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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1944
Page
8
Louella Parsons reports Paulette Goddard has returned to Hollywood and will work with Edith Head on costumes for Kitty an English 17th century tale. She also will star in Masquerade in Mexico with Arturo de Cordova as her on screen love, delaying Spencer Tracy.
Tickets remain in most sections for the Monday performance of Tomorrow the World at the Iowa theater. Reserved seating available at the box office or by mail with remittance. The cast from Chicago stars Edith Atwater Paul McGrath and the child duo Dickie Tyler and Joan Shepard. James Gow and Arnaud d Usseau authors now in the army. Gow grew up in Cedar Rapids and attended Coe College and the University of Iowa.
Paramount shows The Uninvited and In Arms with multiple evening slots. State presents The Woman of the Town and Sherlock Holmes Faces Death. Palace screens Government Girl and The Big Store. Rialto runs Law of the Saddle and He's My Guy. Times include Best Foot Forward and Dangerous Blondes at Marion theater plus Jane Eyre and The Million Dollar Kid listings.
The State theater presents a western melodrama centered on Bat Masterson. Claire Trevor stars as Dora Hand with Albert Dekker portraying Masterson, who becomes Dodge City's town marshal then sports editor in a tale blending fact and fiction.
A Dodge City editor Masterson debuts with a new editorial titled at the Dodge City paper. The program also features Sherlock Holmes Faces Death set in an old English manor with secret passages and a houseful of war veterans.
Drew Pearson predicted that a western invasion would divert attention while the main assault comes from Russia. At a Cleveland luncheon he said England, Russia, and the United States now back invasion plans. He said Western forces should keep German divisions busy while the Soviet advance closes in on Berlin.
In Plymouth colony the governor orders one cow for every five colonists arriving on each boat to ease a severe milk shortage. The policy targets new settlers to bolster dairy supply and prevent hunger among residents.
Nadine Subotnik reports Danny Kaye’s debut musical Up in Arms at the Town theater with Di nah Shore, Dana Andrews and Constance Dowling. The article lauds Kaye as a fresh, dynamic performer capable of rapid-fire double talk and broad physical comedy.
A review notes Dinah Shore delivers a standout performance in a drawn out plot about Danny going to the army with a ship of companions including Dana Andrews and Constance Dowling. The tale follows romantic entanglements as nurses, a stowaway beloved, and a cluttered script unfold with uneven pacing.
The review notes Miss Dowling as a Broadway import who improves movies, highlights Kaye in a western sequence where he voices all roles, and praises his draftee dialogue. The co feature is a routine Falcon mystery "The Falcon Out West" with Tom Conway and Barbara Ale.
London reports Western hemisphere bases leased by Britain to the United States in exchange for security commitments in a broad postwar agreement. The deal would place bases under U S control to support strategic operations and defense coordination between the two nations.
An improved powder called FASTEETH holds false teeth more firmly in place when sprinkled on upper or lower plates. It prevents sliding or rocking, leaves no gummy taste, and is non acidic. It reportedly eliminates denture odor and can be bought at drug stores.
Lord Beaverbrook told the House of Lords on Thursday that 50 American destroyers leased for military purposes may not be used for civil aviation without British consent. The statement underscores restrictive terms of wartime arrangements between the United States and Britain.
The city council granted a class C beverage permit to George R. Stratton and accepted surrender of a class B beer permit and a cigarette permit for J. D. Siegel with a $75 beer permit refund. It issued new class B beer and cigarette permits to M. H. Ferris for Foxhead 400 tavern. A tag sale for the Y M C A drum corps was approved. A Fleisch or Fleagle damage claim was refused. Colonial Baking payment for a damaged traffic light was accepted.
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