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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1939
Page
7
Cedar Rapids Raiders beat Clinton 9 to 7 to widen their lead in the Three-Eye league while second-place Springfield fell to Evansville 5 to 2 but stayed within one game. A Sunday 6 o'clock curfew ended a second game tied 1-1, and Decatur sits half a game behind Evansville in fourth.
Springfield Browns pitcher Burck fired a two hit game Sunday against the Evansville Bees but took the loss 5 to 2 as the Browns defense committed four costly errors.
Bloomington fell 8 to 4 as Waterloo pitcher Hale Swanson blanked Moline 3 to 0 in game one of a doubleheader. Moline won the nightcap 6 to 5. Four game set ends Monday with Bloominton at Cedar Rapids and other regional tilts, as clubs prep for northward invasion beginning Tuesday.
The piece explains how atmospheric pressure affects fish biting. In 94 percent of cases fish do not bite when the barometer falls, while rising pressure after a storm triggers activity. Illinois anglers report pike catches triple or quadruple when barometer exceeds 28.55. Consult the barometer and go fishing. the department will answer inquiries with a stamped envelope.
Local net men start the annual city tennis tournament with early rounds in the men's singles. Finals are set for Sunday, August 13, with first rounds by Wednesday and second rounds by Friday. Matches at Kenmore and Coe courts. players urged to contact opponents promptly.
The annual Country Club golf tourney posted pairings in five flights after Johnny Jacobs shot 69 to top scoring with Johnny Vavra at 74 as runnerup. First round matches due by Wednesday with brackets showing players and qualifying scores.
Decorah rallied in the seventh to break a 5–5 deadlock and defeat LeRoy, Minnesota 8 to 7. Orwall, Decorah, and Torgerson of LeRoy homered with two aboard. Earlier, Decorah shut out Lansing at Lansing.
Eastern Iowa league results list multiple teams and players with scattered scores and pairings. Names such as Shaw, Cashman, Meredith, Bloomfield, Gearhart, Kracke appear amid a string of partial scores and unclear city references.
Ossian's ten game winning streak ended as Decorah won 5 to 4 on a five hit performance by Decorah pitcher Amdahl.
Theisen of Iowa Electric Light and Power and Babbitt of La Plant Choate lead the batting race with .476 and .464. Ten-game minimum applies. they meet Wednesday as Reddy Kilowatts defend a half game lead over La Plant. Kilowatts teammates Brown Benedict Klinger also high. Quaker Oats Jim Koch hits .409.
In Vinton a Corn Valley league game went 10 innings with Troy Mills defeating Vinton 9 to 8. Frasier led Troy Mills with three hits while Marvin Stieger and Towne fueled Vinton’s offense with three and two hits respectively. Stieger also homered.
Two Northeast Iowa baseball games went extra innings Sunday. Monona defeated Farmersburg 1 to 0 in the 14th, while St Lucas beat Harpers Ferry 4 to 3 in the 12th. Goltz of Monona allowed five hits. St Olaf upset Prairie du Chien 5 to 2 with Busch homering. Decorah, led by My Anderson, shut out Lansing 3 to 0.
Fred Snite Jr aged 29 arrived in Chicago marking four birthdays since entering an iron lung three years and four months ago. The youth known as the boiler kid drew sympathy from three continents as messages of cheer poured in from well wishers nationwide amid his fight against infantile paralysis.
VAN ALSTYNE Tex AP Residents of six north Texas towns will rely on word of mouth for local news the next two weeks as Russell and Donald Bryant brothers suspend publication of their weekly papers at Howe Tom Bean Anna Princeton Allen and Albany for vacation.
Paramount presents Naughty But Nice with Dick Powell Ann Sheridan Gale Page. Iowa theaters screen Five Came Back Blondie Takes a Vacation. Maisie It Could Happen to You star Robert Young Ann Sothern Stuart Erwin Gloria Stuart. Palace features The Arkansas Traveler The Girl Downstairs. Rialto shows Blondie Meets the Boss and Man from Texas with Tex Ritter.
