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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1942

Page

8

Inner Sanctum Chillers to Give Film Fans Shivers

Hollywood gossip column notes new MGM five year contract for Officer Robert Young opposite Jeanette MacDonald in Shadow of a Lady with Major Woody Van Dyke directing. Ronald Reagan’s fan mail close to Errol Flynn, Buffalo Bill project for Ron with Michael Curtiz, and other updates from Warner and Hollywood stars.

Robert Young M-G-M Jeanette MacDonald Bob Joe Smith Sam Betty Woody van Dyke Hollywood Marine Warner Lot Ronald Reagan Errol Flynn Jack Warner Ronnie Buffalo Bill Buffalo Hunter America Michael Curtiz Errol

Japan Warned of Raids by Yanks

The Japanese were told that U S planes will raid Japan from the Aleutians or Chinese bases or both. Lieutenant General Asaburo Kobayashi, commander of home defenses, urged the people to maintain the greatest watchfulness in a radio address.

Tokio United States Aleutians Asaburo Kobayashi

Wiggam on value of lives and human progress

Albert E Wiggam argues that some lives are worth more due to contributions in science invention and virtue while noting many great heroes were unpopular He says education elevates the valuable and that the home and women have matched men in humanity and progress through history

Jesus

Administrator With Will Annexed in Linn County Iowa

Notice is hereby given that the administrator with the will annexed in Linn County Iowa March 1942 has been duly appointed. Creditors must present their claims to the clerk of the Linn County Court. Kaubicek is the attorney for Nemeczek administrator.

Linn Linn County Iowa Nemecek Kaubicek

Advice From Mary Manners

Readers send questions about love and marriage with two letters on relationships. Miss Manners advises weighing personal responsibility, seeking truth, and requesting explanations from spouses while avoiding gossip and self blame.

GM Arms Output to Hit 1 Billion in 1942, Sloan Says

Detroit based General Motors anticipates war material production reaching one billion dollars in late 1942 as Alfred P. Sloan forecasts a strong rise in 1941 sales to about 2.437 billion. He notes earnings near 201.65 million, about 4.44 per share, the best in five years despite taxes.

Detroit INS Oral Motors Alfred P. Sloan

Need for 2 Million Women in U.S. War Industry

Col Joseph Battley of the War Department urged tripling the 5 million workers in war industries to meet the president's program. He suggested 4 million unemployed men could shift to war work and estimated a large number of women without young children would be needed, stressing that drafting women was unnecessary and work should be found through the employment service.

Chicago Joseph Battley War Department Battley University of Chicago Round Table Ilian Willi United States Employment Service

Bus Plows Into Crowd Injuring Seven and Five Men

A bus in St Paul struck pedestrians injuring seven men and five elderly men, all hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. Authorities investigate cause and confirm survivor conditions.

ST. Paul INS

Bust line myths and health tips from Dr Mary MacFadyen

An article debunks a cocoa butter bust enhancement and hormone ointments as unproven and potentially harmful. It urges medical guidance for any massage, promotes overall health for better elasticity, and recommends posture, weight gain, and a well fitting uplift brassiere as safer options.

Cedar Rapids School Board Identity Noted in Announced Years Ago

Miss Kveta Vondracek of Cedar announced the Cedar Rapids school board identity. Mr. Moore begins his fifth term as president. Staten Rall, son of Mayor Rall, was elected congressman of Coe College. Two Cedar Rapids residents attending Iowa State College were awarded.

Miss Manners Kveta Vondracek Cedar Cedar Rapids Moore Staten Rall Mayor Rall Coe College Iowa State College

Accident on Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street

A pedestrian was struck down by a car on Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street. Details and injuries are not provided in the readable text.

Fifth Avenue Tenth Street

The Gamblers at Greene's Opera House Tonight

Ed B. Beom cashier and Joseph Chiadek of Berlin arrive in Cedar Rapids as Lowrey and Morgan's minstrels perform today. The article notes "The Gamblers" as the attraction at Greene's Opera House last night.

