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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1932
Page
11
Frank Buck and his live animal repertoire premiere a feature and lecture filmed on location. A Royal Bengal tiger battles a thirty foot python while a water buffalo, crocodile, and water python fight. Paramount adds A Night in the Tropics with native dancing. Five daily showings begin at 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:50 and 9:55.
Joan Bennett stars in Week Ends Only at the State theater portraying a society debutante who becomes a week end companion to wealthy hosts after becoming penniless. She falls for an artist while facing a class conflict with a millionaire's entanglements as comedy and romance unfold. Ben Lyon and John Halliday lead supporting roles alongside Torchy comedy and a Tom and Jerry short.
The Paramount shows Stuart Erwin and Joan Blon in Make Me a Star and Week Ends Only. The Rialto features Winnie Lightner and Charles Butterworth in Manhattan Parade.
Belle Plaine officers were installed for the ensuing year at Lodge No. 151 1.C.C.F. Fred Kithcart N.G. B L Olds V.G. O F Engeland ward en Cc B Sutton conductor W Z Twogood I G 3 Ww Rucker O A CG Srey R 8 N G ay N o J A Dyke R Wallace Kithcart L B g fs Arthur ae chaplain Henry Sever in R 8 S Peter Thuesen L S 8S
An entry form for a talent contest at the Paramount theater Cedar Rapids seeks a personality to play "The Panther Woman" in "The Island Of Lost Souls." Entrants must submit a photograph with the filled blank, signed by entrant and sponsor, and mail it to the Paramount theater by the specified Saturday deadline.
Paramount Studios and The Cedar Rapids Gazette launch a nationwide screen contest in Cedar Rapids. Entrants aged 17 to 30 submit a photo and entry blank by July 30 for a five week contract at 206 dollars and a shot at testing for the Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls.
In a Boston Whist Club rematch a Grand Slam was pursued with a Vienna Coup squeeze. The hand showed a heart contract aided by careful endplay and discards, illustrating risky bidding and flawless play in match point duplicate bridge.
C T Phillips of Chicago spoke to 32 Colonial Baking Co employees at the Hotel Roosevelt highlighting dangerous driving habits. He warned about entering from the left side, passing on hills, leaving without signaling, and improper left or wide right turns, citing potential serious accidents. The talk was arranged by Colonial at Cedar Rapids.
Springfield reports Ozark farmers complain bees return home seemingly intoxicated from mash dumped by nearby stills. Beekeepers note the alcohol taste taints honey though bees’ flight remains erratic rather than dangerous.
The board of supervisors formed two road districts Tuesday afternoon. One district in Boulder township runs 3.25 miles and the other spans Jackson and Spring Grove townships at 6.6 miles. Part of a three year county road improvement program, the first district had no opponents while several property owners blocked the second. Work awaits a committee report on surfacing options.
Tama Mike George is held in the county jail in Toled o after his arrest by Sheriff Harris for questioning about a jewelry theft from the Blythe home in Tama. Stolen items include a wrist watch four rings a cameo pin and a pearl necklace. A woman who lives on a nearby farm said George had given her the watch. He claimed he bought the items from a shady dealer and that some rings were hidden on a farm. He said one ring was recovered at a John See home.
A quoted line from George Benson cautions that disillusionment will overwhelm a man who expects friends to meet his personal standards. The aphorism contrasts idealism with social disappointment.
The report states George Hegardt found a pearl and a cameo pin hidden in straw near a barn. He also located a tied necklace and handkerchief in the straw. The cameo pin had not been found as of Monday.
SEYMOUR Missouri UP report Fred Green a rural mail carrier on his bicycle waved to a friend who pointed at his wheel. A five foot Blue Racer snake had coiled around the tire and offered stiff resistance before Green managed to dislodge it.
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