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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1941
Page
21
Albert E Wiggam discusses national loyalty across genders noting immigrants reveal women forsake nationality more readily than men to pursue husbands and children. He also argues humorists who speak seriously are often disbelieved unless they couple wit with gravitas.
The American Machinist estimates three nations lead in aircraft production. World output around 8 000 planes monthly with Germany 2 500, Russia 2 000, Britain 1 800, United States 1 500, Japan 300, and Italy negligible.
At Iowa theaters the slate features Bad Men of Missouri with Wayne Morris and Jane Wyman, Blondie in Society starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake, They Met in Bombay with Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell, Power Dive with Richard Arlen and Jean Parker, Thieves Fall Out with Eddie Albert, Virginia with Madeleine Carroll, Sleepers West with Lloyd Nolan, Boy Friend with Jane Withers, and Reaching for the Sun with Joel McCrea and Filene Drew plus Calling All Husbands as a Marion feature.
Three members of the Ash family from Chicago were killed when their boat capsized at Camp Lake in Kenosha Wisconsin during a sudden wind storm. Matthew Ash age 31 his wife Bridget 30 and their son Matthew age 2 died in the accident.
Louella O Parsons reports Paul Muni being offered the lead in a Gompers biography for RKO to be directed by William Dieterle. The piece notes Gompers’s AFL presidency, his wartime work, and his death after a Mexico to Texas journey. It also covers industry prep, casting, and other Hollywood moves amid war.
Kay Aldridge and John Swope share a moment while Nick Grinde recovers at Queen of Angels after surgery. Doris Davenport loses weight to restart her screen career amid divorce from Garland Weaver. Virginia Wertheimer seeks divorce from Lew Wertheimer in New Jersey. Al Newman conducts at the Hollywood Bowl with Herbert Marshalls and guests including Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda. Gloria Dickson and the former Mrs Perc Westmore headline as a future bride of Ralph Murphy. Mrs Lew Fields relocates east with daughter Dorothy. Lew’s passing saddens friends. his book with Joe Weber could be reissued. Mrs Ronald Colman hosts a luncheon for Lady Halifax.
A quiz explains that stamps do not become a bond until exchanged for a bond and that stamps bear no interest until bonded. It argues children should buy stamps to add their names to a Roll of Honor showing support for liberty and directs readers to post offices banks or the U S treasurer for order forms.
A stream of lighthearted show business vignettes follows stars and insiders. James Stewart deflects sunburn by flipping an overseas cap while Frank Fay recalls Palace glory and Ray Block muses on critics. Sergt York comments on Gary Cooper and a radio comic seeks a solo show amid industry jabs.
The Elks hold a jamboree at Thornwood ballroom Monday night replacing the annual picnic. Benny Meroff and his orchestra present Funz a Fire with dancing starting at 7 30 p.m. A free smorgasbord is at 12 30 a.m. Advance price is $1 per couple, $1 50 at door.
President Roosevelt told a press conference that a proposed 50 percent cut in automobile and refrigeration production would mean substitution rather than curtailment of work. The statement frames cuts as reallocations, not losses, in employment.
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