Leoncavallo's Rise From Setbacks To Pagliacci Triumph
Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo trained at Naples Conservatory. After a dishonest manager ruined his funds, he lived modestly by piano in cafes and drafted three operas seeking fame. Pagliacci, produced in 1892, made him famous, though his first planned trilogy failed. He wrote 13 operas overall.
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Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Conservatory of
Naples
Italy
Leoncavallo
Drolla
Vigil in the Night portrays nurses with realism
RKO studio presents Vigil in the Night from a nurse’s viewpoint with two English hospitals as backdrop. Starring Carole Lombard Brian Aherne and Anne Shirley the film draws on A J Cronin’s medical experience and includes an RN journal verdict praising its authentic depiction of the nursing sisterhood.
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RKO Studio
Carole Lombard
Brian Aherne
Anne Shirley
England
A. J. Cronin
the Citadel
London
Cronin
RKO
R. N
Luscomb
Thank you for the thoughtful ecards and gifts
Madonna Finke expresses gratitude for the ecards handkerchiefs and other presents received and says the thoughtful gestures made her very happy.
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Madonna Finke
New Racket Stars Preston Poster Irene Hervey in Missing Evidence
Preston Poster and Irene Hervey, film stars, team up in Universal’s Missing Evidence at the State Theatre. Poster plays an FBI investigator aiding Hervey as they pursue a counterfeit ticket syndicate.
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Preston Poster
Irene Hervey
U. S
Society
Treasury Department
Universal
Foster
Miss Hervey
City of Washington Iowa adopts 1940 budget ordinance
Ordinance No 284 appropriates for the fiscal year starting April 1 1940. It allocates general fund revenues from licenses fines and other sources and a consolidated fund transfer of 16917 dollars. Trading fund receives funds from the consolidated fund and the light fund allocation is noted.
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Washington
Iowa
General Fund
Consolidated Fund
Light
Supercolossal chlorination used on Ottumwa water
Ottumwa faced odor and taste problems in its city water supply from a low Des Moines river stage. Sanitary engineers studied a new treatment dubbed supercolossal chlorination and several engineering representatives visited to examine the equipment and approach.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
United States
Supt
H A. Brown
Municipal Water Works
Judge Dewey Names Moore Fund Trustee
Ernest R Moore of Cedar Rapids was appointed trustee of the Royal Union fund by Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey. Moore, a state board of parole member and former Iowa lieutenant governor, succeeds Ray Nyemaster and takes effect immediately. The fund comprises the investment assets of Royal Union Life Insurance Co reinsured in 1933 by Lincoln National Life.
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Cedar Rapids
Ernest R Moore
Royal Union Fund
Charles A. Dewey
Moore
State Board of Parole
Iowa
Ray Nyemaster
Davenport
Royal Union Life Insurance Co
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Farmers Assist in Group Farm Equipment Purchase
Twenty eight farmers visited town to help set up equipment bought collectively from Smart and Parrish Implement Company. Financed by Farm Security Administration with regional supervisor filming the event. Guests dined at Morgan's Cafe as pictures were taken at farms unloading the gear.
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Smart & Parrish Implement Company
Farm Securities Administration
Morgan's
James Hamilton Thompson Rites Held At Keota
Funeral services for James Hamilton Thompson were held Tuesday at the L. A. Jones funeral home. Thompson, born June 16, 1881, died after a hospital stay and was buried in the Keota cemetery. He leaves a widow Green Mae King two sons Raymond and Lloyd a granddaughter Judith Ann and two sisters with several brothers noted as deceased.
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L. A. Jones Funeral Home
James Hamilton Thompson
Washington County Hospital
Des Pa Fastwood
Keota
Mr. Thompson
Ash Grove
Towa
Robert W
Lydia Jane (Cochran) Thompson
van Buren
Ety Milton
Iowa
Oreen Mae King
Milton
Kecta
Washington
Thompson
United Presbyterian Church
West Chester
Raymond
Clarksville
Lloyd
Quincy
Lil
Judith Ann
W. HH. Hogan
Kansas City
FE. R. Hamey
San Franccisco
John
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robert
Charles Huffron
Washington County Board Proceedings Summary
County supervisors approved February 1940 financials and contracts. They detailed numerous vendor payments, county hospital payrolls, and road maintenance costs, and adopted real estate sales offers for two parcels to William Simpson and Henry Frank. They also approved tax suspensions for Eva Smeltzer Carroll Deeds and several soldier exemptions.
