Abbott Comic Hit “Kiss and Tell” At Iowa Theater
Abbott’s comedy Kiss and Tell heads to the Iowa theater for a single Monday night performance at 8 15 curtain. Based on F Hugh Herbert Corliss Archer tales it follows a teen era feud and romance as neighbors react to youths in uniform. Cast includes Katherine Alexander Jack Davis June Dayton with Arthur Hughes Eric Burtis Kenneth Casey and others. Tickets remain at the box office with reserved seating.
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Australia
Honolulu
Abbott
Iowa Theater
F. Hugh Herbert
Corliss Archer
Corliss
Katherine Alexander
Jack Davis
June Dayton
Arthur Hughes
Eric Burtis
Kenneth Casey
Mary Jackson
Wallace Lawder
Barbara Bruce
Edwin Cooper
John Clubley
Kirk Brown
Charles Parsons
Iown
On Broadway with Walter Winchell and Churchill's Visit
A youthful war dept aide hurried to the White House with military news for F D R and reported to Churchill in bed. Churchill, awake among pillows, noted his daughter’s late night and quipped about 3 a m. The scene shifts to Gurkhas and a lighthearted Lt. Col. story, then to Mark Twain and Mountbatten gossip.
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Churchill
Pennsylvania Avenue
F.D.R
Mr. Churchill
England
White House
Passage to Marseille review echoes Casablanca but shifts tone
The Iowa theater presents Passage to Marseille with Bogart and Morgen, pairing suspense with a grim war tale. Five convicts flee Devils Island join the Fighting French, but the film’s frequent flashbacks fracture the narrative though Rains Greenstreet and Lorre deliver strong supporting performances.
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Marseille
Humphrey Bogatt
Claude Rains
Michele Morgen
Philip Dern
Sydney Greenstreet
Helmut Dantine
Peter Lorre
George Tobias
Edmund Lowe
Iowa Theater
Bogart
Devils Island
Bogie
Vichy
Devil's Island
Magine
Subotnik
Army Hour to honor unsung war heroes with 2:30 PM NBC WHO broadcast
NADINE SUBOTNIK reports a special Army Hour series begins at 2:30 PM today on NBC and WHO highlighting soldiers guarding world trade routes. The broadcast includes interviews from Alaska Panama Iceland and other posts plus Medal of Honor recipients Lt. Jerry H. Kisters and Ernest Childers and coverage of army press and public relations systems.
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Unisung
Army
NBC
WHO
Alaska
Panama
Iceland
Jerry H. Kisters
Ernest Childers
Radio Schedule Highlights May 21 1944 Morning and Evening
A dense Sunday and Monday radio grid listing program times and stations including WHO WMT KXEL WGN EXEL and others. Entries cover music sermons news dramatic features and variety shows with host names and show titles across morning afternoon and evening slots.
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WMT
WHO Farm
Mornership
WGN Frolics
KXEL
Radio Schedule Tie Ups Daily Broadcast Lineup
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WGN KXEL WHO WMT and EXEL shows at 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. and later. Includes news talks dramas soaps and music segments featuring Jack Berch Shelley Lopez Mary Marlin Dr. Bradley Ed Sullivan and Fred Waring among others with multiple station crossovers.
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James Melton
Edgar Bergen-Charrie McCarthy
WHO
Evelyn Knight
Chamber Music Society of
Lower Basin Street
KXEL
Victor Mature
Fred Allen
WMT
Wee Bonnie Baker
Bob Crosby
Les Tremayne
Shelley
WGN Reveille
WGN
Jack Berch
H.R. Gross
Bradley
Henson
WGN Safety
J. Armstrong
WGN Superman
Worle
Ed Sullivan
H. R. Gross
WGN News Exel Air Crew
Sea
Selle
WGN Music Mart Exel Sea Mound
Ee. Pe
Pers Baetes
Ewes
WBBM
John Charles Thomas
N. Y. Symphony
Life of
Riley
Army Hour
al Pearce
Faith-Steber
NBC Symphony
Green Valley
Hall of Fame
Silver Theater
Gildersleeve
CBS
We the People
Edgar Bergen
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Winchell
Basin Street
Hour of Charm
Platforms to Limit Debate at Conventions in Chicago
Leaders from both parties eye three main planks foreign policy labor and agriculture as they plan brief one week conventions in Chicago. GOP and Democratic chiefs expect quick vice presidential selections with Dewey and Roosevelt as key contenders. Women gain equal representation on the GOP committee reflecting wartime voter shifts.
