Zorina Signs Long-Term Paramount Contract for January Return
Hollywood reports Zorina signs a long-term deal with Paramount and will return in January. Buddy DeSylva aims to pair Victor Moore with Bob Hope in new slates after Louis iana Purchase success. Virginia Weidler’s $2,000 weekly MGM contract and other industry tidbits follow.
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Zorina
Maria
Paramount
Buddy de Sylva
Victor Moore
Hollywood
Buddy
Moore
Bob Hope
Hope
Louisiana Purchase
Heitsen
Ins
Pattern 4751 Offers Wide Misses and Women Sizes
Pattern 4751 available in misses and women sizes 12 through 40. Size 16 requires 354 yards 35 inch fabric and 24 yards inc-rac. Send 15 cents to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department for this pattern. 1941-42 Pattern Book offers new season styles with free hat and bag pattern. West Virginia is noted as the new world center for marbles though authentic marbles are scarce due to to hand-cut German and Czechoslovakian production.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Advice From Mary Manners Columns of Social Etiquette
Advice on handling lavish spending in social settings and dieting to gain popularity. Discusses how generosity can backfire and how grooming and personality matter. Also addresses repairing a strained friendship after an innocent remark at a party and how to approach an apology.
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John
Miss Manners
Apology Advised After Frayed Domestic Dispute
A private letter urges Len to address his wife with a sincere apology and explanation. The note notes possible jealousy and suggests she may view the situation more clearly once she has cooled. It emphasizes judging the matter once she is better acquainted.
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Len
Sidelights of U S Rearmament From A Reporter's Notes
W W Chaplin notes U S air strength in the orient based on Britain’s intelligence. He cites Japan’s 3650 planes, with 1800 first line, many observers, and compares Jap army and navy air power to American capability. He suggests Japan’s combat strength is about 900 planes, potentially influencing wartime posture and resolve.
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W. W. Chaplin
INS
National Defense Esport
Nippon
Navy
United States
Orient
Japan
Pacific
Philippines
America
Britain
Europe
Jap Army
Jap Navy
Back to Work at Gary Steel Mills
Production resumed Monday at Carnegie-Illinois Steel plants in South Chicago and Gary Indiana after a stoppage that affected 11,900 workers amid an AFL CIO jurisdictional dispute over steel output. SWOC planned a dues inspection drive at Gary and warned it could trigger further walkouts across the steel industry.
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United Press
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
South Chicago
Gary
Ind
Afl-Cio
Carnegie-Knois
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
Gary Works
South
Chicago
Dining Out Signals A Couple's Marriage Status
A playful piece suggests observing couples in public to infer if a man and woman are married by their behavior in a restaurant. The woman studies menus and other patrons, checks dish details, and glances at dancers while the man reads, watches the bill, and recounts tipping, then leads to the car with minimal help.
Broadway Starchooses Career Over Marriage Ambition
On Broadway Walter Winchell tells of a show girl who left the East for Hollywood to test her luck in films. She rejected a wealthy suitor’s marriage proposal, chose to prove herself first, and returned to a new show as a performer.
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New York
Hollywood
East
Crochet set pattern 2993 for 12 16 year sizes
Pattern 2993 offers instructions to crochet a wool pigtail cap mittens and scarf set for 12 16 year olds with illustrations and required materials. Send 10 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft department New York address and include pattern number name and address.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Department
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Notice of Administrator Appointment in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on September 27 1941 William V Shillinglaw was appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Mertle M Shillinglaw deceased of Linn County Iowa. All persons indebted must pay promptly and those with claims should present them duly authenticated in the Clerk of the Linn County District Court office. William V Shillinglaw Administrator. Trewin Simmons and Trewin Attorneys filed.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Mertle M
Shillinglaw
Iate
William V Shillinglaw
Trewin, Simmons and Trewin
Park Central Cocoa Nut Grove Hurley Girlie Show Promises Spectacle
The article notes new entertainment in town with the Cocoa Nut Grove show featuring young performers amid crowd chatter. It mentions a Louis win by Tey Shaw and Coley Madden and cites a purses split of 13000 to 5000 with action reported.
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Tey Shaw
Coley Madden
Louis
Park Central
Cocoanut Grove
Defense Bond Quiz Explains Saving to Prevent Price Rises
The quiz explains that if higher income is spent, prices rise due to scarce goods. By saving in defense bonds and stamps, spending stays controlled and prices do not increase. Defense bonds can be redeemed by the owner per treasury rules, with purchase at post offices, banks, or savings associations.
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Defense
Treasury
Defense Savings
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, DC
Willkie To Get Good Will Award
Wendell L. Willkie will receive the 1941 Churchman award for promoting goodwill and better understanding among all peoples at the annual dinner of the churchmen’s group in New York.
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Willkie
Will
New York
INS
Wendell L. Walkie
Wil
Churchman
Churchman associates honor Eleanor Roosevelt in 1939 award
The Independent Journal of Applied Religion announced on Sunday that Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt won the first Churchman award in 1939. The plaque from last year went to William Allen White.
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Churchman Associates
Eleanor Roosevelt
Independent Journal of Applied Religion
William Allen White
Paramount Hold Back the Dawn Schedule Notice
The Gazette lists today’s theater schedule with Paramount film Hold Back the Dawn at 146 425 704 9 433. Several entries include News and Short features and shows for The Lite Foxes The Mexican Spitfires and other titles with times such as 245 615 945 and more local listings appear throughout.
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Thea’er
Paramount
TOWA
Lite Foxes
Nave
Duanes
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