Hollywood Chiller Talks Hitchcocks Return to Universal
Hollywood gossip notes Frank Lloyd and Jack Skirball at Universal part ways while Skirball plans solo projects with Alfred Hitchcock. Lucille Ball may sign with MGM, and Claudette Colbert returns with her husband after a Texas detour amid wartime drafts.
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Ollywood
INS
Frank Lloyd
Jack Skirball
Universal
Lloyd
Skirball
Alfred Hitchcock
David Selznick
Hitchcock
Alf
George Bernard Shaw
Food Dealers to Post Ceilings on Prices by Monday
W. T. Shipe urges Linn County Retail Food Dealers to post ceiling prices for cost of living items in all stores by Monday. Items must be plainly marked at opening of business and a complete list with descriptions and ceilings prices must be filed with the rationing board by June 1.
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W. T. Shipe
Linn County Retail Food Dealers Association
Shipe
Evening Theater Schedule Highlights of Local Runs
Paramount shows My Gal Sal at 3 10, 4 07, 7 04, 10 67. I Was Framed at 252, 5 49, 846. Towa offers The Spoilers 1 4 05 7 15 1028. Butch Minds the Baby 2 45 5 55 9. State presents Secret Agent of Japan 2 27 5 05 7 43 10 31. What's Cookin 1 15 3 53 6 31 9 09. Palace runs All That Can Buy 1 30 5 15 8 50 wa 3 15 7 midnight show 10 35. Fiasto shows Night Train 1 40 8 50. Burma Convoy 3 35 7 10 10 35. Strand features Across the Sierras 1 45 4 33 7 21 6 54. There’s Magic in Music 2 59 5 47 8 35. Times lists Kathleen 1 4 18 7 17 10 35. Tom Dick and Harry 2 52 5 51 9 09. Marion presents Right to the Heart 2 40 5 45 8 52. Jungle Cavalcade 3 55 7 10 10 05.
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Gal Sal
TOWA
Butch
STATE
Secret Agent of Japan
Palace
Burma
Sierras
Kathleen
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Marion
Parade Precedes Pre Memorial Day Service May 24
A parade from Greene's square to First United Presbyterian church will precede the Cedar Rapids post No 1 pre Memorial Day service on Sunday evening May 24. Y M C A Moose Veterans of Foreign Wars drum and bugle corps will participate and flags will be presented. Major J Currell and Capt Charles Penningroth are named speakers. William E Morgan is parade marshal. arrangements are by Paul W Anderson and Herman Schloss.
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Greene's Square
First United Presbyterian Church
Third Avenue
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Y. M. C. A. Moose
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charles Penningroth
Iowa State Guard
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
J. Currell
William E. Morgan
Paul W. Anderson
Herman Schloss
Edgar A. Guest Poem Fragment Highlighting Fruit Imagery
The verse imagines trees in bloom with fruit imagery. A seamstress metaphor decorates the pear and cherry trees with vivid, coral pink beads, inviting gawkers to admire flowering forms and fruit-bearing branches. The tone echoes the Poet of the People’s accessible, pastoral style.
Scoutmaster Shortage Highlights Boy Scout Leadership
National records show a serious decline in volunteer leadership in Boy Scout work over the last year. John G. Triplett, national Scout executive, spoke at a Waubeek area council dinner at the Y.M.C.A. He was introduced by council president John H. Bormann in Plainfield New Jersey.
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John G. Triplett
Waubeek
Y.M.C.A
Plainfield
N. J
John H. Bormann
My Gal Sal Review Highlights Dresser’s Sentimental Tunes
A nostalgic critique of the film My Gal Sal focusing on Paul Dresser’s life and songs like My Gal Sal and On the Banks of the Wabash. Mentions Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature with supporting performances by Nan Wynn John Sutton and others. The piece blends humor about the era with reflections on 1942 cinema.
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Gal Sal
Rita Hayworth
James Gleason
Rlta Yworth
Plan for Volunteer Rural Fire Fighters
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department plans nationwide rural volunteer fire departments. Each company would have about 10 farmers and form a national network to combat farm fires, with war-related fire dangers cited as greatly aggravated.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wickard Warns of Alternatives to Parity Grain Ban
Secretary Wickard warned that shortening rations or inflation could replace a parity grain ban as the main threats in proposals to restrict government held grain sales. He said selling grain under parity would raise feed prices, risk inflation, harm soldiers and allies, and hurt farmers and consumers, potentially delaying victory in the war. Grain belt leaders were converging on Washington to protest releasing stored grain at cut-rate prices.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
House
Ambroz to Lead Linn County Physical Fitness Program
Otto Ambroz appointed chairman of the Linn county physical fitness program by state superintendent Jesse M Parker. The plan targets men women girls and boys at home work and play to foster health consciousness. The program is voluntary and under the civilian defense council with local council meetings and later district meetings statewide.
