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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1950
Page
3
An editorial column ponders aging perspectives on humor and money, urges voting in primaries, warns about authoritarian youth movements, critiques McCarthyism, and laments public indifference while reflecting on postwar U S political anxiety and social behavior. The piece cites Farm Bureau, German youth, Russians, and echoes of the press in Iowa.
Mr and Mrs William Cad walder and Gary Lee of Kansas City left Sunday after visiting the Brooks Shaw and Alvin Shaw families. Dr and Mrs G J Nemmers and sons Steve and Mark visit Forest City with the Ehruds until Wednesday. Marvin Van Meter of Ames and fiancé Jean LaRue of Des Moines were weekend guests of Artemas Brown. Van Meter, an Ames graduate, becomes YMCA assistant July 1. Mrs Z S Wade of Miami arrived to help care for her mother Mrs W H Cheeseman of Richland who returned home after hospital care for a fractured pelvis. Mrs Mary Meyer of Warsaw Illinois visits son-in-law Lester Nicola and family. Susan Owen, previously with grandparents A Greve in Davenport, returns home with John Owen. Rev and Mrs Jacob DeKoning travelled to Lancaster to reestablish a Sunday school, Rev DeKoning noting rising interest after years of abandonment in the once thriving center.
Sheila Ryan stars in Monogram’s Square Dance Katy at the Fox with Phil Brito Virginia Welles and Warren Douglas. The Stars On The Cob group includes Rhonda Fleming Roddy McDowall John Howard Joan Woodbury Jane Powell Douglas Dick and Henry Wilcox. The team performs for veterans and plans a Germany trip to entertain air force personnel while building a broader variety show.
The snippet credits producer Lindsley Parsons and director Jean Yarbrough, indicating their roles in the production. It points to notable industry figures associated with the project, suggesting a mid century film context.
Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnett co star in Columbia’s Trail of the Rustlers now playing at the Fox Theatre. Starrett rides about 12 miles in the film action while noting he has logged roughly 1460 miles across 117 Columbia pictures over 15 years, a distance comparable to Hollywood to Wichita.
Mr and Mrs Artemas Brown took Rhys and Sally Miller to Waterloo Saturday afternoon and were dinner guests of Dr and Mrs Fred E Miller.
June Haver, a leading dancer and singer, has appeared in 13 Technicolor films. Her current Warner Bros. musical The Daughter of Rosie O Grady, with Gordon MacRae, is showing at the State Theatre. Debut was Home in Indiana. Supporting cast includes James Barton Cuddles Sakal and Debbie Reynolds.
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