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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1940

Page

8

Road to Bagdad cliffhanger on Bedouin ambush adventure

Camilla Dean tours Egypt and Palestine with an American group including Slim McManus and Michael Gay. A bus journey through the desert turns dangerous when Bedouins block the road demanding tribute, a gunfight erupts, and Camilla witnesses Slim gravely wounded as Michael, Janet, and others battle to reach safety. The scene ends with ambush aftermath and unresolved peril.

Camilla Dean Egypt Palestine Slim McManus Camilla Michael Gay Bagdad Hassan Isar Joseph Asad Ronald Barker el Kerak Hassan Barker Zaagi Lim Michael Janet Priestly Smith and Wesson Torelli Slim Zangi Jerusalem Beirut Damascus Josie Kitty Palmyra Janet Doc Williamson Mrs. Williamson Taagi Monsieur Anazeh Guy Kitty Trimble

Charles West Secures Treasury Board Position at $7500

Washington AP reports Charles West, former White House emissary to Congress, has been appointed to the processing tax board of review in the Treasury. He takes a $7500 yearly salary after two years out of federal office since Secretary Ickes closed his interior department office.

Washington Charles West White House Congress Ickes Interior Department Treasury Friay West Processing Tax Board of Review

How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week

The menus aim to feed a family of five two adults and three children for about $12 weekly. Each day’s plan provides balanced calories and energy, plus protein, minerals, and vitamins to support growth and health.

Household Food List for Basic Diet Plan

A dated menu style list outlines ingredients and portions for a basic household diet. Items include sliced bananas, prepared cereals, toasted bread, braised bacon and pork, coffee, milk for children, mashed potatoes with milk and butter, buttered onions, head lettuce with mayonnaise, breading butter, grape bavarian, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, raw apples, cocoa with milk and sugar. The cost note cites supplies like milk, evaporated milk, butter, and sugar.

Casts and First-Run Films At Local Theaters

At the theaters the Iowa circuit features Castle on the Hudson with John Garfield Ann Sheridan and Pat O Brien. Two Thoroughbreds stars Jimmy Ly don and Joan Brodel. Paramount offers Little Old New York with Alice Faye Fred MacMurray and Richard Greene. State presents Brother Rat and a Baby with Priscilla Lane Wayne Morris Eddie Albert Jane Bryan and The Llano Kid with Tito Guizar. Palace screens Daughters Courageous with Garfield and the Lane sisters plus Million Dollar Legs with Betty Grable. Rialto features Almost a Gentleman with James Ellison and Man From Music Mountain with Gene Autry. Strand shows Dodge City with Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan and While New York Sleeps.

Iowa John Garfield Ann Sheridan Pat O’brien Hudson Jimmy Lydon Joan Brodel Paramount Alice Faye Fred MacMurray Richard Greene New York Brother Rat Priscilla Lane Wayne Morris Eddie Albert Jane Bryan Llano James Ellison Gene Autry Man From Music Mountain Strand Dodge City Errol Flynn New York Sleeps

Grape Bavarian Jelly Dessert Recipe

A grape gelatin dessert recipe using grape juice orange juice and evaporated milk. Mix soaked gelatin with remaining liquids and sugar, chill until syrupy, whip evaporated milk with lemon juice, fold in, mold, chill until firm and unmold to serve. Serves 5.

Menus For Monday Include Liver Dish And Beverages

Daily meal plan lists stewed raisins oatmeal toast jam milk and tea for adults, crabapple pickles canned peaches and radishes, plus butterscotch custards and bread. Main dish Baked Liver And Vegetables serves five with onion celery liver potatoes and tomatoes in a bacon flavored sauce.

Toy Gun Tragedy at Chicago Hardware Store

In Chicago a shipping clerk, Frank Miller, 29, takes his wife and two sons to a hardware store. While viewing toys, his seven year old son selects a pistol from the manager’s desk and fires, mortally wounding the father. The incident occurred in a store aisle, sparking an investigation into store safety and supervision.

Chicago Frank Miller Frank, Jr

Morton Downey Undergoes Tonsillectomy in Cleveland

Morton Downey, radio and stage tenor, underwent a tonsil operation in a Cleveland hospital Friday night. The procedure was completed three hours before he was set to headline a Cleveland theater show.

Cleveland INS Morton Downey

Hollywood notes on The Great Commandment and star moves

Darryl Zanuck will cast Tyrone Power in The Great Commandment, a religiously themed film from Cathedral Films, with Irving Pichel directing for 20th Century Fox. Ginger Rogers is tied to Sister Carrie after success with February Hill, while Virginia Bruce’s Warner contract advances Flight Eight and Olivia de Havilland remains unpaid at MGM takeover.

Ollywood INS Darryl Zanuck Tyrone Power Errol Flynn Bob Taylor Darryl Cathedral Films James J. Friedrick John T. Coyle Irving Pichel 20Th Century-Fox George Schaefer RKO Ginger Rogers Carrie Theodore Dreiser Harry Edington Universal Dreiser Edington Ginger California Virginia Bruce MGM Warners Virginia Hal Wallis Olivia de Havilland Olivia John Davis Wayne Morris Dennis Morgan Ralph Bellamy

Betty Grable Calm Amid Lana Turner Elopement Rumors

Jackie Coogan, ex of Betty Grable, vented fury after hearing of Lana Turner’s elopement with Artie Show. Coogan, newly returned from Cleveland, spoke in strong terms about the situation at the Grace Hayes lodge Thursday night.

