Bridal Beauty Show Draws Local Interest at State Theater
A statewide Bridal Beauty Contest to select a representative for the State Fair is featured at the State Theater on Wednesday night. Local girls from Washington compete in old fashioned wedding gown modeling and voters will pick the winner by ballot. Contestants include Virginia Breitenbach Ireta Willits Virginia Shannon Louise Null and others with the event set for Wednesday June 30.
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State Fair Board
Washington
Virginia Breitenbach
Ireta Willits
Virginia Shannon Louise Null
Virginia Moore
Vera Stutsman
Doris Clow
Virgina Kephart
Ruth Dupuis
Neta Fetters
Lois Sartor
Betty Hamil
Poker Flat drama brings Harte story to RKO theater
Bret Harte’s Outcasts of Poker Flat is adapted for the screen in a Robert Sisk production at the RKO Theater. Preston Foster and Jean Muir lead a cast including Van Heflin Virginia Weiler and Monte Blue in a tale of love conflict and sacrifice set in the Mother Lode gold country with authentic period sets and snowbound climax scenes directed by Christy Cabanne.
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California
Poker Flat
RKO Radio
Bret Harte
Mother Lode Country
North American
Harte
John Oakhurst
Gambler
Preston Foster
Jean Muir
Robert Sisk
van Heflin Lutthe
Virginia Weiler
Margaret Irving
Frank M. Thomas
Dick Elliott
Monte Blue
San Bernardinos
Christy Cabanne
When a Grizzly Bear Chases a Lady Up a Tree
Washington dispatch describes a Forest Service signal for distressed ladies. If chased up a tree a woman should whistle three times to summon help, then two whistles reply from firefighters. Rangers will then respond to rescue the lady at risk.
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Washington
U. S. Forest Service
Robert Marshall
Division of Recreation and Lands
Forestry Service
O. S
Marshall
146 Bills Set for July Fourth Effect in Iowa
DES MOINES June 29 UP A total of 146 bills passed by Iowa's 47th general assembly will take effect July 4. Highlights include a state budget appeal board, outlawing slot machines and pinball, revising traffic laws, increasing income tax deductions, regulating auto dealers, curbing political spending by state employees, allocating over 13 million for operations, banning fireworks, tightening narcotics laws, and renaming the state board of railroad commissioners to the Iowa state commerce Commission.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa State Commercce Commission
Budget Appeal Board
Secretary of State
Funeral Attendees Honor Mrs Frank Gipple in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on Sabbath afternoon mourners from the community gathered at Spring Run Church for Mrs. Frank Gipple's funeral. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Grant Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hagie, Mrs. Oral Conrad, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Stites and Carl, Mrs. A How sare and son Raymond, Mrs. A C G Lease, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Coates, Mr. and Mrs. J C Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. R I Williams, Robert Shaffer, Walter Menefee, and Vernon Fletcher. The session also notes broader legal updates on gambling bans, motor vehicle law expansions, tax adjustments, and an occupational licensing bill.
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Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Frank Gipple
Spring Run
Grant Edwards
Will Hagie
Oral Conrad
S. J. Stites
Carl
A. Howsare
Raymond
CG. Lease
Kenneth Coates
J. C. Mitchell
R. I. Williams
Robert Shaffer
Walter Menefee
Vernon Fletcher
Willis Conrad
Mia
Joe Conrad
Marie Darbyshire
Elmer Gault
Margaret Trevor
Towyn Davies
Lyle Lowe
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Don Miller
Arlene
Bernice Lowe
Leona Finch
Ira Owens
S. C. Fletcher
Cleo
Ralph Beauchamp
Morissey
William Henss
Henry Menefee
Seven year old Tommy Bybee killed in bicycle accident
In Council Bluffs on June 29 a 7 year old boy, Tommy Dale Bybee, died from injuries after the front wheel broke while riding on bicycle handlebars. A playmate, Dick Shobe, rode the bicycle to the scene, the boy walked home with minor head cuts, and the incident prompted burial details for local residents and corrections to two prior dates.
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Council Bluffs
Tommy Dale Bybee
Alfred Bybee
Dick Shobe
Tommy
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Corinne Rotheschild
Go. L. McCdaniel Druggist
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Brown’s Super Service
Cupid
Rochelle Hudson
Arthur Treacher
Rugene Pallette
Jock Haley
Iowa State
Gloria Wheeden
Floyd Stimson
Hiland Palace
Moeller’s Accordion
Attorney General's Office
Motor Vehicle Bill
46Th General Assembly
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Washington Dairy
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Pacific Northwest
Black Hills
Kansas City
Burlington Trailways
R. C. Tracy Hotel
Colenso North Side Square
Teaa
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Benny's Boys
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Wabc-Cbs
Harry Burmester
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winstee-Selem
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