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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1934
Page
2
Essie ignores George until he shows interest in Mabel. Tessie schemes to win him and may be too late. Years of indifference left George seeking flattery from Mabel while Tessie plans to oust her rival. Miss Manners advises Ellen to teach dancing at home to coax him toward social pleasure.
Ann Harding stars as a milliner in the romance drama The Life of Vergie Winters at the Iowa theater starting Friday. John Boles co stars in the searing small town tale of affection with the community’s favorite son.
An advice letter warns a 30 year old housewife about conventionality and trust in a business arrangement between two individuals. It notes a girl’s misperceptions and warns against trusting disliked girls. The text also explains Cape Verde’s name derives from drifting green seaweed rather than local vegetation.
Joan Blondell and Warren William headline the film Smarty coming to the State theater Friday. The cast includes Edward Everett Horton and Frank McHugh in supporting roles as a marital farce based on a play by F Hugh Herbert.
Peter S Peterson chairman of the state code authority calls a June 27 meeting at 8 p.m in the Chamber of Commerce for truckers from Benton Town Linn Johnson Jones and Cedar counties. Al Gordon NRA national representative will advise on the trucking code as owners must register at 401 Hirst street SE.
Paramount presents Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant in Thirty day Princess. Iowa screens Most Precious Thing in Life with Jean Arthur and Donald Cook. The Quitter features Charles Grapewin and Barbara Weeks. State shows All Men Are Enemies with Hugh Williams and Helen Twelvetrees. Palace offers Hi Nellie and This Man Is Mine. Rialto debuts Oliver Twist with Dickey Moore Barbara Kent and William Boyd, plus Fighting with Kit Carson. Olympic features Sagebrush Trail with John Wayne Ann Carver's Profession stars Fay Wray and Gene Raymond.
John Wayne stars in Sagebrush Trail at the Olympic Theater with Lane Chandler Yakima Canutt and Art Mix in a fast riding western. Ann Carver's Profession stars Fay Wray Gene Raymond Claire Dodd and Jessie Ralph from the Riskin story Rules For Wives. Race Night closes the Thursday program with two cartoons.
Kay Francis stars in Dr Monica at the Paramount Friday with Warren William Jean Muir and Verree Teasdale. The sex drama centers on a woman physician with a thriller filled plot and restrained content. Short subjects include Lillian Roth musical number Chic Sale in Old Shop and a Paramount news reel.
Bugs drawn from a Cedar Rapids area camp sparked a competition among Scouts to collect 984 usable specimens. Richard Ball of Troop 6 won with 138 insects, followed by Thomas Dolan and James Pope. prizes included books and manuals.
The United States Employment Service and Iowa State Employment Service announce four days of exams for office managers juniors senior interviewers stenographers typists and clerks from July 12 to 14 in federal civil service rooms at the federal building with typist tests at Grant High School on July 12. Prof Dale Yoder of the University of Iowa College of Commerce will oversee the process and applications are available by mail. The tests are a special employment service assessment not a civil service exam. Also noted is a historical line about the 1919 first transatlantic flight by Lieut-Comm A C Read and the NC-4 crew who stopped at the Azores.
Albert Edward Wigsam presents a scientific view on morality noting science shapes policy over individual rights. Q and A cover insomnia pride, education and marriage timing, and crowd conformity as threats to civilization and personal growth.
In a 1934 quote, Michael Arlen notes crowds breed riotous breaks and riots and warns that all interests collapse into propagandist tongues and partisan excess. The remark mirrors 1919 sentiments about social confusion and intemperance across political and cultural lines.
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