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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1940
Page
13
The piece highlights Trudie Manners as friendly and considerate. She makes peers feel comfortable and earns praise from both boys and girls as well as older adults. Her approach yields many companionable friends and a welcoming social place.
A reader asks how to handle a boy who asks for dates to go skating while she cannot skate. The response suggests either learning to skate or being honest about not wanting to go. It notes he may enjoy teaching and that trying to learn shows genuine interest, or she can practice alone to gain basic skating ability.
Some persons regard the king cobra as the most dangerous of all wild creatures now inhabiting the earth. It lives in the Indo Malayan area and its main food is other snakes.
The piece praises Edward G. Robinson for his Ehrlich performance and predicts studio title changes for The Story of Doctor Ehrlich. It notes Robinson’s artistry rivaling Muni and Tracy, upcoming This Man Reuter project, and Hal Wallis involvement with European rights and scripting by Valentine Williams. It also mentions Glamour Girls and Linda Darnell’s oversized feet for Grauman’s theater tribute.
Cinema chatter links Sid Grauman to a guest appearance with Linda and John Payne as 20th Century Fox promotes its stars. Greta Garbo travels to New York then Miami with plans to film in Florida while Quo Vadis advances to technicolor with Hunt Stromberg and Leonard.
Ileanna and Stan Laurel's estranged bride with Lew Brice mix at Maxie's. Phyllis Brooks with Freddie Brisson. Ann Morrison dines with Eddie Martin at the Trec. Edwina Mandel sick with flu. Errol Flynn returns from New York and requests Sea Hawk script on arrival. Claudette Colbert uses carmine tipped cigars to hold lipstick. Fred Perry and Helen Vinson lunch at Delhaven. Jimmie Stewart flies to Kansas City for a new plane. Joan Crawford convalesces after flu. Mickey Rooney delights Victor Hugo guests by leading the band. Jean O'Donnell seen dining at Sardi's with Mack Gray. Vivien Leigh's stand in.
The poem portrays a plainspoken, sober working man trusted by neighbors. He works for wages, minds his business, and lives modestly from church to lodging, reflecting a national ideal of hard work and quiet virtue.
Royal Coal Co advertisement requests prompt service for coal orders in the Want Ad section. It promotes quick delivery and contact options for customers seeking home heating fuel. The notice targets residents needing immediate coal supply and outlines ordering steps.
Uncle Wiggily guides Sammie Littletail Billie Wagtail and other animal boys on Rangi the caribou as they visit homes then reach Uncle Wiggily's hollow bungalow. Nurse Jane and Mrs Longears vanish suddenly leaving the scene puzzled amid snowy woods.
A quirky meditation on progress and patience recounts Uncle Wiggily sitting down while warnings about forcing entry are floated. The piece blends humorous asides with lessons on handling challenges and sticking to sensible methods.
Theaters schedule various film pairings with stars Pat O'Brien and Olympe Bradna in The Honeymoon's Over at Paramount. Iowa listings feature Cary Grant and Rosa Lind Russell in His Girl Friday alongside Jane Wyman and Dick Foran in Private Detective. Other cities show Geraldine Fitzgerald and Jeffrey Lynn in A Child is Born. Henry Goes Arizona with Frank Morgan and Virginia Weidler. Ginger Rogers in Fifth Avenue Girl. Strongs in Stronger Than Desire. Rialto presents She Married A Cop with Phil Regan and Jean Parker and Forgotten Woman with Sigrid Gurie. Strand screens Kiatovsti Dra gouni.
Notice of renewed and amended Articles of Incorporation under the 1935 Iowa Code for Big Four Realty Company. Principal business in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, authorized capital of $10,000, term twenty years. A C Stewart presidents. C S Krause vice president. H E Pfeiffer secretary treasurer. directors named.
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