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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1943

Page

4

Tomorrow's Harvest religious appeal in Hollywood about nun romance

Hollywood gossip notes Louella O Parsons discusses Tomorrow's Harvest a religious-tinged story with Ray Milland as an aviator and Ingrid Bergman as the expected nun. Also mentions Hayworth dancing partner chances with Frank Veloz and other wrap pieces from Napshots of Hollywood including Ina Claire in Claudia and the Nichols family wedding in Tijuana.

Buddy de Sylva Bernadette Paramount Ray Milland Buddy Ingrid Bergman David Selznick H Vssbone INS Alfred Maury Hollywood Ina Claire San Francisco Beverly Hills Claudia Ina Brock Pemberton Linda Pev Marley Palm Springs Nicholas Nicholas Boys

Hickenlooper named to city board of adjustment

Attorney B. B. Hickenlooper was appointed to the city council's board of adjustment and became its chairman at a special meeting. Funeral services were held in Cedar Rapids for Abbie S. Abbott longtime Washington high principal from 1896 to 1921 who died April 30. Narcotics valued at 30 were stolen from Kanealy and Beezley drug store at 218 Second Avenue SE. An army monoplane completed a cross country nonstop flight from New York to San Diego in under 26 hours. Iowa Theta chapter of Pi Kappa Delta honorary forensic fraternity installed at Coe College. eleven charter members initiated.

B. B. Hickenlooper Board of Adjustment Cedar Rapids Abbie S. Abbott Washington High School Miss Abbott Kanealy and Beezley Second Avenue SE New York San Diego Iowa Theta Pi Kappa Delta Coe College

City Council Recommends Lighting at Crossings on First and Fourth

The city council urged installation of two arm lights at the First Avenue Fourth Street crossing to reduce danger. Officials estimated about five million pneumatic tires would be needed to equip American pleasure automobiles in 1913 as a safeguard measure.

First Avenue Fourth Street

Army cook longs for front line gripes over ration complaints

Los Angeles AP report records Sergt. Hugh Fawcett of Pittsburgh on leave from the Southwest Pacific. He says he would rather return to the battlefront and hear soldiers in foxholes than listen to civilians here complain about rationing and corned beef served for 30 days.

Los Angeles Hugh Fawcett Pittsburgh Battlefront Fawcett Southwest Pacific

Evening Movie Schedules From City Theaters

The Gazette lists Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion showings with film titles and times including Keeper of the Flame Forever and a Day After Midnight with Boston Blackie Reap the Wild Wind There’s One Born Every Minute Men of Texas Iceland Dr Renaults Secret Louisiana Purchase Burma Convoy and Who Done It plus short subjects at various intervals.

Rialto Texas

Glove makers mock fate and war bond slogans in Broadway wit

Walter Winchell surveys a collage of odd claims and anecdotes from Broadway and beyond. Jokes span glove fashion, a Denver law on photographing bathing-suited women, biblical quips about Delilah, and trivia about Caesar, Lloyd George, and war bonds. The column blends humor with pop trivia and light social satire.

Denver Delilah Samson Caesar London

Washington Musings and War News Notes of Washington

Notes from the Capital recount how Elmer Davis now routes government news via signed envelopes delivered by messengers to deter misdelivery. The piece also notes free showings of Mission to Moscow sponsored by the National Press Club and a House bill to designate the birthplace site of George Washington Carver as a national monument with praise from Rep. Paul Cunningham of Des Moines.

Elmer Davis Executive Office Office For Emergency Management Washington, D. C Office of War Information War Production Board Ofice of Price Administration Department of Agriculture The National Press Club Moscow Joseph Davies House of Representatives Secretary of the Interior George Washgton Carver Diamond Paul Cunningham Des Moines Carver Simpson College Indianola Iowa Iowa State College Ames

The Poet of the People Edges into Wartime Rhetoric

A fragmentary excerpt presents Edgar A. Guest lyricizing in harsh wartime terms. It features a mocked Japanese propaganda chant attacking Britain and the United States, naming Hirohito and Churchill, and condemning F D R with aggressive anti Axis sentiment. The piece depicts hostilities and stereotypes tied to World War II.

Britain Tokio Dispatch F.D.R Hirohito

Bennett and Wanger Flee Burning Hollywood Home

Hollywood star Joan Bennett and her husband producer Walter Wanger fled a mansion fire that destroyed their home and forced them to leave with their two children. Three servants escaped with only the clothes on their backs as fire companies battled a 175000 dollar blaze for over an hour in Hollywood.

Hollywood Joan Bennett Walter Wanger Miss Bennett Diana Melinda Markey Allen Dwan Rosalie Miller

Fire alarm jolts family. valuables saved from break-in

A basement blaze at 7 a.m. Sunday startled the household. Wanger escaped in a coat and slippers while the woman fled in night attire. Miss Bennett reported her jewelry survived, but manuscripts, rare books, and paintings were left behind.

Wanger Bennett

Joe Foss Returns Home to Family After Guadalcanal Triumph

Sioux Falls AP report describes Marine Captain Joe Foss arriving in Iowa after earning fame as America's leading ace with 26 downed planes. He comes home for a private reunion with his mother Mrs. Marcy Lacey Foss, wife June, and relatives before a city celebration in his honor.

Sioux Falls S. D Joe Foss Guadalcanal America Marcy Lacey Foss Canton Chicago Joe June Uncle Levi

Belated Birthday Plans Follow Family Care for Foss

The family took Foss for an overnight rest after his birthday. his mother notes a belated birthday dinner planned for Monday. Joe’s birthday was April 17 and he planned to celebrate with a note he would return home. She mentions steaks from a calf fattened on oats and a cake with 28 candies awaiting him.

Foss Joe

Clothing Order Inches Toward Slimmer Silhouettes

Washington reports the War Production Board is expected to issue a new clothing order this week. The directive will push for slimmer feminine silhouettes with a focus on a cleaner look and elimination of excess styles.

Washington War Production Board

Churchill Hails Polish Sacrifices for Free Poland

London AP report notes Prime Minister Winston Churchill praising the Polish people for their valuable contribution to the United Nations cause. He said their sacrifices would be a sign of a great and independent Poland.

London Winston Churchill United Nations Poland

Fowler V. Negroes in War Plants

Chicago dispatch reports a controversial wartime employment case involving Fowler and alleged racial conflict at industrial plants. The article notes wartime labor tensions and management responses as officials seek to address grievances.

Chicago Fowler Ing

Second War Loan Bond Mention Urges Support

A patriotic appeal asks readers to consider the impact if soldiers had not joined the fight and encourages buying a Second War Loan Bond to support the war effort.

Household Finance Salary Loan Plan Offers Quick Access

If you have a steady job you can borrow at 3 percent per month with no endorsers or guarantors. Loans can be repaid in a few days or monthly installments. The plan emphasizes income and character, not collateral, for needs from medical to taxes.

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