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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1936

Page

8

Bobby Breen Stars in Lets Sing Again at State Theater

Bobby Breen, famed from Eddie Cantor radio, appears on screen as star of Lets Sing Again in a Sol Lessner production at the State theater. He shares the frame with Henry Armetta George Houston and Vivienne Osborne in a Wednesday and Thursday engagement.

Eddie Cantor Bobby, Breen Wonder Boy New State Theater Bobby Henry Armetta George Houston Vivienne Osborne

New Deal Publishes Colossal Tourists Guide for 2 600 000 Words

The New Deal announces a five volume American guide costing dollar per word. It will total 2 600 000 words, produced by Works Progress Administration writers and researchers. Henry Alsberg directs the effort with WPA backing. demand runs from a 65 000 copy transportation group to 425 civic orders.

New Deal Washington Henry G. Alsberg Works Progress Administration Federal Writers Project WPA Harry L. Hopkins Alsberg Chamber of Commerce

Decree Requires Measured Drinks in Nice Cafes

In Nice France a new decree mandates every drink served in cafes be labeled with exact quantities on the glass or cup whether whisky tea or other beverages Cafe owners fear the policy may discourage patrons by highlighting how much they have consumed.

Nice France

Sand Shakers at Yale Preserve Historic Ink Dryers

Yale University houses a collection of sand shakers, almost obsolete, tied to Connecticut industry. The early American sand shakers date to 1740 in Berlin, Connecticut, and were used to dry ink before 1850.

Yale University Connecticut America Berlin Conn

Presidents Most Were Lawyers Among 31 Presidents

A list shows that nearly all of the presidents have been lawyers with names including Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe John Quincy Adams Jackson Van Buren Tyler Polk Fillmore Hayes Garfield Cleveland Harrison McKinley Taft Wilson Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt.

John Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe John Quincy Adams Jackson van Buren Tyler Polk Fillmore Hayes Garfield Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Mc.Kinley Taft Wilson Coolidge Franklin Roosevelt

Stephens’ Role Kept Him in Clouds

Harvey Stephens spent most of the film in an airplane for the Fox melodrama Absolute Quiet. The local boy from near the studio stars alongside Lionel Atwill Trena Hervey Raymond Walburn Stuart Erwin Ann Loring Louis Hayward and Wallace Ford in the John W Considine Jr production shown Wednesday and Thursday at MGM Fox.

Harvey Stephens Fox Stephens Lionel Atwill Trena Hervey Raymond Walburn Stuart Erwin Ann Loring Louis Hayward Wallace Ford John W. Considine, Jr

German Scientists Link Iodine Jealousy to Delusions

Three Berlin researchers at the Charite Medical Clinic hypnotized fifteen individuals to induce jealousy by convincing them their partners were unfaithful. They observed a markedly high rise in iodine levels in the subjects’ blood, linking the emotion to iodine concentration.

EK. Wittkower W. Scheringer EB. Bay Charite of Berlin

Birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian Electric Cell Inventor

Italian inventor Alessandro Volta, creator of the electric cell, was born on February 18, 1745, in Como. His pioneering work laid the groundwork for modern electrochemistry and battery technology.

Alesandro Volta

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