Pola Negri Signs for Hi Diddle Diddle Role
Hollywood reports Pola Negri has signed to play the exotic singer in Andrew Stone's Hi Diddle Diddle and reunites with Adolphe Menjou. The former silent star aims to revive her film career in a light comedy, with others like Verree Teasdale and Lupe Velez mentioned in context.
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Hollywood
INS
Pola Negri
Andrew Stone
Gusse
Pola
Lupe Velez
Verree Teasdale
Charges Dropped Against Former Georgia Governor
Affairs shifted as indictments accusing former Gov. E. D. Rivers of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the state were quashed. Fraud conspiracy charges against Hiram W. as and 16 others were pressed, with 22 indictments in total altered by a county grand jury.
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Eugene Talmadge
Rivers
Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Tlanta
Ursday
E. D. Rivers
Hiram W.as
Ku Klux Klan
Grand Jury
Edgar A. Guest Poem Celebrates Teachers Pride
A nostalgic verse recalls how teachers once shaped boys who grow to heroic deeds. It notes the uncertain origins of courage and greatness while praising teachers for guiding youths who fought battles in distant places. The poem honors the influence of education on character and achievement.
Crystal Ball at State Theater a breezy April romance
Paulette Goddard stars in a light fantasy at the State in a fortune teller tale. Milland bemused by a red apple plot and a playful cast includes Virginia Field and William Bendix in brisk comic scenes. Elliott Nugent directs a cheerful farce with appealing charm.
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Muland
Paulette Goddardes
Sellars Merwin
Venable
The
State Theater
Paulette Goddard
Mr. Milland
Virginia Field
Ray
Paulette
Milland
William Bendix
Elliott Nugent
War bond drive poster honors Bataan hero
Treasury department releases a war bond appeal marking Bataan Day. The poster commemorates an American hero who died in the Bataan campaign and urges public bond purchases to support wartime efforts.
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Bataan
Treasury Department
Broadway miscellany and Walter Winchell riffs
The column riffs on theater and film figures including General Montgomery homage and criticisms of army commissions. It notes ironies in Hollywood deals, a hash-slinger author turned scriptwriter, a hit on lifelines in critics, and quirky NYC items from post cards to small eateries and private mausoleums.
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Africa
Montgomery
O'Dwyer
John Harlan Amen
Col. Zanuck
Thompson
Flatiron
Comedy Pair Leads Local Short Film Night
The program features Mr. Nugent in a light touch performance and a second comedy He Hired the Boss starring Stuart Erwin as a cautious man who finally gets his just deserts. Nadine Subotnik adds to the lineup.
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Mr. Nugent
Stuart Erwin
Nadine Subotnik
Far country escape denied in Lent devotional
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins reflects on the Prodigal Son and the modern term escape. He warns against fleeing duties and fears and urges facing burdens with faith, love, and home as sustaining anchors. Prayer asks for courage, steadfastness, and return to goodness.
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Suez
Jesus
Return of legal beer boosts traffic over Mississippi bridges
The article notes heavy traffic increases at Mississippi river bridges due to the return of legal beer in many states. It mentions the Iowa legislature had not yet ratified the measure. George Raft appeared at the Iowa theater. Last week 1,500 men aged 15 to 77 applied at the army recruiting station for the reforestation army program.
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Mississippi River
Iowa
George Raft
Organist Bidwell Joins St Pauls For Four Months
Marshall Bidwell, teacher of pipe organ at Coe College, accepted a four month post as municipal organist at St Paul's Church. He plans three noon concerts weekly. The King Building at 213 217 South First Street West will serve as a temporary police station after the island courthouse site is cleared.
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Marshall Bidwell
Coe College
St. Paul's Church
King Building
South First Street
Oats Reach Record Price on Cedar Rapids Market
The 1912 crop of oats sold for 3742 cents per bushel on the Cedar Rapids grain market, setting a new price record. City water trustees discussed laying a 22 inch main in the business district. A petition by Grande avenue residents asked the council for asphalt paving from Nineteenth Street to Bever Park.
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Cedar Rapids
Grande Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Bever Park
Odds Against Nazi Defeat In 1943
London experts assess that Nazi defeat in 1943 is possible but unlikely. They estimate Germany and Italy hold 300 to 325 divisions and up to 6 million troops, with about 200 divisions available for Western defense and a smaller reserve for the eastern front, while Allied airpower and the Red Army offer potential payoffs despite tough odds.
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Russia
Wehrmacht
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Europe
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Africa
Erwin Rommel
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Italy
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Axis
Norway
Balkans
Evening Movie Schedule Roundup from Local Theaters
The Gazette lists today’s showtimes across Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion. Titles include Random Harvest Journeys into Fear The Crystal Ball He Hired the Boss Gentlemen Jim Wildcat King of the Stallions Drums of the Congo Girl Trouble Tombstone Mr Wise Guy Prairie Pioneers Bambi and Wrecking Crew with multiple daily screenings.
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