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J. C. Penney Co
Supl
al Roe & Son
Carson Plumb
Wm. E,. Sloat
Iowa So. Util. Co
Iowa Cont. Tele. Co
F. E. Reid
Economy Oil Co
Kero
John E. Miller
Straw
Reister & Sons
Serealin
Ramseyer Hatchery
Roy Fetters
Ernest Ferguson
Sal
Tt BD
Geek
MkL.ac
Morris Gowey
Coe
OER
Ralph Hoxworth
Roy Kallaus
H. G. McBride
Geo. Murphy
Walter Nicholson
Edgar Porter
Donall Romine
Henry Wieland
Alfred Wells
Robt
S. Welte
Nelson Woodford
Harold Young
All-Wheel Drive Co
Brown Lynch Scott Ea. barewEre
S.ncu
Brown
Sahesen Ae
Crandall'’s
Callen Tire Sales
Cooper, Service Co
Carris Mfg. Co
Disney Home App. Co
I A Kslin
Darnell Coal Co
Eclipse Lumber Co
Fletcher & Crooks
Griffith Oil Co
Gierke Robinson Co
Bite
Lowa So. Util. Co
Iowa Cont
Tele. Co
Martin-Roasa Tractor & Equip Co
Geo. L. McDaniel
G. H. Mangold
Petr. Corp
C—O
Don C. Paul
Gas
Rubio Motor Co
Jos. T. Ryerson & Son
Al Roe @& Son
Standard Oil Co
Snair Howe, Co
Hdwe
Standard Explosives
Ee Sinclair Refining Co
Smart & V Parrish
Sieg-Ottumwa Co
Truscon Steel Co
Wash. Lumber & Fuel Co
Wilson Coal Co
Washington City
Wolfe Brothers
Weassler Brothers
Dessa Shaw
Lena Bierdeman
Blanche A. Robertson
Anna Niles
Fla O'Loughlin
Mildred Heinold
Ethel Stout
Katherine Cocklin
Grace Hall
Maxine Carpenter
Eva Bauer
Wilma Graber
Washington County
Iowa
William L. Simpson
Marr
Ainsworth
William Simpson
Eva L. Smeltzer
Carroll
F. A. Simon
South East Quarter
St. P. M
Salary. A. Simon
H. P. Wilson
E. F. Bauer
Ned Morrow
Henry Frank
Board of
Ethel Grecian Wilson
Popular recreations lead in National Recreation figures
According to figures compiled by the National Recreation Association, swimming picnicking softball and skating top the list of popular recreational activities.
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National Recreation Association
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Andy Woolates
Iowa State College
University Hospital
Iowa City
Clarence Johnson
Journal Building
Sranest
Hotel Rome
RASKA
Judge Dewey
R. L. Lytle
W. H. Fulton
Dixie Dugan
Tally HO
Striebel
McEvo
Syndica
J.H. Thompson
Hazel Tankersley
Idell K. Martin
Luella Swift
Saite Mabel Shields
Leona Peiffer
Vivienne Neff
CS. Sb
Belek GV
Wilbur Marshall
DeIna Logan
Elizabeth Gingery
Margaret Green
Bernadine Grosseup
Emma Hardy
Edna Dowell
Rew LG
Lil Nesance
Mildred Therion
Mollie Therion
Maude Koehler
Juanita Weidner
Mae McClure
Wilma Martin
Pred’ Banet
Floyd Mundt
Sam Moore
John Applegate
Amer. Hosp. Sup. Co
Techew Beane Biklen Winter Grocer Co
Burrows Company
Bredy X-Ray Co
Carr Meat
Groceries
W. Morgan
Ins
Richard McCleery
Geo. L
Ohio Chemical Co
Physicians Record Co
Sind
Powers Produce
Peterson Baking Co
Droog
Acca Ee Pioneer Drug Store
Parke Davie & Co
IOMNE
Seace Intermeaneel Seite Peters Howe Co
National Freight Lines
M. C
M. C. DeLong
P. M
C.k.1
P. Ray
C. Fred Porter
Burlington Trans. Co
Sorisne
Ewan der
Keeshin Motor Express Co
Cateacaeween
Railway Express Agency
Croton
R. D. van Dor
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Mutual Insurance Company
Myrtle E Wilson
W. R. McCall
Emma McCall Edwards
H. E. Doud
J. L. Miller
America
Newport News
Ury
Pioneer Drug
S.W. Cor
Rexall
Ance
Wall Paper Headquarters
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