14 Aug 1941
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
1
Loretta Young declined a magazine expose and remains humorously unshaken as gossip swirls around Hollywood figures. Elsa Lanchester, Gail Page and ITA Hayworth are tied to roles and projects while Myrna Loy assists a wary child on set.
RAM CORPS and Cedar Rapids sponsor a fourth annual Battle of Champions at Hill Park Friday night at 8. The event features vaudeville acts headlined by John MacLean and Alice Cones with the Dexter Duo roller skaters closing the show.
Feature Time Seat lists television and cinema slots with films and start times across IOWA PARAMOUNT STATE and MARION venues. Entries include Hold That Ghost Ringsides Maisie Hello Sucker Honeymoon for Three Vic tory News is Made at Night Death ley Love Crazy They Met in Argentina with multiple daily showings.
A Grand Forks, North Dakota note reports entomologist Weber collecting the tiniest ants found near Africa’s Nile and Congo headwaters. He notes twelve specimens equal a pinhead in size, claiming these ants are among the smallest known in the world.
George Lait describes Pat, a 17 year old English cadet and son of a serving officer, as he prepares for the officer training corps. The piece contrasts Pat's world with American life as Winchell's column hosts guest writers while on vacation.
Mrs. Carl Rufus, a 60 year old flyer from Michigan, recounts eight thousand mile solo flights and close calls. She describes flying as thrilling yet petrifying and avoids cars while maintaining a lively image among women her age.
Washington reports that seven defense contract holding corporations with 2.882 billion in contracts have former employees or representatives in the Office of Production Management. The list names United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel officials amid rumored influence on contracts. Connally urges public airing. Knudsen says policy bars direct firm involvement while employing experts.
A Reviewing Stand column narrates a push to boost government funds through widespread taxation. It urges citizens to volunteer and back heavy levies, claiming the nation must outtax other countries and eye overlooked items like bells to generate revenue for aid to Russia.
A satirical appeal questions taxing table manners and flower lovers while urging higher levies on leisure. It imagines paying rates for meals and evenings out to fund government needs, warning against universal tax hikes and joking about citizens funding new ideas.
HOLLYWOOD (UP) Commo dore J. Stuart Blackton, 68, who produced and exhibited the first newsreel, died Wednesday from a fractured skull after an automobile accident. Born in Sheffield, he moved to the United States at age 10 and helped develop the Vitascope with Thomas A. Edison at age 21. He founded Vitagraph in 1900 and produced Raffles the Amateur Cracksman.
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