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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1941

Page

11

Hollywood Buzz: Maureen O Hara Leads New Screen Run

Maureen O Hara earns raves for How Green Was My Valley roddy mcDowall and Walter Pidgeon also praised. Zanuck predicts O Hara will be a leading star after the film. O Hara returns from Reno divorce and appendectomy and is slated for To the Shores of Tripoli with John Payne and Randy Scott. Mischa Auer fights release and pay disputes at Universal while Deanna Durbin’s star battles and Joe Pasternak’s absence prompts her to seek better control over roles.

Green Valley Roddy McDowall Maureen O'Hara Walter Pidgeon Darryl Zanuck O’hara Wll Hollywood Maureen Reno Tripoli John Payne Randy Scott Lon Chaney Wally Beery Hellience INS Eanna Durbin Universal Mischa Auer New York Mischa Gloria Warren Warner Jiutvenile Songbird Deanna Durbin Deanna Vaughn Paul Joe Pasternak

Sidelights on U S Rearmament Knitting Campaigned Halted

W W Chaplin details a sweater drive sparked by the Citizens Committee for the Army and Navy led by Thomas J Watson. The Red Cross handles yarn and shipping while the army halts the project to keep sweaters under its control. Volunteers worry about a sweaterless winter as thousands of knitters cope with the stoppage.

American Red Cross Europe Citizens Committee For the Army and Navy, Inc Thomas J. Watson USO

Theatre Schedule Highlights for Paramount Rialto Strand

Times list today for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Strand showings. Features include shorts and full titles such as Honky Ronk Yaw in the Tropics Married Bachelor Whistling in the Dark Sunny Border Vigilantes Blondie on a Budget Wild Cat of Tucson Ragtime Cowboy Joe My Son Is Guilty with varying start times ending around 11 pm. Midnight show at Paramount 10 45.

Palace Rialto Tucson Joe

Notice of Appointment Executrix in Iowa Estate

Notice is given that on October 3 1941 Crissman attorney was appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Walton A Keller of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted must pay immediately. Those with claims should present them duly authenticated to the Linn County Clerk.

State of Iowa Linn County Walton A. Keller

Life In The Army A Dance For Fred Astaire At Iowa Drill

Fred Astaire dances through army life in Iowa shows and guardhouse scenes with Rita Hayworth. The piece notes his khaki duty and a playful romance while contrasting Barker and Nazarro on stage. It mentions Lew of the Tropics with Jeffrey Lynn and Constance Bennett in a secondary feature.

Louisiana Fred Astaire Iowa Rita Strawberry Blonde Hayworth Unness Miss Hayworth Fred Ginger Rogers Ginger Uncle Sam Rita Hayworth Terrific Bob Benchley Cliff Nazarro Cole Porter Lew Tropics Jeffrey Lynn Constance Bennett Gene Farmer

Opposes Argentine Beef Imports Citing Disease Risk

E Howard Hill of Milburn Indiana told the Des Moines AP league of women voters he is unalterably opposed to importing Argentine beef into the United States. He warned the nation should avoid hoof and mouth disease and discussed the good neighbor policy and Brazil's fears of Germany as America grows stronger.

DES Moines E. Howard Hill Milburn United States Hill League of Women Voters Brazil Germany

U S Embassy Staff Departs From Moscow

The State Department says Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt and most Moscow embassy staff left the city for the east by train. Two secretaries and three clerks remained, while military and naval attaches, two Red Cross representatives, and ten American correspondents traveled with the party.

Washington State Department United States Laurence Steinhardt Moscow Soviet Foreign Office Steinhardt Kso Department American Red Cross Henry Cassidy Robert Magidoff Associated Press C L Sulzberger New York Times Wallace Carroll Henry Shapiro M. S. Handler United Press Alice Leone Moats Quentin Reynolds Colliers’ Magazine Dennis McEvoy CBS A. T. Steele Chicago Daily News Llewellyn Thompson Las Animas Colo G. Frederick Reinhardt Mills College Calif Harold N Waddell Brookhaven John Francis Morgan Providence John Leino Finland Lalitornia

Music Aids Caesarean Birth Listen to Radio

In Chicago a 29 year old mother Pauline Siegel underwent a Caesarean section with local anesthesia while listening to radio music through earplugs. Doctors report the music eased suffering as a 5 pound 2 ounce baby boy was delivered. The birth occurred during Tchaikovsky concerto in B flat minor with other pieces played.

Chicago Pauline Siegel Henatin Hospital W5ic Siegel Edward TL. Cornell Leonard Skneeler Keeler Allen Bessie Chalif

Harriman Reaches Capital by Bomber from London

Washington AP reports W Averell Harriman head of the U.S. delegation to the Moscow conference on Russian war needs arrived in Washington Friday night aboard a bomber direct from London. He was accompanied by several army officers.

