Dinah Shore poised for Republic two film deal in musicals
Hollywood buzz centers on Dinah Shore as Republic Pictures pursues a two movie contract. She would star in Hit Parade of 1942 and House of Stars offering acting and singing roles tied to New York’s House of Service. Other notes include Richard Ney’s MGM lead in Tish, Teresa Wright wedding plans, and Four towns named Bliss.
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Tallulah Bankhead
Iaa Claire
Binat
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House of Service
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Richard Ney
Michele Morgan
M-G-M
Ney
Virginia Grey
Mary Rogers Rhinehart
Marjorie Main
Spring Byington
Hollywood
Teresa Wright
Niven Busch
Victor Mature
Jane Bryan
Justin Dart
Mary Boland
Judy Garland
Five Coe Students In Recital Friday At College Chapel
Five Coe college students will perform in Friday afternoon recital at 4 15 in the college chapel. Six students participate. Beverly Wright plays Beethoven Sonata opus 27 No 1. Irma Kubik performs Liszt Au bord d une Source. Lenore Sherrard offers Respighi Nocturne. Frank Bates, organist, will play Widor Toccata from Fifth Symphony. Cedar Rapids and Cambridge listed among performers.
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Beverly Wright
Cedar Rapids
Beethoven
Irma Kubik
Liszt
Lenore Sherrard
Cambridge
Respighi
Frank Bates
Widor
Cedar
Rapids Graduate Student Singers Preview Recital
Grace Bakken a Scranton junior contralto will perform Dormi amore by Gagliano and Don zelle Fuggite by Cavalli. Phyllis Crosby a Fort Dodge sophomore mezzo soprano will perform Hark Hark the Lark by Schubert and Autumn by Palmgren.
Readers propose names for a new world war title
Readers of The Gazette submitted various suggestions to rename the current conflict. A. G. Charter proposes Victory war or Uncle Sam's Victory war, George Raftis offers War of Rights, L. L. Henry suggests International war, and Al E. Ratner proposes For Democracy Repeated war. President Roosevelt said World war II lacked inspiration and called for a brief, expressive title.
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Eighteenth Street
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Coe Graduate Dr James W Laurie Accepts Buffalo Pastorate
Dr James W Laurie a Coe College graduate born in Washington and raised in Iowa has accepted the pastorate of the Central Presbyterian church in Buffalo New York effective June 1 He is currently second minister at Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania and was educated at Marshalltown High School Princeton Seminary Columbia and Princeton Universities He earned a Doctor of Divinity from Coe in 1941 and has previously led churches in Rahway and Wilkinsburg with Buffalo's church noted as a large United States Presbyterian congregation
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New York State
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Treasury Provides Silver for Wartime Copper Substitutes
The Treasury, at WPB head Donald Nelson's request, released 1.36 billion ounces of Treasury owned silver for rent to war plants as a substitute for copper. The plan, approved by the attorney general, keeps silver as a rental resource rather than a sale.
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European War Start Leads to Arrest Over State Security
An official report says a man was arrested on Wednesday night on grounds tied to the safety and security of the state as European hostilities began.
The Fleet's In and Other Films at Local Theaters
Daily schedule lists showings across Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand Times Marion and more. Titles include The Fleet's In Moonlight in Hawaii Dangerously They Live Call Out the Marines The Lady Has Plans Jailhouse Blues Hold Back the Dawn Kathleen The Man Who Lost Himself Honolulu Lou Scattergood Baines Dancing on a Dime The Chocolate Soldier The Bride Came COD Blues in the Night Moon over Her Shoulder and Moon Over Her Shoulder with listed times.
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Honolulu
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C.O.D
Marion
Central States Electric stockholders meet to elect directors
The annual meeting of Central States Electric Company stockholders will be held at 308 Dows Building Cedar Rapids Iowa on Tuesday May 5 1942 at eleven oclock in the forenoon. The agenda is the election of directors and any other business. CG S Woodward secretary.
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Cedar Rapids
On Broadway with Walter Winchell
A collage of entertainment notes from New York to Hollywood. Lew Ayres films draw mock headlines while stars jet to Havana for Cuban soldiers, Maloney leads Nazi prosecutions, and plans unfold for theater and vaudeville moves.
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