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Otto Ambroz
Cedar Rapids
Early Train Time Change on Milwaukee Road
Effective May 17, Milwaukee Road train No. 102 will depart daily at 4 48 p.m. instead of 4 51 p.m. Advertises to obtain further details at Milwaukee Road station by calling 6027.
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Egga Cee Wee
Milwaukee Road
Glad to Live in U S Tony Buys War Bond for F R
Tony York a Polish born U S citizen with a pushcart says he bought a $25 war bond for Franklin D Roosevelt to mail to the White House. He pledges to buy a bond every month and cites gratitude for living in the United States.
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Chicago
Tony York
White House
Tony
Poland
United States
Feared for Her Life Asserts Widow Charged with Murder
Morristown Tennessee AP reports 14 year old Mattie Pearl Manning, newly wed to Daymon W. Manning, says she fears he would kill her and expresses remorse after being jailed on second degree murder charges in her husband’s death.
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Morristown
Daymon
Manning
Nothing in a Name. World War Arthur and Jernette Japs.
A brief AP dispatch from Chicago notes unusual wartime reporting with terse reference to individuals Arthur and Jernette Japs. The item highlights how certain names or nicknames appear in wartime coverage. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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Chicago
Arthur and
Jernette
Joint tax returns to affect high earners in wartime
Washington report notes a move to require couples to file joint returns with large incomes pushed into higher surtax brackets. The tax committee recessed until Monday as rates are expected to rise, though not to the level proposed by Morgenthau to fund the war and curb inflationary pressures.
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Washington
INS
Morgenthau
Public reveal of gasoline ration cards sparks debate
The Office of Price Administration and President Roosevelt agree extra allotment gasoline cards will become public records. Exemptions cover federal officers but not senators or Congress members. Applications will be reviewed. falsifying records carries a $10,000 fine or up to 10 years imprisonment.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Price
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
OPA
Des Moines Council Moves to Remove 12 City Cars
Des Moines city officials order 12 automobiles taken from service as a war conservation measure. Parks Commissioner Art Daniels says employees must double up on remaining cars and some unused vehicles may be jacked up to save fuel. Harry Carl will oversee the cars and report reckless or noncity use to the council. Nine cars from the streets department are retired along with limited inspector and station vehicles. police fire health and plumbing cars stay in service.
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Des Moines
Art Daniels
Daniels
Harry Carl
Caf
Police, Fire, Health and Plumbing
Behind the Scenes on Broadway and Film Set Tales
A satirical tour through showbiz routines from Broadway to Hollywood. It notes a former head waiter Otto Stoeffel and stage tricks like converting a sound stage into an ice rink for Sonja, estate landlords leasing property for film use, trained dogs for crowd scenes, and the challenges of making rain and fog on sets.
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Lywood
Otto Stoeffel
Henie
Twentieth Century-Fox
Sonja
Iceland
Spoilers and Butch Minds the Baby At The Iowa
A vintage frontier double feature at the Iowa showcases The Spoilers with Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne as romance and rivalry collide with Randolph Scott. Also on screen is Butch Minds the Baby featuring Damon Runyon style whimsy as Butch, Virginia Bruce, and Dick Foran star in this offbeat caper. The report notes Alaska setting, production flair, and switch to the Victory Caravan on Des Moines set.
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Alaska
Rex Beach
Iowa
Marlene Dietrich
John Wayne
Randolph Scott
Marlene
Wayne
Scott
Butch
Damon Runyon
Brad Crawford
Virginia Bruce
Dick Foran
Des Moines
N. S
Last Chance Today To Use Stamp No. 1 In War Ration
The OPA reminded consumers that stamp No 1 in the war ration book may not be used to buy sugar after Saturday midnight. Until then it allows one pound of sugar, but after the period ends it becomes void or grocers may accept it once expired. After midnight Saturday shoppers must use stamp No 2 for sugar purchases.
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Washington
OPA
British Planes Sink Two Attack Mine Sweepers
British aircraft attacked a trio of attack mine sweepers, sinking one and leaving another sinking, with direct hits on the third, according to the Air Ministry on Friday night.
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London
Air Ministry
Airport Bond Committee Sets Monday Meeting
The airport bond committee formed to organize a $325 bond issue will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Inter-Ocean Reinsurance building. Karl Blaise chairs the group as it prepares to place the question before voters on June 1 requiring a 60 percent yes vote.
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Karl Blaise
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Comepany
Executor Named in Will of J. W. Albright
The document names J. W. Albright as executor and lists BERT SIVER and other parties in connection with the probate process. Officials and legal representatives are noted for the administration of the estate in the court of competent jurisdiction.
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Bert Siver
J. W. Albright
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