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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1939
Page
4
A reader complains of a boastful man named George who exaggerates his talents and earns derision. Miss Manners advises patience and caution, urging the writer to reassess the relationship and avoid further entanglement until the boy proves himself. The advice favors moving on and pursuing other social options.
A Rialto Theatre program features Joy Hodges in a gay comedy directed by a service theme, with Constance Bennett and Vincent Price in Service de Luxe. The second feature Boy Slaves stars Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel and Alan Baxter. Radio Patrol returns for its fourth chapter with a comedy and sports reel.
The Gatun dam in the Panama Canal system stands 105 feet high with a base about a half mile wide and a top width of 100 feet reflecting its sizable earthfill construction and role in canal water control.
The United States Brewers association urged Secretary Wallace to lift harvesting restrictions and raise the 1939 hops quota amid potential hop shortages caused by the European war. Gustave L. Becker of Ogden Utah, former rifle and trap shooting champion, elected president of the association.
Paramount features Ann Sheridan in Winter Carnival and Charlie Chan At Treasure Island with Sidney Toler. Iowa showcases Edith Fellows in The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew and Tailspin Tommy Sky Patrol with John Trent. March of Time and The Battle Fleets of England appear. State offers Miracles for Sale with Robert Young, Florence Rice, Unexpected Father with Baby Sandy, Shirley Ross, Dennis O Keefe. Palace presents Shirley Temple in The Little Princess and Within the Law with Ruth Hussey and Tom Neal. Strand shows Youre Only Young Once with Lewis Stone and Mickey Rooney and Hold That Co Ed with John Barrymore. Rialto features Constance Bennett, Charlie Ruggles, Helen Broderick and Mischa Auer in Service de Luxe plus Boy Slaves with Anne Shirley.
Hollywood gossip reports star George Brent severely ill with streptococcal throat and possible pneumonia. He remains at his Coldwater Canyon home and may miss work on The Fighting 69th if his condition does not improve, jeopardizing Wild Bill Donovan casting by Warners. Greta Garbo’s screen future also discussed.
A Paris length article reports on Garbo’s European trade impact, Melchior Lengyel’s new comedy, and Alice Faye’s star presence in Cavalcade. It notes Gene Raymond’s Let Me Always Sing, potential Gene Wilder collaboration, and Stan Laurel’s rumored new flame. It also mentions Raft’s Garibaldi hopes, Priscilla Lane’s New York visit, and Reinhardt plans to shift Hollywood toward legitimate stage production.
Rowhead Springs resort opens December 15. Jinx Falkenberg lies ill at Cedars of Lebanon while Bob Tap linger stays beside her. Deanna Durbin and Vaughn Paul seen as the cutest couple at the Vic tor Hugo. Gail Patrick hospitalized in Santa Monica with an infected ear. The dance of Sarawak arrives to consult Warners on The White Rajah. Helen Parrish and Forest Tucket dates continue. Joseph Pasternak and Peggy Moran noted. Andreas Leeds prepares her trousseau for Oct 25. Vicki Baum rhumba with her son. May Robson and Eddie Horton pictured at RKO. Bob Montgomery back in Fred Astaire’s old dressing room. Mrs. F. D. R. accepts Ice Follies invitation for Washington opening.
The Strand presents You're Only Young Once starring Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone on Wednesday and Thursday. Also shown is Hold That Co Ed with John Barrymore and Joan Davis, a governor candidate farce. Navy Blue and Gold with James Stewart features weekend shows. Also on bill are Texas Trail Hop Along Cassidy and a Gang comedy.
Elliott Roosevelt praised American newspaper and radio men Tuesday night in Fort Worth for debunking propaganda from the European war, lauding their efforts to expose misinformation and guard public opinion.
A corporation named Cedar Rapids Loan Company Inc is formed with its principal place in Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa. It will acquire and operate the small loan business formerly run by W F Charters and continued by William Q Sparks as Ancillary Executor. The board will issue stock and manage affairs with officers including a president treasurer and secretary. Directors named Sparks Simmons Trewin serve until February 1940. The corporation began July 24 1939 for twenty years.
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