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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1940

Page

10

Leap Year Lady love and stage fame collide

Alma Sioux Scarberry sketches Smoky O'Toole a retired fireman’s daughter who weds Tex Stacy in a televised romance. Reporters chase the couple as Melvin the director pushes Smoky into a big role despite misgivings. Joy turns to tension when tragedy hits Astoria, changing lives.

Smoky O'Toole Clancy O'Toole Smoky Hetrick the O'Tooles Karl Etrick Dacne Olsen Tex Stacs Clancy Tex Pop Stacy Mrs. Stacy Chance Melvin Astoria Gogo le Maire Tex Stacy Shamrock Karl Dayne

At the Theaters Iowa and New York Screenings

Theaters showcase Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea in Primrose Path Wolf of New York with Ed Mund Lowe Paramount features Spencer Tracy Walter Brennan Robert Young Northwest Passage Merle Oberon Rex Harrison in Over the Moon Slightly Honorable with Pat O Brien Edward Arnold Palace presents Bob Hope Paulette Goddard The Cat and The Canary Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Rialto shows Gene Autry Home On the Prairie Dick Foran Anita Louise Here For A Day Strand offers Each Dawn I Die with James Cagney George Raft and William Boyd in Sunset Trail

Iowa Ginger Rogers Joel McCrea Wolf New York Edmund Lowe Paramount Spencer Tracy Walter Brennan Robert Young State Merle Oberon Rex Harrison Pat O'Brien Edward Arnold Palace Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Basil Rathbone Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Rialto Gene Autry Dick Foran Anita Louise Strand James Cagney George Raft William Boyd

Intern Spee Crew In Island Prison

Buenos Aires government orders transfer of the crew of the scuttled Admiral Graf Spee to Martin Garcia island naval prison for the war duration after several officers escaped and the rest refused to take an oath not to leave the country.

Buenos Aires INS Graf Spee Martin Garcia Island

Family of five can eat well on twelve pounds a week

A column presents daily menus to feed a family of five about £12 weekly. It lists meals and recipes including a Cocoa Banana Cream Shortcake and various dishes for adults and children. The plan emphasizes balanced calories, protein, minerals, and vitamins, with practical prep tips and cost estimates.

Sportswoman Portrait in Puzzle Style Carton

Pictured sportswoman, an outstanding player, features in a crossword style puzzle. Clues span rock types to body parts and actions, with references to year abbr and reported sport feats. The puzzle links a prominent woman athlete to various synonyms, terms, and geographic hints.

North Africa

Northwest Passage film review praises epic adventure

A theatrical unevenness aside the Paramount feature Northwest Passage offers brisk excitement. Kenneth Roberts in narration and stars Spencer Tracy Robert Young and Walter Brennan provide rugged frontier energy while Idaho scenery and a frigid Payette lake set the backdrop for the famous 1759 St Francis raid narrative.

Mr. Roberts Lake Champlain St Francis St. Lawrence Spencer Tracy Robert Young Harvard Walter Brennan Marrin Idaho Payette Don Anderson Cedar Rapids University of Town Vr Anderson Puss Pete Smith Stuffie Paramount News W. M

Together Again eyed as Dunne Grant star pair

Hollywood chatter centers on Bedtime Story disputes with Paramount Columbia and RKO. Leo McCarey plans a new Dunne Grant collaboration called Together Again starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, while Garson Kanin to direct with McCarey producing. USC previews potential future stars from campus drama projects, and George Jessel reports daily on marital rumors and industry gossip amid a busy New York visit.

Paramount Columbia RKO Cary Irene Leo McCarey Leo Garson Kranin Joan Castle George Jessels Lois Andrews

That's One Way Of Being Freed That's One Way Of Being Freed

In Chicago a hearing before Judge Francis Borrelli ended with Van Schroeder stabbing himself with a two foot knife in protest of his disorderly conduct arrest The 45 year old former circus swordsman drew the blade from his throat and his action led to his dismissal from the courtroom.

Chicago INS Francis Borrelli van Schroeder Schroeder

March Fire Loss Less Than Insurance Carried

Fire department ends fiscal year March 31 with no loss exceeding insured amounts. Chief E P Kohout reports fires caused $674.61 damage to buildings and $90 to contents, with building value $252000 and contents $47225, insured on buildings $197950 and on contents $546000, insurance paid $674.61 for buildings and $90 for contents, plus $10 loss on uninsured buildings.

E. P. Kohout

Religious Leadership Training School Opens in Linn Monday

The International Council of Religious Education presents a tenth year, five year leadership training program at Linn County Surrlay School associa. Rev Henry Scherer leads as dean with Rev Daniel Ferr as assistant dean and Rev S L Bernhart registrar. Courses cover teaching skills and church programs with several instructors and a 50 cent registration fee.

Sebeel Linn County Surrlay School Tre International Counce of Rehe Inus Henry Scherer First Lutheran Church Daniel Ferr Daniels Park Presbyterian Church S L Bernhart Church of the Bre*ren Marion Methodist Church RE LeMeant First Lutheran Caroline Preston

Ginger Steps Into Dramatic Stage Role With Family Tangle

Ginger Rese av on proves hex A Primrose Path current stage cast behind the scenes. The essay follows Ginger’s rise on stage as family dynamics and a dramatic kiss scene unfold, with Grannie and a brilliant lawyer figure shaping the plot.

Iowe Theater Joe] McCrea Fihie Mas Ton Ginger Tre PetteCiei Yau Adam Mane Adams Grannie Flores Graer Wave Walt New York Aoe Steve

Mind Games in a Quiz of Relationships and Society

A garbled quiz-like passage presents questions on reliability in marriage, social adaptability, and the value of training, naming Chester and others, with scattered comments about compatibility, disagreement, and personal traits across a jumble of misread text and misordered phrases.

California Denios May Divide Vote

Fragmented text hints at a political division or vote in California involving Denios and a possible split. Mentions names like Hagert and attorney Mer Feels, with unclear context and garbled phrases.

California Catre Welf Hagert

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