Hollywood News on Leigh and Other Studio Moves
Vivien Leigh may be loaned to MGM for If Winter Comes with potential London production. Pan Ber man may send the A H M Hutchinson adaptation to England for Irving Asher and Harold Bucquet at MGM London. Susanna Foster leaves Paramount while Jimmie Lydon also exits. Cesar Romero plans a Brentwood move to coast guard duty. Marie McDonald and Benetta Lindsay noted among social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivien Leigh
MGM
David Selznick
Vivien
America
Mahomet
Pan Berman
A. H. M. Hutchinson
England
Irving Asher
Harold Bucquet
London
Waterloo Bridge
INS
Hollywood
Benetta Lindsay
Freddie Bartholomew
Ben Lindsay
Marie McDonald
Bruce Cabot
Vic Orsatt
Cesar Romero
Brentwood
Coast Guard
Maria Montez
Jack Oakie
Susanna Foster
Paramount
Jimmie Lydon
Allan Jones
Advice From Mary Manners and Letters About Love
Mary Manners offers guidance on a woman who mourns a fiancé who died years ago and faces a new marriage proposal. She advises that marrying the good man would not betray the dead lover and may bring happiness, while reminding her to be gentle with others and courteous to her sister’s suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Shoe Box Too Fragile For Mailing Overseas
Cedar Rapids postal officials say the average cardboard shoe box is not strong enough to protect articles sent overseas. The latest postal bulletin clarifies that shoe boxes are for size reference only and not for packaging gifts to service members abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Postal Department
Washington
Department i
Cedar Rapids
First practical typewriter invented in Milwaukee in 1867
A historical note records that the first practical typewriter was invented in 1867 in Milwaukee. The discovery marks a milestone in writing technology and industrial design of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Scrap drive to admit by 10 pounds scrap or five keys at Cedar Rapids theaters
The Iowa, State, Palace, Times, Rialto and Strand theaters join a Civilian Defense scrap drive. On Saturday at 9:30 a.m. admission is free with a 10 pound scrap or five keys donation. Shows include full length and comedy shorts for all ages. Henry Haegg coordinates in front of theaters to collect and haul scrap to Linn County pile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State
Palace
Times
Rialto
Strand
Henry Haegg
Linn County
Red Cross Notes and Local Activities Report
Red Cross notes report Mrs Wells C Peck improving after an operation at St Luke's Hospital with visitors restricted. Dawson Grim will address the Y Men's Club at the Y.M.C.A. on Red Cross activities. Two million more boys enrolled in the American Red Cross since WWI. school enrollment begins Nov 1. Hi Y Ettes of McKinley High sponsor Junior Red Cross membership drive. South Side Red Cross center to reopen at 8 am with sewing and surgical dressings. A Liberty, Mo. coast guardsman sends thanks for Red Cross aid and bone surgery in Australia. Daughters of Isabella meet weekly to sew surgical dressings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel ©. Wilson
Wells C. Peck
St. Luke's Hospital
Dawson E. Grim
Linn County
Y Men’s Club
Y.M.C
Red Cross
American For Red Cross
McKinley High School
Margaret Hawkins
Ida Mae Cox
Frances Marshall
Mary Ann Kubasa
South Side Red Cross Center
Australia
Jesse Hall of Liberty
George
Coast
Nazi Glider Train Attacked by RAF Near Crete
Cairo dispatch reports RAF fighters spotting a German glider train northeast of Gavdos island. RAF planes dove into the Nazi formation and shot down one Junkers aircraft while damaging others, despite the escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Crete
Royal Air Force
Gavdos Island
Junkers
RAF
Tin Can Salvage Made Mandatory in 19 Northeastern States
The War Production Board orders over 400 cities in 19 states to collect and segregate all tin cans for salvage as new plating plants come online. It is estimated 1,000,000 tons of steel and 10,000 tons of tin can be recovered from old cans. Housewives should prepare cans by removing labels washing contents trimming tops and bottoms and flattening the cans for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Hoosier Senator Urges Senate Check on McNutt Appointments
Senator Willis of Indiana warned the Senate that without strict confirmation of War Manpower Commission appointees earning 4500 dollars or more per year a large pro McNutt movement could arise from within commission ranks. He urged using every check against political profiteering available in a supplementary appropriations bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Willis
R-Ind
Senate
Congress
War Manpower Commission
Japs Fail to Make New Guinea Stand
Japanese forces in New Guinea failed to halt Allied advances as Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported three counterattacks near Templeton's crossing, 12 miles from Kokoda. High casualties were indicated as Japanese efforts to hold jungle terrain near Owen Stanley Mountains continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Owen Stanley
Templeton
Kokoda
Rooney and Gardner Reconcile After Domestic Spat
Hollywood report says Mickey Rooney age 21 and Ava Gardner 19 will start life anew after Gardner drops a divorce suit. She described the incident as a family spat and claimed they will resume life together where they left off last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Ava Gardner
