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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1940
Page
5
Mary Mansles Lorenc Freser gains self assurance by leaving home to pursue personal growth. She finds inner nerve and talents overshadowed by siblings, earns respect, and contemplates future independence. The piece notes caution about marriage if love distracts from preparation for life.
A reader questions a long distance romance with a schoolboy fiancé. ME advises trusting his word, not fearing other girls, and advises sensible dating boundaries to avoid conflict. The reply says to let trust guide the relationship and to allow his female friends.
Fritz Mandl and Dr Wilmos Szekely travel to Hollywood to back a motion picture venture with Columbia or RKO. Mandl, former Vienna munitions magnate and Lamarr ex husband, has amassed wealth in South America. Szekely, trained by Korda and linked to Mussolini cinema, may back a “The Life of John Doe” project at Warner Brothers with Frank Capra.
A lively column notes Gary Cooper may join Capra projects if Sam Goldwyn approves. Alice Faye endures divorce jitters delaying Lillian Russell on Fox as dance rehearsals proceed to steady her nerves. Wallace Reid Jr. visits Paramount, joining Cecil B DeMille in Northwest Mounted, following his father’s success with the director.
Actor Reid, known for smaller roles, signs a high profile advertising deal for a new film project. The move marks a significant shift from supporting parts to a lead commercial appearance.
Hollywood gossip notes Hedy Lamarr shaved her long bob for her part in Boom Town. The cut marks a shift from her usual siren image as mass excitement swirls on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio lot. Richard Bennett arrives to Beverly Hills with plans to settle there, while Gail Page trims seventeen pounds and lands the role of Mrs. Rockne in The Life of Knute Rockne. Pat O Brien works with Pete Westmore on makeup for Knute, and early previews of Our Town spark strong praise for Martha Scott as Cary Grant heads to Mexico and New York.
Liamsburg reports April events with Joan Fontaine for Tree of Liberty. Joseph Schildkraut weighs Broadway vs film offers, seeking career impact. Frances Farmer and Norman Burnside rekindle collaboration, Lola Lane with Bill Marshall, Sally Haines and Bert Wheeler ex, and many other Hollywood social notes.
Notice states Nora El Mulnnhill is appointed and qualified as executrix of the estate of William Mulvin, deceased, in Linn County Town. It asks all debtors to pay promptly and directs claims be filed with the Linn County Town District Court clerk.
A ranchman builds a six acre dam and an eleven foot hole to guard a well. His seven year old and five year old children wade near the tank. The mother, entering the deep hole, rescues the boy using prone-pressure until he breathes again. The narrative ends with the mother reflecting on the recovery.
A Victorian style word puzzle lists clues for both across and down entries about explorers seafaring nations and places. It references Christopher Columbus and John Cabot themes, with notes on discovery and exploration along the East Coast in 1497 and other maritime hints.
A speaker describes choosing a settlement method after a child and mother were saved from a hole. He cites Dr Brady on artificial respiration and offers a Resuscitation booklet detailing the Schafer prone-pressure method, not the modified Red Cross version, as a simple life saving guide for families.
Public Health Service in Washington DC provides authoritative information on undulant fever. The service is promoted under protection by John F. Ditlle Co.
At the theaters in Iowa the Isle of Destiny stars William Gargan Wallace Ford and June Lang with Charles Bickford in Thou Shalt Not Kill Paramount presents Jooss ballet and Community Concert on stage at 815 p.m. The Man From Dakota stars Wallace Beery Dolores Del Rio while Calling Philo Vance with James Stephenson plays. Palace features Don Ameche Alice Faye in Hollywood Cavalcade Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase with Bonita Granville Rialto offers Dick Powell Anita Louise Going Places Ronald Reagan in Smashing the Money Ring Strand presents Henry Fonda Maureen O Sullivan in Let Us Live and Robert Young in Miracles for Sale.
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