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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1944
Page
2
A historical quote urges women to stay at home if they fear loneliness or have young children or families at home. It promotes homemaking as a woman’s primary responsibility and frames work outside the home as secondary.
New Year's Eve passed quietly with several parties at the Cedar Rapids Country Club Pickwick Club and city hotels. About 120 reservations were made mostly for Dutch treat dinners at Cedar Rapids venues Friday night. A late supper ran 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. and an orchestra provided dancing.
Louise Lux reviews James Cagney in Johnny Come Lately at the State. Grace George and Marjorie Main dominate as two older women in Plattsville with Ed McNamara as a weak villain. My mother never told me that the Bron couple did crochet while awaiting dances.
Dora Jane Hamblin records Mrs Vern Sorensen of 1422 First Street NW on her Century Engineering assembly line job and 14 months at the plant. She recalls navy family, fishing, Navy Mothers club, letters home, scrapbooks, and hopes for postwar Germany.
City officials warn spitting on sidewalks and smoking on buses violate ordinances. Offenders face fines up to 100 dollars and 30 days imprisonment. City lines managers report patrons ignore no smoking signs and threaten health and business.
A dense column features Walter Winchell style notes on Life magazine photographer Carl Mydans in a Manila prison camp and wartime censorship. It touches on relocation centers, ships bound for imprisonment, and digs at officials, with social quips and political jabs embedded in a sweeping critique.
Pattern 4477 offered by Anne Adams features a jumper frock and matching blouse suitable for busy women. Sizes 34 to 46 available with fabric yardages listed. includes transfer embroidery motifs. Send 20 cents in coins with size name address and style number to Cedarmest 504 Randolph.
The note urges immediate payroll savings raise with the next payday and to measure progress by the boosted income amount. It frames saving as a direct result of a higher pay, urging action to accelerate growth.
A vivid 1943 screen tribute directed by Lewis Seiler with Preston Foster Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Richard Conte Anthony Quinn and others. The film uses a documentary feel despite studio settings and centers on the Marines and their personalities rather than battlefield spectacle.
Nadine Subotnik admits becoming a Sinatra fan after first fearing his film Higher and Higher. The review notes the musical is surprisingly slick and enjoyable with stars Fran Sinatra Michele Morgan Jack Haley and Barbara Hale in a lively cast at the Iowa theater.
Hollywood chatter notes Monty Woolley will play a softened, lovable lead in When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, with Vivian Blaine as the crime lead replacing Lynn Bari. Sinatra appears in a romantic crooning role, praised for quiet, unassuming acting amid a cast including Michele Morgan Frank Haley Barbara Hale and Marcy McGuire. The piece also mentions Gangway for Tomorrow a radio-style drama and Rita Hayworth's uncertain return to film projects.
In Algiers AP reports King Victor Emmanuel urged Italians to rally around him and forget past political divisions as he clings to the throne after the surrender. He issued a New Year appeal to unify the nation and move beyond disagreements.
The Gazette lists Saturday showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion theaters. Feature runs include Guadalcanal Diary Higher and Higher Johnny Come Lately Natty Nuisance The Powers Girl Pilot No 5 Santa Fe Scouts The Great Gilder Sleeves China Pride of the Yankees Pardon My Eiffel Twilight on the Trail Babes on Broadway The Good Fellows Thank Your Lucky Stars with multiple daily screenings and a midnight show option.
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