From Sarongs to Sombreros Dorothy Lamour in Sombrero
Hollywood notes reveal Dorothy Lamour to star in Sombrero in Technicolor with cowgirl numbers. Buddy DeSylva hints at a western yarn for Lamour while Lamour wraps Road to Morocco with Hope and Crosby and embarks on a bond-selling tour.
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Dorothy Lamour
Buddy de Sylva
Dottie
Buddy
Gene Autry
Bill Boyd
Lamour
de Sylva
Dorothy
Morocco
Hope
Crosby
Uncle Sam
Grattan Quits After Daring Voorhis Showdown
A. Hartley Grattan resigns as economic analyst for the Board of Economic Warfare after Rep. Voorhis accuses him of Nazi sympathies and libelous statements. Grattan challenges Voorhis to repeat the charges in court, defending his anti fascist record. Voorhis cited Grattan forewording a 1940 German white paper and ties to Communist-front lists.
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Washington
A. Hartley Grattan
Rep. Voorhis
D-Calif
Board of Economic Warfare
Voorhis
Grattan
Poland
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
Emleees
Board of Economic Arfare
Johns Manville Chief Among I Club Additions
IOWA CITY AP Eight new honorary members join Iowa alumni I group headlined by Lewis H Brown president Johns Manville Corp Also named are Ado Ahrens Cedar Rapids B F Thomas and Dean Thomas Treer A C Krakow A L Leonard and Carl N Stutz from Des Moines The list follows June commencement context
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Iowa City
Lewis H. Brown
Johns Manville Corporation
Op of Iowa
Brown
Ado
Ahrens
Cedar Rapids
B. F. Thomas
Dean Thomas
Treer
A.C. Krakow
A. L. Eeand
Carl N. Stutz
da Brown Deli
Marjorie Daw Divorces Myron Selznick in LA Action
Silent film star Marjorie Daw wins a divorce from Myron Selznick, head of his namesake agency. The couple married in New York City on January 23, 1929, and separated August 15, 1939.
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Los Angeles
Marjorie Daw
Myron Selznick
New York City
In Spite of Nazi Gangsters Film Review Brief
Nadine Subotnik reviews a wartime thriller featuring Nancy Coleman John Garfield and Raymond Massey in a tale of British intelligence against a Nazi spy ring. The plot blends intrigue with action as Allied planes sink subs and a romance unfolds amid suspenseful sequences. A Victor McLagren Edmund Lowe comedy and a Donald Duck cartoon accompany the feature.
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John Garfield
Raymond Massey
Ield
Nancy Coleman
New York
Garfield
Hollywood
Massey
Victor McLagren
Edmund Lowe
Donald Duck
Nadine Subotnik
Fats and Oils Used in Soap Compounds Made in Kansas
A note on fats and oils employed in soap manufacturing compounds produced in Kansas. The text identifies base fats and oil sources used in local soap production and outlines the processing steps common in early 20th century facilities.
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Kansas
The Fleets In Film Entertainment Before War
Movie review notes that The Fleet's In offers light entertainment with vaudeville touches and a comedic performance by Gil Lamb. Holden plans a four day campaign to kiss a nightclub singer while the Navy’s recreation scenes occur in moonlight. The musical score by Jimmy Dorsey enhances the film and the best song is I Remember You. Moonlight in Hawaii is the second feature.
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Boys In Blue
William Holmake Casanovating
Holden the Handsome
Funnis
Gil Lamb
Lorraine and Raglan
Cedar Rapids
Jimmy Dorsey
Hawaii
Rte Sre
Gene Farmer
More Sinkings of Ships Revealed by Allied Report
The Associated Press reports three new Axis submarine sinkings of American shipping, with seventeen missing from crews and a fourth freighter reportedly torpedoed north of Cuba. Survivors recount long open-boat journeys and SOS signals as rescue crews saved most aboard despite shark-infested seas.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Caribbean
Atlantic
New York
Shoinacki
SOS
Shomnacki
Norfolk
Keota Man Announces Senate Run in Keokuk Poweshiek District
J. Forest Embree of Keota announced on Friday his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to represent Keokuk and Poweshiek in the state senate. He seeks the senate seat with plans to address local needs and state issues.
