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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1944
Page
6
Brian Donlevy hopes to portray George Washington in a patriotic feature tied to early campaigns. He seeks the role after American Romance and is in talks with Howard Fast about Fast's The Unvanquished.
Cedar Rapids Tri States theaters Paramount and State join hundreds of venues June 22 to 28 to honor Metro Goldwyn Mayer twenty year milestone. MGM first run exhibits at these local houses with features, broadcasts and activities across the city. MGM began in 1924 from a merger and has grown to a large studio system with thousands of workers and a roster of notable pictures.
The rules committee endorsed a bill by Representative Fulmer reviving federal crop insurance for 1945 wheat cotton and flax. Growers pay premiums and are reimbursed up to 75 percent of appraised yield, with coverage capped at the crop investment. Policies may run three years instead of one.
After almost 12 hours of discussion the West Virginia University board fired Dr. Charles E. Lawall as university president. Gov. M. M. Neely backs reforms and offers Lawall the choice to become director of the school for mines or take a professorship. Lawall must decide by August 31. Students vow to continue the fight to retain him. The protest highlights tensions over governance and higher education.
In West Virginia many leaders trained outside the state with essential reforms needed. The piece notes that major industries rely on education from other states to drive change and progress.
The Oregon Supreme Court, in a 5 to 2 ruling, upheld the death sentence of Robert E. Lee Folkes known as the "lower 13" murderer. Folkes, a Black man, was convicted of slashing Mrs. Martha Virginia James in her train berth on January 23, 1943.
Private first class Stanley Fink, famed as the Camp Lejeune Globe editor who printed the first black out edition in country white print on black paper, has received promotion and orders for overseas transfer. The Bethlehem Pa Globe-Times editor, known as Private Fink, editor, became a legend as the new Globe drew nationwide praise.
The Gazette lists film showings for Paramount State Palace Rialto Times Marion and others. Titles include Pin Up Girl Are These Our Parents The Chinese Cat Swingtime Johanny The Memphis Belle The Racket Man Girl Trouble Tahiti Honey Chance of a Lifetime Goodnight Sweetheart Weekend Pass with multiple daily showtimes and prices.
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