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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1941
Page
9
In Rome fascists viewed President Roosevelt and his national emergency address as signaling that the United States was virtually at war with Germany and Italy. They noted his pledge to move war materials to Britain as a defiance of Nazi convoy warnings.
Police linked Loren Amspoker and Robert Gardner to a string of car break ins. Amspoker, 21, was found sleeping in a car after a resident reported the sighting in the 600 block of Eighteenth Avenue SE. Gardner, 20, was jailed earlier for attempting to enter a car on L. M. Siebert’s property. Both face breaking and entering charges.
Lord Louis Mountbatten, 40 year old cousin of King George VI, was reported safe in a cabled message. He commanded the destroyer Kelly which was lost in heavy fighting off Crete five days earlier. It was not disclosed who saved him.
Theaters show John Doe films with Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe at AT THE THEATERS. Paramount features There's Magic in Music with Allan Jones Susanna Foster. Scotland Yard stars Nancy Kelly John Loder. Eternal Gift screens Catholic mass with Fulton Sheen. Palace presents Chad Hanna Henry Fonda Dorothy Lamour and Mr and Mrs Smith. Rialto features The Saint in Palm Springs with George Sanders Wendy Barrie and Private Affairs with Nancy Kelly Roney Cummings. Strand shows Our Neighbors the Carters Fay Bainter Frank Craven and Scandal Sheet with Otto Kruger Ona Munson. Marion lists Come Live With Me with James Stewart Hedy Lamarr and The Invisible Woman with John Barrymore Virginia Bruce.
Pop composer Eddy Howard brings his stage revue to the Iowa theater for a three day engagement. The show features Billy Baer and his orchestra Claire and Hudson Betty Atkinson and Bob Evans with a screen feature Rookies on Parade starring Bob Crosby Ruth Terry and supporting cast.
Martha Scott signs to play the minister's wife opposite Fredric March in One Foot in Heaven. She will also make Strange Victory for Sol Lesser while Warner opus production nears. Freddie selects wardrobe for Harrell Spence story directed by Irving Rapper, who earned his first directing break via Bette Davis. Kay Francis favored for Madame Goddam in The Shanghai Gesture.
Detectives solved a bad check case after finding Coy B. Searles in jail. Searles, 44, 213 Eleventh Street NE, was charged with drunkenness and had a nine month suspended sentence for grand larceny. A separate incident involved a Route 2 Marion man who passed a bogus $50 check for a refrigerator down payment.
Delinquent tax sale proceeding under County Treasurer Frank Bates after multiple adjournments. C F Clark pressed to proceed, despite possible further delays. About $70,000 in taxes outstanding and many delinquencies wiped off since the first schedule last December 2.
The statement notes that by Wednesday Mr. Bates believed the amount had been trimmed to a range of 20 000 to 25 000 dollars, reflecting a significant cut from earlier figures.
Mrs. K. W. McGuire of 1718 B avenue NW suffered bruises on her right shoulder when the car she rode in with her husband was struck from behind by a machine driven by Robert Kennedy, 16, of 220 Fifteenth street NW. The collision occurred about 8 p.m. Tuesday as Mr. McGuire started to back into his driveway. Strawberries should be planted in early spring.
The Franklin district instrumental contest for grades 3 through 9 was held at Franklin school. Winners include Superior ratings for Keith Lupton and others across bassoon clarinet violin cornet cello and more, with special ratings given to Evangelia Thomas and Charlane Corot by judges Paul Anthony and Alan Richardson.
An annual production of nearly half a billion dollars worth of paper and paperboard boxes and containers is required to package U S products according to the census.
Senator Gillette says Roosevelt's Tuesday night speech was superb and will please Americans. He cites references to labor and capital and notes defending freedom of the seas and aiding Britain may require legislative action.
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