackdown on drunken driving. He fined George Blackburn of Anthon $75 with 23 days jail alternative. Blackburn plans to appeal the sentence under the new enforcement.
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Deanken
Sioux City
Scott Reiniger
George Blackburn
Anthon
Iowa
Blackburn
By-Stander Killed in Gun Battle in Des Moines
Funeral services arranged for George Palmer 46 who died after a gun battle between a policeman and an unidentified man. Palmer was struck as a bullet ricocheted from the pavement, the bystander casualty.
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Des Moines
George Palmer
Palmer
Gypsy group jailed on larceny charges in Mount Ayr
In Mount Ayr four members of a gypsy band were jailed after pleading not guilty to larceny charges filed by the county attorney. Leo Mitchell Belle Mitchell Lena Mitchell and Anne Young are held on 1000 dollars bond with grand jury action pending. They allegedly robbed a filling station at Kellerton Iowa.
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Mount Ayr
Leo
Belle
Lena Mitchell
Anne Young
Kellerton
Burlington Hosts Sixth District Railway Mail Clerks Meet
More than 200 members attended the sixth district convention in Burlington with welcoming remarks by Mayor G. Marquardt and remarks from Rep W Fr Kopp. The district covers Iowa and Illinois and Burlington becomes the first west of the Mississippi to host the gathering. Des Moines legal notes follow on customs court cases over the Carillon at Iowa State College Ames involving imported bells and a false keyboard.
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Burlington
G. Marquardt
Iowa League of Municipalities
W. Fr. Kopp
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Tillinois
Mississippi
Des Moines
Jerry B. Sullivan
United States Customs Court
Iowa State College
Ames
England
Iowa veterans of foreign wars split into two groups
Marshalltown June 17 Iowa department veterans of foreign wars will hold the 1982 convention in Decorah and decide to separate Iowa and South Dakota units into two organizations. The South Dakota group will organize at Huron July 19. H Bostwick of Boone was elected State Commander with RS Little of Davenport senior vice commander and other officers named.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Decorah
South Dakota
Huron
KF. H. Bostwick
Boone
R S. Little
Davenport
Forest Doud
Sioux City
J. B. Risher
KF. W. Frank
Des Moines
Leonard Duckett
Monticello
Two Die in Mississippi River Sinking Near Clayton
The Mississippi River near Clayton was the scene of a fatal drowning after a boat burst into flames while clam digging. Walter Streeter five and his father Joe Streeter perished, with Karl Beetom eleven surviving after swimming ashore. The body of Joe Streeter was recovered.
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Magregor
Mississippi River
Clayton
Walter Streeter
Joe Streeter
Karl Beetom
Streeter
Beetom
Blatz challenges heredity in child development claim
Dr. William E. Blatz of St. George's school for child study at Toronto university told 500 parents and teachers at the University of Iowa annual child welfare conference that environment in early years largely shapes personality, downplaying heredity as a factor.
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Iowa City
William E. Blatz
St. George's School For Child Study
Toronto University
University of Iowa
Blatz
Crowd Attends Fourth Annual Air Tour Spectacle
About 16,000 spectators watched stunt flying and 24-plane races at the fourth annual air tour. Planes traveled from Dewitt with a night stop, then continued to Fort Dodge. Merle Crum of Marshalltown won the three lap race, followed by C. R. Hoff of Wall Lake and H. H. McCorkle of Desoto. Dick Hawley's plane suffered minor damage in a small mishap.
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Waterloo
Dewitt
Fort Dodge
Merle Crum
Marshalltown
C. R. Hoff
Wall Lake
HH. J. McCorkle
Desoto
Dick Hawley
Ames Unveils Tax Cut Slashing City Levy
Ames city council reports a $42,000 tax cut or 26 mills, reducing the total levy by about 22.6 percent from last year. A $380,000 accumulated surplus from the municipal light plant will partly offset the loss by diverting funds into the general fund.
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Ames Ames
Ross Primary road costs exceed three million in May
State Auditor J. W. Long reported May expenditures for Ross Primary road work totaling over three million dollars. Major items included $1,471,607.43 for payments, $558,089.64 for excavation, $84,228.76 for traveling, $77,195.99 for guard rails, $26,405.57 for railroad crossings, $125,961.54 for right of way, $284,?98 for bridges, and $27,209.83 for engineering and maintenance.
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Ross Des Moines
J. W. Long
Los
Flsa Ngo
Labor unions oppose Des Moines street motorization plan
Iowa labor groups fight motorizing the Des Moines streets department to keep horse hauling as city work. Teamsters protesters say complaints will be heard at an upcoming meeting with the city council.
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Des Moines
Lowa’'S Federation of Labor
Teamsters Union
State Federation Officers Elected Amid City Asset Scrutiny
The article notes the state federation council officers and details the city’s assets including 19 mules and horses 12 wagons and other equipment to be scrapped for auto trucks.
Prohibition Agents Corps Applications Sent Across Iowa
Des Moines June 18 reports that 500 new prohibition agents will join the dry forces next month with salaries from 2300 to 2800 dollars a year. Applications have been forwarded from Ames Atlantic Burlington Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Creston Davenport Decorah Denison Des Moines Dubuque Port Dodge Iowa City Marshalltown Mason City Ottumwa Shenandoah Sioux City Spencer and Waterloo.
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Des Moines
Prohibition Agents Corps
Washington
Iowa
Ames
Atlantic
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Creston
Davenport
Decorah
Denison
Dubuque
Port Dodge
Iowa conference hears urged early sex education for children
Dr Newell Edson of the American Hygiene association told the University of Iowa welfare conference that parents should begin sex education at age two. He predicted public schools will soon offer courses addressing sex and sex problems as standard instruction.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Newell Edson
American Hygiene Association
Edson
Teaching pride and respect for the body from an early age
Dr Edson argues that ages two to four are suitable to start instilling pride and respect for the human body in children. He notes that petting is a taste acquired by the younger generation.
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Edson
Noth Named Auditor for State Board of Education
William G. Noth of Davenport will join the state board of education as auditor and finance committee member on June 30, succeeding Jackson W. Bowdish who retired after a long tenure. Pauline Devitt of Oskaloosa was elected vice president, replacing Henry G. Shull who was not reappointed. A resolution honored Emmet Tinley who died after a breakdown during a legislative inquiry.
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Education Board
Des Moines
William G. Noth
Davenport
State Board of Education
State Board
Jackson W. Bowdish
Noth
Pauline Devitt
Oskaloosa
Henry G. Shull
Sioux City
Geo
Dan W
Emmet Tinley
Tinley
Board of Education
Old-Fashioned Husbands in Modern Times
The Border City Star notes few old fashioned husbands remain as one reader recalls a man who demanded his wife help with dishes. The writer comments on lingering traditional attitudes and the rarity of such couples today.
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Border City Star
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