Hollywood Box Office Polls From Parsons And Report
Louella Parsons predicts Mickey Rooney heads the ten big money makers with Clark Gable second and Abbott and Costello third. The Hollywood Reporter list has Bette Davis and Dorothy Lamour as top feminine favorites, Rooney and Spencer Tracy top male, with Autry Gable and Hope also featuring. Loretta Young leaves for New York with husband Tom Lewis.
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Motion Picture Herald
Clark Gable
Abbott and Costello
Gene Autry
Jimmy Cagney
Spencer Tracy
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Bette Davis
Ginger Rogers
Dorothy Lamour
Mickey Rooney
Gary Cooper
Tyrone Power
Soviet Envoys Reach Teheran After Snowstorm
A plane carrying Maxim Litvinov the Soviet ambassador and U S ambassador Laurence Steinhardt landed in Teheran at noon Monday. Also aboard were British information service officer Sir Walter Monckton and American journalists Quentin Reynolds and Alice Moats.
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Teheran
Iran
Maxim Litvinov
United States
Laurence Steinhardt
Kuibyshev
Russia
Walter Monckton
Quentin Reynolds
Colliers Magazine
Alice Moats
The Chocolate Soldier and Classic Films at Local Theaters
The Gazette lists today’s schedules from Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Strand. Featured titles include The Chocolate Soldier One Foot In Heaven Flying Blind They Met in Bombay Accent on Love Little Men Hudsons Bay Wyoming Calling All Marines and more with start times throughout the day.
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Palace
Bombay
Fasteeth powder promises secure false teeth dignity
A vintage advertisement touts FASTEETH powder to sprinkle on dentures to keep them firmly set. It claims increased security and comfort during talking and eating, featuring an alkaline mon acid formula and urging readers to buy at any drug store.
Germany Rejects Mexican Slap At French Executions
Berlin reports the German foreign office rejected Mexican observations on German reprisals in France. The note to the Mexican legation was announced Sunday but not published, while DNB issued a commentary interpreting Germany's stand. The piece argues Germany deserves sympathy for its bloodshed rather than criticism for attempts to liberate.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
France
DNB
Germany
Mexicans Submit Statement After Hostage Shootings
The Mexican government issued a statement on measures taken after the shooting of 50 hostages at Nantes and Bordeaux in France following the killing of two German soldiers. The Berlin foreign office said it does not wish to receive observations from third states on this question.
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Europe
DNB
Nantes
Bordeaux
France
Berlin
Defense Bond Quiz Explains Payroll Savings for Bonds
Payroll allotments are voluntary portions of employee earnings set aside each pay period to buy defense savings bonds or stamps. Gifts can be given by purchasing a Series E bond at a post office or bank in the recipient’s name, with sales at post offices, banks, or savings and loan associations and stamps sold at retailers.
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Defense Savings
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Let's Explore Your Mind and Campfire Questions Q and A
Albert E Wiggam discusses gender in film starring big box office appeal and notes men may have better chances per study. Evelyn Crowell on security and self development, Campfire girls on sleep talk, and RAF cuts minimum pilot hours from 60 to 70 while needing efficiency.
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Frederick Lewis
Katherine Cornell
Helen Hayes
Ethel Barrymore
Evelyn Miller Crowell
Miss Miller
German Catholics Oppose Nazis Rally with Catholic Church
The German Freedom radio urged illegal Germans to unite with Catholics to oppose the Nazis. It cited crowded churches as a sign of resistance and reported Mussolini intervened to prevent the Bishop of Münster’s arrest, with Pope Pius said ready to issue an encyclical condemning the Nazis.
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London
England
German Freedom Radio
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Munster
Hitler
Mussolini
Pius
South Side Women Donate Masses of Red Cross Items
A South Side sewing group grew from 35 to 73 members and now meets daily at the Z C B J hall to produce Red Cross items. They have crafted 102 surgical garments, 3 120 dressings, 65 mittens, 17 sweaters, 19 children's sweaters, 44 ankle and wristlets sets, five children's caps, 29 girls dresses, and four children rompers, with 1 200 dressings made on one Friday. Additional volunteers from St Wenceslaus church and Hus Memorial Presbyterian church will join next Friday.