Greene Opera House Lowrey Morgan Ed B. Beom Joseph Chiadek Berlin Cedar Rapids

Cripps Arrives in New Delhi to Discuss Indian Problem

Sir Stafford Cripps arrived in New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s proposed solution to the Indian problem. The visit, disclosed in India, aims to coordinate with government leaders on the plan.

New Delhi India Stafford Cripps Winston Churchill

Spring in Wartime by Edgar A. Guest

The poem contrasts spring's renewal with wartime fear across land and sea. It condemns tyrants and greed that spoil beauty and joy while still noting the resilience of nature and the longing for peace and liberty. Edgar A. Guest writes in his period voice about hope and warning.

Time Schedule for Theaters IOWA STATE PALACE RIALTO STRAND TIMES MARION

The Gazette lists showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand Times and Marion venues. Titles include Song of the Islands Night Before the Divorce Joan of Paris Lady for a Night Mr Bug Goes to Town America Look Who's Laughing Dude Cowboy Torrid Zorie Tillie the Toiler One Night in the Pope The Great City Father Takes a Wife One Foot in Heaven They Died With Their Boots On Charlie Chan in Rio.

Paramount Palace Rialto Torrid Zorie Tillie the Toiler Marion Charlie Chan Rio

Scope of U S Shift to War Work Shown Across Industries

Washington AP— Industries with peacetime sales over five billion dollars and 750000 workers are moving to war production. A Sunday survey 15 weeks after Pearl Harbor shows 11 major civilian lines under conversion or curtailment orders. Many convert to arms and munitions or exit from civilian manufacture for the war. The war effort employs about 8.25 million people, mainly in shipyards, aircraft, ordnance, and defense plants. Civilian plants will add thousands of workers. Consumer durable goods like refrigerators radios washing machines and musical instruments are slated for conversion to conserve materials. Typewriters electrical appliances vacuum cleaners and juke boxes also slated for production cuts.

Washington Pearl Harbor Sascariel WPB

Russian flyer survives 23,000 foot fall after parachute fails

Lieutenant Ivan Chisov bailed from a Soviet bomber during a front raid. His parachute did not open, he plunged four miles into a snowdrift, tumbled down a ravine and survived. He is in a field hospital recovering from internal injuries.

New York INS Western Front Moscow Red Star CBS Ivan Chisov Chisov

Typhus Outbreak Reported in Meknes Morocco

A British radio report Sunday described an epidemic of typhus breaking out in Meknes, French Morocco, and noted it as an alert across the region.

New York INS Meknes French Morocco

Broadway night life highlights and star sightings

Walter Winchell on Broadway notes Walter Moore becoming a grandad and crowds at Mercy hospital L I. Cordell Hull and Mrs Hull are mentioned. Dinah Shore raises defense bonds in Nashville. Veronica Lake and Adele Jurgens appear in society items. A Navy Relief fair at the Waldorf and a Patio incident are described with various entertainers and patrons.

Victor Moore Agigene Andre Moras Mercy Hospital L. I Cordell Hull Dinah Shore Burg Nashville Adele Jurgens Veronica Lake Chicago Walter 52Nd Street

Make This Me At Home Pattern 4920 for children

Pattern 4920 available in children sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. Collarless dress uses 1 1/2 yards 35 inch fabric and 3/4 yard ric rac plus 1 1/2 yards 35 inch fabric and 1/4 yard contrast. Send 15 cents plus one cent mailing to Anne Adams pattern. include size name address and style number. Join 1942 Style Parade send 10 cents for Spring Pattern Book from Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.

Anne Adams Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department West 17Th St New York N. Y

Foil Donor Fritz Aids War Effort In Chicago

Paul Fritz, a longtime local helper, donated a 15 year accumulation of tin and lead foil to support national war needs in Chicago on Sunday night.

Chicago INS Paul Fritz Big City

Fragmentary note on executive coin toss and material set

A garbled page fragment references an executive decision about copatrols, type material, and a timetable. It mentions rejection of a/cone utive in St lowe with unclear context and no definite actions or outcomes.

Lowe

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