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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1941

Page

3

Warner Plans Short Feature Of Monte Carlo Ballet

Hollywood gossip notes Warner plans a three reel technicolor ballet short with S Hurok to accompany a July 29 Hollywood Bowl opening. Filmed angles feature ballet stars performing Ca pricco Pagnol Galle Parisienne The Blue Danube for wider cinema reach.

Warner Monte Carlo Ollywood INS Jack Warner Ballet de Russe S. Hurok Famous Ballet Hollywood Bowl Galle Parisienne The New Yorker Warners

Amateur Contest Added to All-Iowa Fair Children’s Day

The All-I Iowa fair expands its Children’s day program with an amateur contest for 15 and under entrants. Sponored by WMT, auditions run 9 am to noon on Monday Aug 11. Six top acts win cash prizes and will be featured at the grandstand and on WMT radio.

Iowa WMT Moore The Fair Association W. H. Wenkstern Danceland Wenkstern Wit Thoma Mid-West Bobby Griggs Gene Pieper Larry Herman Court Hussey Wenkstein

Notable Chatted Pieces Spark Talk of Luck and Changes

Charlies Laughton comments on a new project while expressing superstition. Fontaine reportedly gains ten pounds. Brian Aherne notes a Tahiti trip improved her appearance, suggesting a shift in public interest.

Charlies Laughton Ae Bee Fontaine Brian Aherne Tahiti

Evening Film Schedule From Theaters

The Gazette lists today’s showtimes for Towa Paramount State Palace Rialto and Marion. Titles include Bad Men of Missouri Blondie in Society They Met in Bombay That Hamilton Woman The Great McGinty Melod y for Three Boy Friend Chasing Danger Calling All Husbands Reaching for the Sun with multiple daily screenings at each venue.

Gazette TOWA Missouri Blondie Paramount Bombay Paramount Novelties Hamilton Palace McGinty Rialto Marion

Broadway Gossip and Showbiz Notes From A Night On The Town

Walter Winchell’s column highlights Dorothy Stickney and H Lindsay at Life With Father events along with Ted Lewis earning $5,000 weekly and James J Walker’s renewed health. Lee Shubert clashes with a critic he barred, while Charlie Butterworth joins summer stock and earns $1,300 weekly. Bernt Balchen discusses bombers, Allen in Our Alley quotes a Hollywood art tale, and a Roadway Novelette recalls Theater life and resilience. Edna Hibbard and partner perform quirky acts. Berlin Diary by Shirer sells well. Sousa rumor swirls amid Musicians Union chatter. Ramon Navarro seeks romantic build in NY clubs.

Dorothy Stickney H. Lindsay Ted Lewis James J. Walker Lee Shubert Shubert 53Rd Street IL Shirer Berlin San Francisco Tony de Marco Sally Cravens Musicians’ Union John Philip Sousa Our ‘NaVy Ramon Navarro Ramon N. Y

Registered men reach twenty first birthday in second draft

Selective Service Headquarters reported that 764 490 men who had turned 21 registered for the draft in the second registration held on July 1 in the United States and possessions.

Washington Selective Service United States

Cocking Warns of Threat to Democracy in State and Nation

Walter D. Cocking, former University of Georgia educator, told Griffin Kiwanis club that democracy faces danger both in Georgia and across the nation. He warned that a small group, fueled by ignorance and prejudice, could seize power through despotism and tyranny.

Cocking Griffin, Ga Walter D. Cocking University of Georgia Dr. Cocking Manchester Georgia Griffin Kiwanis Club Ee Ee oSey

Georgia dean ousted over racial coeducation stance

The University of Georgia removed Dean Cocking from his post after Governor Eugene Talmadge accused him of supporting racial co education. The board of regents acted recently amid controversy over desegregation and fair play in academia.

Cocking University of Georgia School of Education Board of Regents Eugene Talmadge

Anson Weeks Orchestra At Swisher Thursday

The Anson Weeks Orchestra performs at Swisher Pavilion Thursday night. Weeks leads a act famed from San Francisco hotels like Mark Hopkins and New York venues such as Waldorf Astoria and Roosevelt, with songs including Im Sorry Dear and New Moon.

Sacaitien Swisher Pavilion Weeks Mark Hopking San Francisco Waldorf-Astoria St. Regis and Roosevelt New York Edgewater Beach Stevens Aragon and Trianon Chicago

Write Him About That Employe In Service

Washington AP reports defense manufacturers seeking release of former employees from military service should contact Robert P. Patterson under-secretary of war. A War Department statement said to write Patterson to request reinstatement for factory operations.

Washington (Ap Robert P. Patterson War Department

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