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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1939
Page
18
Nelson Eddy stars in Let Freedom Ring with his virile voice in familiar songs amid a parade of stock characters. The program also offers The Mystery of the White Room a hospital mystery with suspects and a murder on the operating table.
JIMMIE FIDLER notes Hollywood watchers chase the limelight during stars vacations with Palm Springs Sun Valley and Ensenada catering to isolation seekers. Publicity teams TV screens and press agents guide the out-of-town celebrities as they sign autographs and discuss shop while away from set.
A snapshot of 1939 Hollywood culture with notes on Alice Brady Anita Louise Joseph Frisco and Grace Hayes. The piece reflects backstage politics nostalgia and the fate of aging performers while praising venue tributes and the Lambs Club ambience. It mentions supporting acts like Robbie Breen and industry attitudes toward novelty performers.
Mary Manners explains a couple can marry while the wife keeps her job and shares household duties. The letter notes temporary arrangements, future children, and shared chores. A reader asks about dating etiquette and car use, with Miss Manners advising on timing and generosity.
A 1939 Q and A on dictatorship freedom and personality. Wiggam discusses science guiding moral choices and the rights of society over individuals, then explores names and personality. He notes some people crave fitting surnames and that personality can be developed beyond nature alone.
The state of Iowa Linn County records an executrix appointment dated April 1 1990 for the estate of John Hamilton Miller late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Creditors and claimants are asked toImmediate payment and filing of claims with the Clerk of Linn County District Court J M Tallman attorney for Roth R Miller Executrix.
Notice in Linn County Iowa states that Carrie C. Morton deceased’s estate names H. S. Kurtz as administratrix with the will annexed. Creditors are urged to pay debts and file claims with the Linn County District Court clerk by formal process. Attorney FEA Johnson is listed.
Puzzles feature clues leading to a famous singer and related terms. Across hints include references to attire, diplomacy, trades, and geography with several entries naming or implying operatic fame and cultural roles.
In a dramatic plot bogart pressures to condemn an innocent man to death for a murder he committed. The companion feature Jack London tale Romance of the Redwoods stars Charles Bickford and Jean Parker with Gordon Oliver and Lloyd Hughes in supporting roles.
The Iowa listings feature Deanna Durbin Nan Grey and Helen Parrish in Three Smart Girls Grow Up with George Sanders Wendy Barrie in The Saint Strikes Back and Paramount packages Let Freedom Ring with Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce Victor McLaglen Lionel Barrymore Edward Arnold plus The Mystery of the White Room with Bruce Cabot Helen Mack. The Palace screens Stablemates with Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery and The Mad Miss Manton with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.
Rialto presents Lady Objects with Lanny Ross and Gloria Stuart about a woman lawyer defending her husband against the other woman. Men Are Not Gods features Miriam Mopkins as the other woman who loves a man she cannot have. Also showing the sixth chapter of Tim Tyler's Luck plus a band and cartoon.
Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing prison underwrites the plot and background for the dramatic picture You Cant Get Away With Murder opening at the Town theater Friday. Stars include Humphrey Bogart with Billy Halep Gale Page Henry Travers John Litel and others prominent in the cast.
The undersigned on April 4 1930 was appointed and qualified as Administratrix with the Will Annexed of the estate of Josef Jiruskir intestate in Linn County Iowa. Indebted persons must pay promptly and claimants should present claims to the Linn County Clerk through attorney MO Hanzhik.
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