Lana Artie Greg Bautzer Hollywood Betty Grable Jackie Coogan Grace Hayes Lodge Jackie Cleveland

Hollywood Gossip Snapshots From A Random Night Out

Collectors chronicles Pat O Brien buying a diamond bracelet for Julie Hart while Ty Power is ill actor Errol Flynn hosts parties at Sunset Towers and Beverly Hills mansion Lili remains in command at home Lupe Velez partner Brandy Brent joins Irene Rich at a quiz judges Rosalind Russell John Swope Jean Negulesco night life Johnny Weissmuller spouses Kay Griffith Frank Swann Flora Robson heads to New York for stage Lilliput Grapes of Wrath advance sale Feb 27 Four StarFed Vivien Siegel talks contract to a studio Daily wrap tomorrow fades out

Hollywood Pat O’brien Julie Hart Jack Warner, Jr Tyrone Power Jules Steins Errol Flynn Louise Stanley Addison Randall Gwynn Pickford Bud Ernst Robert Reynolds Little Hungary Errol Sunset Towers Lili Beverly Hills Brandy Brent Lupe Velez Irene Rich Rosalind Russell John Swope Jean Negulesco Bette Davis Victor Hugo Reginald Gardiner Pamela Cavendess George Stone Sardi’s Johnny Weissmullers

Weather turmoil as instruments vanish in Clovis

In Clovis New Mexico officials report the weather bureau instruments stolen Thursday night leaving people unsure of exact conditions. Residents note it felt chilly while the weather man and others joke about unofficial readings.

Clovis, N. M Clovis Weather Bureau

Clermont Story 15 Coated with Laughs at Paramount

The film Little Old New York at the Paramount blends comedy and history as Alice Faye plays tavern girl Pat O Day while Richard Greene curiously jousts with Fulton lore. Fred MacMurray Ward Bond Brenda Joyce and others headline with farm and Wall Street nods in New York City memory lane.

Richard Greene Robert Fulton Hudson Alice Faye Hollywood Miss Faye Pat O’day Fulton Robert R. Livingston Henry Stephenson New York Albany New York City Greenwich Village Wall Street Sterling Fred MacMurray Andy Devine MacMurray Ward Bond Brenda Joyce Robert Livingston Clarence Hummel Wilson Paramount News W. M

Roosevelt Rated One Of America's Best Husbands

The Divorce Reform League named Franklin Delano Roosevelt as one of America's five best husbands for not insisting on a wife's traditional home role. Also listed were Lou Gehrig Thomas Hart Benton Dr Barnum Brown and Guthrie McClintock. The league noted most cited spouses pursue independent achievements while supporting their mates.

New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt America Divorce Reform League League Lou Gehrig Thomas Hart Benton Barnum Brown Guthrie McClintock Edward Appstein The

Los Angeles Battles for Stopover on New Zealand Route

Washington The city of Los Angeles won permission to file a brief in a trial examiner's report denying its request to be a stopover in Pan American Airways' California to New Zealand service. LA sought inclusion in the western outbound Clippers route, but the examiner cited frequent LA San Francisco shuttle service and rejected the application. The filing deadline passed Friday.

Washington INS Los Angeles Pan- American Airways California New Zealand Clippers San Francisco

French Execute Luxemburger Spy

Jean Kuhn a Luxemburger was executed by firing squad in Chalons sur Marne after conviction as a German spy. He was arrested last July before the war when attempting to cross the frontier with blueprints of French tanks and other armaments.

Chalons-Sur- Marne France INS Jean Kuhn Kuhn

Not the Right Tune In Police Court

Kansas City police judge laughs as James P. Fern, leader of the police glee club, pays a $5 speeding fine and quips he cannot set that penalty to music. The incident shows Fern’s dual role as officer and musician in a lighthearted moment.

Kansas City James P. Fern Fern

Also Mentioned on This Page

Jake Ringlings REG U. S. Pat Finn Ski D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc Treasury Williams NEA Service WNC Strwilliams Clyde Lewis NEA Service. Inc T. M Reg U.S. Pat Lili Damita Flynns Ella Sutherland Spencer Tracy Paul Muni Richard Dix Robert Taylor Fresno Cyrano de Bergerac Tracy Cyrano Leslie Howard Basil Rathbone C. Bowman John Barrymore Barrymore Aileen Kingery Inglewood Brian Aherne Louis Hayward Josephine Hutchinson Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman the Liano Kid Tito Guizar Alan Mowbray Montrose Hotel Clermont Hudson River Roosevelt Singer Theater Louis Vs. Goddy Championship Fight Pictures Stanley and Livingstone William Henry Judith Barrett Arizona Crystal Jack Crystal Pennant Jack Lindell Rex Jimmy Arthur Hohl Marjorie Main Castle On the Hudson Garfield N. D Alice Richard Tre Faye Greene Macmurray Little Bears EVA LE Gallienne Jimes Jack Benny Rochester
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