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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1941
Page
4
Walter Winchell on Broadway shares Spring reflections and memories as he notes the season’s renewal and the need to embrace the present. The column then wanders through assorted anecdotes about editors, newspapers, stage favorites, and light backstage chatter from New York show business life.
Ellen Carver sues LeRoy Edward Carver for an absolute divorce on grounds of desertion for over two years and seeks full custody of their minor child. Defendant warned to answer by noon of the second day of the May Term 1941 beginning May 12 at Cedar Rapids Court House or a default judgment will be entered. attorney George R. Griner represents the plaintiff.
Dayton AFL leader John Breidenbach says 400 workers back on the Wright Field expansion project along with five CIO electricians from Penner Construction. Col Lester Miller calls the settlement a fine American act uniting labor and defense needs for the national effort.
Read about showings at Iowa venues featuring James Cagney Olivia de Havilland Rita Hayworth and Kay Francis with Paramount titles Gone With the Wind and The Trial of Mary Dugan plus Palace Rialto Strand and Marion listings including Too Many Girls Up in the Air New Moon and Charter Pilot with dates and times.
Burgess Joseph McElhatton of West Conshohocken collapsed and died of a heart ailment a few hours after telling friends he would attend the high school banquet as toastmaster or it killed him. The 57-year-old Philadelphia suburb leader had vowed to keep his pledge despite illness.
Fifty five prominent Americans sign an open letter to President Roosevelt criticizing his total victory speech. Signers include Felix Morley, Norman Thomas, Frank Lloyd Wright, Oswald Garrison Villard, and George N. Peek. They question pledges on using American men abroad and accuse the address of mere campaign oratory.
Theaters and studios outline unexpected casting moves from Deanna Durbin with Charles Laughton in Almost An Angel to Gregory Ratoff securing Conrad Veidt for Ballerina. Warners plans The Captain and the Ship with George Brent, and Dottie Lamour returns to sarongs in King and Queen of the Jungle.
Gene Raymond and Jeanette MacDonald drew attention at M G M tests with Raymond reportedly outstanding in love scenes. The article notes MacDonald’s long desire to work with Raymond and compares past screen couples including Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, and Joan Blondell and Dick Powell.
The Iowa senate appropriations committee reported two major bills for passage. One funds a Des Moines state office building with 1,650,000 dollars. The other authorizes 250,000 dollars annually for the next biennium to build a University of Iowa library. Both now proceed to the crowded senate calendar.
The narrator recalls Huntington Hartford III and Arline in New York, describes their social nights at the Stork club, and notes Hartford’s reported wealth. He says Hartford is traveling to the coast to look for a play and pursue acting opportunities.
Harry Sundberg completed his thirty-second year as manager of the traffic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. He started in 1909 from Cedar Rapids and Milwaukee freight office. He grew bureau membership from 6 to about 300 and is an ICC registered practitioner. Maine density stated as less than 27 per square mile.
Charles L. Saunders, Ventzaville Mo., former Cedar Rapids resident listed for a year’s Army service, was killed in an automobile accident on March 15. Details were not available. His parents reside in Franklin North Carolina. William Victor Hupp, 1050 Third Avenue SE, a volunteer, will take Saunders’ place.
The Iowa House approved four of five measures to hasten election return reporting. One bill on registering absent ballots on machines in county offices after polls close awaits Senate concurrence. Other provisions require boards to report immediately by telephone or telegraph and keep the county auditor on duty until all precincts report. Absent voter ballots may be tallied once polls open.
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