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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1939
Page
5
Tailspin Tommy franchise returns in Mystery Plane to Fox Theatre tonight and Wednesday. The adventure shows Tommy as a boy and as an aviator aiding the army with a device while spies pursue him and Captain Brandy Rand. a death clash for West Virginia follows.
iS FILM's HERO Leslie Charteris' popular fic tional character the "Saint comes to life on the screen in RKO Radio's "The Saint Strikes Back.' George Sanders is seen in the title role in this second film of the popular series. A shrewd, clever person, some times working with the police, sometimes working outside the law, "The Saint' might have been the greatest criminal of the age had he not dedicated his life to fight in crime with crime.
Mickey Rooney, filming his 1939 debut The Hardys Ride High, fainted with real panic while approaching Virginia Grey the Detroit cabaret glamour girl he was to woo. He panicked at the camera, turning and fleeing the set as colleagues watched a youthful actor react in blushes.
Maude Brinton returned home from Paola Kansas where she finished a year of teaching. Mrs. L Bleak came home from Centerville after visiting her son Roy and family. Mr and Mrs Frank Gibson and children of Osceola visited at the Horton home. Mr and Mrs Raymond Swisher and family left Sunday.
May 29 report from Wyman notes Mrs E V Humphreys and family hosting Maccntine visitors Wednesday afternoon. Bert Cannon of Colorado Springs visits W R Cannon and J C Cannon households. W R Cannon, Mrs Neil Kracaw, Richland, Margie Jean, J C Cannon and guests Kert Cannon are mentioned in the gathering.
May 29 gatherings at the Albert Lay home Washington for Barbara Brooks with Kyle and family. Helen Knupp birthday celebration on the lawn. gifts noted. Mention of school grade results for Mary Ardith Jarrard and Jean Campbell, with Congratulations.
A thoughtful musing on how actions define a person as much as inner factors shape them. The quote emphasizes uncertainty about a person’s true character without understanding past and future deeds.
A fathom equals six feet and a log is the voyage daily record noting weather wind direction and velocity and distance traveled. On board, facing the bow the port side lies to the left and the starboard to the right.
Clarence C. Jacobs better known as Jakey, 41, lives at 829 South Third Avenue. Born December 3, 1897 in the same house, he attended Lincoln grade, McKee, and Washington high school, graduating in 1917 amid World War I. He played tennis, collected stamps, and was on Washington high school basketball and track teams. He worked with his father in Jacobs and Son, later taking over, partnering with Harold Mangold until 1933.
In Mason City Jakey married Edna Genkinger. The couple’s honeymoon was a brief trip. Jakey, a pioneer radio dealer in Washington, took over the Fada dealership in 1922 and built many home made sets from crystal radios to 9 tube super heterodynes.
Leslie M. Bieber born December 24, 1889 on a Washington county farm. He rose from Sunnydale country school to Wayland High and the Edwards school of technology then moved into auto business. Claude Wilson Tucker, born January 4, 189X, pursued auto work from age 17 and co-founded Tucker and Bieber in 1919 with Claude Tucker. they married and had two children each.
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