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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1939
Page
4
A Washington Iowa theater presents U Boat 29 a suspense heavy World War I drama with strong music and restrained performances by Conrad Veidt Sebastian Shaw and Valerie Hobson The second feature Blondie Brings Up Baby leads a light program along with a newsreel and a color cartoon
The Polish chemical industry valued at 87 million dollars comes under almost total German control after Poland’s conquest. Germany’s army occupies eastern Silesia, linking coal fields and chemical regions into a single economic zone. The Reich’s zone covers the so called new industrial center near the Pilicea Bug Beskid and Vistula region.
Harry Cohn snaps up Doctor of Lennox for Columbia while James Cronin’s unwritten novel inspires a project. Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland to star in Dear Old Broadway with Arthur Freed producing. Elaine Barrymore’s marriage prospects and a Wilshire gown shop are noted as Hollywood buzz. Rex Bell pursues Nevada senate run with Bells owning Nevada property and taxes mentioned.
Neighbors like the Hollywood gossip as Garbo and 44 Gaylord Hauser reportedly plan marriage while he flew to Hollywood to give a diamond ring. Crawford Gable film titled Strange Cargo despite rumors. Snippets note Judy Garland's mother’s marriage and other show business chatter from San Francisco.
At the theaters the Paramount presents Bette Davis and Errol Flynn in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. Iowa offers U Boat 29 with Conrad Veidt Valerie Hobson Blondi brings Up Baby Penny Singleton Arthur Lake. State features Gloria Jean in The Under Pup with Robert Cummings Nan Grey Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence Jean Rogers Ramon Walburn. Palace shows Bridal Suite Annabella Robert Young Under Cover Doctor Lloyd Nolan J Carrol Naish. Rialto runs Tex Ritter Sun Down On The Prairie with Leon Ames Joan Woodbury Cipher Bureau. Strand offers The Mysterious Rider Zane Grey and Charlie Chan in Honolulu with Sidney Toler.
H F Sundberg Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau attended a Des Moines conference on Iowa product study and rate protection. The plan covers Iowa made articles from local and external raw materials and Iowa jobbed goods. ICc plans to study east of the Rockies rate structure and seeks maximum protection for Iowa shippers. Sundberg cited Davenport hearings on Nov 8 and Cedar Rapids on Nov 10 where truck line applications clashed with existing services. Examiners have the cases for study and rulings.
Under the new state law, applicants for 1940 motor truck licenses must provide both the empty weight equipped and the maximum load intended. County Treasurer Frank F Bates said issuance begins December 1 at the county treasurer’s office. Passenger car registry has reached 23 600 for 1939 and truck registrations total about 3 400 yearly in Linn county. The new plates feature dark blue characters on an orange background.
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