Hollywood Poem Rights Sale Spurs Bond Drive for Dover Film
Louella O Parsons reports Hollywood buys the film rights to The White Cliffs of Dover by Ronald Colman while a music version of the poem dominates sales. Clarence Brown commits funds as Oscar season eyes a United Artists release with no cast yet named. Esther Williams gains buzz from underwater scenes with Mickey Rooney as MGM keeps Hardy series. Columbia weighs Lost Horizon re release due to high level backing. Snapshots note Phyllis Ruth and Truman Bradley altar plans, Claudette Colbert weight gain, and Navy ball chatter ahead.
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Donna Reed
Esther Williams
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Paramount Cutie
Truman Bradley
Claudette Colbert
Lucky Gal
Betty Hutton
Sidney Luft
Douglas
Mocambo
Washington
Notice of Appointment Administrator
Notice is given that on May 28, 1942, John J. Wagner was duly appointed administrator of the estate of Mary I. Scheest, deceased, in Linn County Iowa. He requests all indebted persons to pay promptly and all claims to be filed with the Clerk of the Linn County District Court. Stewart Holmes, attorney.
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Linn County
Brit
Mary I. Scheest
Cook County
Ilinois
Iowa
Sohn J. Wagner
U S To Buy Scrap Rubber At 25 Dollars A Ton
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones announced the government will buy scrap rubber in car load lots anywhere in the United States at a flat price of 25 dollars a ton. The program, run by the Rubber Reserve Company, aims to boost collection with a patriotic incentive for collectors.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
United States
Jones
Rubber Reserve Company
No Authorized Strikes in U S Since Pearl Harbor
Dr John R Steelman head of the labor department conciliation service told AFL convention in Chicago there have been no authorized strikes in the United States since Pearl Harbor. He noted time lost in unauthorized strikes amounts to one day per man in 30 years and that average strike length has fallen from about 10 days last year to about two days this year.
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Chicago
John R. Steelman
United States Labor Department Conciliation Service
United States
Pearl Harbor
Steelman
International Upholsterers Union
AFL
On Broadway with Walter Winchell and wartime gaffes
In reflections on John Barrymore and Chaplin, the piece notes interned Jap valet tensions and a German gardener serving Eugenia Flatto for the Gold Star Mothers convention. It recalls a Roosevelt corned beef gesture with embassy cards and a temperance quip about ships and champagne. It ends with Herbert Bayard Swope clock gibe at the Tribune.
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John Barrymore
Charles Chaplin
Eugenia Clair Flatto
Brigade Band at Danceland Sunday
Ace Brigade brings his Virginians to Danceland Sunday night after Cedar Rapids requests. Betty Day is featured songstress. Ace, called the Dean of Modern Music, has led a dance band for 25 years and performed at major venues and networks. Saturday Bennett-Greten and their orchestra will also appear with Bill Norvis as featured singer and tap-dancing star.
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Cedar Rapids
Ace Brigade
Danceland
Betty Day
Modern Music
Ace
Bennett-Greten
Bill Norvis
Eight Letters Awarded to Roosevelt High Rifle Club Members
Eight minor letters were awarded to Roosevelt High School Rifle Club members George Blake Richard Funk Dick Gerber Don Hillmer Lewis Newman Henry Stark John Sweeting and Eugene Taylor. Top marksmen of the year were Henry Stark John Sweeting and
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George Blake
Richard Funk
Dick Gerber
Don Hillmer
Lewis Newman
Henry Stark
John Sweeting
Eugene Taylor
Roosevelt Riflers Sharpshooter and Marksman Honors List
Lewis Newman and Don Hillmer rose from pro marksman to sharpshooter with six bars, through marksman ranks. Ray Field earned sharpshooter. George Blake and Richard Funk were marksman first class. Dick Gerber and Eugene Taylor won pro marksman. Henry Stark earned expert rifleman. Blake Listebarger Newman Hillmer and Taylor were sharpshooters. Lloyd George announced ninth and twelfth place finishes in two national postal matches. Officers named for last semester: Stark president, Newman vice president, Blake treasurer, Gerber secretary.
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Lewis Newman
Don Hillmer
Ray Field
George Blake
Richard Funk
Dick Gerber
Eugene Taylor
Henry Stark
Keith Listebarger
Bill Corbett
Dick Whitney
John Sweeting
Lloyd George
Roosevelt
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William Randolph Hearst
Movie and stage schedules across theaters with refugees figures
The Gazette lists daily showings for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Marion venues with timing details for The Great Man's Lady The Wolf Man The Real Glory It Started with Eve Six Gun Gold Mystery Ship Lady from Louisiana Hold that Ghost Dr Kildare's Victory Tanks a Million and A Gentleman at Heart Also notes the Chinese government estimates 50 million refugees in western Free China.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Joe Sanders
Bill Hickok
Palace
Marion
Free China
Notice of dissolution of Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Southern Construction Co
Notice is hereby given that Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Southern Construction Company, an Iowa corporation, was dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent on May 27, 1942. Sutherland Dows, vice-president. Robt B. Coon, secretary.
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Iowa
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Coon
Community Toy Drive At Paramount Saturday
Cedar Rapids drives to collect dolls and toys at the Paramount theater Saturday at 10 a.m. for Camp Fire girls and local organizations to repair and donate. Toys go to YMCA Appleton groups and the YWCA joins to fix and dress dolls while Hopalong Cassidy and Popeye cartoons entertain.
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Cedar Rapids
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Clarence Paulsen
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President Harrison Liner Salvaged and Moved by Japanese
The United States liner President Harrison has been salvaged by Japanese forces and towed to Shanghai. A traveler saw the big steamer at a wharf listing heavily after running aground before hostilities began last December and subsequent seizure by Japan.
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