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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1943

Page

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Gun Master film stars Claire Trevor in western epic

Hollywood notes report Claire Trevor slim again after a diet. she plays Dora Hand in Harry Sherman’s Gun Master, based on Bat Masterson’s life. Rumors touch on Col Robert Lee Scott and GOD IS MY CO PILOT. other snippets cover marriages, drawings, and wartime sentiments from Hollywood figures.

Ollywood Claire Trevor Twentieth Century-Fox Claire Harry Sherman Dora Hand Bat Masterson Dodge City Dora Bat New York Harry Masterson Morning Telegraph Adame Chiang Kai-shek China Hollywood Jack Warner Chennault AVG Group

Playgrou ndion to give onion sets to Cedar Rapids gardeners

The playground commission announced it would provide hundreds of bushels of onion sets to Cedar Rapids gardeners who bring containers. A garage for the sheriffs automobile is under construction at the Linn county jail rear. Poor relief costs for the first quarter totaled 105273.70 dollars.

Playground Commission Cedar Rapids Linn County

Cedar Rapids School Children Receive Immunizations

More than 300 Cedar Rapids school children had been given immunizations as part of a district health program. Public health officials reported the drive aimed to improve student wellness and reduce school illness outbreaks.

Public Health Nursing Bureau Cedar Rapids

City council approves Highland Drive paving and park equipment purchase

The city council adopts a resolution for concrete paving on Highland Drive from Johnson to C avenues in West Highlands. About $750 of new playground equipment was bought for city parks. Harry and Lawrence Hall bought the old brewery building in the city’s south part and are blasting the walls.

Highland Drive Johnson Cavenues West Highlands West Side Harry and Lawrence Hall Brewery

Blood of Tunisia Turns Yanks Into Crafty Warriors

Allied dispatch from North Africa reports American soldiers tempered by Tunisian battlefields. They abandon ego and bravado, facing death, booby traps, and surrender with a hardened, calculating stance. The piece notes transformation into war wary killers.

Tunisia Philault Allied North Africa

The Poet of the People by Edgar A Guest

A poem by Edgar A Guest contrasts belief in chance with faith in a higher power. It argues that blind chance cannot explain the growth of life and nature, asserting a divine order that rules all and reveals God’s handiwork in every leaf and blade.

Edgar A. Guest the Poet of the People

Henry Woodward Introduced Rice to America Around 1680

The article notes that Dr. Henry Woodward introduced rice into the American diet circa 1680, marking a key moment in agricultural history. It highlights his role in bringing rice cultivation to the colonies and its early adoption.

Henry Woodward America

Broadway Scribes and Showbiz Tapeworms and Troubles

Walter Winchell reports on Errol Flynn debuting in Edge of Darkness drawing deafening applause. Folies Bergere pays 30000 for coatroom privilege while Roxy and Paramount plan 25000 spends for Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James engagements. Liquor curfew pressures state lawmakers as industry negotiates an 8 PM shutdown. Alan Ladd fans grow in Hollywood as John Broderick recovers from cab incident. Celebrity gossip spans Sinatra, Barbara Hutton, Nina Lunn, Joy Hodges, and Nancy Carroll.

Yvhen Errol Flynn Folies Bergere Josephine Delmar Stanton Griffis England Howard da Sylva Oklahoma Hollywood Alan Ladd Charlie Adler Iraq Iran Australia Egypt Cary Grant Barbara Hutton Washington Society Christine Ayres Charmaine Nina Lunn Maine Senator White Lou Walters The Shuberts War Department Washington Ann Corio Florentine Gardens

Immediate Exams Proposed for All Draft Registrants

Senator Wheeler proposes abolition of the state quota draft system and immediate final physical exams for all registrants to end uncertainty. He also questions the 11 million man goal and supports limiting older men from front lines, with the Kilday bill headed to the Senate military affairs committee.

Washington Sen Wheeler D-Mont Senate United States Miliary Affairs Committee

Schedule of Today's Film Showings by Theaters

The Gazette lists theater times for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Strand with features including Random Harvest Journey into Fear The Crystal Ball He Hired the Boss Here Comes Mr Jordan Almost Married Little Tokyo USA The Man Who Wouldnt Die Syncopation Unfinished Business Seven Sweethearts The Hidden Hand and more with repeated daily showings starting in early afternoon and running through late evening.

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