Washington W. Averell Harriman United States London Harriman

Honky Tonk shines at the Paramount with Gable and Turner

Clark Gable delivers a top performance as a confident man in Yellow Creek in Honky Tonk. Lana Turner appears in a new role alongside Claire Trevor and supporting stars Frank Morgan Marjorie Main and Albert Dekker.

Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Dekker Paramount Theater Yellow Creek New Gable Candy Johnson Nevada Boston Margaret Dilley

Germans Suffer No Ill Effects Of Rationing Food

Washington reports Germany’s food rationing has not yet harmed physical condition or work output. The Agriculture Department cites early war third year fare as better in some respects than 1916. Carbohydrates abundant while fats and proteins are reduced.

Washington Germany Agriculture Department Reich Department J. H. Richter Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations

Farm Bureau Chief Opposes Rail Unions Wage Increase Demands

Chicago report shows American Farm Bureau Federation President Ed ward A. O Neal opposing organized railroad labor wage hike. He argues higher freight rates would raise distribution costs, cut farm prices, and could push railroads toward government ownership, inflationary effects.

Farm Bureau Chicago Edward A. O'Neal American Farm Bureau Federation Roosevelt O'Neal

Iowans Reelected By Medical Group

In Minneapolis the International Medical assembly reelected several Iowa figures. Dr George R Minot of Boston was elected president succeeding Dr Roscoe R Graham of Toronto. Reelected were Dr Arthur G Sullivan Madison Wisconsin managing director Dr Tom B Throckmorton Des Moines secretary Dr Henry G Langworthy Dubuque treasurer and director of foundation fund and Dr Mather Pfeiffenberger Alton Illinois speaker of assembly.

Minneapolis George R. Minot Boston International Medical Assembly Roscoe R. Graham Toronto Canada Arthur G. Sullivan Madison Wis Tom B. Throckmoreton Des Moines Henry G. Langworthy Dubuque Iowa Mather Pfeiffenberger Alton Ill

Things I Never Knew and Still Dunno on Broadway

Walter Winchell riffs on bizarre trivia and curiosities from history and pop culture. The piece surveys global myths and oddities from Mammoth Oregon chaperones to Greek wine rules, Babylonian theater naming, and the origins of the blues.

Movie Star Crossword Clue Answers Revealed

A long mixed list of across and down clues yields names and terms for popular actress hints, animals, elements, and locations. Evidence includes hints like Academy awards and phonetic spellings, plus regions such as Nova Scotia and Southwest abbreviations.

Surplus Iowa Corn To Be Moved To Eastern Bins

About 2.825 million bushels of surplus corn from 49 western and central Iowa counties will be moved to empty government bins in 28 eastern livestock feeding counties. Commodity Credit Corporation official William McArthur said transfers will begin once details are worked out and storage capacity in eastern Iowa is estimated at 2,885,385 bushels. Conferences will be held to resolve transportation issues with local groups. Trucks will transport the corn with farmers paying the first cent per bushel of the move.

Des Moines Iowa William McArthur Commodity Credit Corporation McArthur Clarion Franklin Wright Kossuth Humboldt Howard Mitchell Floyd

Grain transfer plan lists county quotas and storage needs

The report details corn transfers funded by the government, listing transfer counties with their bushel quotas from 55,000 in Hamilton to 125,000 in Kossuth, and destination counties with storage capacities from 30,885 in Dubuque to 338,000 in Clinton.

Move 20 000 Jews From Berlin and Rhineland to Poland

Berlin reports that up to 20 000 Jews from the Rhine land and Berlin are to be transferred to the general government of Poland soon. The Rhine land contingent reached Berlin after 10 minutes to three hours to prepare. They may pack what they can in suitcases and carry 100 marks each in cash.

Berlin Rhineland Poland

Connally vows U S retaliation over torpedo attack

Senator Tom Connally of Texas, chair of the foreign relations committee, said the United States will retaliate for the torpedo attack on the destroyer Kearny. He spoke in Wichita Falls during the dedication of Sheppard Field, the nation's newest and largest aviation technical training center.

Wichita Falls Texas Tom Connally Foreign Relations Committee U. S Kearny Connally Sheppard Field

German Agent Fined For Not Registering

Akron attorney and former Ohio state senator Frank B. Burch 67 pled guilty to failing to register as a German agent. He was fined $1000 in federal district court with a suspended eight to 24 month jail sentence by Judge James W. Morris.

Washington Frank B. Burch Akron Ohio State Senate James W. Morris

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