Grace Moore Ignites Hollywood Battle Over Career
Grace Moore defies film work while Columbia pursues The Nightingale Flies Home with a planned August shoot. Warner Brothers headlines include The Draegerman’s Courage about Nova Scotia miners, and David O. Selznick signs a long term deal to star in The Garden of Allah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella O. Parsons
Universal Service
Los Angeles
Grace Moore
Columbia Pictures
Harry Cohn
Grace
Rupert Hughes
Monsieur Cohn
Nightingale
Columbia
Hollywood
Warner Brothers
Warners
Draegerman
Nova _ Scotia
Draegermen
Humphreys Bogart
C. Aubrey Smith
Mr. Smith
Selznick Pictures
David
Earl
Lord Fauntleroy
Garden of Allah
Yuma
Hollywood Social Evening Sparks Loud Banter and Mixups
Tales from a gala night feature Raft and Gleckler quarrel with mock blows ending in a piano mishap. Stokowski acclaims Disney with a concert pledge as Joan Crawford and Branchot Tone plan post show parties. Lasky’s Masquers Club remarks charm the crowd.
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Hollywood
George Raft
Robert Gleckler
Raft
Gleckler
George
Leopold Stokowski
Walt Disney
Disney
Joan Crawford
Branchot Tone
Stokowski
Jesse Lasky
Pat O’brien
Delia
Gary Coopers
Gary
Sandra
Jean Harlow
Fieldsie
Carole Lombard
Pat Lee
Jimmy Dunn
Grace Bradley
New York
Simone Simon
Sewage Disposal Receipts Reported by City Engineer
Sewage disposal receipts for the year ending March 31 totaled 56989.38 with disbursements of 40858.63. City engineer F. E. Young told the council that water rentals brought in 49887.14 and noted the receipts to expenditures ratio misleads due to annual rental timing. No bonds were retired, payrolls held, costs below future levels, and plant operation met expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Young
Young
Two Women Hurt in Sunday Auto Accidents
Miss Betty Sage age 18 of 800 Oakland avenue NE sustained a cut and bruised arm when the car she rode in with Tommy Hill 1237 Third street NW ran off a road in Shaver Park and crashed into a ditch. Mrs. Stanley Hotle age 20 of 522 McKinley street SE suffered back injuries when her husband’s car collided with Claus Lueders at Center Point road NE. Lueders contends he had right of way and no stop sign existed at the arterial crossing where vandalism removed a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sage
Oakland Avenue
Tommy Hill
Third Street
Shaver Park
Hill
B Avenue
Center Point Road
Claus Lueders
Fifth Street
Hotle
Lueders
Notice of Return of Property Assessment and Equalization Meeting
The Cedar Rapids assessor has completed the 1936 tax assessment for state county and city purposes and filed it with the city clerk. The city council will meet as a board of equalization at 2 PM May 4 1936 at City Hall to hear complaints and adjust valuations for all property and buildings erected since the last assessment. All interested parties may appear to have their assessments adjusted. Published in The Cedar Rapids Gazette April 27 28 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
City of
Board of Equalization
F. K. Hahn
L. J. Storey
Three ships trapped by fierce North Atlantic storm
The St. Quentin faced a severe north Atlantic storm as two liners steamed to assist. The Ivanhoe and Pilsudski received help and proceed, while the Bremen and Washington aided the St. Quentin but weather slowed progress. The Rushpool reportedly remained safe as ships plotted course.
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New York
St. Quentin
Mackay Radio Company
Pilsudski
Line
Bremen
Washington
Rushpool
Ivanhoe
Newfoundland
Ireland
Germany
Ship Engineman Transferred At Sea To American Liner
The US liner Manhattan met the ill engine man Thomas G. W. White at sea sixty miles from shore. White, from the cable ship John W. Mackay, was carried by lifeboat to the liner for an emergency operation in Plymouth after a sea rescue amid rough conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ili
S. S. Manhattan
United States
Manhattan
Queenstown
Plymouth
Hamburg
Thomas G. W. White
John W. Mackay
Mackay
White
High Court Declines on Bank Rock Island Bond Setoff
The Supreme Court refused to rule on a Minneapolis district court decision allowing North Western Bank and Trust to set off $36,908 of Rock Island funds against $100,000 of Rock Island bonds held by the bank during a 77 bankruptcy petition. The Eighth Circuit had asked the Supreme Court to answer framed questions, but the court found them badly drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
100000 Gallons Of Alcohol Seized From Tanker
Authorities recovered 100000 gallons of fine grain alcohol from the hold of the tanker Charles D Leffler at Elizabeth New Jersey. Federal agents believe the seizure struck a major ring of illegal liquor manufacturers and distributors in the state. The 206 ton vessel sailed from Wilmington Delaware and was boarded Sunday by U S customs agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N. J
New Jersey
Charles D. Leffler
Wilmington
Del
United States Customs Enforcement Division
Death of S J Farrell Distress in Clinton County
S J Farrell 39 life long Clinton County resident died suddenly at Welton. Born Charlotte December 15 1896 son of John and Ann Farrell. Survived by widow Amy Clary of Eldora and two sisters Mrs Crowley Welton and Mrs Wachter Omaha. Funeral at St Ann's Tuesday 9 a m burial Assumption Charlotte with Eugene McManus Post American Legion in charge.
