Hollywood News Shakeups Hit Studio Rows and Rumors
Hollywood gossip details resignations at NYWOOD and Paramount as Arthur Hornblow leaves for a Ginger Rogers and Charles Boyer project. Don Ameche plays in Lazy Galahad with Henry Fonda. Don Gleeson and others scatter between studios while Garbo and Gaylord Hauser appear in New York summaries.
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Nywood
Hunt Stromberg
Arthur Hornbrow
Wings
Red Gap
Paramount
Arthur
Don Ameche
20Th Century- Fox
Don
Henry Fonda
Hank
New York
Walter Lang
William Perlberg
Idle Car Dealers Mapped Into War Production Role
The Office of Production Management surveys 40 000 idle auto dealers to weave them into war production. Showrooms could become gas mask and shelter equipment depots while continuing to support distribution and supply chains amid wartime demand. General MacArthur’s Philippines defense is cited as an example of holding a position with minimal losses. British forces in Malaya shift to a tighter line, possibly withdrawing to a narrow sector near Singapore as Japanese pressure grows.
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OPM
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Malaya
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Macy Writes Reviews For Two Quarterlies
Dr. C Ward Macy a Doe college economics professor and social sciences chair has written reviews for two professional quarterlies. His critique of Lewis Nazi Europe and World Trade appears in the winter Political Science Quarterly and his review of Paying for Defense by Hert and Allen appears in the spring Southern Economic Journal.
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C. Ward Macy
Division of Social Sciences
Doe College
Macy
Lewis
Political Science Quarterly
The
Academy of Political Science
Hert and Allen
Isue
Southern Economic Journal
Cedar Rapids notices planned street assessment and hearing
The city plans a Street Southwest project from Wilson Avenue to fist A tenge with new assessments. The council schedules hearings on February 1902 at the Cedar Rapids City Hall to review proposed assessments for the streets affected. Public objections must be filed within twenty days from the first publication.
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Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Saad
Jennery
Rivers Shape Johore Defense Line Across Peninsular Jungle
The Sembrong and Simpana rivers run east and west across Johore forming a natural defense. British troops may plant behind this line as firmly as MacArthur’s forces in Bataan. Johore’s dense lowland jungle and a single main railroad and highway from Penang limit penetration.
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Sembrong
Simpana
Johore
MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Penang
Rubber Belt Crux May Ground Auto Travel
The article notes a ban on new tires may not stop motorists as other rubber parts wear out. It cites V belts for cooling fans and other appliances, with replacement needs reaching 22,000,000 last year. A rubber firm claims to make V belts from reclaimed rubber, contingent on policy change.
Two New Courses On Current Events At Coe College
Coe college will offer two social studies courses next semester for advanced economics and political science students. Dr C Ward Macy will teach a three hour course on the economics of war open to juniors and seniors with economics background. Dr Dell G Hitchner will lead a seminar in far eastern politics focusing on the war in the Pacific area with enrollment by credit existing in political science and related fields.
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Coe College
C. Ward Macy
Social Scienge
Macy
Dell G. Hitchner
Pacific
Hitchner
Red Cross first aid classes expand as volunteers train
Miss Betty Low spoke to the Jackson School Parent Teachers association as 101 students enrolled in the first aid course at Johnson school under Mrs. Philip W. Shive. Instructors include Mrs. Van Vechten Shaffer and others. lay instruction will begin soon. Harrison P T A plans a Red Day and knitters are urged to buy yarn and support defense stamps.
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Betty Low
Red Cross Board of Directors
Jackson School Parent-Teachers Association
Paul H. Huston
Jay Wesser
Johnson School Tuestle
Philip W. Shive
van Vechten Shaffer
A. E. Einen
A. E. Butterfield
G. M. Woodike
Harrison P. T. A
Paul Huston
Marjorie Walters
Red Cross
Notable Early American Journalists and Feuds Across Papers
Walter Winchell era highlights include Alec Woollcott of The Times defying Shubert by-line policy and lifelong feud with Lee Shubert. Gordon Bennett senior stirred print demand for hangings of Horace Greeley. Ambrose Bierce rapid copywriter in Mexico and Cameron Dam siege coverage. Early femmes on NY desk include Marguerite Marsha and Laura Vitray. Child prodigies Elsie McCormack Channing Pollock Walter Lippmann. The News Letter's rise with James Campbell, fired Boston postmaster for sideline printing and mail refusal.
