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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1941
Page
6
Review notes a near capacity audience enjoying Hellzapoppin at the Town theater. Billy House leads a clean vaudeville musical comedy with burlesque flair, audience stunts, and lively dance numbers.
A vivid roundup of A list guests and party chatter from a Zanuck dinner to Bel Air homes and Biltmore glamour. Yvonne Vallee, Doris Day lookalikes, Lupe Velez with John Shelton, John Suttons wife compared to Grace Moore, plus Carmen Miranda encore moments and Billy Berle ceremony bits. The scene zeroes in on stars, gowns, and late night chatter as Berlin fixes headlines.
The column notes Veronica Lake stepping into a lead in Sullivan's Travels and praises Sturges for reviving careers. It reports ENE Tierney's serious eye trouble delaying Belle Starr, Sonja Henie's MGM talks, Alice Faye and Phil Harris marriage chatter, and a Raft Robinson on screen feud drawing Hollywood interest.
Paramount presents That Night in Rio with Don Ameche Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda. Iowa shows Convoy with Clive Brook Edith Fellows and Her First Romance. State features Pastor Hall with Wilfrid Lawson Nora Pilbeam and Here Comes Happiness with Mildred Coles. Palace screens Escape with Norma Shearer Robert Taylor and Franchot Tone Trail of the Vigilantes. Rialto offers The Boys from Syracuse with Joe Penner Allan Jones Wyoming Wildcat with Don Red Barry. Strand debuts Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Mickey Rooney and So This Is London. Marion shows Thief of Bagdad with Sabu and James Cagney in Here Comes the Navy.
A Turkish German trade agreement totaling 11 million Turkish pounds was initialled, trading tobacco and agricultural produce for German machinery cellulose and glassware. A further 5 million pound pact was reported pending amid Germany's campaign for Turkish collaboration.
Radio Berlin said the British consuls in Spain advised all Britons to leave the country. Unconfirmed reports spoke of frontier closures and a ban on transmitting this news abroad. British officials offered no immediate confirmation amid fears of a German move in Spain and possibly Portugal.
Secretary Jesse H. Jones warned that defense and British aid will require heavy sacrifice and higher debt, with production reoriented away from normal goods. He projected a national debt exceeding 90 billion and urged unity to uphold democracy as war looms. William J. Watson and Arthur Vanderbilt echoed calls for preparation and resolve.
Menus outline a weekly plan for a family of four to eat well on ten dollars. Recipes emphasize balanced nutrition with liver pork dumplings and liver as a core protein, plus groceries like beef liver ground pork eggs flour bread crumbs onions sauerkraut and dairy. The menu includes liver dumplings with sauerkraut tomato juice variants, breakfasts, lunches, beverages, and desserts with stepwise preparation notes.
A list of kitchen quantities and dishes including sugar, salt, water, eggs, butter, lemon juice, tea, milk for children, dinner items, liver dumplings, boiled potatoes, creamed celery, bread and butter, rhubarb shortcake, baking details, coffee, and noted portions for adults and children.
The Harkless family from Peoria reportedly provided five recruits to the army. State Selective Service Director Paul G. Armstrong called it possibly a national record as the five brothers John Weldon Owen Leonard and James were ordered to report to the induction center Tuesday.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt spoke at Philharmonic Auditorium Los Angeles under a protective escort by secret service and police after a threat note. She answered questions on war and peace, saying the President seeks peace if possible and urging Americans to fulfill duty if called to fight.
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