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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1946
Page
3
Hollywood producer Howard Hughes grills public taste as he defends The Outlaw advertising featuring Jane Russell. Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Association cites indecency while Hughes touts box office gains and plans to appear before the board on April 23 to answer suspicions of censorship.
Paramount presents The Virginian with showings at 1 3 10, 5 20, 7 30, 9 40 plus short subjects at 2 25 4 35 6 45 8 55. Iowa screens Tarzan and the Leopard Woman at 2 35 5 15 7 50 10 25 and The Gentleman Misbehaves at 1 15 3 50 6 25 9. State shows Cover Girl at 1 3 10 5 20 7 30 9 40 with shorts at 2 45 4 55 7 05 9 15. Palace runs Confidential Agent at 2 30 6 0 9 25 and Man Alive at 1 20 4 50 8 15. Rialto screens Fog Island at 2 55 6 0 9 and Thundering Hoofs at 1 4 7 10. Times offers Delightfully Dangerous at 1 5 4 40 8 20 and The Dolly Sisters at 2 40 6 20 9 55. Strand lists Man from Rio Grande at 7 10 10 09 and Pistol Packin Mamma at 8 25. Marion shows Girl of the Limberlost at 8 12 10 41 and Sing Your Way Home at 7 9 29.
In a London House of Lords debate the Royal Zoological Society clashes with Lord Munster over giving air priority to a 10 month old panda headed for the London Zoo. The panda, a gift from China, is described as freight and its value is undetermined.
The OPA announced on Thursday that producer price ceilings for woodpulp will be raised by about 10 percent to boost production. The move follows a manufacturers petition to suspend ceilings on newsprint, another woodpulp product.
Sammy Kaye and his band will perform at Danceland ballroom next Thursday evening. Part of the tables will be removed to create a larger dancing space. Tables will not be reserved or held.
Four White House aides assist President Truman with health and work duties. Admiral William D. Leahy, Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan, Capt. Clark Clifford, and Col. Wallace Graham bring wartime experience and medical care to the peacetime presidency, with anecdotes about their careers and personalities.
The Cedar Rapids Lions Club awarded an unscheduled cash music scholarship to Roosevelt high school senior Thelma Trimble for piano excellence and pledged future annual scholarships totaling four. The club previously funded brass scholarships for outstanding musicians.
The club notes unusual talent in Miss Trimble’s work and awards her an extra scholarship this year. In the future four annual scholarships will be given, with the fourth going to a pianist.
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