Elephants Dance Delights in New Film Elephant Boy
The Fox Theater screens Elephant Boy based on Rudyard Kipling with Sabu as Toomas the elephant boy. Alexander Kor da and J. B. Korda produced a vivid jungle epic filmed in India over two years, featuring Walter Hud and Bruce Gordon among the supporting cast.
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Toomai
Rudyard Kipling
FOX
Alexander Korda
Fox Theater
Sabu
Robert Flaherty
Tan Korda
Sun
India
John Collier
Little Toomas
Walter Hud
W. E. Holloway
Allan Jeaves
Bruce Gordon
London
United Artists
Burglars Target Three Shops in Dank Ward District
Burglars entered the Family Shoe, Dank Ward Market, and Pauls Lumber Co. A raincoat and five dollars were stolen from the three locations.
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Dankwardt
Pauls Lumber Co
Realism Shines as Walter Winchell Appears in Wake Up and Live
Walter Winchell performs in the Twentieth Century Fox musical Wake Up and Live at the State theater while still writing his daily column. He chats with Ben Bernie and Abbie Faye on camera and even takes genuine tips between scenes. The film captures him taking notes for his next column as scenes unfold.
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Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Abce Faye
Twentieth Century-Fox
State Theater
Winchell
New York
Ben Bernin
Sidney Lanfield
Boston Churches: First in 1630 and Early Growth
The article notes Boston built its first church in 1630 and describes rapid early construction as the colonial town expanded. It highlights the emergence of five initial churches within the first 113 years, marking a foundational period for the city's religious infrastructure.
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Boston
Labor scales rise for Iowa road work bids May 28
Ames Iowa May 17 The Iowa state highway commission increases skilled labor to 75 cents and intermediate to 60 cents for federally funded road projects with common labor at 50 cents The change does not affect state projects Bids due May 28 for Cass county Anita Marne Atlantic Cass county Cass Ottawatoma Henry county Winfield on routes 6 8 83 78 1616 and related bases
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Ames
Iowa
Commission
Cass County
Anita
Cass
Marne
Atlantic
Fires Scar California Redwoods Across Centuries
Scars in the California redwoods reveal major fires in 1441 1580 and 1797, indicating long history of forest fires affecting the region's mighty groves.
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California
Honor Roll Names From Crawfordsville High School
The Crawfordsville high school announces the senior and junior honor rolls with names and GPAs for the first and second semester. Seniors include Forrest McNeill Bessie Baker Irene Sommer Maude Barnes Erwen Graber with top marks, while juniors, sophomores and freshmen list additional students and grades. Teachers depart for homes and summer school plans are noted along with local funeral attendance.
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Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Claes
Peassie Baker
Forrest McNeill
Erwen Graber
Irene Sommer
Maude Barnes
Forrest McNeil
Bessie Baker
John Harold Jones
Marie Darbyag
Gwendolyn Rhea
Ruth Baker
Marvy L. Moorhead
Robert Miller
LaVerne Graber
Doreen Sense
Mildred Whiting
Stherede
Mildred Anderson
Doris Graber
Glades Rose
Violet Fletcher
Roby Rudat
Ttherade
Jane Graham Kenneth Meeks
William Jones
Rueeel Miller
Jane Maxwell
Maurice Those
Goth
Margaret William
Dorothy Rees
Jimmy Young
Eveyn Willianeath
Anna Sommer
Grace Conrad
Wilma Wool
Cedar Falls
Cordon Rhum
Town City
Brookhart
Palmer Schilling
Fitton Rahenold
Howard Mefride
Laura McBride
Warghineton
M*nride
Columbus Junction
Clement Fdear
Catholic Ceremony Honors Abundant Crops in Casey
Reverent farmers from Casey attended a Sunday afternoon service at St Teeneh's church conducted by Rev Cc. J. McAniff. The event marked an ancient Catholic rite of thanksgiving for good harvests, described amid faded city memory and dim catacombs imagery.
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Rome
Casey
Menadowed Hill
Teeenh's Church of
Cc. J. McAniff
Mine sinks British destroyer off Almeria coast
A mine ripped the HMS Hunter, a new British destroyer, during a blockade cruise off Almeria on Spain’s southern coast, killing eight crew members. The British admiralty ordered an inquiry headed by Sir Samuel Hoare to determine responsibility amid fears of international repercussions.
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Almerica
Spain
H. M. S. Hunter
Admiralty
Samuel Hoare
Life Insurance as Educational Fund Gains Popularity
Life insurance is presented as a safe, easy way to fund children’s education, a trend rising as families plan for a competitive business climate. A survey by the American Federation of Teachers found college education markedly lowers unemployment risk, with only about one percent of relief recipients having had such education.
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Ily
American Federation of Teachers
American Management Association
Chesterfield Emphasizes Aged Tobacco Blend
Ad copy touts up to date methods and finer ingredients with pure cigarette paper. Claims mild ripe aromatic tobacco blends from home grown and Turkish sources aged two years or more to make Chesterfield an outstanding cigarette.
Plan St Mary's Commencement at Riverside ceremony
Riverside May 17 Rev Walter Boeckman to speak at St Marys high school commencement. Also Life Insurance Week events at St Marys church with thirteen seniors to receive diplomas. Community notes list visitors from Chicago Sac City Cedar Rapids Marshalltown and others, plus local illness and farm rental updates.
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St. Mary's Church
Ford
Earl M. Ott
Chicago
E. W. Ford
Ott
Edna Ford
Riverside
Mr. Ott
Minnie Holtz
Roy
Sac City
Town
Margaret Cress
Walter Albright
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