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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1947

Page

9

Stallion Road film review highlights star power and horse appeal

The Paramount release Stallion Road stars Ronald Reagan Alexis Smith and Zachary Scott in a California ranch romance built around horses and melodrama. A dash ing novelist visits Stallion Road ranch and becomes entwined with the owners and a love triangle while a serum-potion scene saves the horses. Scott delivers the standout lines with wit and charm, and the film blends outdoorsy horse action with drawing-room dialogue.

Ronald Reagan Alexis Smith Zachary Scott Warner Brothers James V. Kern Stephen Lonestreet Paramount Eater Nadine Subotnik California Stallion Road Ranch Peggy Knudsen Reagan Scott

Friday Movie Schedules Across Local Theaters

The Gazette lists Friday showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and other venues. Movies include Stallion Road The Farmer s Daughter Blind Spot Alexander s Ragtime Band Home Sweet Homicide Mask of Dillon Cuban Pete Colorado Serenade Easy to Wed Step By Step Gun Smoke Summer Storm The Plainsman Riding on Air with varied first showings and multiple daily screenings.

Paramount Iowa Alexander Pete Marion

Things New Yorkers Learned About New York City

On Broadway with Walter Winchell lists NYC trivia from parks and streets to landmarks and history. It notes sites like Rockefeller Center, Park Avenue tracks, Washington Square graveyard roots, St Patrick’s Cathedral land gift, and Battery era legends.

New York Rave Rockefeller Center Columbia U Park Ave Washington Square St. Patrick’s Cathedral Chinatown New York City Greenwich Village

Harlem River name change and island market tale

Wards Island is renamed Harlem River as markets in Harlem sell produce directly from farmers. The Speedway near the Polo Grounds once served as a trotting horse racing course. HEASPCA notes readiness with an ambulance large enough for an elephant. A tug ferries cadavers from Belle Vue to Hart’s Island for burial. First Ave power plant supplies heat to the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center. Randall’s Island hosts striped bass fishing. Junk.

Wards Island Harlem River Harlem Polo Grounds Heaspca Bellevue Hart's Island First Ave Empire State Edifice Rockefeller Center Randall's Island

Harlem bric a brac dealers and a forgotten era tale

The fragment recalls Harlem street traders selling bric a brac near a farm on 207th Street growing sweet potatoes and peanuts. It references Iu TISKE a famed New York figure famed for a Josie Mansfield romance ending with her European death. Ghosts at Bryant Park are noted as a former cemetery amid New York’s long population growth.

Harlem 207Th St Iu Tiske New York Josie Mansfield Fiske Josie Europe East River Maillion Bryant Park

Baptists Demand End to Public Aid for Parochial Schools

The Southern Baptists convention in St. Louis called for ending public support for parochial schools. The move aims to curb what it terms a powerful drive favoring church affiliated education.

ST. Louis Southern Baptists Convention

Religious groups press Truman on Vatican envoy and refugees

The Southern Baptists urged President Truman to recall Myron C. Taylor from the Vatican and backed admitting 300000 displaced persons to the United States. A proposed resolution favored these positions.

America Southern Baptists Truman Myron C. Taylor Vatican United States

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