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Dewitt
S. J. Farrell
Clinton County
Welton
Charlotte
John
Ann Dolan Farrell
St. Mary’s College
O’neil
Neb
Creighton University
Camp Dodge
Camp Pike
Ark
Amy Clary
Eldora
W. E. Crowley
R. J. Wachter
Omaha
St. Ann’s Church
John Moriarity
Assumption Cemetery
Eugene McManus Post
American Legion
Lookout For Two Robbers After New Hampton Hold Up
New Hampton authorities alerted police to watch for two highwaymen who held up a local filling station and fled with 175 dollars. A 1935 Chevrolet coach with a damaged left side from a collision with a truck was used. The suspects were about 20, poorly dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Policeman Injured in Subduing Unruly Prisoner at Hi Ho Tavern
Bob Hughes and E. K. Hatch, both fined for intoxication and disturbing the peace after a Sunday disturbance at the Hi Ho tavern. Hughes started a fight in a police car. Patrolman Hines injured his hand while subduing the prisoner, a small bone fracture later diagnosed. James Logan was fined for intoxication.
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Bob Hughes
Third Street
E. K. Hatch
Sixth Street
Hi-Ho
Hughes
Walters
Hines
James Logan
Cedar Rapids Names Turner Alley in Honor of Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids city council approved branding the alley between First and Second avenues from Eighth to Tenth Street SE as Turner Alley to honor Grant Wood. The ordinance records the name with the county recorder and cites Wood's national and world fame stemming from his local ties and Turner Mortuary origin.
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Turner Alley
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
Dave Williams
Wood
First
Second Avenues
Eighth Street
Tenth Street
Turner Mortuary
Dave Turner
County Recorder
City Street Department Reports Yearly Rock and Oil Use
The street department used 22 000 tons of rock 90 500 gallons of oil and 4 000 cubic feet of cinders on dirt streets in the year ending March 31 Walter Markle street commissioner told the city council 3 000 tons of sand were spread on paved streets during winter Ninety seven miles of paved streets 100 miles of dirt streets and ten miles of paved alleys were under street department care The city spent 465 for tools 1100 for supervision on relief jobs weed cutting cost 2600 and snow removal 26000 Marile reported Frank Barta sewer inspector said total expenditures of Po yin department were 20171 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Markle
Marile
Frank Barta
Po Yin Department
Cedar Rapids Chosen 1937 Church of God Youth Convention City
At the closing session of the 1936 convention in Clinton Iowa Cedar Rapids was selected as the 1937 convention city for the Church of God Young People A large Cedar Rapids delegation attended the meeting with Rev R N Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge on the program The article notes Cedar Rapids youth involved in the planning and participation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Church of God Young People
God In
Iowa
Clinton
R. N. Coolidge
Garden Meeting Schedule Announced By Supervisor
Mrs. Esther Smith, playground garden supervisor, releases a weekly schedule with meetings at Harrison garden Tuesday 4 p.m. near O Avenue and Ellis Boulevard NW, Fillmore garden Wednesday 4 p.m. at D Avenue and Twelfth Street NW, Cleveland garden Thursday 4 p.m. at Third Avenue and Fifteenth Street SW, J Street garden Friday 4 p.m. at Fifteenth Avenue SW, and Holland Furnace garden Saturday 9 a.m. near See and Seventeenth Street.
