Van Johnson Near Recovery From Auto Crash Returns Soon
MGM reports Van Johnson will be well enough in a few weeks to finish A Guy Named Joe with Irene Dunne and Spencer Tracy. He is cast opposite Judy Garland in Meet Me in St Louis to start in early August. The Hollywood column also notes other stars and rumors from recent premieres and stage projects.
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Movie House Schedule Roundup
The Gazette lists today's theater times for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion with features including Hello Frisco Hello Panama Hattie Cairo Under Fiesta Stars Phantom Killer Treat Em Rough The Big Shot The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date Outlaws of the Desert Strictly in the Git Go Hitterts Children and more.
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Appointment of IT Executor for Mary Hoffman Estate
Probate notice from Linn County Iowa states on April 8 that Frank A. Hughes is appointed and qualified as executor of the Mary Hoffman estate. Creditors must promptly settle debts and claimants should file their claims with the Clerk of District Court, Linn County. Attorneys Thaler and Lee represent the executor.
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Chetniks Fight Nazis in Wartime Screen Drama
A State theater review praises Chetniks as an action packed Nazi foe film with Mihailovitch inspired exploits. Philip Dorn leads as the Yugoslav resistance leader, Eluding capture, rescuing families and sparking hope as the Chetniks strike daring blows against oppression.
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Yugoslavia
Underground and Lady Body Guard Screenings Highlight Cast
Nadine Subotnik reviews the double bill noting Dorn delivers strong character work in Underground with Anna Sten as his wife John Shepperd and Virginia Gilmore in key roles and Kosleck as a Nazi. The co feature Lady Body Guard provides light humor with Eddie Albert and Anne Shirley.
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Fischer Recovers Cinchona Seeds From Japanese Noses
Col Arthur F Fischer former Philippines forestry chief risked Japanese air raids to seize two million cinchona tree seeds in Mindanao. He escaped in a Flying Fortress after Bataan fallen and delivered the seeds to the US Department of Agriculture aiding quinine supply in the western hemisphere.
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Indies
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Broadway with Walter Winchell: editors convene and wartime tales
The piece recalls a convention of editors and publishers in New York. anecdotes include Heywood Broun, a Christmas misread by telegraph, and reporters confronting harsh editors. It also profiles Sgt. Al Schmid and war correspondent Cecil Brown, noting wartime dangers and reflections on public memory.
Prolific Jersey writer jailed for life in Trenton case
A man known for plays and songs sits in Trenton prison serving a life term after 16 years behind bars. He faced accusations of causing several Jersey deaths, with a hat two sizes too large as key evidence. A magazine story about a clever killer using the same hat clinched the verdict. He longs to fight in the war, but friends say they do not want amateurs.
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Trenton
Jersey
Dr. Joseph Fort Newton Suffering From Eczema Attack
Dr Joseph Fort Newton former Cedar Rapids pastor and columnist in The Gazette suffered a severe eczema attack. A letter to W R Boyd of Cedar Rapids confirms his illness and states he has been in a Philadelphia hospital.
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the Peoples Church
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
W. R. Boyd
Newton
Philadelphia
Illness Forces Cancellation of Cedar Rapids Speaking Appearance
The subject’s illness led to the cancellation of a speaking engagement before the Cedar Rapids Executives Club, and he is now recovering at his home in the city.
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Cedar Rapids Executives Club
Linn County Levies Tax Against Railway Company
A total of 10 691 80 in county school township and other taxes was levied against the Chicago and North Western railway company by Linn county during 1942. The railroad paid 4 222 89 in county taxes 4 430 28 in school taxes 75 77 in township cemetery library and road taxes and 1 962 86 in city and village taxes.
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Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Linn County
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