Benny to star in three films this year with Warners
Jack Benny plans three movies this year two for Warner Bros and one for his own project The History of Mr Polly adaptation by H G Wells with Charles Laughton is in play while Wells and Laughton discuss the project Also Benys Mary Benny improves from illness and other Hollywood notes mention Ann Sheridan Gene Tierney Eddie Albert and Lana Turner at social events plus tax exemptions for veterans families and ministers.
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George Washington
George Kaufman
Moss Hart
Jack
Carole Lombard
Jerry Ward
Jack Saper
Mary Benny
Mary
Jack Benny
H. G. Wells
Mr. Polly
Charles Laughton
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Laughton
George Bernard Shaw
Katherine Correll
Steen
Harvard Lampoon
Ann Sheridan
King's Row
Gene Tierney
Gene
Honky Tonk
M-G-M
Hollywood
Eddie Albert
Carmelita Consuelo
Nancy Kelly
Robert Sterling
Billie Burke
Cecilia Burke Stephenson
Pat Ziegfeld
William Stephenson
Lana Turner
Palladium
Tommy Dorsey
Exemptions From Income Tax On Insurance and Pensions
The text outlines items exempt from federal income tax including life insurance proceeds paid on the insured's death and amounts not exceeding premiums, annuities rules, gifts and bequests, state and U.S. obligations, certain accident or health insurance damages, and veterans' pensions and compensation. Annuity excess over 3 percent of premiums is tax free until covered amount matches premiums.
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District of Columbia
United States
United
Doctor's Olive Tablets Promise Quick Liver Bile Boost
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural remedy to stimulate liver bile flow and ease constipation. The copy claims daily use improves digestion and energy, phrased in period promotional language.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Midwest Mission Secretary To Speak At Gee Chapel
Miss Lulu D. Ervin midwest secretary of the American Mission to Lepers will speak Thursday morning in Coe chapel. She will use slides and moving pictures. Ervin has worked with New York and midwest offices and visited the United States Marine hospital where leprosy patients are treated. She often speaks to schools and churches and has hosted a morning radio program six days a week in Chicago titled Christianity in Action.
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Lulu D. Ervin
Midwest
American Mission To
Coe Chapel
Miss Ervin
New York
United States Marine Hospital
Chicago
Parachute Ski Troops Trained Near Salt Lake City
The U S Army disclosed training of para ski troops in the mountains near Salt Lake City. Troops will be dropped 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
Cinema Schedule Promos List Daily Showings
The Gazette lists today’s film times across theaters Paramount and State and IOWA Palace Rialto Strand Marion and Times in alphabetical order. Titles include Rise and Shine The Perfect Snob Ball of Fire A Date with the Falcon Youre in the Army Now Glamour Boy One Foot in Heaven Last of the Duanes You Belong to Me Babies for Sale Dr Kildares Crisis Her First Romance Charlie Chan in Rio Blonde from Singapore Wild Geese Calling That Uncertain Feeling with multiple daily showings.
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Paramount
Rise and Shine
Iowa
Falcon
Heaven
Rio
Singapore
Notice of Executor Appointment in Linn County Iowa
On January 13 1942 Nathan C Executor of the estate of FE Cohn deceased Linn County Iowa was duly appointed and qualified All debts should be paid to the undersigned and all claims filed in the Linn County District Court Clerk office with authentication The law firm Grimm Elcott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll represents the executor
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State of Iowa
Linn County
FE. Cohn
Iowa
Nathan C
Grimm, Elcott
British charge Axis sank Spanish ship Navemar off Portugal
London reports an admiralty communique says Axis submarines sank the Navemar 5 400 tons off the Portuguese coast with 38 crew lost, while Axis broadcasts blamed Britain. The Navemar carried wheat to Switzerland and supplies to Spain from New York, earning the moniker horror ship after prior refugee deaths.
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Admiralty
Britain
Spain
Atlantic
The
Navemar
New York
Switzerland
Bermuda
Pravda Attacks Japan Over Premature Pride
Moscow report notes Pravda denounces Japanese celebration of early gains in World War II. It criticizes maps showing Greater East Asia influence and warns against underestimating Soviet strength, urging Japanese journalists to study German and Soviet outcomes.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Japan
Greater East Asia
Siberia
Australia
Formosa
Soviet Union
Revenue Staff Adopts 44-Hour Week In War Effort
Federal revenue offices shift to a 44 hour week to handle heavy income tax volume and meet wartime work policy. Cedar Rapids office opens 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to noon Saturdays. local office previously 39 hours. Social Security at the federal building follows the same hours. post office hours stay the same.
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Federal Internal Revenue Department
Cedar Rapids
Social Security Board
Federal Building
Husband Converts Henhouse to One Room Shack
Mrs. Willis C. Rhodes of Amesbury seeks a divorce in Newburyport probate court stating her husband moved into a henhouse 14 years ago and has lived there since. Her desertion plea remains under advisement.
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Newburyport
Mass
Willis C. Rhodes
Amesbury
Alfred Vanderbilt divorce settlement tops rumors in New York
Walter Winchell notes the Alfred G. Vanderbilt divorce may exceed 1 million dollars and potential lawsuits if Greta deserts MGM for Warners. Other items include Joan Edwards eloping, Jim Tully recovering from a heart attack, and various entertainment notes.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Joan Edwards
Tallulah
Mickey Voices Rallying Cry for a Happy American Home
Mickey expresses a desire to provide all comforts that accompany a traditional American home. The remark frames a broad program of domestic prosperity and values.
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Mickey
Bohemian Savings and Loan Marks 50 Years of Service
Bohemian Savings and Loan Association at 419 Third Street SE observes its fiftieth anniversary. Founded by local residents to aid home ownership, the group lists its early officers and notes 1942 assets of 1 661 534.02 with most funds in first mortgage loans. Present officers include Suchomel as president and Rompotl as secretary among a slate of directors.
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Third Street
Jan Petrovitsky
A. Cypra
Frank Vitouselk
Vaclav Sykora
Karel Bednar
Joseph Renchin
Frank Soukup
Average U S Woman Found Heavy For Height in DOA Study
Washington report from the agriculture department notes a DOA science survey of 14,698 women across seven states and D C finds the average American woman is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs about 133 1/4 pounds with a thick waist and hips. The study covers 40 million white women over 18 and labels the typical profile as short and dumpy.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
District of Columbia
DOA
Bureau of Home Economies
Measuring beauty standards in postwar America
A derivative look at body measurements mocks the era's beauty ideal, noting a five foot six inch, 122 pound standard with 34 bust 25 waist 35 hip. The piece contrasts the ideal with real figures as it also reports the army purchasing 1.5 million pounds of turkey for Thanksgiving.
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