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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1939
Page
6
Fanny Brice earned 115000 last year with 881000 in state and federal taxes. Vivien Leigh intensely studies for her Scarlet role and accepts a fan autograph with warmth. Vic McLaglen’s trainer Abdullah Abbis touts Arabian as superior to the McLaglen English.
Loretta Young and Warner Baxter star in a gay romantic comedy about a modern marriage turned lively when the wife pursues a singing career. The film traces marital bliss and the ensuing quest for personal fulfillment with light, witty charm.
The Centre Theatre in Ottawa opens automatically as a patron approaches. An electric eye sensor triggers the door, delivering hands free access.
Four thousand bales of alfalfa were stacked to form the sides and end of a camouflaged airplane hangar for Pirates of the Skies starring Kent Taylor and Rochelle Hudson. The roof and door were woven from hay. The piece notes other film and local railroad notices and an Masonic meeting schedule.
Wellman communities push to make the town’s Fourth of July celebration the largest yet blending old fashioned festivities with modern amusements. The Wellman park will host picnickers and concessions as neighboring residents are invited to attend, with no county wide event planned elsewhere.
Henry Wilcoxon Claire Dodd and Cora Witherspoon play key roles in the drama The Great O Malley with similar parts and strong supporting appearances by the trio.
Mrs. E. L. Clark travels to Burlington to spend a week with her daughter Mrs. Kenneth Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick and her husband went to pick her up. The Floyd Leslie family moved back to Washington last week after several months away.
In Edmonton England a bylaw bans wheeling baby buggies two abreast on paths and sidewalks and restricts buggy use to carrying children or invalids. The ordinance aims to improve pedestrian flow and safety.
Visitors learn Havana’s founding name San Cristobal de la Habana by Velasquez in 1515 and the earlier reference Cubana can by Columbus in 1492. The notes emphasize Cuba’s historical toponymy. The piece links city naming to explorers and epochs.
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