Cary Grant to Enter Air Corps in September
Hollywood notes report Cary Grant plans to join the air corps as a private in September and depart for Florida for training. He will finish Once in a Honeymoon with Ginger Rogers then likely pause his film work. The piece also mentions Teresa Wright, Sam Goldwyn, Arnold Pressburger, Fritz Lang, and other studio rumors.
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Gable
Air Corps
Florida
Army
Clark Gable
Cary
Sam
Ginger Rogers
Henry Fonda
Ty Power
Jimmie Stewart
Jack Warner
H ‘Ees
INS
Teresa Wright
Arnold Pressburger
Fritz Lang
Teresa
Sam Goldwyn
Little Wright
Hitchcock
Universal
Wings for the Eagle At Paramount with Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan stars in Wings for the Eagle at the Paramount opposite Dennis Morgan Don DeFore and George Tobias in a light wartime drama. The film mixes wit romance and pathos as Morgan dodges the draft while Sheridan shows sharp repartee and Tobias delivers strong plane plant scenes.
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Dennis Morgan
Ann Sheridan
Jack Carson
George Tobias
Don DeFore
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Gift
DeFore
Morgan
Miss Sheridan
Pearl Harbor
Hedda Hopper
Hollywood
Carl Koehn
Ladder Needed to Pick This Corn
Washington AP reports farmer Don Radda grew a corn stalk 27 feet 1.25 inches tall and predicts it could set a world height record. He previously won a 23 feet 10 inches stalk three years ago.
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Washington, Ta
Don Radda
Evening Cinema Schedule Featuring Wings for the Eagle and More
The Gazette lists today’s showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Marion. Highlights include Wings for the Eagle at multiple times, Talk of the Town, Spy Ship, Twin Beds, Dangerously They Live, This Time for Keeps and Blondie Plays Cupid with several daily screenings and a midnight show.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Engineer Killed as Zephyr Strikes Truck at Crossing
The Zephyr streamliner of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy struck a truck at a grade crossing in Rochelle Illinois Friday night. The engineer was killed and identified tentatively as Fred Boyer of Aurora. The truck driver reportedly was uninjured.
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Rochelle
Ill
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Fred Boyer
Aurora
Decorah Pool Patronage Drops With Summer Heat
Temperatures of the current summer mirror a drop in pool use in Decorah. About 9 000 admissions were collected, the lowest since the pool was built. The municipal pool has closed for the season.
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Decorah
French Fighters Down British Plane Over Moroccan Port Lyautey
Dispatches from Rabat report French fighter planes shot down a British aircraft over Port Lyautey in French Morocco. The brief item notes the location and confirms the engagement.
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Vichyap
Rabat
French Morocco
Port Lyautey
Bandit Trio Robs Minneapolis Bar for Eight Thousand
Three men brandishing pistols and wearing dark glasses roped off Danny's bar at 1416 Chicago Avenue and escaped with between 8000 and 9000 dollars. Bar manager Sam Shink, who had just returned from the bank with about 7000 dollars, reported the hold up. Two customers, a bartender, and a counter girl were herded into a booth while the third man forced Shink to open the safe. Insurance covered about 2000 of the loss.
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Minneapolis
Danny
Chicago Avenue
Sam Shink
Shink
Irene Dunne Stars in Lady In a Jam at Iowa Theater
Irene Dunne returns to romantic comedy in Lady In a Jam at the Iowa theater with Patric Knowles as her leading man. The rash heiress seeks gold and to recover her fortune, supported by a cast including Ralph Bellamy and Emmett Wogan. Parachute Nurse with Marguerite Chapman also screens, followed by The Talk of the Town today only.
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Irene Dunne
Theodora
Iowa Theater
Patric Knowles
Miss Dunne
Ralph Bellamy
Queenie Vassar
Samuel S Hinds
Hardie Albright
Russell Hicks
Emmett Wogan
Marguerite Chapman
William Wright
Kay Harris
Towa
Cary Grant
Jean Arthur
Ronald Colman
Traer Editor Transfers Interest in Star-Clipper
E. E. Taylor, editor for 64 years, sells his financial stake in the Star-Clipper to his sons Harry and Elmer Jr and Cecil Martin. Effective Sept. 1, Harry Taylor becomes editor, Elmer Jr business manager in charge of circulation and job printing, Cecil Martin advertising manager. All are Missouri journalism graduates. The senior editor will continue writing, and Mrs. Taylor’s feature Feminine Flashlights will persist.
