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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1940

Page

17

Iowa Tax Commission Overview and Functions

The Iowa Tax Commission governs assessment and tax collection across the state. It supervises property assessments, administers income sales use and other taxes, and advises levy bodies. Commissioners earn 34 500 dollars yearly and oversee 296 employees in Des Moines offices.

ES Moines IDPA The Tax Commission Jemslature State Board of Assessment and Review C. F. Green Sioux City Republican D L. Murrow Corydon Democrat Fred W Nelson Nevada Republican Commission Board of Supervisors Boards of Review Boards of Supervisors County Boards of Equalization Des Moines

Shrine Show to Load Trains at Cedar Park Route

Shrine sponsored act unloads at Cedar Park with two Milwaukee controlled trains carrying fifty cars from Rock Island over Peoria. The Hennies Brothers shows will be switched into Marion sidings adjacent to the Cedar Park site between 5 and 6 pm today.

Rock Island Peoria Ill The Milwaukee Marion Cedar Park

Carnival Opens Six Day Run Under El Kabir Shrine

A six day carnival engagement begins Tuesday night under the auspices of El Kabir Shrine temple. Final performances are scheduled for Sunday, June 2, as the event runs through the night and continues into the evening.

el Kabir Shrine Temple

Brookings Institute Charges Government Barrier To Capital

Brookings Institute reports that government actions impede capital flow into development. Based on a two year study led by Dr. Harold G. Moulton, the findings cite taxation pushing investors to high grade securities, regulation raising costs and risks, deficit spending hurting public credit, and many lending agencies narrowing private investment channels.

Washington INS Brookings Institute Harold G. Moulton Institute University of Chicago

Theaters Show Several Double Bills With Stars

Paramount presents Bing Crosby Gloria Jean and El Brendel in If I Had My Way. Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier in 21 Days Together. 20 Mule Team features Wallace Berry and Marjorie Rambeau. The Lion Has Wings stars Merle Oberon. Palace features Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray in Remember the Night. Rialto shows Gaucho Serenade with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Strand offers Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck John Boles and My Wife's Relatives with the Gleasons.

Paramount Bing Crosby Gloria Jean el Brendel Charles Winnieger TOWA Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier Warren William Jean Muir Wallace Berry Marjorie Rambeau Merle Oberon Palace Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Nick Carter Walter Pidgeon Rita Johnson Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Hugh Herbert Babs Sandy Strand Stella Dallas John Boles The Gleasons

Hollywood notes on Lew Ayres and Brenda Joyce

Lew Ayres signs for Golden Fleecing with Rita Johnson and Virginia Grey as his current MGM lead. Brenda Joyce headlines Public Deb No 1 and Red Cross Nurse with a June 10 start alongside Jane Darwell and Joan Davis. Alberto Vila, described as a Valentino-like figure, travels from Rio de Janeiro amid South American buzz.

Ollywood INS Lew Ayres South America M-G-M Rita Johnson Virginia Grey Lew Metro Mickey Rooney Doctor Casper Milquetoast G-men 20Th Century-Fox Brenda Joyce Maryland Sol Wurtzel Jane Darwell Joan Davis Rudolph Valentino Rudy RKO Alberto Vila Rio de Janeiro Lou Brock South Amer

Hollywood Buzz and Casting Talks from the Era

RKO signs a discovered talent for a long term contract after a fast-tracked arrival. Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton are reportedly inseparable. Bryan Foy to start production of Secret Army within ten days. Warner Brothers revives Nazi Spy with new ending to reflect Europe’s blitz and opens June 1 at Globe Theater. Paulette Goddard goes to Mexico for a Rivera portrait then returns. Chaplin predicts The Dictator will boost her stardom. A cryptic note about Gloria Youngblood Mead and an apology request surfaces from Parsons Jr.’s desk.

Cary Grant Barbara Hutton Bryan Foy Lester Cole Holland Europe Warner Brothers Norway Belgium Globe Theater New York IL. O. P A.m Parsons, Jr

Hollywood Toasts and Teasers in a Postwar Night

NAPSHOTS from Hollywood show a gala in New York with Barbara Hutton and many stars. Dorothy Di Frasso hosts a spur of the moment party while Cary Grant Marlene Dietrich and Loretta Young mingle with power brokers and designers at social jet set events.

Hollywood Dorothy di Frasso Barbara Hutton Marlene Dietrich Dick Barthelmesses Countess Tolstoi Cary Grant Doug Fairbanks,Jrs Joan Bennett Walter Wanger Virginia Bruce Walter Ruben Loretta Young Elsa Maxwell Ad Randall Murphy Anita Louise Penny Singleton Virginia Field Ann Lehr

Howards of Virginia star Forrest Tucker on location

The luncheon at Victor Hugo mentions Forrest Tucker leaving for The Howards of Virginia on Santa Cruz islands to play Cary Grant's father in early sequences with Dickie Jones as youth. Virginia Taylor and Arthur Treacher's marriage note at the boat departure, while guests Jules Stein Dan Danker and friends bid farewell.

Jules Steins Dan Dankers Harry Brand Hal Roach Fieldsie Walter Lang Jane Wyman Ronald Reagan

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