27 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1950
Page
1
An exhortation on building essential traits for advancement notes that charm and self-control matter as much as skill. Readers are urged to act as personality detectives, test interactions, and pursue corrective measures to develop dependability, cooperation, initiative, and poise.
KCRG Network CRG KCRK will provide on the spot city election results from City Hall. First report at 8:00 PM with broadcasts continuing until final results in. Also notes Peter Salem’s book event at 7:30 PM on KCRG KCRK. OB Brooks and Jack Parker fly to Florida in Beechcraft Bonanza.
A silent, readable collage mentions Ma Perkins, The Guiding Light, Nora Drake, Jerry Smith, Arthur Godfrey and local names. The sparse text recalls a radio or TV lineup with musical locks and a Grand Kitchen setting alongside familiar soap figures.
A short adish feature promotes a guide titled Ten Secrets of Charm by J BR P TEN SECRETS OF CHARM. It lists ten points to remember to impress others and asks readers to write to the newspaper with a stamped self addressed envelope for more guidance tomorrow: How to choose classes for flattery.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee and nine Labor cabinet members attended Harold Laski’s funeral in London. Laski died Friday at 56. The chapel crowd was so large that MPs and ministers stood outside due to the crush.
Russian guards slowed Berlin bound truck traffic at Helmstedt border to five to six per hour. Frontier patrols halted entry without explanation, creating a backlog of about 50 trucks from midnight to mid morning. The backlog held steady as checks continued.
Over the Back Fence notes a new packaged blueberry muffin mix with a small blueberry can included. It requires only water and one egg, with muffin liners in the package, plus a simple chicken a la king recipe using leftovers and fiesta biscuits.
Evelyn Keyes and Dick Powell star in Mrs Mike at Paramount. The Canadian North setting provides scenery while the plot follows a Boston girl who marries a Mounted Policeman and faces isolation danger and diphtheria amid rugged frontier life.
Paris AP reports a four hour walkout by about 85 percent of roughly 20 000 French dockers led by the Communist CGT tying up nearly every port except Marseille and Cherbourg. The strike affected major activity across the coast. Additionally the U S Department of Agriculture warns coal or wood heaters lack sufficient heating surface to be efficiently converted to oil or gas.
Ex-Lax is portrayed as the preferred laxative used by millions for balanced relief. It appeals to both adults and children with a chocolate taste and a claim of dependable, natural like action at the low price of 10 cents.
The Gazette lists Memorial Coliseum Ice Vogues of 1950 and several film showings at Paramount State Town Palace and other cinemas with matinees on Tuesday. It also notes industry tidbits about Geraldine Brooks, Enzo Suola, Nancy Guild, and Frank Latimore amid reporting on Hollywood developments.
Barbara Davis Sherry, Bette Davis's soon three year old daughter, appears in a retrospective sequence in Story of a Divorce at RKO. Bette stresses that children should know about their mothers work and recalls rehearsing Barbara at home. The article notes Bette and Barry Sullivan's five year fictional marriage and mentions The Trial as Vir ginia Van Upp's original plan.
Stromboli receives the Prize of Rome with a $1500 cash award. Margaret Sullavan's new serious attachment is Paul Streger in public relations. Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra reportedly meet nightly at the Little Club in New York. Burgess Meredith finds inspiration from Scandinavian dancer Kaja Sundsten. Peggy Ann Garner’s family reconciliation is noted as she returns. Light raindrop size measured at 1/50 linch.
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