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Gazette
TRAER
E. E. Taylor
Star-Clipper
Harry and
Elmer, Jr
Cecil P. Martin
Harry Taylor
Junk Rally to Display Car Shot by Japs in Honolulu Raid
Monona will host a Junk Rally featuring Miss Selma Thompson's car from Lansing Iowa that was machine gunned Dec 7 during the Hickam field raid in Honolulu. Plans are complete and the Commercial club along with business leaders will award war stamps and salvage prizes for designated amounts of scrap delivered.
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Monona
Selma Thompson
Lansing
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Commercial Club
Secluded Manor Guest Brings Turmoil to Kit Stone
Kit Stone a well to do young horseman shelters Virginia Riven after a car breakdown. She clashes with him and resists hospitality as he debates danger and duty. A tense power play unfolds over the crowded evening.
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Kit. Stone
England
Claire Shelton
Ginnie’ Riven
Claire
Kit
Ginnleanieen
Atable
Belle
Virginia Riven
Christopher Stone
Stranford
Monkschattel
Ginnie
Lightning rods eyed as city hall struck again
City council weighs purchasing lightning rods after a bolt hit the city hall tower sparking renewed fear of storms. Earlier incidents in 1930 prompted similar cautions. Community events include the Stookey family reunion at Ellis Park and multiple Beatty family gatherings at the Thomas Beatty home.
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City Hall
Stookey
Ellis Park
Thomas Beatty
Anna Beatty McClellan
Ninth Street
Executrix Appointed in John Battin Estate Linn County
Leota C. Battin named Executrix of John Battin estate in Linn County Iowa after August 1942 appointment. Creditors urged to present claims formally to Leota Battin through attorney Y Risley in Linn County District Court for authentication and payment.
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Linn
John Battin
Thorhavner
Linn County
Iowa District Court
Leota C. Battin
Broadway with Walter Winchell on star discovery myths
In a column on star discovery, Walter Winchell recalls Galileo’s cautionary retractions and Hollywood bravado. He chronicles Lana Turner’s rise from fear to fame through bold casting, plus early wins for Susan Peters as a future leading talent.
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Lana Turner
Sally Biano
Warner
Billy Wilkerson
Hollywood Reporter
Sally
Lana
Susan Peters
Warners
Clark Gable
Sol
Susan
Red Woman Sniper Describes Purpose of Killing Nazis
Liudmila Pavlichenko, a Soviet junior lieutenant and famed sniper, tells reporters she kills Germans to save lives. She is officially credited with 309 enemy kills and wears the Order of Lenin.
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Red Woman
Washington
Liudmila Pavlichenko
Kiev
Russia
Liudmila
Pavlichenko
Red Army
International Student Assembly
White House
Kiev University
Ines
Plan to spread war work through sub contracts
In Des Moines AP report, WPB spokesmen Wright and Podlesak outlined a plan to spread war work by linking prime contractors with sub-contractors via a coded system. Firms with machine facilities list their tanks and weekly indices are sent for matching jobs to specific machine types.
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Des Moines
Stanly
WPB
Chicago
W C Wright
George Podlesak
Iowa
Truck crash claims 19 year old near Ringsted
Emmetsburg AP reports Galen Neal, 19, died in an Estherville hospital Friday from injuries after the truck he drove went into a ditch north of Ringsted earlier this morning.
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Emmetsburg
Galen Neal
Estherville
Ringsted
Administratrix appointed for Carl R Montror estate Iowa
Edna Monroe of Barncrover named administratrix for the estate of Carl R Montror in Linn County Iowa on August 4 1942 Those indebted to the estate must pay promptly and creditors should file their claims in the Clerk of the Linn County District Court office with authentication and proper records.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Carl R Montror
Iowa
Dijtrick Court
Divorce Petition Seeks Custody in Linn County Court
In Towasn District Court Linn County September term 3942 Letha Buckwheat sues for absolute divorce from Dons.d Buckwheat. She seeks custody of three minor children Wava Lyle Ruth Buckwheat and warns respondents to appear before noon on September 14 1942 at the Osrt Mouse Cedar Rapids to contest. default will be entered and decree as prayed.
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District Court of the State of
Towasn
Linn County
Letha
T. Donald
Wava Buckwheat
Lyle
Sentembes
Davert
Helun
Cedar Rapids
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Iown Building and Loan Association
Charles A. Rosemond
X Y .Risley
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Columbia Picture
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