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Esther Smith
Harrison Garden
O Avenue
Ellis Boulevard NW
Fillmore Garden
D Avenue
Twelfth Street
Cleveland Garden
Third Avenue
Fifteenth Street
J Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Holland Furnace
See
Seventeenth Street
Iowa Doctor Named Columbia Ophthalmology Assistant Professor
Dr Phil lips Thygeson of the University of Iowa College of Medicine was named assistant professor of ophthalmology at Columbia Medical School on Monday. The appointment marks a move from Iowa to New York for the MU ophthalmology specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Medical School
Phillips Thygeson
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Pride of the Marines heads Iowa theater double bill
A lively mix of pathos humor romance and military pageantry highlights the film Pride of the Marines starring Charles Bickford and Florence Rice as a leatherneck and his love interest with Billy Burrud as an endearing orphan. The companion feature Take the Stand invites amateur sleuths while Voice of Experience offers Brink of Eternity.
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Iowa Theater
Charles Bickford
Florence Rice
Bickford
Robert Allen
Billy Burrud
Jack la Rue
Thelma Todd
Russell Hopton
Gail Patrick
St Olaf Choir Delivers Pleasing Northfield Concert
The St Olaf Lutheran choir of Northfield Minnesota led by Dr F Melius Christiansen presented a concert at Sinclair Memorial chapel in a program of Bach Nicolai and Overby settings. The performance highlighted tonal balance vitality and sincere youthful energy enhancing a masterful blend and the closing Motet for Advent brought a brilliant climax.
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St. Olaf Lutheran Choir
Northfield
Minn
F. Melius Christiansen
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Lutheran
Dr. Christiansen
Schreck
Thomas Church
Leipzig
Thomas Cantor
John Sebastian Bach
Christiansen
Bach
Nicolai
Oscar T. Overby
Poirot Trains for a South American Case in London
In London Poirot plans a secret South American mission for Abe Ryland while Hastings questions a mysterious figure, Mr John Ingles, who hints that Li Chang Yen leads a secret global conspiracy. The duo travels to Ingles's home to press for knowledge of Li and the shadowy Big Four.
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London
Hercule Poirot
South America
Abe Ryland
Poirot
Big 4
Hastings
Peiret
Li Chang Yen
Stransfer
Southampton
Hanwell
Japp
Scotland Yard
Erg
Secret Service
Russia
City Attorney Opposes Partial Alley Paving Petition
City Solicitor Don Hines advised the council that paving a portion of an alley lacks legal authority and is impractical. He said paving should be assessed to all abutting property owners, unless the entire alley is paved. The council filed the opinion and petition.
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Don Hines
Grande Avenue
Blake Boulevard
Crescent Street
Forest Drive
Hines
Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich Star in Desire at Paramount
After Mr Deeds Goes To Town Gary Cooper returns to the screen with Marlene Dietrich in Desire at the Paramount for a three day run. A romantic comedy set in Sunny Spain the film pairs Cooper as an American engineer on a European vacation and Dietrich in a modern sophisticated role. Frank Borzage directs bringing a celebrated on screen pairing to the forefront of romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Deeds
Gary Cooper
Desire
Marlene Dietrich
Paramount Theater
Cooper
Dietrich
Morocco
Sunny
Spain
Frank Borzage
Marlene
Mystery Woman
The Witness Chair and Two in Revolt at Iowa Theaters
The listings show Walter Abel and Ann Harding in The Witness Chair and John Arledge with Louise Latimer in Two in Revolt at the Iowa theaters. Also played are Little Lord Faunteroy and Too Many Parents at Paramount with Frances Farmer.
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Ann Harding
Iowa
Walter Abel
John Arledge
Louise Latimer
Paramount
Freddie Bartholomew
Dolores Costello Barrymore
Lord Fauntleroy
Frances Farmer
Lester Matthews
State
Edward Arnold
Binnie Barnes
Rialto
Constance Cummings
Ken Maynard
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Perc Westmore
Shirley Temple
Angel Child
John J. Pershing
Bill Robinson
Bill
Shirley
Robinson Shirley
Jolson
Jack Turner
Jack
Pat O'Brien
Eddie Robinson
Frank Prince
Dick Powell
Bing
Pria Union
Crosby
May’s
Drury Store
Atoll
Ali D
High Court
Iowa University
Columbia Post
William Powell
Ie Wa
Rosalind Russell
Bing Crosby
Joan Bennett
Mary Boland
Marine Story
ST. Olaf Choir
Grant Perrin
Agatha Christie
Somene
Number Four
Mayerling
England
China
John Ingles
Halsey
Monsieur
Lenin
Trotsky
BANK
Jack Larue
Marines
Carl Laemmle
Sutter's Gold
Lee Tracy Binnie Barnes
Ystery
Sally Eilers
The
Dietrich - Cooper
Adei
Zul
Paramount Picture
John Halliday
William Frawley
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