Red Cross Expands Help for Draftees Families
Linn county Red Cross officials announce intensified welfare support for men in military service and their dependents. Field staff will assist with illness, emergencies, furloughs, and dependency discharges while training more volunteers in first aid, home hygiene, and comfort items for hospitals and war material production sites.
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Linn County Red Crocs
C. V. Shepherd
Shepherd
Red Cross
Navy
Marine Corps
Linn
Linn County
Capt E A Milliken
Hollywood tests Hartzell Spence for lead role
Jack Warner in New York reports Hartzell Spence author of One Font In Heaven is testing for the lead. Spence, a striking young man with dramatics training from a preparatory school and the University of Iowa, resembles his father in youth and would sign if his performances meet the standard. He may pass if he deems the part within his ability.
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Ollywood
INS
Jack Warner
New York
Hartzell Spence
Jack “Spence
University of Iowa
Spence
Jack
Spitfire Squadron moving forward with David in London plans
Warners tried to secure a real clergyman for a Methodist minister tale as AVID NIVEN nears return to acting. Robert Kane seeks approval for David to star in 20th Century Foxs Spitfire Squadron at Shepherds Bush amid wartime safety concerns.
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Avid Niven
England
London
Robert Kane
David
20Th Century-Fox
Kane
TOF
Sam Goldwyn
Sam
Europe
Shepherd's Bush
Lane group She is probably wise too for she has a singing voice
The fragment notes a Lane group member described as wise and possessing a singing voice she seldom uses on screen. It hints at a performer who could sing but rarely does so publicly. Names and context are limited in the text.
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Warners
Lola
Priscilla
Rosemary
Caffeine Intake Impacts Kidney Function and Child Diet Advice
The piece notes caffeine acts as a diuretic increasing urine output and widening kidney arterioles. Excess use may contribute to chronic nephritis and Bright's disease. It advises limiting caffeine for under 16s and suggests milk as a daily beverage with chocolate flavoring as an option. It ends with a note about a monograph on bed-wetting management.
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Old Sourpuss Brady
Ol’ Doc Brady
Beverage Rule Restricts After Dusk Tea and Coffee
The rule bans drinking tea coffee coca or chocolate, especially after five o'clock in the afternoon, reflecting strict evening consumption limits.
Ackles Faces Charge Of Securities Sale Without A License
Indications that some of the 16 residents of Dubuque who invested in the stock schemes of M. S. Ackles led to the county attorney filing charges. Sheriff Leo Eishach holds a warrant charging Ackles with selling securities without a license. Ackles jailed in Linn County on $2,500 bond for cheating by false pretenses. Two state securities agents met with County Attorney G. K. Thompson to review information and pledge a full probe.
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Dubuque
M. S. Ackles
Leo Eishach
Ackles
Linn
State Securities Commission
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Robbery at Cedar Rapids Medical Office and Convention Rooms
A wave of sneak thefts in Cedar Rapids Friday and at the Eastern Iowa Veterinarians convention left Dr. Robert M. Chapman's office with $36 in cash and $106.40 in checks missing from a desk drawer. Five convention guests reported cash losses ranging from $3 to $17 while all rooms were found locked, suggesting use of a pass key.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert M. Chapman
Higley Building
Chapman
Iowa
Iowa State Dietitians Headed to NYC Convention
Iowa State College faculty women will leave Oct. 19 for the American Dietetics Association convention in New York from Oct 21 to 25. Dr. P Mabel Nelson head and Dr. Margaret Ohlson associate professor of foods and nutrition will attend the five day session.
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Ames
Iowa State College
American Dietetics Association
New York
P Mabel Nelson
Margaret Ohlson
College speakers outline dietitian survey and pastry methods
Miss Fern Gleiser head and Miss Lenore Sullivan associate professor of the institution management department will report results of a survey on trained dietitians in college foods service and discuss the Town State college cooperative residence halls. Dr Ohlson will speak on the Educational Program for Student Dietitians. Miss Sullivan will demonstrate new pastry methods.
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Fern Gleiser
Lenore Sullivan
Miss Gleiser
The Lady in Question and Parade of 1940s Theatrical Cards
Theater listings show The Lady in Question starring Brian Aherne and Rita Hayworth, East Side Kids in Boys of the City, Paramount with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band featuring William Tracy June Preisser and Larry Nunn, plus Public Deb No 1 with George Murphy Brenda Joyce Mischa Auer and Mystery Sea Raider with Carole Landis Henry Wilcox. Palace presents Irene Dunne Cary Grant in My Favorite Wife and Viva Cisco Kid with Cesar Romero Jean Rogers. Rialto features Ben on Tomorrow with Harry Carey and Six Gun Trail with Tim McCoy.
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Brian Aherne
Rita Hayworth
East Side
Paramount
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
William Tracy
June Preisser
Larry Nunn
George Murphy
Brenda Joyce
Mischa Auer
Carole Landis
Henry Wilcox
Palace
Irene Dunne
Cary Grant
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