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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1939

Page

4

Union Pacific caps De Mille's twenty five year career

Cecil B De Mille's sixty fifth film Union Pacific an epic on America's first transcontinental railroad plays at the State Theatre through Saturday starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea Paramount presents.

Union Pacific Caps de Mille Cecil B. de Mille America Paramount State Theatre Barbara Tanwyck Joel McCrea de Mille Hollywood

DeMille's Union Pacific hailed as his grandest project

The article notes Cecil B. DeMille shifted from biblical and medieval epics to American history producing The Plainsman with Gary Cooper and The Buccaneer about Jean Lafitte in the War of 1812. Now Union Pacific is described as his most ambitious undertaking.

Dustin Farnum DeMille Gary Cooper The Jean Lafitte Union Pacific

Riverside Alumni Dinner Plans for May 29

Members of the Riverside high school alumni association will hold their annual banquet and meeting in the Riverside Methodist church parlors on Monday evening May 29. Officers include Delbert Flynn as president with Vera Schnoebelen as vice president and Eunice Craig as secretary-treasurer.

Riverside Riverside High School Riverside Methodist Church Delbert Flynn Vera Schnoebelen Crawfordsville Eunice Craig Bertha Tener Maxine O’loughlin Ardel' Gerot

1938 Graduating Class Invites and Banquet Details

The 1938 graduating class invites Leo C. Critz and Leon Karel as speakers with Mrs Edna Craig and Maude Carr of Cedar Rapids toastmaster for the program following the banquet. Guests from the 1939 class and Supt and Mrs Robert Smola will attend, each member may bring a guest. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will prepare and serve the banquet.

Leo C. Critz Leon Karel Edna Craig Maude Carr Cedar Rapids Robert Smola Ladies’ Aid Society The Methodist Church

Eighteenth Century Veneers Produced by Sawing

Veneers used in the eighteenth century were produced by sawing. The statement notes that all veneers of that era came from sawn sheets rather than carved or sliced methods.

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