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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1944
Page
3
Garbo declines to star in a Norwegian war tale The Women of the Sea saying the script needs her approval and she cannot participate The note is verified by Leland Hayward Garbo's manager Also mentions Bergen and Cohan other Hollywood items include Edgar Bergen marriage tease Nagel return and Fontaine at canteen events
Paramount presents The Story of Dr Wassell with multiple daily showings. Iowa offers Days of Glory Seven Days Ashore Tunisian Victory and more. Palace screens Song of Russia College Swing. Rialto shows Guns of the Pecos Man in the Trunk. Times offers No Time for Love Tarzan Desert Mystery. Marion features It Happened Tomorrow and Spider Woman.
Acting Secretary of War Patterson announced a tally of 21 850 Japanese dead counted by the Allies in seven Pacific areas. The breakdown included Biak 3 055 Maffin Bay 2 879 Hollandia 3 570 Aitape with figures continuing for other locations.
A wartime briefing item cites 1 109 and 3 793 as figures for Admiralties and Noemfoor with recent landings at Bougainville 7 330. It notes these totals exclude Japanese dead in New Guinea New Britain and Central Pacific islands where Saipan alone exceeds 7 300.
Eddie Stone and his orchestra from the Aragon ballroom in Chicago arrives in Cedar Rapids to broadcast on WGN. Harriett Collins and Al Reeves provide vocals with trumpet, joined by the Sweethearts of the String instrumental trio for Tuesday evening.
At the State heater the program pairs Four Jills in a Jeep with Tunisian Victory. Four Jills follows Kay Francis and co stars on a WWII overseas tour through camps and combat, while Tunisian Victory documents Allied offensives with real footage and maps. Also notes building permit actions, a police appointment, and city water works report for June.
The council referred a request from St. John's Syrian Orthodox Church to vacate part of Seventeenth Street SE so it can place a fence curb and gutter and set a cemetery boundary. A June police court total of 2 601 30 was recorded with 2099 in fines and 387 50 in fees. An auctioneer license was granted to Harmon A Broncel of Briggsville Wisconsin pending bond. A sanitary sewer petition on First Street NW from K Avenue to L Avenue was filed and a rezoning objection on A Avenue NW to Johnson Avenue was referred to the City Plan Commission.
Mexican Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla arrived in Washington for a six day official visit, accompanied by his wife and economic experts, signaling high level talks between Mexico and the United States.
Frank Todaro offered a free taxi ride to anyone buying a $100 war bond in New York. His scheme has sold 71 bonds, with only five purchasers accepting a free ride within city limits. Todaro, born in Palermo Sicily, has three sons serving in the army.
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