Benny Stars in Brandon Thomas' Immortal Comedy Charley's Aunt
Jack Benny plays the title role in Charley's Aunt at the State Theatre Sunday through Wednesday. The farce follows a man posing as his friend's aunt to chaperone two women, leading to a chaotic exit when the real aunt arrives.
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Benny
Criergey
Brandon Thomas
Jack Benny
Charley
State Theatre
Jack
Hamlet
London
Edmund Gwenn
Anne Baxter
Reginald Owen
Aileen Whelan
Laird Cregar
Ernest Cossart
Richard Haydn
Morton Lowry
Reaching for the Sun opens at Fox Theatre this week
The new type comedy blends thrills with gags and runs Sunday through Tuesday at the Fox Theatre. Starring Joel McCrea and Eren Drew, produced and directed by William A Wellman, the film follows a Michigan clam-digger in a witty, entertaining tale.
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Fox Theatre
Joel McCrea
Eren Drew
William A. Wellman
Michigan
Union President Resigns Ottumwa Industrial Council Post
Ottumwa C.I.O. union president Jack Woodrow announced his resignation from the industrial council after a request from the United Packinghouse Workers union that he along with Don Jones Orvel Champ and Helen Whitney quit as the union's representatives on the council.
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Ottumwa
Jack Woodrow
Ottumwa Industrial Unions Council
C.I.0
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Woodrow
Don Jones
Orvel Champ
Helen Whitney
Industrial Council
Vacation Over in Salem Brings School Reentry
Salem reports the start of the new school year with six pupils at the local elementary, a Pleasant Plain entry of 17, and freshmen from the community attending Washington high school and Kalona high school. New teachers and an anticipated electric line project mark the season. Families travel and visitors from California and Burlington share updates and club events.
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Dewey Weeks
Salem
Shirley Escher
Gladys Stalder
Louise Waterhouse
Egypt School
Roy Krotz
Marcella Soukup
Pleasant Plain School
Bobby Carter
Homer Darby
Helen Ginkens
Jackson Center School
Leonna Kos
Marilyn Moss
Washington High School
Carol Hines
Robert Chabal
Robert Foster
Mary Berdo
Mary Lee Weeks
Norman Shalla
Kalona High School
Edith Prepyl
Will Prebyl
Frank Shebeck
James Shalla
Glenn Miller
California
George Schultz
Margery
Sierra Madre
Calif
Schultz
George Zwk
Dubuque
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March OF Time
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Miss Drew
Chuck
Joel
Eddie Bracken
MecCrea
Albert Dekker
Dekker
Lemmon's Drug
WMT
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Clydeside
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Pinky Tomlin and His Orchestra
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Gilbert
la Crosse
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George
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