Irene Dunne Remains Hollywood’s Top Star After 14 Years
Louella O. Parsons notes Irene Dunne’s sustained prominence after fourteen years in pictures and a four film Columbia contract. She highlights Dunne’s dignified screen presence and potential new project The American Way, tied to rights bought by Harry Cohn.
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Irene
Columbia
Freddy March
Florence Eldridge
Harry Cohn
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George Stevens
George
Katharine Hepburn
Hollywood
Tone Dunn
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Theater Schedule and silk stocking price report
The Gazette lists current showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand and Marion houses with multiple matinee and evening screenings. It notes rayon stockings are selling in England above prewar silk prices per the commerce department report.
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England
Department of Commerce
Jefferson School Property Seeks Scaled Bids
Cedar Rapids Independent School District seeks scaled bids for the Jefferson School property at A Avenue and Eighth Street Northeast. Bids due 4 30 p m March 1 1943 at 346 Second Avenue Southwest. 50 percent cash and four percent mortgage for five years. Possession immediately.
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Jefferson School Offerld Tor Salc
Jefferson School
A Avenue
Eighth Street
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Charles D. Hedberg
Litvinov Presses Second Front Plea at New York Dinner
Soviet ambassador Maxim Litvinov urged a second front to shorten the war. He warned that time favors neither side and argued German forces could be weakened on the eastern front by diversion. President Roosevelt, in a message to David Sarnoff, urged unity and warned against disunity as Axis propaganda.
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New York
Maxim Litvinov
United States
Economic Club
York
Berlin
David Sarnoff
Club
Roosevelt
United Nations
Cedar Rapids druggists elect ten year ago president
Frank Zastera was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Druggists association yesterday. A boy named Marvin Berggren nine was slightly injured when his bicycle collided with a truck near McKinley school playground. Andy Roy named manager of the RKO Paramount, will head the Orpheum in Omaha. Mrs Robert Stark injured when struck by automobile at Third avenue and Second street. Disabled Veterans of the World War unit formed here with ten charter members Elmer Troops acting commander. R J Holmes of the Chamber of Commerce visit Garrison to address the new community club.
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Cedar Rapids
Rea Druggists Association
Yesteray
Marvin Berggren
McKinley School
Andy Roy
R.K.O. Paramount Theater
R.K.O. Orpheum
Omaha
Robert Stark
Third Avenue
Second Street
Elmer Troops
R. J. Holmes
Chamber of Commerce
Third Degree at Greene's Opera House Today
J J Bowdish a Rock Island railroad conductor is confined to his home after slight injuries from being struck by a train in West Liberty. J M Flanagan MCA religious work director leaves for Baltimore on a call. Louie Rubek Mason City Times composing room foreman visits while recuperating from a damaged hand.
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Greene's Opera House
J. J. Bowdish
Rock Island
West Liberty
J. M. Flanagan
Baltimore
Louie Rubek
Mason City Times
Oregon State Game Descends Into Seven Minute Free For All
In Corvallis Oregon a confrontation involving players and fans erupted during the Oregon State basketball game as the National Anthem played, lasting seven minutes and interrupting play. The incident drew attention to crowd behavior and on court conduct at the event.
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Corvallis
Ore
Friendship Dinners in Washington A Luxury of Access
In Reviewing Stand Henry McLemore notes Washington society dinners at Friendship hosted by Evalyn McLean. He describes the prestige and cost of attendance, estimating invitations as the era’s top social honor, with guests paying around 500 dollars to partake and mingle with power figures like lobbyists and labor leaders.
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Washeton
McLean
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Cartier Washington
Washington
Skull and Bones
the Garter
America
John L. Lewis
Mrs McLean hosts lavish Sunday dinners in Washington
The piece describes Mrs. McLean's Sunday dinners as key Washington social events rivaling Ford's Theatre and the Washington Monument. Guests reportedly pay up to $500 for invitations to Friendship, a Yale bowl style salon with 150 to 200 attendees. After dining, attendees watch home movies and mystery films in a private cinema, dubbed “Paramount with food.”
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Paramount
Washington
MGM
Wiggam on wives and comparisons in fashion minds
Albert E Wiggam comments spark discussion on how husbands compare wives to other women He argues the phrasing should drop more to avoid implying greater beauty The exchange centers on perception and flattery in marriage debates
Public Speaking and Child Development Insights
An interview discusses public speaking as a potent way to develop personality and influence, noting progress in speech boosts confidence and social advantage. It also addresses early language and walking in children, stating that while training helps, innate timing and parental interaction drive learning, with studies by Gesell and the Harvard Growth Study aligning on gradual development.
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Adam
Arnold Gesell
Yale
Harvard
Shamrocks Scarce In Boston Garden On St Patrick Day Eve
Herman Shaw at the Franklin Park greenhouse reports his annual display of 1 000 real Irish shamrocks is down to 700 due to disrupted seed shipments caused by wartime interference.
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Boston
Herman Shaw
Franklin Park
Broadway with Walter Winchell and wartime radio buzz
Loretta Young turns 111 after Garden appearance amid nerves as war news and entertainment mingle. Images from War Comes to Us titled Int l News shots. MacArthur rights rumble with David McKay Co rushing first edition. Janet Gaynor eyes a play while Joey Adams hosts You Tell Em Soldier quiz from Fort Hancock. Warren Pershing in Virginia camp receives a curiously blunt wire from MacArthur era.
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Loretta Young
West Coast
Joey Adams
Fort Hancock
Pershing
Warren Pershing
Virginia
MacArthur
Living Costs for Wage Earners Rise 10.6 Percent
New York AP report notes February living costs for wage earners and low salaried workers rose 10.6 percent from a year earlier per the National Industrial Conference Board. Food prices jumped 21.6 percent, clothing 15.4 percent, with sundries 4.8, fuel and light 4.6, and housing 3.1.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
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