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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
5
By K R Anickerbocker on the Somme front in France observers describe dive bombers as terrifying, comparing their scream to banshees. The piece notes German weapons and candy drops to French troops, and recalls Civil War echoes as veterans speak of a long conflict renewal.
In Hollywood with Hane Roe reports Edward G. Robinson will star in The Sea Wolf for Warners with Olivia de Havilland and Jeffrey Lynn. Charlie Chaplin plans a September release for The Dictator with a self introduction scene. News notes cover industry happenings, press club plans, a rumored romance misfire, and a wave of wartime datelines affecting schedules.
John J. Stein and Grace Hayward bring to Republic an original biopic about the life of Texas Guinan. Stein, long Tex’s press agent, demands inclusion as technical advisor to ensure a sympathetic portrayal. Actress Ona Munson is suggested for La Guinan.
Frank Fay undercover as a gentle priest in the RKO adaptation of Sidonie Howard's Pulitzer winning work They Knew What They Wanted. The film stars Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton and features a Warsaw setting with director Tim Whelan attached for Edward.
The chatter notes longtime friends in the film world remain unchanged while new pairings surface. Philip Merivale and Gladys Cooper are seen together as Charles Boyer and Ronald Colman confer at the Hollywood Tropics. Many stars plan to attend the Hollywood park opening Thursday and the Del Mar hotel gala, including Dorothy Lamour and Greg Bautzer.
The fifty ninth commencement at Coe College starts Friday afternoon on Voorhees quadrangle at 3 pm with junior and senior class processions. Cedar Rapids Wilma Wykle will give the ivy ovation and Des Moines Fannie Paschell will play Kreisler Caprice Viennois. Ethelsa M. Fink performs The Flight of the Bumble Bee. Carl Koehn will speak as senior class president and Harley Moore delivers the oak oration. Alumni dinner is set for Saturday at 6 30 pm in the quadrangle dining room. Dr Harry M Gage delivers the baccalaureate address Sunday at 11 am. graduation exercises follow Monday at 9 30 am after a half hour organ recital by Eleanor Taylor.
Washington AP reports the new national defense commission will be technically a branch of the White House. By law seven members named by President Roosevelt are advisers to the council of national defense, which includes the heads of the war navy interior agriculture commerce and labor departments.
The White House creates the office of emergency management by executive order. William H. McReynolds, administrative assistant to the President, is named secretary of the defense commission and director of the office. The President says cabinet members on the council of national defense will meet mainly through weekly cabinet meetings he presides.
Iowa showings include My Favorite Wife with Irene Dunne Cary Grant and Randolph Scott The Saint Takes Over with George Sanders Wendy Barrie Paramounts Lillian Russell with Alice Faye Edward Arnold Don Ameche Henry Fonda and Helen Westley My Son My Son And One Was Beautiful Day Time Wife Meet Doctor Christian Rialto features Duke of West Point The Border Patrolman Strand showcases Laugh It Off and The Witness Vanishes with Edmund Lowe
London reports on RAF dominion recruits with varied past jobs. One recruit, a former housepainter in Detroit, a circus tight rope performer, coal miner, long hitch hikes across North America and Europe, worked on a cattle boat, then a shoe shop job before joining as an aircraftman.
The Handley Page Harrow is a British heavy bomber powered by twin engines with a top speed of 200 miles per hour. It carries a bomb load of 10 000 pounds and has a maximum range of 1840 miles.
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