The Great Debate and a Nation in Economic Flux
An editorial collection rails at political posturing and inflation. It mocks party line telephones, notes a Boston mother cat with skunk kits, and questions defense waste highlighted by Louis Johnson. The piece urges fiscal caution, price controls limits, and adherence to free enterprise over statism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Lamibast
National Association of Manufacturers
Loretta Young Shines in Cause for Alarm at Fox
Loretta Young delivers a gripping performance in MGM's Cause For Alarm as a frightened wife entangled in a murder plot. The story follows Ellen accused by circumstantial evidence after her husband dies of a heart attack, while suspicions about her affair with Dr Ranney Grahame swirl around her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Loretta Young
Larry Marcus
Ellen
Ranney Grahame
Bruce Cowling
George
Lemon Drop Kid Review at State Theatre
Bob Hope stars in The Lemon Drop Kid based on a Runyon fable with Marilyn Maxwell Lloyd Nolan and Jane Darwell. The comedy mixes plot pace and melody as Hope plays a race track tipster who bets against a mobster and must raise $10,000 by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hope
Damon Riunvon
Paramount
State Theatre
Marilyn Maxwell
Lloyd Nola
Jane Darwell
Bob
Hope
Wid
Marilyn Maxwel Gvaddens
The Kid's Chor Usline Doll and Lloyd Noland Star in Film
The text notes comic spice from Jane Darwell in her co-starring role alongside Lloyd Noland and The Kid in a film. It mentions a chorus line doll as part of the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
The Sea Spoilers at Fox Theatre
John Wayne leads in The Sea Spoilers a coast guard romance and adventure set against Alaska seal poaching. Nan Grey stars opposite him as the love interest and the film showcases dangerous patrols and gunfire amid the seal poaching ring. A Drain Gun by Handling Devices Co is also featured in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Coast Guard
Realart
Fox Theatre
Coast Guard
Alaska
John Wayne
Nan Grey
Ramblings on City Flowers and Signals in Fairfield
Bruce Cowden notes items from the Fairfield Ledger and Columbus Gazette. Fairfield wiring of automatic traffic signals is described with synchronized phases and flashing lights midnight to six. Editor Walace Sherlock discusses adopting an official city flower with roses favored. bird sightings and wrens appear as a lighter aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Cowden
Fairfield Ledger
Columbus Gazette
Columbus Junction
Fairfield
Wallace Sherlock
Pella
Oskaloosa
Sherlock
Fairfeld
Washington
Garden Department
Mr. Sherlock
Lake Goode dedication planned with Governor Beardsley speaker
The Columbus paper previews a Wednesday June 21 dedication of Lake Goode between Burlington and Mt Pleasant. The artificial lake spans about 20 percent of 40 square miles with a 1600 acre park. Maps place it 40 miles from Washington and describe the area as very beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lake Goode
Beardsley
Burlington
Mt Pleasant
Washington
Grandview Unions and West Branch Centennial Plans
Grandview hosts a robust union scene with a women’s group and a Sunday youth society sharing space in the schoolhouse and academy building alongside lodges. Columbus reports West Branch centennial festivities July 12 to 15 directed by the John B. Rogers company, birthplace of Herbert Hoover, recalling the Hoover birthday program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Buster
Berk
Stineman Schafer
Gast
Jackson
Rowe Werner
Krahl
Thompson
Block Square
Grandview Academy
Hall
Academy
Washington
Columbus
West Branch
John B. Rogers Company
Town City
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Ohio Highway Study Confirms Widespread Road Deficiencies
The Ohio Highway Study Committee reports half of the major road and street mileage is deficient and must be improved before current traffic can be safely accommodated. The survey shows rural and urban State Highway routes bear the greatest deficient mileage due to heavy traffic loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ohio Highway Study
Camouflage Principles in Architecture and Pattern Design
A discussion of how bold paper textures and irregular patterns create camouflage in architecture. It argues for hard-to-trace visual effects using unconventional, bold patterns to blend structures with their surroundings.
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Paul
Boston
Hubert Crail
United States
U.S
Pravda
Newton
Louis Johnson
Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations Committees
Russia
U. S
Johnson
And
Iowa
VITA
Bens
Ifio
T. W. Harwood
General Insurance Agency
Ques Them
Ford
Matica
Yand
Ginay
Selden Hill Co
Mace Motor Company
North Iowa Ave
Washington, Lowa
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