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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1936
Page
2
Ruth Chatterton will return to the stage this fall after a ten year absence. She will star in Louise of Coburg to be produced in Los Angeles, with a London aesthetician contributing the European story about a Belgian king's daughter and a Hungarian officer.
The article notes Nedda Harrigan joining Twentieth Century Fox for Charlie Chan at the Opera and Walter Connolly having previously portrayed Chan in New York radio. It lists Love Under Fire with Burke, Come and Get It on the same lot scripted by Jane Murfin, and North of Nome starring Evalyn Venable opposite Jack Holt. It also mentions various studio moves, collaborations, party photos, and industry chatter from the Paramount and MGM lots.
Libbie Ralston Administratrix seeks court authority to sell lot 9 and 10 in block 26 Brown's Third Addition Cedar Rapids Iowa. Hearing before Judge H C Ring on August 29 1936 at 9:00 AM at Cedar Rapids Courthouse. Objections may be filed.
Watermelons arrive for the Hanford Post Drum and Buglecorps Watermelon Festival at Cedar Park Friday and Saturday. The festival features rides shows a dance and concessions. Gate opens 1 p.m. Saturday for children at five cents admission with a large slice of watermelon.
Three Cedar Rapids men are among eastern Iowa reserve officers ordered to active duty September 6 at Camp Ripley Minnesota. The group includes Earl Lawrence Meyers first lieutenant Joseph Alvin Mochal and Ralph Joseph Schindler second lieutenants. Other officers from the area assigned to Camp Ripley include Robert J. Shaw Sigourney Alvin Hodoval David R. Lynch Travis W. Brasfield Harold Lerner Donald Patton Albert Souhrada and Earl Otis Culver.
In Iowa and states listings Paramount presents Three Cheers for Love with Eleanore Whitney and Robert Cummings alongside The Crime of Dr Forbes with Gloria Stuart. Iowa features China Clipper with Pat OBrien. State screens Satan Met a Lady with Bette Davis and Crash Donovan with Jack Holt. Palace spotlights The Ex Mrs Bradford with William Powell and Jean Arthur plus Song and Dance Man with Claire Trevor. Rialto features Pride of the Marines with Charles Bickford and Winds of the Wastelands with John Wayne.
A reader recounts a bitter romance where Mary abandons Joe during hardship, then reflects on resilience as couples cope with heat and drought. The letter praises self help and gardening, noting beans and tomatoes saved, and urges others to pitch in to lift spirits and endure the summer.
A reader writes that engagement to a kind partner makes looks less important and asks if confidence matters. The response affirms that inner happiness matters and that someone will like them as they are.
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