Boris Karloff Shines in Arsenic and Old Lace at Iowa Theater
Boris Karloff stars as Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace, a wacky Cedar Rapids farce praised for its absurd humor and Karloff’s terror mastering performance. The cast includes Ruth McDevitt Jean Adair Jack Whiting and Malcolm Lee Beggs. the revival attracts a sellout crowd and highlights Karloff’s stage presence and wit.
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Boris Earlory
Joseph Kesselring
Iowa Oper Brewster
Ruth Mee
Dreee
Ee Marston Y Brewster
Pilan
Martha Brewster
Sonete Igus
Imer Brewster
Whiting
John Beck
Gibbs Poy
dJconathen Brewster
Boris Karioff
Einstein
Henry Sherwicer O'Hare
Donald Meston
Rooney
Victor Sutherla
Witherspoon
Ashley Cooper
Bie
Hall of Fame
Iowa Theater
Boris Karloff
Eric von Stroheim
Stroheim
Karloff
Abby
Teddy Brewster
Theodore Roosevelt
Jonathan Brewster
Laura Hope Crews
Ruth McDevitt
Jean Adair
Brewster
Teddy
Malcolm Lee Beggs
San Juan Hill
Cedar Rapids
Waste Paper Drive Urges War Work In Daily Life
Community appeal requests residents to place waste paper in school or fire station receptacles. Call 3 2601 for OCD truck pickup if enough material is amassed. volunteers coordinate collection to support wartime production.
Who pays for whose pension under security plan
Washington dispatch analyzes the 1944 social security freeze and the broader questions it raises. It details who ultimately bears the cost of benefits, the treasury’s bonds, and the potential impact on taxpayers if payroll taxes rise or subsidies are used. It also notes projections through 1980 and the positions of A. J. Altmeyer, Senator Vandenberg, and Senator Murray.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
A. J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
House
Ways and Means Committee
Altmeyer
Social Security Trust Fund
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Murray
D-Mont
Polish Underground Prepares for Allied Breakthrough in Poland
In London exiled leader Wojciech Bielak says the Polish underground is organized and ready for action once Allied forces open a new European front. They seek more arms, plan sabotage, and vow harsh measures against traitors while praising Allied leverage and describing German morale and occupation conditions in Poland.
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Wojciech Bielak
Polish Peasant Party
London
Germany
INS
Europe
Eisenhower
Gestapo
Kierownictwo Walki Podziemmer
Warsaw
Poland
Oswiecim
Berlin
Hamburg
Ruhr
Clyde Lucas Band At Danceland Ballroom Thursday Evening
Clyde Lucas and his California Dons featuring Patricia Ross and Paul Lewis perform at Danceland ballroom after Roseland in New York. Lucas, famed marimba artist, leads a versatile crew with past vocalists and TV transcriptions. George Olsen plans a late January engagement.
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Clyde Lucas
California
Patricia Ross
Paul Lewis
Danceland Ballroom
Roseland Ballroom
New York
Lucas
Francis Langford
Martha Raye
Ethel Merman
George Olsen
Danceland
Indicted Man Dies By Jump From 14-Story Building
John Edward Wilson 58 faces charges of conspiring to help Gert Hans von Gontard evade selective service. He jumped to his death Monday night, his body found on the roof of a second building next to local draft board 20 where he once worked as a clerk.
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New York
LLP
John Edward Wilson
Gert Hans von Gontard
Adolphus Busch Brewery
Draft Board 20
Salome-Where She Dances title set for Wanger film
Hollywood gossip notes Walter Wanger plans Salome-Where She Dances as the next movie title with Laurence Stallings writing the screenplay. Also updates on Abbott Costello film schedule at MGM and Universal, Rose Stradner testing for Keys of the Kingdom, and Rita Hayworth’s future with Columbia.
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Hollywood
INS
Salome
Arizona
Laurence Stallings
Stallings
Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
DU Costello
Bud Abbott
M-G-M
Harum Scarum
Lou
Universal
Abbot and Costello
Ose Stradner
Maria Veronica
Miss Stradner
Vienna
Joe Mankiewicz
Joe
Rose
Lumbia
George Abbott
F. Hugh Herbert
Columbia
Rita Hayworth
Evening Showtimes at Local Theaters
Tuesday listings from Paramount, Iowa, State and others show film blocks with top features such as Girl Crazy and What a Woman alongside serials and shorts. Additional venues include Palace Rialto Strand and Marion with varied start times around the afternoon to late evening.
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Palace
Rialto
Strand
Marion
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