Louella Parsons reports Ruth Gordon travels to Hollywood to join Raymond Massey in Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Mary Todd. Lillian Gish nears signing to play Mary Todd’s mother in Swiss Family Robinson at RKO opposite Herbert Marshall.
Ette Davis skips a preview of The Old Maid and heads east on a special mission to read three Theater Guild plays for approval. Warners permit a limited stage return this fall while she begins filming We Shall Meet Again with John Garfield after September 1 in Hollywood.
Rumor says Mary Martin will headline Sailor Beware this winter after Lawrence Schwab purchased it from Paramount. The naughty musical comedy was altered for film, but Broadway will keep the original idea. Paramount may remake with Martin. she is under contract and admired for photos and voice.
Hollywood column reviews Lin da Darnell in Hotel for Women noting her natural beauty and amateurish charm. Ann Sothern and John Halliday cited for scene stealing and menace. Debate on Mickey Rooney's Yank At Eton versus Andy Hardy at Eton. potential Hollywood shoots if title chosen. Bill Powell's birthday celebrated on The Thin Man set with Myrna Loy Woody Van Dyke and cast. Powell plans new Thin Man idea likely to be developed by Hammett.
Sam Goldwyn enjoys They Shall Have Music in New York but rails at The Little Foxes price of 25 000 seeking to buy the play’s rights and expressing frustration.
Hollywood gossip notes Barbara Stanwyck to star in a Lillian Hellman project with an original Sascha Guitry manuscript. Simone Simon seeks a comeback via a Guitry film. Betty Grable tours San Francisco with William Stackpoll. Noah Beery to narrate Screen Snapshots birthday reel. Joseph Schildkraut assists his mother during illness. Sessue Hayakawa and Erich von Stroheim to collaborate in Paris.
Rumors swirl around Annabella and Tyrone Power planning a nursery upon returning from Europe. Jack Warner and Dolores Del Rio host a high society birthday party with unprecedented decorations. Cedric Gibbons, William Haines, and Ann Warner transformed a home into a Venetian carnival as cyclamen pink and black set the palette. Notables Joan Fontaine, Alex Steinert, Virginia Pawne, Millicent Zoecel, Bob Ritchie, Olivia de Havilland, Chicago mayor Kelly, and others attend, with bands and tours adding to the scene.
Erich Maria Remarque declines movie bids for his new story. The piece centers on Marlene Dietrich and the film project, signaling rival interests and star power shaping upcoming productions.
Alvis Murray, after police take him to hospital following a street fight, reports $9 missing from his wallet. To keep the remaining money safe, he swallows the last $10, declaring no one will take it.
Twenty Coe College geology students on a five thousand mile tour rested in Jenny Lake Wyoming as they study physiographic features in Teton National Park. Led by Dr. Leonard R. Wilson the party hiked Paintbrush Canyon and Grand Teton peak, with Rudolph Edmund lecturing and accompanying on side trips.
Coe has been well represented in the Teton region this week during a visit to volcanic Idaho areas salt flats in Utah and fossil beds near Wamsuttes Wyoming. Dr and Mrs LeRoy D Weld camp here after touring Lake Louise area near Banff Canada and Glacier National Park in Montana.
Cedar Rapids residents will enjoy four days of watermelon and carnival fun at the Veterans of Foreign Wars event on Twelfth avenue and Fourth street SW. Melon cutting starts at 7 p.m. with a free act at 9 p.m. Gates open 6 p.m. daily. Donald McGregor shows booked as concessions. attractions include a big wheel, pony rides, athletic acts, and more.
A Tuesday noon Cedar Rapids meeting at the Roosevelt hotel will discuss a nationwide campaign to popularize the Lincoln highway for transcontinental motoring. William S. Catlow will preside, with a Cedar Rapids Lincoln Highway Association representative attending.
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