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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
6
The piece discusses science versus morality, reading habits by gender, belief in superstition among high school freshmen, and happiness arising from helping others. It cites women readers as more engaged in sensational literature and notes varied beliefs about charms and fortune telling. Happiness stems from fulfilling functions, especially helping others.
The new Bette Davis drama Dark Victory opens at the Iowa theater Saturday. Davis plays an ill-starred heroine in a tender romance with George Brent as the doctor who loves her, while Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, and Henry Travers co star. The companion feature Fixer Dugan stars Lee Tracy with Virginia Weidler and Peggy Shannon in circus drama from a traveling troupe.
Movie columnist notes Samuel Goldwyn profits from Jimmy Roosevelt publicity and royal preview praise. Mentions Hollywood figures, glamor, and the press as a business asset, while teasing industry trends and upcoming projects.
Miss Joyce, a USC coed with screen ambitions, faced grim studio gate advice. A bold move using cabinet photos led to a chance test, a term contract, and a role after the studio had tested 58 experienced hopefuls. Akim Tamiroff's Mexican gunman likeness drew Mexico City front-page publicity and a runaway husband note.
At the theaters Lions Week presents Vernon and Irene Castle with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. Paramount shows Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in Dodge City. Topper Takes a Trip features Roland Young and Constance Bennett with Peter Lorre in Mr Moto in Danger Island. Palace doors host Just Around the Corner with Shirley Temple and Charles Farrell and A Man to Remember with Anne Shirley. Rialto offers Stand-In with Leslie Howard and Joan Blondell and Prairie Thunder with Dick Foran.
A century ago unscrupulous merchants used molding machines to create fake coffee beans from flour and molasses. The deceit targeted buyers seeking coffee products and dented trust in trade practices.
Phil Austin of 435 Longwood Drive NE was found guilty in police court for double parking near Park Court on First Avenue East. He received the standard $1 fine and was taxed $4.10 in trial costs. The driver claimed permission from a traffic sergeant, but the court ruled the permission invalid when nearby parking was available.
Linn county supervisors established Road Surfacing District No. 130 in Spring Grove township for 125 miles of road running east from a point near Troy Mills. The project, on the three year program, includes grading work toward completion this season and a May 23 hearing for Surfacing District No. 186. The road extends 23 miles from Highway 11 toward Lafayette, with adjacent property sales noted including a $660 parcel acquired by John H. Pazour.
At Sixth avenue and Twelfth street several buyers purchased vacant lots with sums noted for each. The county board approved an assignment to the state treasurer to reimburse 30 329 26 in county funds impounded in the Iowa State Savings bank receiver ship, to certify the claim for payment through the state comptroller when sinking fund allocations are made.
Comedy on Hollywood headliner Stand-in features Leslie Howard and Joan Blondell at the Rialto. The film adapts a Saturday Evening Post story about a shy banker who takes over a $10 million studio to run it by mathematics. Also showing Prairie Thunder with Dick Foran and the serial Tim Tyler's Luck in chapter eight.
Pittsburgh AP reports United States Steel trimmed hours and pay for white collar workers after seven weeks of reduced operations. About 10 000 employees shifted back to a five day week while pay fell by 91 percent. Mill workers were unchanged.
The Linn county supervisors placed a proposal on file without action. The plan sought at least $2,000 of the county's 1939 $3,500 appropriation for the Linn county fair at Central City to be spent with the Farmers Cooperative Exchange. Board members said the county cannot earmark grants for a specific company and the grant’s expenditure is up to the grantee.
Three youths were fined 25 dollars each in police court for disturbing the peace by fighting on a Tuesday night. Officers arrested Oscar Scheetz and Barney Carlton, both 19 or 20 from Iowa City, and Jack Thompson of 507 B avenue NE after a ring side melee described as evenly matched. A Cedar Rapids youth reportedly joined in foot racing and pugilism but avoided arrest.
Carlton and Scheetz admitted in court they had been drinking while Streets resident Scheetz listened to birds in the street. Thompson denied drinking and Carlton refused to say where the beer came from.
Six Roosevelt high school Aristotelian honor society members and Mrs. Ellen Torstenson installed a National Honor Society chapter at Coggon high school Tuesday afternoon. Pupils participating were Bruce Multhaup Jane Herdlicka Betty Hemsky Marvin Winders Phyllis Wiley and Helen Mastin. Bruce Multhaup presided. Roosevelt pupils presented a large wooden emblem of the society built in Roosevelt’s manual training shops. A reception and tea followed the ceremony.
In 1891 Louisville Kentucky formed the nation’s first horse breeding society. The venture marked a milestone in breed standards and organized breeding efforts across the region.
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