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South Side
Red Cross
J. J. Hervert
Z.C.B.J. Hall
St. Wenceslaus Church
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest Verse
Poem urges perseverance through war and hardship. It counsels faith, daily effort, prayer, and steady progress despite fear and change, noting that struggle has always dogged humanity and that wars eventually end.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Broadway With Walter Winchell In New York Like This
Vivid vignette of 1950s Broadway and city life with glimpses of fashion, noise, and characters. Winchell sketches scenes from Sixth Avenue to Wall Street, Central Park, and Radio City, noting cures and curiosities from luxury to street life.
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New York
Einstein
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Central Park
City Hall
Wall Street
Sidelights of US Rearmament from A Reporter's Notes
W. W. Chaplin reports on a national defense show of U S armored force strength in the Carolinas maneuvers to prove blitz readiness. Foreign attaches will observe as Chaplin compares American tanks to European models and notes magnesium shortages and Dow Chemical’s sea water extraction method.
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National Defense Hierarchy
United States
Carolinas
America
United States Army
Europe
Africa
Dow Chemical Company
Dow
Banks Of City To Be Closed For Thanksgiving Holidays
Cedar Rapids Clearing House banks will be closed on November 20 and November 27 in observance of Thanksgiving. Proclamation by the U.S. President and Iowa governor directs the holiday closing.
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Cedar Rapids
Magnesium Boost and New Smoke for War Effort
Production capacity tops 125 million pounds against OPM demand of 400 million pounds as other firms resume output. Magnesium is declared 100 percent defense metal. A new ground-hugging smoke, hexachlorothane, covers infantry moves, clears quickly, and is non-poisonous though its name may alarm the public.
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OPM
Name Changed for Gene Autry Tribute in Oklahoma
Crowds estimated at 35 000 gathered in Oklahoma to pay tribute to Gene Autry the cowboy singer star of the films amid a large public memorial event.
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Gene Autry
Okla
INS
Community Sunday Renames Berwyn to Gene Autry
The town formerly known as Berwyn with a population of 227 has officially adopted the new name Gene Autry. Separately a scientific note states earthworms can extend up to six feet underground.
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Community Sunday
Berwyn
Gene Autry
McCleary Clinic Offers Free 122 Page Digest On Colon Ailments
Advertisement for the McCleary Clinic outlines a free 122 page book with diagrams charts and X ray pictures about rectal and colon conditions. It promotes mild corrective treatments and lists thousands of former patients across the United States and Canada. Addressed to Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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McCleary Clinic
United States
Canada
Zima Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Household Finance loan offer to married couples
An advertising notice invites married couples and individuals to borrow up to 500 with simple monthly installments. It explains three loan methods on personal notes, cars, or furniture, with repayment examples and stated rates, promising quick, easy approvals without endorsers.
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Loretta Young
Tom Lewis
Paramount
Universal
Tom
Warren Duff
Arole Lombard
Hollywood
Lynn Fontanne
Jack Benny
Alfred Lunt
Mrs. G
Helen Deutch
Arthur Lyons
Lombard
United Artists
Litvinov
Gazette
Iowa
Heaven
Strand
Wyoming
Bari - Sutton - Dailey, IR
Lynn John
the Chocolate Soldier
Nelson Eddy
Rise Stevens
Wallace Reet
Leo Carrillo
Calling All Marines
Russell
Clarence Brown
Metion M
Accent ON
Love
George Montgomery
Osa
Massen
Uericoer Trades
Council JA
Albert E. Wiggam
Royal Air Force
Hartzell Spence
Warner Bros
Beulah Bondi
Gene Lockhart
Elisabeth Fraser
Harry Davenport
Laura Hope Crews
Grant Mitchell
TE Gay Falcon
George Sanders
Wendy Barrie
Nied Stanwyck - Fonda
MR. Quilk
Frank
Gotch
EA Service, Inc
REG
U. 8
PAT
Williams
Walter Winchell
Brooklyn Bridge
Radio City
Heywood Broun
48Th Street
Florida
W. W. Chaplin
National Defense
the PO
WANT
National Optical
Opticians
First Avenue NE
Roosevelt Hotel
Sun
Piss
Charlie
Leon Errol
COLON
Acarauhh
Pesenn Prtey Bent
B.e.hinsergon
Arendert
Higley
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R. C. Arnett
Iowa City
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Waterloo
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