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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
5
The piece follows a comic plot where Laurel and Hardy stage a flame-throwing demonstration for a fledgling inventor Grant Lawrence. The plan backfires, destroying the Harlan home and the device, prompting a scramble to fund a new weapon. The tale features wartime references and lighthearted misadventure around Mary Harlan and friends.
Pvt. Delmore Evans, son of Mrs. Jerry Evans, departed the west coast for overseas duty, with word reaching his mother. Also noted, Seaman Robert F. Reaney traveled from Fort Custer to visit his parents and wife Margar Kanft, while Naval Aviation Cadet W. R. Boulton of Columbus City graduated March 14 from Wesleyan Naval Flight Preparatory School.
Laurel and Hardy star in The Dancing Masters at the State Theatre with Trudy Marshall and a Jamous fan-team cast. The comedy follows Stan and Oliver as co-owners of a dance school entangled with an accidental insurance plot and gangsters, delivering nonstop laughs in a bustling, high-spirited program.
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