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Alec Woollcott
the Times
Shuberts
Woollcott
Times
Lee Shubert
America
James Campbell
Boston
Red Cross Drives Victory Book Campaign Through March 15
The Red Cross notes a knitters group adopts a slogan to boost morale and urges book donations to the public library in the Victory Book Campaign closing March 15. Mrs. E K Beane of the War Fund’s women’s division returned from Davenport reporting robust service branch activity.
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E. K. Beane
Davenport
Red Cross
Red Cross war fund nears twenty million in pledges
Red Cross officials report the war fund campaign approaching the $50 million goal with contributions close to $20,000,000 as the drive enters its second month. Nine states report quotas more than half filled, signaling broad support and mounting pledges.
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Red Cross
War Fund
Volunteers Urged Patience As Material Shortage Hits HQ
Volunteers are urged to be patient as production headquarters report a sewing material shortage. New groups seeking supplies are asked to wait until the new quota is received.
Fritz McPartland Named Linn Civilian Defense Office Manager
Fritz McPartland formerly with Cedar Rapids Coca Cola Bottling and once a professional baseball umpire was named Linn County Civilian Defense Office Manager by E. E. Lowe. He begins duties immediately to oversee expanded duties from home defense registration to emergency organization and rationing at Civilian Defense HQ in the American Trust building.
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Civilian Defense Organization
Fritz McPartland
Cedar Rapids
Coca Cola Bottling Company
E. E. Lowe
Linn County
Lowe
McPartland
Defense Office
McPartlan
Civilian Defense
American Trust
South Side Civic Club
Advice From Miss Manners on Dating and Attitude
The column mocks a caustic critic and then answers letters from youths about dating. Advice warns that ridiculing others reflects poorly on the critic, and suggests asking another girl when the first declines. A senior in high school is advised to pursue a different partner and move past a shallow date.
Volunteers Knit Wristlets and Anklets Ahead of Winter
Volunteers who are knitting wristlets and anklets are urged to donate finished items to local shelters and hospitals. Project organizers note the need for warm accessories as cold weather approaches and thank all contributors for their support.
Weekly theater schedule highlights and film listings
The Gazette lists Paramount Keep Em Flying and How Green Was My Valley showings with times. It also notes separate rooms, Swamp Water, Sing Another Chorus, Kisses for Breakfast, Dance Hall, Blonde from Singapore, Son of the Navy and Hullabaloo at local theaters including Palace Rialto Strand Marion with various daily showtimes.
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Walter Pidgeon
Maureen O'Hara
Twentieth Century- Fox
Paramount
Green
My Valley
Sheehy Elected New Chairman of Welfare Bureau
Edward Sheehy Jr was elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce public welfare bureau for 1942 at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon. He succeeds retiring chairman Dr J Max Widmer. He appointed Sumner D Quarion to the executive committee and Howard Horan was named vice chairman.
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Edward Sheehy, Jr
Pubic Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Open Identification Procedure On Axis Aliens
Attorney General Biddle ordered German Italian and Japanese aliens in eight western states to obtain special identification certificates between February 2 and February 7. Nationals in other states must apply between February 9 and February 28. Aliens over 14 must carry an identification card with photo and one fingerprint. Dates for Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to be fixed later.
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Washington
Biddle
United States
Virgin Islands
Porto Rico
Biddie
State Education Board Secretary Granted Leave
M. R. Pierson of Des Moines, secretary of the state board of education, has been granted a leave of absence to accept a position as assistant business manager of Michigan State College. W. S. Rupe of Ames, a board member, announced the action. W. R. Boyd of Cedar Rapids, chairman of the finance committee, was named temporary secretary.
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Des Moines
M. R. Pierson
State Board of Education
Michigan State College
W. S. Rupe
Ames
W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
State Board
Notice of Estate Administration in Linn County Iowa
State of Iowa Linn County Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of March 1942 the undersigned duly qualified administrator of the estate of Laven Hanechild deceased all persons indebted to said estate to make payment and those having claims against the estate to file them authenticated in the office of the Clerk Linn County District Court Guaranty Bank Trust Company Cedar Rapids Iowa administrator Pred W Hann attorney
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Iowa
Linn County
Laven Hanechild
Tate
Linn Ty
Ot Guaranty Wank & Trust Company of
Cedar Rapids
Iown
W Hann
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