Manpower stars Robinson Dietrich Raft at State Theatre
Robinson Raft and Dietrich headline the film Manpower opening Wednesday at the State Theatre. Edward G. Robinson and George Raft play durable men repairing high tension lines while Dietrich enters as a calculating figure causing love and conflict. The trio unleash explosive tension as romance and resentment collide.
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Marlene Dietrich
George Raft
Robinson
Raft
Dietrich
Hospital Ordered Immediate Abdominal Operation
Helen Morgan, famed blues singer, collapsed after a theatre performance in Chicago and was rushed to Henrotin Hospital where doctors ordered an immediate abdominal operation.
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Helen Morgan
Henrotin Hospital
Chicago
Power and wit energize Raoul Walsh in Manpower cast
The article highlights two jokers keeping morale high amid danger alongside Walter Catlett Eve Arden and Barbara Pepper in Raoul Walsh s action packed Manpower It notes original screenplay by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald celebrated for Torrid Zone and other works.
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Barbara Pepper
Raoul Walsh
Hollywood
Richard Macaulay
Jerry Wald
Local gratitude note to community and supporters
Lois Fitzgerald thanks Dale Ellsworth, Ainsworth merchants, and friends for help making her trip to New York and Major Bowes possible.
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Ainsworth
New York
Major Bowes
One Out of Two One Wear Wrist Watches in US
A historic note reports that one person in every two in the United States wears a wrist watch. The statistic reflects widespread adoption of wrist timepieces across the country.
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United States
Teachers Attend Visual Instruction Two-day Meeting
Iowa City hosts the University of Iowa second annual visual instruction conference with school executives and teachers Friday and Saturday. Visiting speakers include A J McCleland, Roger Alpright, F L Lemist, Nellie Hagen, Carl Mahnke, and E C Waggoner.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
A. J. McCleland
Erps Classroom Films, Inc
Long Island City
N.Y
Roger Alpright
Vilm Custodians, Inc
New York
Wes Moines
Carl F. Mahnke
Vocational Guidance, Films, Inc
Tes
New FDA Rule Bars Dangerous Lead in Food Packaging
A new provision of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic act aims to shield the public from dangerous containers that can contaminate food. Officials expect it will curb lead in can solders and foil wrapping, practices problematic under the old law.
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Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Food and Drug Administration
Bird in the Hand Ends in Pheasant Kick
Harry Harpe of Oroville California mistook a live pheasant peeking from a rice shock for a killed bird. He grabbed the bird and was kicked in the face by the very much alive pheasant, which escaped with its tail.
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Harry Harpe
Oroville
Calif
Harper
Publish Where Teachers Live
Local schools announce a directory of teachers listing home addresses and telephone numbers. The compiled list serves residents and is available on request, featuring numerous educators across junior high and high school staffs with contact details.
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Superintendent of Schools
KK. A. Ralston
East
Iin Street
W. Junior College & High School
W. A. Erbe
S. Marion
W. Harland Mead
Dean Jr
S. Third
Canada Expands Pork Exports Amid War Time Demands
Canada eyes fresh pork markets as Europe wartime disrupts supply. Britain requires Canadian shipments to the United Kingdom totaling 290 million pounds of ham and bacon annually. Canada ships to the United States for years, with 303000 pounds of pork in 1935 and 210000 pounds in the following year, per the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
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Canada
Europe
United Kingdom
United States
Cann
Foreign Agricultural Dans
United States Department Agriculture
Origin of allergy term 1907Von Parquet first coined
The passage explains that the word allergy was revised in 1907 by Von Parquet to describe peculiar and unexpected reactions in animals and humans to foreign substances like egg albumen or milk. It notes the term is Greek in derivation meaning altered reactivity and was once used for sensibility and idiosyncrasy, applied to human response to environmental agents.
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Raft
Dietrich
Alan Hale
Frank McHugh
von Parquet
Buttered curry crackers toast with light browning
A brief kitchen note describes spreading crack ers with butter then sprinkling a small amount of curry powder before toasting until lightly browned and serving with soup.
First electric locomotive trial on B and O tracks
A 1875 event reports the first electric locomotive on Baltimore and Ohio tracks reaching about 19 miles per hour. The brief note notes the test as a curcie ful trial and mentions electric propulsion beginning to emerge in rail transport.
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