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Arthur F. Degreve
Washington
Chicago
G.O.P
Harrison E. Spangler
Robert Hannegan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Elizabeth Smith Kennedy
Iowa
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
J. V. Weber
F. Peavey Heffelfinger
Mackinac
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
Grange
Deere Harvester Plant Strikebound in Salt Moline
Two thousand Deere Harvester workers idle as union officials cite a dispute over vacation pay. The War Labor Board in Chicago asks United Auto Workers CIO to order a return to work, citing disruption of production for wartime fronts. Archie Anderson, UAW local president, says the order was already issued. The company contends the CIO did not notify of the strike cause and notes other grievances remain unresolved.
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Salt Moline
Conn Deere Harvester
Chicago
Regional War Labor Board
United Auto Workers (Cio
Archie Anderson
UAW
Re Sal
Anderson
Deere Company
CIO
WLB
J. C. Kuczma
Carole Landis Collapses on Movie Studio Set
Los Angeles report says actress Carole Landis collapsed Saturday on a film set and was rushed home with a severe cold. studio officials announced she was treated and then returned to her residence.
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Los Angeles
Carole Landig
Wallace to Tour East Asia as U S Messenger of Aid
Vice president Wallace leaves for Siberia and China to report to Americans on Asia’s role in the war effort. He will visit Novo-Sibirsk Tashkent Krasnoyark Stalinsk Semipalatinsk Alma Ata and other Soviet cities to show U S support to China and Soviet Asia amid war.
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Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
East Asia
Globe
Rooseevlt
China
Wallace
Burma
Himalaya
America
Soviet Asia
Russia
Siberia
Wild East
Chinas
John Hazard
Foreign Economic Administration
John Carter Vincent
Division of
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Office of War Information
Simo Chiang Kai-shek
Cairo
Ing
Siberian
Novo-Sibirsk
Tashkent
Krasnoyark
Stalinsk
Semipalatinsk
Alma Ata
Soviet Union
Germany
Lake of the Ozarks Slayer Arrested in Double Murder
Edgar W. Holland, 43, was arrested after authorities tied headless bodies found at the Lake of the Ozarks to his wife Molly Mattie Holland and her mother Pearl Fairfax. Col M Stan ley Ginn said blood was found in the Holland home and Holland denied the killings.
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Edgar W. Holland
Col
M. Stanley Ginn
Highway Patrol
Lake of the Ozarks
Holland
Molly Mattie Holland
Pearl Fairfax
Ginn
AFL Reaffiliation Favored by Printers
Newark New Jersey AP says the International Typographical Union is likely to rejoin the American Federation of Labor after a referendum. Vote count shows 31,061 of 65,000 reported in favor by Saturday, a 4,306 edge over opponents with 17,630 for and 13,324 against.
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Newark
N. J
International Typographical Union
American Federation of Labor
Lewis N. Hermann
Hermann
Newark Typographers
AFL
Bids Awarded for Converting Homes to Apartments
Low bids totaling 53 953 64 were received for four HOLC conversion projects in Cedar Rapids. Skogeman Construction bid on three more buildings, while Jerry Libal of Cedar Rapids submitted the lowest bid for a Seventh Day Adventist church residence. The program plans 76 wartime apartments for workers.
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QMAHA
Home Owners Loan Corporation
C. E. Fleming
HOLC
National Housing Agency
Skogeman
H. B. Rice
Sarah Culkin
Melvina Martinek
Frances Williams
Seventh Day Adventist Church
George B. Homes
Jerry Libal
Cedar Rapids
Fleming
City Briefs and Advertisements Summary
City briefs note a bungalow cooking class schedule Monday to Wednesday with closing week and advertise job openings for older students. An update reports Mrs. R. F. Carne recovering after a May 10 major operation at St Luke's hospital and accepting visitors. A Gazette carrier boy, Cecil Hoffman of 380 Eighth Avenue SW, reports a lost carrier book and between 10 and 20 war stamps on his route, ask the circulation department for notification.
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R. F. Carne
C Avenue NW
St. Luke's Hospital
Cecil Hoffman
Eighth Avenue
Gazette
Third Avenues
First
Third
Gazette Circulation Department
Linn County Board Sets Real Estate Sales and Tax Deals
May 9 1944 Cedar Rapids Iowa Linn County Board of Supervisors approves sale of Oak Park Addition lots to Louise Van Antwerp accepts offer 50 dollars payment and deed conveyance. Board also authorizes conveyance to St Johns Orthodox church for 15 09, and discusses tax deed properties and compromise of delinquent taxes. Minutes reflect multiple resolutions and claims approved.
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Seevell
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Super- Inn County
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