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Keota Man
Keota
J. Forest Embree
Keokuk and
Poweshiek
Four students elected to Alpha Omega at Iowa Medical College
Elmer E. Collins, Cedar Rapids Negro and junior medical student at the University of Iowa, joined three peers as members of Alpha Omega, the national honorary scholastic medical fraternity. Almon S. Reed spoke at a Y M C A Men's Club dinner on Maine disaster history. A Cyrus McCormick tea invention replica is in Coe College Stewart Memorial Library as one of 100 displayed nationwide.
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Elmer E. Collins
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Alpha Omega
Almon S. Reed
Maine
Cyrus McCormick
Stewart Memorial
Coe College
United States
Women of Iowa Industry Committee Formed at Meeting
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith named secretary of the new committee for bettering conditions of Iowa women in industry. Mrs Eleanor Gresham of Cedar Rapids serves the Iowa Federation of Colored Women on the panel. Also on the program is North ern Division teacher meeting speaker Capt Donald S Grimm now with the Forty sixth infantry in San Antonio Texas.
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Ida B. Wise Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Eleanor Gresham
Iowa Federation of Colored Women
Gay Deamer
Iowa State Teachers Association
Waterloo
Donald S. Grimm
Forty-sixth Infantry
San Antonio
Tex
Aew
Grimm
Mizzie Hajes in The Spring Maid at Greene's Opera House
Linn County convention endorses Taft nomination with Col. William Ghee as chairman and Justin Barry as secretary. The day marks the first summer-like heat with a 71 degree high.
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Mizzie Hajes
Greene's Opera House
Linn County
Soeskdeat
Taft
Col
William Ghee
Justin Barry
Evening At The Local Theaters Schedule Revealed
The Gazette lists daily showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand and Times with titles including The Fleet's In Moon light in Hawaii Dangerously They Live Call Out the Marines The Maltese Falcon Castle in the Desert Unexpected Uncle ee ners The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date Lad die Mates Pony Post Leather Pushers Smilin Through Great Guns with multiple screenings through the night.
Reagan to Active Army Duty Appointed Cavalryman
HOLLYWOOD AP Film actor Ronald Reagan a lieutenant in active duty April 19. He is a cavalryman at age 29 husband of Actress Jane Wyman and father of an infant daughter.
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Hollywood
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Jane Wyman
Dairies Set High March Record for Milk Quality
Dairy inspections in Cedar Rapids show most brands under 50 000 bacteria per cubic centimeter amid tests for butterfat and cream. A table lists many dairies with varying grade levels and cream strength, highlighting cream content and somatic quality across the city.
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Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
Broadway and Hollywood Buzz From Walter Winchells RAD NEWS
The column notes numerous Hollywood and Washington chatter including Alfred Hitchcock’s Saboteur world premiere in Washington April 15 with sponsor Drew Pearson and Bob Allen, plus lists of anti sabotage figures such as John Edgar Hoover and Homer Cummings. It mentions vaudeville’s return, actors seeking film work, and slang debates, plus a jab at various public figures and trends in wartime entertainment.
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Aloha Club
Arnold Reuben
Drew Pearson
Bob Allen
Washington
Alfred Hitchcock
Keith
John Edgar Hoover
Homer Cummings
Frank Murphy
Woolie Donahue
Dotty Lamour
Urge Cut in Ice Cream Deliveries
Washington based WPB dairy advisory committee urged a 30 percent conservation of transportation facilities in the ice cream industry. Recommendations included eliminating all home and special deliveries and reducing delivery days to one per customer per day.
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Washington
WPB Dairy Industry Advisory Committee
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