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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1942

Page

7

Hollywood's Morros Eagle unveil another gown tale

Morros and Eagle plan a new film titled The White Gown with Ginger Rogers Rita Hayworth and Rosalind Russell as top female leads. The plot centers on two social leaders vying to buy a single white dinner gown, triggering feud and a major scandal involving their husbands. Disney plans Fantasia sequel featuring Claire de Lune and Peter and the Wolf.

Boris Morros S. P. Eagle Charles Boyer Ginger Rogers Rita Hayworth Adolphe Menjou Manhattan Rosalind Russell WIRE INS Wile Morros Eagle Wet Disney New York Walt DeBussy Claire de Lune Peter and the Wolf

Coe Announces Vacation Cut and Language Entrance Revisions

Dr. C Harve Geiger acting president at Coe says spring vacation is reduced to a three day Easter weekend with Monday as the only class day missed. New entrance rules require a year of English and a reading knowledge of one foreign language via an oral test. failing students must enroll in language for up to two years and English continue until a passing writing test is shown.

C. Harve Geiger Coe Geiger

Four Year War Time Physical Education Plan and ROTC Training

The proposal outlines a compulsory four year physical education program without credit to run for the duration of the war. It also introduces an ROTC plan starting in June requiring students to complete six consecutive quarters of basic training, making them eligible for advanced training in six more quarters.

R.O.T.C

Recall of MacArthur Urged to Confer With Pacific Council

Senate Military Affairs Chairman Reynolds proposes recalling Gen Douglas MacArthur to consult with the Pacific war council. Not all members agree. Sen Austin favors keeping MacArthur on the ground. Reynolds notes the long supply lines 12 000 miles make offensive action unlikely soon.

Washington Douglas MacArthur Pacific War Council Reynolds D-Nc Senate Military Affairs Committee Sen Austin R-Vt MacArthur Australia Pacific Area America Pacific

Joyce Named Commander of Ninth Corps Area

SAN FRANCISCO UP Major General Kenyon A. Joyce, commander of the Ninth Army Corps at Fort Lewis Washington, is appointed commanding general of the Ninth Corps Area. He will succeed Major General Jay L. Benedict.

San Francisco Kenyon A. Joyce Ninth Army Corps Fort Lewis Wash Ninth Corps Jay L. Beneic

Carole Landis Denies Marriage Plans With Gene Markey

Hollywood star Carole Landis arrived in Washington and called reports she would marry Lieut. Comdr. Gene Markey astounded. She said there is no marriage plan and suggested misquotation, though she wouldn’t rule out meeting him this week if fate allows.

Washington Carole Landis Hollywood Gene Markey Markey

Navy manpower near 1918 peak

The navy's strength on November 1 1941 stood at 433861 officers and men with 172000 recruits since December 8 and enlistments averaging over 10000 weekly since Pearl Harbor. Officials expect manpower near the 500000 mark as recruiting continues and officer training expands under the V-1 program.

Washington United States Navy Pearl Harbor

Enlisted for Duty in Panel Calls

A brief notice notes an individual or group called to duty in a panel, indicating enlistment or selection for service. Details on unit or date are not provided in readable text.

Food Riots Kill German Soldiers in Bohemia Clash

The Czechoslovak press bureau reports four German garrison soldiers in Pardu bice Bohemia were killed during food riots. SS troops intervened. about 60 soldiers were arrested as others demanded peace and to go home.

London Pardubice Bohemia

Theater Schedule Highlights Late Shows Across Multiple Theaters

The Gazette lists Paramount Blondie Goes to College Road to Happiness Yank on the Burma Road Riders of the Timberline A Yank in the RAF All American Coed Bachelor Daddy Manhunt The Bank Dick Washington Melo drama Man at Large and Nine Lives Are Not Enough with showings from early afternoon to late evening across Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand and TIMES venues.

Gazette Paramount Palace Conoco Death Valley Conocoth Conoca Continental Oil Company

Atlantic Fleet Head Confident Of Better Days

Vice Admiral H. E. Ingersoll, commander of the Atlantic Fleet, said the Navy’s anti submarine drive would improve with new destroyers escort ships and planes. He called the Battle of the Atlantic a grind battled under storms and submarine menace, with continued effort and better days ahead.

U.S. Atlantic Fleet United States H. E. Ingersoll Ingersoll Atlantic

Coe Senior Training To Become Army Air Corps Weather Officer

Ralph Nelson of Waukegan senior resigns as Coe College student council president to pursue graduate meteorology at the University of Chicago. He holds a second lieutenant infantry reserve commission and is ordered to become a weather officer, aiming to be stationed by December with May degree completion at Coe. Bernice Beerman becomes student council president pending an upcoming election.

Ralph Nelson Waukegan Coe College University of Chicago Army Infantry Reserve Coe Nelson Army Air Corps Infantry University Alfred W. Meyer Air Corps Bernice Beerman Paullina Junior Alpha Gamma Delta Social Sorority Miss Beerman

Broadway with Walter Winchell exposes Nazi influence at home

The piece details prewar fanatical Blackshirts in the U S their training and secrecy and questions about Bundists in Long Island posing as sports clubs It notes Nazi overseas propaganda World service and pro Axis outfits planning a new political party It cites William Dudley Pelley’s stock fraud conviction and his book distributed by Japan with shortwave promotion

Frcemer Bund Long Island World Service William Dudley Felley Beaatsr Pelley

Lemon Juice Method Claims Fast Relief for Rheumatic Pain

An advertisement touts Ru-Ex Compound as a cheap home remedy for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. It recommends mixing a two week supply with water and lemon juice, taking three tablespoonfuls twice daily, with results said to appear within 48 hours. If no relief, return the empty package for a full refund via drugstores.

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