Jack Benny to star in three films this year
Hollywood column reports Jack Benny will make three pictures in 1942 including George Washington Slept Here and To Be or Not to Be with Warner Bros. Jerry Wald and Jack Saper to produce George Washington Slept Here in late spring. The piece also notes Mary Benny’s illness and various Hollywood gossip items.
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Ollywood
INS
Jack Benny
Warners
George Washington
George Kaufman
Moss Hart
Jack
Carole Lamberd
Jerry Wald
Jack Saper
Mary Benny
Mary
Federal tax exemptions for life insurance and other payments
The text lists items exempt from federal income tax including life insurance proceeds paid on death, amounts not exceeding premiums, annuities with exceptions, gifts and bequests, government obligations, and workers compensation. It details taxable portions and special exclusions under annuities and federal acts through 1941.
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United States
District of Columbia
Act of Congress
United
Doctor's Olive Tablets Aimed At Liver Bile Stimulation
An advert claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets stimulate liver bile flow to relieve constipation headaches and a general “hails alive” feeling. The copy urges readers to try the remedy for better health and digestion.
Midwest Mission to Lepers Speaker at Coe Chapel
Miss Lulu D. Ervin, Midwest secretary of the American Mission to Lepers, will speak Thursday morning in Coe chapel. She will show slides and moving pictures, and has visited leprosy patients at a U S Marine hospital.
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Midwest
Coe Chapel
Lulu D. Ervin
American Mission To
Miss Ervin
New York
United States Marine Hospital
Chicago
Chute-Ski Troops Trained Near Salt Lake City
The army announced it is training parachute and ski troops in the mountains near Salt Lake City. Parachutists will jump from large transport planes with ski equipment, guided by ski instructors led by Dick Durrance and Walter Prager.
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Salt Lake City
Dick Durrance
Dartmouth
Walter Prager
Evening Movie Clockboard Listings
The schedule lists showtimes for Paramount Theatres Rise and Shine The Perfect Snob Iowa Ball of Fire A Date with the Falcon State You're in the Army Now Glamour Boy Palace One Foot in Heaven Last of the Duanes Rialto You Belong to Me Babies for Sale STRAND Dr Kildare's Crisis Her First Romance TIMES Charlie Chan in Rio Blonde from Reno MARION Wild Geese Calling That Uncertain Feeling
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Iowa
Falcon
Palace
Heaven
Strand
Charlie Chan
Rio
Marion
Executor Notice in Linn County Probate
1942 notice identifies BE Cohn estate in Linn County. The duly qualified executor requests all indebted persons to pay immediately and references the Clerk of Linn County and the law firm Grimm Elliott Shuttleworth and Inger as attorneys.
British charge claims Axis sunk Navemar off Portugal
Admiralty communique on Wednesday said Axis submarines sank the Spanish steamship Navemar, 5,400 tons, off the Portuguese coast with 48 crew lost. It denied British or Allied submarine involvement and warned the attack could aim to sever Spain from Atlantic trade.
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London
Admiralty
Axis
Spain
Atlantic
Pravda Warns Japan Against Premature Victory
Moscow based Pravda denounces Japan for overconfidence after early gains in Asia. It accuses Japanese papers of publishing maps redefining the Greater East Asia sphere with Formosa at the center and warns against underestimating Soviet strength.
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Pravda
Communist Party
Japan
Greater East Asia
Siberia
Australia
Formosa
Soviet Union
Federal Revenue and Social Security Offices Adopt 44-Hour Week
The Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Board impose a 44 hour workweek to handle heavy tax volumes and wartime policy. Cedar Rapids office hours shift to 8 am to 5 pm, Saturdays 8 am to 12 pm. Local post office hours remain unchanged.
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Federal Internal Revenue Department
Cedar Rapids
Social Security Board
Federal Building
Wife Seeks Divorce From Man Living In Henhouse
Mrs. Willis C. Rhodes of Amesbury testified in probate court that her husband converted their henhouse into a one room shack 14 years ago and has lived there since. Her desertion plea was under advisement Tuesday.
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Newburyport
Mass
Willis C. Rhodes
Amesbury
Alfred Vanderbilt Divorce Settled Over One Million
Walter Winchell notes Alfred G. Vanderbilt divorce settlement will exceed 1,000,000. Joan Edwards elopes to Greenwich with Prof Warnen's concert master. Jim Tully recovering from heart attack. Greta may switch studios triggering major lawsuit. News items include TV radio updates and showbiz moves.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Joan Edwards
Tallulah
Mickey Seeks Every Detail for Happy American Home
Mickey stated the goal of supplying all items that accompany a happy American home. He emphasized full assortment and quality to match domestic life expectations.
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Mickey
Bohemian Savings and Loan Marks Fifty Year Anniversary
Bohemian Savings and Loan observes its fiftieth anniversary with founders heirs to ownership including Sykora Bednar and Soukup. On January 1 1942 assets totaled 1 661 534 62 with most tied to first mortgage loans. Current officers include Suchomel Rompotl Urban Ur ban Klinsky Kubicek Kubovec Hrbek Fikeis and Kubik.
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Yes
Bohemian Sa
Lav Sykora
Karel Bednar
J Renchin
Frank Soukup
Thomas Suchomel
John V. Rompotl
Joseph Urban
Joseph Klinsky
Fred H. Kubicek
Vinc Kubovec
Jan J. Hrbek
Average U.S. Woman Found Heavy for Height in Survey
Washington report from the Agriculture Department Bureau of Home Economics states that the typical American woman is five feet three inches tall and 133 pounds with a thick waist and hips. The study analyzed 14,698 women across seven states and the District of Columbia to reflect about 40 million white women over 18.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
District of Columbia
DOA
Bureau of Home Economics
Idealized American Woman Standards Compared With Reality
The text contrasts a 35.62 inch bust 29.15 inch waist and 38.82 inch hips with the ideal 34 bust 25 waist and 35 hip for a five foot six inch, 122 pound woman, highlighting the gap between myth and average measurements.
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