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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1940

Page

2

Music future hinges on mid size cities says Mark Love

Chicago bass baritone Mark Love predicts American music will rise in medium sized cities like Cedar Rapids He will sing Elijah in an oratorio with local soloists at the One college music department concert in Memorial Coliseum Wednesday at 8 15 p m He says Elijah fits a sermon like role and that sincere artists must love and understand their audiences.

Cedar Rapids Mark Love Chicago Elijah One College Memorial Coliseum Mr Loves Elyah Mr. Love Mendelssohn Messiah Elijah Am

Hollywood Gossip Sparks Big Studio Deals and Casting News

In Hollywood reports, Morros and Stillman plan to co produce The Life of O Henry with Lana Turner possibly joining, while John Barrymore signs with Zanuck to appear as himself in The Great Profile. Elsa Maxwell thrills over Legacy and Columbia producing, with Clara Bow nearing Nevada retreat and Alice Faye and Tony Martin reconciling in New York.

Olly Artie Shaw Boris Morros Robert Siitman Lana Turner Morros Paramount Stillman National Pictures Morros-Stillman Company Life of O Henry William Sidney Porter O Henry Ralph Spence Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Porter Elsa Maxwell Elsa Robert Sherwood Alice Faye Tony Martin Hollywood Tropics New York Tony Versailles Alice Genevieve Tobin Amanda Smith Katherine Cornell Bill Keighley Bill Genevieve Amanda Virginia Bruce Columbia University Ann Sheridan Harvard Lampoon

The Crooked Road and Chasing Trouble at Iowa Theaters

Iowa theaters feature Edmund Lowe and Irene Hervey in The Crooked Road, Frankie Darro in Chasing Trouble, and Paramount presents Buck Benny Rides Again with Jack Benny. It All Came True stars Ann Sheridan and Jeffery Lynn, Granny Get Your Gun with May Robson. The Rains Came with Myrna Loy and Tyrone Power and Henry Goes Arizona with Frank Morgan and Virginia Weidler play at Palace. Rialto offers Trade Winds with Fredric March and Joan Bennett and Girl From Rio with Movita. Strand screens Na Ty Louce Zeleny with Karel Lamac Helena Busova and Jara Kohout.

Iowa Edmund Lowe Irene Hervey Frankie Darro Paramount Buck Benny Jack Benny Rochester Eben Drew Andy Devine Phil Harris Ann Sheridan Jeffrey Lynn May Robson Palace

Simmer enters GOP primary for state treasurer

Leonard Simmer former state representative from Wapello county now living in Des Moines announces his candidacy for state treasurer on the Republican ticket in the June 3 primary. He denounces bureaucratic government and calls to return treasurer duties to elected officials citing his Simmer law enabling cities and towns to own public utilities. He has oil business experience in Ottumwa and Des Moines, is married with five children, and previously served as Republican floor leader in 1931.

Leonard Simmer Wapello County Des Moines Simmer Cedar Rapids Iown Ottumwa Agency Iowa Wesleyan College University of Iowa College of Law Iowa University of Iowa Iowa State College

Walford Ladora Students Tour Cedar Rapids Industries

Two groups of Iowa students toured Cedar Rapids on Tuesday visiting Wilson and Company Hutchinson Ice Cream Petersen Baking WMT radio Penick and Ford and Tehel Bottling works. Walford pupils accompanied by Mrs Donald and Mr Sedlak toured with Miss Sloan. Ladora pupils and parents visited Wilson and Petersen Baking Penick and Ford. Ladora graduates toured Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport flying over the city in a Gazette Stinson with J O Englet supervising.

Cedar Rapids Walford Consolidated School W.L. Donald W. M. Sedlak Wilson and Company Hutchinson Ice Cream Company Petersen Baking Company WMT Penick and Ford Onla Sloan Ladora Consolidated School Tehel Bottling Works Penick and Ford Ladora High School Stinson J. O. Englet

Lambert method of treating chronic alcoholism explained

The Lambert method, a 1909 treatment for dipso mania, requires patient recognition of illness and access to three weeks of nurse and physician care at home or in a facility. The author offers to refer doctors to Lambert’s original reports if they send a stamped self addressed envelope.

Lambert

Lambert method on treating alcoholism by catharsis

The author argues against the Lambert approach to alcohol recovery, claiming that all alcohol and nicotine are excreted within hours and that aggressive early catharsis is unnecessary. He suggests carboxygen inhalations could aid excretion and questions medieval medical notions of “eliminating” substances from the system.

Lambert

Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertises Bile Flow Claim

An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills promising two pints of bile daily to aid digestion. It claims relief from gas and constipation and urges asking for the product by name at 40¢ and 25¢.

Carter

Chautauqua Institution Founded in 1874

The Chautauqua Institution was established in 1874 as a center for arts education and public lectures on the shores of Chautauqua Lake. It grew into a historic summer retreat hosting lectures, concerts, and cultural programming attracting visitors from across the region.

The Chautauqua Institution

Bored, But He Pretends To Be Happily Married

Columns and advice pieces contrast a man named George who hides boredom in marriage with a reader seeking guidance. The Miss Manners column advises the caller to let the rejected sweetheart return on his own terms while dating others to maintain interest and avoid chasing him.

Mary Manners Ceckss George Miss Manners

Dear Miss Manners Reply to a Reserved School Date

A girl asks why a school date avoids eye contact after a pleasant outing. The columnist suggests the date may have misfired and advises moving on, remaining social, and letting a mutual friend probe for any underlying issue if genuinely curious.

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