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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
2
The item notes changing on screen era attire with no armbands while Lauritz Melchior plans a pop song cameo in Thrill of a Romance. It also reports RKO delaying Albany Night Boat by ten weeks to allow Jack Haley to go overseas.
Louella Parsons notes a rush for thrillers as MGM picks Death in the Doll's House a magazine serial about a doctor and nurse solving a psychological murder Susan Peters as Khasnina Hoseanet leads the cast. Alan Hayward laments ingénue roles while Adol Lamarr showcases period styling in Experiment Perilous revamped to 1820s.
The Internal Revenue Office warns that July brings due dates for many retail merchant taxes and stamps including beer and liquor dealers, uncolored oleomargarine, bowling alleys, coin operated devices, firearms, pleasure boats, and more. Excise taxes for June on cosmetics, furs, jewelry, luggage, energy, telecom, transportation, cabarets, and admissions are due, with holdbacks and social security taxes for April to June also due in July. Capital stock tax becomes delinquent after July 31.
Thursday film times list Paramount The Story of Dr Wassell at 1 35 4 16 6 57 9 38 with short subjects. Iowa Mask of Dimitrios Jam Session. State Four Jills in a Jeep Tunisian Victory Tunisian Victory. Rialto Careful Soft Shoulders Someone to Remember No Time for Love Tarzan's Desert Mystery. Marion The Heavenly Body Three Russian Girls with showings at indicated times.
The government announces a 10 week stenographic training course for women in Des Moines to prepare for work at Wright Field Dayton Ohio. Applicants aged 17 to 34 to 45 who are high school graduates and pass a clerical test are sought. Training pays 130 dollars monthly. post training stenographers earn 146 dollars. No tuition or book fees. Inquiries at window 8 Cedar Rapids Post Office.
The Cedar Rapids Junior Red Cross received a letter from H. S Thorgrimsen at Independence Kansas praising the first batch of 19 occupational tables made by local students. The gift supported recreational and craft programs for service members at several fields including Independence Avenger Grand Island Sedalia and Sweetwater. Soldiers thanked the donors and urged sharing the gratitude with the young makers.
Houston police reported two men were arrested for running a large dice and dominoes rigging scheme. They found more than 1,000 pairs of dice and tools to make the galloping dominoes hop the right way.
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