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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1944
Page
28
Louella Parsons reports on Hollywood naming Effie Klinker as Charlie McCarthy's new gal pal in a fan contest with Mrs. Luke Meyers of Los Angeles winning a $100 bond. A second prize goes to Mrs. Robert Hartel for suggesting Klinker.
In Trinidad Colorado Lt Col Lambert B Cain reports 16 airmen killed when two Pueblo army air base bombing planes collided about 30 miles northeast of Trinidad. Three others reportedly escaped by bailing out as guards sealed the wreckage. Nearby Luke Field Arizona confirms four airmen killed in a B 25 and AT 6 trainer crash during filming of God Is My Co pilot.
Hollywood report states actress Myrna Loy filed a divorce suit in Cuernavaca, Mexico, against John Hertz a New York advertising executive. Loy born Myrna Williams age 39 cites incomparability and notes previous divorce from Arthur Hornblow Jr. They wed in New York in 1942 and separated weeks later.
The city council canceled a Class C beer permit surrendered by A. E. Toms for his business at 1106 Fifteenth Avenue SW and issued a new permit to Virgil Woodford for the same address. Claire Morrow’s $4,830.90 bid for sidewalk project No. 3 was formally accepted with bond approved, and nine bills totaling 67 cents to $185.69 were approved for payment.
Edgar A. Guest quotes Crankmire on postwar life. He predicts returning soldiers will marry, build homes, and raise families while adjusting to peacetime labor. The piece notes weddings births christenings burials and communal rituals as core blessings of peace.
Tuesday movie times from multiple theaters list IOWA Mr Skeffington and She's a Soldier Too among others, with specific showtimes across STATE PALACE RIALTO TIMES and MARION venues. The piece concludes with a note that 110 million speak Russian in Soviet Russia and about 4 million Ruthenians reside in surrounding territories.
Linn county reports 496 relief and 220 relief plus 276 service cases in July 1944. The 1943 July totals were 339 relief and 400 service cases with 117 applications processed, including 2 rejections, 38 relief and 77 service approvals. Three applications were pending and 144 received medical aid, 85 with no other care.
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce says a Thursday conference at the Fort Armstrong hotel Rock Island will cover contract termination procedure. Businessmen can attend sessions starting at 9 and continuing through the day Tuesday.
A training session runs from 9 am to 11 30 and 1 30 pm to 4 30 pm with no luncheon. Military officers will lead contracting and termination topics including notice service costs and price termination rules. Sponsored by Rock Island Moline Davenport chambers.
The district office of the Smaller War Plants corporation announces the opening of a new regional center to support small manufacturers. The move aims to streamline procurement, provide technical guidance, and expand local employment opportunities.
The Gripsholm will sail from New York within days for another prisoner exchange with Germany at Goteborg Sweden around Sept 8. The swap includes seriously ill and wounded prisoners of war.
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