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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1941

Page

10

Hollywood Stars Vie For Roles In Big Studio Projects

Roz Russell signs to lead in The Female of the Species alongside Don Ameche Kay Francis and John Carr Hesence. Bette Davis slated for The Man Who Came to Dinner with Ann Sheridan eyed for the role. Anna Neagle Herbert Wilcox plan melodrama shot in Canada and London. Flying services foundation forms in Hollywood with Errol Flynn among first wings purchased.

Russell M-G-M Rosalind Roz Don Ameche 20Th Century-Fox Kay Francis John Par Hesence INS Bette Davis Ann Sheridan Gertrude Lawrence England Anna Neagle Herbert Wilcox Canada British War Relief London Intelligence Service Edward Robinson Copa Club Beverly Wilshire Walter Wanger Gene Fowler Helen Jepson Hollywood American Flying Services Foundations Miss Jepson Errol Flynn Leland Heyward

Washington Melodrama at the State theater review

The State theater presents Washington Melodrama a detective plot with Frank Morgan as a food bill sponsor linked to murder Ann Rutherford plays the daughter Kent Taylor the fiancé while The Roundup offers a slower western tale Patricia Morison stars with Richard Dix and Preston Foster The critic notes Morgan handles straight drama and praises Rutherford and Taylor while finding The Roundup overlong with too many complications

Washington Frank Morgan Ann Rutherford Kent Taylor Patricia Morison Richard Dix Preston Foster N. S

One Night in Lisbon Leads Paramount Billboard

At the theaters Paramount presents Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll in One Night in Lisbon with Patricia Morison Billie Burke and Dame Mae Whitty. IOWA shows Ida Lupino John Garfield in Out of the Fog Sweetheart of the Campus with Ruby Keeler Harriet Hilliard and Ozzie Nelson. STATE features Richard Dix Preston Foster and Patricia Morison in The Round-Up with Don Wilson Washington Melodrama with Frank Morgan Ann Rutherford and Kent Taylor. The Palace hosts Marx brothers in Go West World in Flames. Rialto offers Tony Martin Gloria Stewart in Winner Take All Tex Ritter in The Pioneer. Strand screens Seventeen with Jackie Cooper Betty Field and Son of Roaring Dan with Johnny Mack Brown. Marion showcases Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Myrna Loy in Test Pilot Wayne Morris in The Quarterback.

Paramount Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll Lisbon Patricia Morison Billie Burke Dame Mae Whitty Iowa Ida Lupino John Garfield Ruby Keeler Harriet Hilliard Ozzie Nelson State Richard Dix Preston Foster Don Wilson Washington Frank Morgan Ann Rutherford Kent Taylor Palace Marx Brothers

Diesel Engine Builders Install Bonus System

Fairbanks Morse and company, a diesel engine maker in Chicago, announced a new bonus system on Friday. The plan pays 10 percent of monthly wages to all non officer employees who have been with the firm six months or longer.

Chicago Fairbanks, Morse and Company

Tent City of Circus Grounds Draw Crowds on Shaver Road

The Cole Brothers circus trains arrived Friday forenoon over the Rock Island line from Burlington, bringing a big elephant parade and thousands of fans to the Shaver road NE grounds for two performances at 2 and 8 p.m. The trains were moved to Milwaukee tracks near Twelfth street NE for unloading.

Shaver Road Cole Brothers Rock Island Burlington Milwaukee Twelfth Street America Cedar Rapids

Circus Unfolds Tented City With Diesel Haulers

The circus moved with precision as 26 new tents arrived and set up into a tented city housing nearly 10 000 seats. Diesel tractors replace most work horses, and owner-manager Zack T Terrell introduces innovations including a horse fair tent next to the double menagerie housing over 180 performing horses from Kentucky's bluegrass region.

Zack T. Terrell Kentucky Blue Grass

Soviet Women Plan Death Battalions

A Moscow radio broadcast reported that Soviet women would again form death battalions and fight in trenches if needed, echoing wartime roles from the last war, as heard by the Associated Press in New York.

New York Moscow A eeikeaaHin Thursay

Bund Ordered to Pay Lawyer for Kuhn Trial

New York state supreme court cut 3000 from frozen German American Bund assets to settle Peter Sabbatino’s legal bill for Fritz Kuhn’s defense. The Bund refused payment, prompting the court to order six monthly installments from bond funds.

New York INS State Supreme Court Bund Fritz Kuhn Peter Sabbatino

Narrow escape as girders crash through roof in Lincoln

Dora Riemer, a department store office employee in Lincoln, was unhurt when two 19 foot steel girders being erected for a large sign crashed through the roof of her four story building and demolished a desk where she worked.

Lincoln, Neb Dora Riemer Miss Riemer

On Broadway with Walter Winchell Historic NYC oddities and lore

Walter Winchell surveys a cosmopolitan New York, noting cock fighting in Harlem, Chinatown gardens in Long Island, gas lit MacDougal Alley, condemned East Side housing, occult potions on Pell Street, a safe Chinatown for sightseers, a five story Federal Reserve vault on Liberty Street, a Syr ian Turkish Armenian Greek Arab meeting point near Washington Street, a Bohemian Village cafe, a Yorkville Nazi bookshop, distinct Harlem locales like The Valley Sugar Hill and The Market, subway pay disparities, celestial navigation at the Planetarium, and notable relics from Penn Station to the Claremont inn grave marker and Josie Mansfield’s tunnel connected RKO theater.

New York Harlem Chinatown Long Island MacDougal Alley Pell Street Federal Reserve Bank Liberty Street Washington Street Yorkville Sugar Hill

Commodity Credit Corp Lends Power Increased in House

Washington AP says legislation to raise the Commodity Credit Corporation lending authority from 1.4 billion to 2.65 billion dollars passed the House and moved to the Senate. The bill would extend the corporation’s life five years and allow higher loans on basic farm crops.

Washington Commodity Credit Corporation House Senate

CCC расширes lending power tied to parity pricing

CCC officials said lending power increases stem from law requiring loans on wheat cotton corn tobacco and rice be pegged at 85 percent of parity, tying credit to price support levels.

CCC

Not Too Old for Defense in Milton

Susan Keller, a 104 year old Black resident of Milton registered for civilian defense. She stated she could care for children, cook, sew, knit, and perform any household work.

Milton Fla Susan Keller

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