Admirers push Paul Muni in bold new gangster role
Louella Parsons notes fervent Paul Muni fans defend his performance and anticipate his unusual gangster lead in Angel On My Shoulder with Manda Daine Raine. Rise Stevens plans a Hollywood tunes show this summer replacing Information Please starting July 2 with leads Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin.
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Paul Muni
Sinatra
Bobby
Eish Manda Daine Raine
Rise Stevens
Hollywood
Rise
Jerome Kern
Irving Berlin
Leo Forbstein
Oscar Hammerstein
Dick Rodgers
Fifteen Navy Men and Two Waves Killed in Plane Crash
A transport plane exploded and crashed at Oakridge near Vicksburg Mississippi killing fifteen Navy men and two Waves. Major Albert V Lowe of Jackson army air base said officials reached the scene but details and base association were unavailable. One Navy lieutenant survived and remained in serious condition at a Vicksburg hospital.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Oakridge
Here
Albert V. Lowe
Jackson Army Air Base
Kin Advised Not to Meet G I s at Port
Washington AP The Office of Defense Transportation advised wives sweethearts and families not to make futile trips to meet returning servicemen at eastern ports of debarkation. Soldiers move on to scattered personnel centers about 24 hours after arrival and will have no leave. relatives will not be permitted to visit or call or mail.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Mexican Army Typist Wins 120 WPM Challenge
In Denver AP report Sgt Hector Felipe Jiminez Rubio of the Mexican army, attached to Lowry Field, claimed the Typewriter Tornado title by typing 120 words per minute in English a language he cannot read. He enjoys the assignment but jokes about English verbs and his K P duties.
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Denver
Hector Felipe Jiminez Rubio
Lowryfield
City Hall Notes on Beer Permits and Refunding
The city council accepted surrender of a class B beer permit held by S. B. and Edith McFarlen of 700 A avenue NE and granted a $150 refund for the unused portion. It issued a class B permit to H. J. McElroy at the same address and referred a Cedar Rapids Tire Service curb cut request at 728 Third street SE to the traffic and engineering departments.
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S. B
Edith McFarlen
A Avenue NE
H. J. McElroy
Cedar Rapids Tire Service
Third Street
Traffic Department
Engineering Department
Bridegroom Mishap Repaired by Court Order
Weldon Owens signed as witness but became groom by mistake. A district court order allowed the county clerk to correct the error and record him properly as groom.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Weldon Owens
Czechs Seek German Kladsko District Annexation
The Czechoslovak government said it would seek Allied support to annex the Kladsko district in the Sudeten mountains, about 50 miles southwest of Breslau. Dr Vladov Clementis stated Czech troops would move in to secure the area, noting Kladsko was incorporated into the Reich after earlier aggression.
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London
Kladsko
Gladz
Sudeten Mountains
Breslau
Prague
Vladov Clémentis
Clements
Reich
Bohemia
Seeds Of Glory In Edgar A Guest Poem
The excerpt presents Edgar A. Guest authoring about seeds of glory and perseverance. It notes that effort and skill guard against disaster and that failures become steps to victory. It mentions the endurance needed amid the roar of traffic and the voices of doubters and emphasizes faith to keep trying.
Movie Showings at Local Theaters This Week
The Gazette lists cinema times from Paramount Flame and Barbary Coast to Tomorrow World and Double Exposure. Palace Rialto Times Marion schedule showings including Snow White, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, Objective Burma and Sing Me a Song of Texas.
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Priday
Paramount
Billy Rose
Iowa
Palace
Half Moon Street
Barbary Coast and Vanities Play Fair Twosome at Iowa Theater
A three hour bill pairs Flame of Barbary Coast with Earl Carroll Vanities. John Wayne as a Montana cattleman courts Ann Dvorak while Joseph Schildkraut runs a cafe and is outshone by the dance and song numbers. Vanities follows a princess who joins a Vaudeville show, with Constance Moore and Dennis O’Keefe supported by Woody Herman orchestra and Eve Arden.
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Ann Dvorak
Joseph Schildkraut
Dennis’ O'Keefe
Constance Moore
Wooly Herman
Iowa Theater
Vanities
Montana
Schildkraut
San Francisco
Miss Dvorak
England
Dennis O'Keefe
Woody Herman
Alan Mowbray
Duke
Eve Arden
Otto Kruger
Carroll
Parkyakarkus
Parky
Nadine Subotnik
Three Die in Columbia Highway Crash Involving Gas Truck
Three persons died Friday when a gasoline transport truck collided with an automobile on a Columbia road. Police reported a fatal fiery crash with unclear names and exact ages pending official release.
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Columbia, Mo
Joan Fontaine Wins Final Divorce Decree
Hollywood actress Joan Fontaine secured the final divorce from Brian Aherne. She recalled his transformation from “the finest husband” to a guest in her own home. The pair wed in August 1939. Fontaine may receive $2,500 yearly if her income drops due to illness.
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Joan Fontaine
Hollywood
Brian Aherne
Aherne
Miss Fontaine
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