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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1944

Page

8

Hollywood Overseas Soldiers Get First View of It Happened Tomorrow

Louella Parsons reports Bougainville troops will premiere It Happened Tomorrow on March 27 on a beach-head, a print flown there and arranged by the Army Motion Picture Service. Sgt Barret McGurk notes cinema reach from front lines to hospitals, with USO shows behind the front and music heard beyond barbed wire. Captain Garbo plans with Lester Cowan for a Norwegian merchant marine film, while Irvin Cowan’s connections influence production. Dick Powell and Connie need contract talks for Atlantic City, with Powell offered 60 000 dollars.

Nell Jack Oakie Bougainville Army Motion Picture Service Barret McGurk Yank USO H Natana Se INS Dick Powell Linda Dar Garbo Lester Cowan Washington Cowan Onnie Moore Broadway Republic Atlantic City Connie Ih Ald

Ballot for French Women Approved

Algiers AP report: French women win the right to vote as the consultative assembly adopts a suffrage article of the provisional government. A proposal to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 was defeated.

Algiers Consultative Assembly

Youths receive $398 for one week in Navy

Somerville report shows two youths drafted and sent to Great Lakes naval air station were discharged for poor vision. They received payments totaling 398 dollars: one month’s pay 54, train fare 44, retained clothing 200, and mustering-out pay 100.

Somerville N. J Navy Great Lakes Naval Air Station

Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa

Probate No. 17439 in Linn County Iowa lists a hearing on March 28 1944 at 9 00 AM in Cedar Rapids District Court for the Last Will and Testament of Lella S Griff in deceased The Clerk Arthur Axme ar and Attorney AG Keyes sign the notice from Cedar Rapids Iowa March 23

State of Iowan Linn County A.D Lella Griff Cedar Rapids Iowa Caunter

The Lodger Tops State Twin Bill With Suspense

A State theater program pairs The Lodger, a suspenseful reconstruction of Jack the Ripper crimes, with She's For Me, a light comedy. Merle Oberon, George Sanders, and Laird Cresar star in The Lodger, while Grace McDonald and Louise Lux appear in She's For Me.

Lodger Merle Oberon George Sanders Laird Cresar David Bruce Grace McDonald Eddie le Baron the Lodger Jack the Ripper Whitechapel Laird Cregar Thames Ripper Scotland Yard Merle Cregar Kitty Louise Lux

Left Wing Backing Linked to Roosevelt Campaign

Washington officials fear rising left wing CIO and Communist influence in the drive for a fourth term. In New York the ALP faces a bitter split, with Vito Marcantonio and Sidney Hillman leading a left wing faction seeking to ally with the CIO Political Action Committee. Opposing leaders Dean Allange David Dubinsky and Alex Rose strain to keep the party independent. The ALP balance could determine Roosevelt's strength in New York.

Washington Roosevelt Washington Dispatch Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO Daily Worker Labor New York American Labor Party Alfred E. Smith William G. McAdoo Ees Democratic National ALP Mr. Roosevelt Vito Marcantonio N.Y Sidney Hillman Dean Allange David Dubinsky Hillman Garment Trades Alex Rose

Fire department staffing shifts as inspector reassigned

Fire chief Kohout said the department runs short handed for over a year due to losses to the armed services. Richard Kretschmer is headed to duty, John O'Donnell moves between roles, and two captains Ray Vrba and Anton Novak are off duty from illness. O'Donnell will return to inspector duties soon with the chief handling inspections in the interim.

Richard Kretschmer Armed Services Kohout O’donnell Ray Vrba Anton Novak Vrba O'Donnell

Daily Lenten Devotional by Dr. Atkins

A devotional note urges tenderness and humility as spiritual lubrication for daily life. Drawing on I Peter 3 8 11, it emphasizes tender-heartedness and humble-mindedness as strength, healing social frictions and preventing quarrels. The piece closes with a brief prayer for divine pity and forgiveness.

G Man Detail For Today In KP Unit

Detail for today describes a G Man as the chief disposer of garbage in the KP unit. It notes little rest on the job and incidents of embarrassment when a KP trips near the incinerator. It compares this to mess hall cheers when a dish is dropped and stresses the G Man’s need for a bath after work.

Army Kitchen Mess Hall

Charity as Bond of Perfection Through Christ

A devotional line citing charity as the bond of perfection through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Jesus Christ Our Lord

Mid East Seen as World Oil Center

Washington report by the Petroleum Reserves corporation says the center of gravity for world oil production is shifting to the Middle East. It notes area reserves remain untapped and within 15 years could supply four times its probable market, with four operating companies able to meet world needs for many years.

Washington Middle East Petroleum Reserves Corporation Middle Eastern

Friday Theater Schedule Highlights and Times

Friday listings from Paramount to Marion show film runs and short subjects. The Sullivans, None Shall Escape, The Lodger, She's for Me, Paris after Dark, Hangmen Also Die, Prairie Thunder, Stage Door Canteen and Yanks Ahoy appear with multiple showings and runtimes. Marion presents Frontier Badmen and Here Comes Elmer.

IONWA Palace Paris Rialto Marion Elmer

Fire Inspector Moved to Relieve Manpower Shortage

Fire Chief E. P. Kohout said Friday that City Fire Inspector Felix O’Donnell has been temporarily assigned to the central fire station to ease the department manpower shortage, following the loss of another staff member.

Felix O’donnell E. P. Kohout Kohout

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