Miss Gardner
Pressure to Ease Flynn Rape Case Hearing Set
District Attorney John F. Dockweiler said influential people in the movie colony are pressuring him to go easy on actor Errol Flynn and his three co defendants. A preliminary hearing is set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John F. Dockweiler
Colony
Errol Flynn
Flynn
U S Troops Move Toward Iran and Russia Report
London based dispatch cited by Reuters says United States troops arriving in Syria are being sent to Persia Iran and Russia. The report notes these troops mainly trained for mountain warfare in Arizona camps and warns there is no Allied confirmation of troop arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Ankara
United States
Syria
Persia
Iran
Russia
Arizona
Kiwanis Club to Hear Dr Morse Bingham Speech
Dr Guy Morse Bingham will speak to the Kiwanis Club and guests Wednesday at noon announced by Rev Grant F Anderson program chair. He has lectured widely on lyceum and chautauqua circuits and has addressed clubs and business organizations across America. He will discuss America To y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Guy Morse Bingham
Grant F. Anderson
Bingham
America
Lyceum
Chautauqua
America Toy
The Major and the Minor at Paramount and More
The Gazette lists today’s cinema schedule with Paramount presenting The Major and the Minor plus short subjects at 11:04 a.m. and later showings. IOWA offers Here We Go Again and The Falcon’s Brother with multiple daily times. Palace, Rialto, Strand, Times, and Marion theaters feature additional titles including Juke Girl Manila Calling North to the Klondike Ringside Maisie Barnacle Bill Son of Fury Whats Cookin The Gay Sisters and Ride Em Cowboy with varied start times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maisie
Edgar A. Guest Poem Chronicle of Patience and Judgment
The verse reflects on weighing grains and judgments not by minor errors but by total outcomes. It urges patience with failures, noting that even mighty batters miss, and the ultimate measure is the final sum, as time reveals profit or loss. Gods judgment waits for life to close.
Delay Action on Poll Tax Measure
Washington AP report: The senate judiciary committee voted 8 to 4 to postpone action for another week on a bill to outlaw poll tax collection as a prerequisite for voting. The panel's delay extends legislative consideration of the voting rights measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Broadside Memoir Tales Of War Heroic Surprises
Walter Winchell column recounts anecdotes from wartime and diplomatic intrigues. A Dutch tug captain who aided German troops is outwitted by naval fate, and a Swedish sailor adorning the U.S. flag dies in Japanese custody, honored for loyalty to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mally
Bermuda
Hoover Urges all Voters to Go to the Polls
Former President Herbert Hoover asks every American to vote on November 3 to show democracy remains alive. He says exercising the franchise preserves individual liberties surrendered during wartime government powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Scrap Movie Free Entry Offer at Local Theaters
Ten pounds of scrap metal or five keys admit bearer to a special show at the State Strand Palace Town Rialto or Times Theaters. Doors open at 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Strand
Palace
Town
Rialto
Times
Broadway at McKinley School Featured Local Cast
10 20 30 Years Ago The Community Players presented Broadway at McKinley school with Marion Barnett Naomi Battin Eleanor Cook Donald De Fore Darryl Horsfall and Harry Cannon in the cast. The unemployment relief fund totals 80975 to date. Other reports include 57 haircuts 10 bushels of apples meat and potatoes. Drum and Bugle Corps won second prize at national Legion convention in New Orleans. Samuel W Stickley union representative urged Humane Society aid to protect a drinking fountain for dumb animals on Thirteenth Avenue Cedar Rapids with horses watered at three places only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley School
Marion Barnett
Naomi Battin
Eleanor Cook
Donald de Fore
Darryl Horsfall
Harry Concannon
Hanford Post
National Legion
New Orleans
Samuel W. Stickley
Teamsters’ Union
The
Humane Society
Thirteenth Avenue
Second
Cedar Rapids
Four cars arrive in Cedar Rapids on Little Glidden tour
Four cars making the Little Glidden tour reach Cedar Rapids where 16 travelers are shown the city by G. F. Gibson. City officials clash with ill kept rooming houses after an inspection by Federation of Labor car reps and Fire Chief Mohr bacher. Officials order clean up or face eviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
G. F. Gibson
Federation of Labor
Mohrbacher
Gibraltar Area Size Noted at One and Seven-Eighth Miles
The report states Gibraltar covers one and seven eighth square miles. It records the precise measurement as a geographic fact for the colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hollywood News
Louella O. Parsons
Rank Morgan
Frank
Sti
Mr. Justice
Supreme Court
Richard Carlson
Ruth Hussey
Roy Rowland
Frank Morgan Mr
Mary Manners
Lise
Elsie
Glenna
Sister
Red
Daughters of Isabella
Ae Sas
W. Beck
R.A.F
McNutt
Hoosier
U. S
Guy M. Bingham
Gazette
Manila
Grand Central
Klondike
Marion
Gay Sisters
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Kiddins
Aroune
Ginger
Stremsan
Alv
Jerry Colonna
Vera Vaeue
Ann Miller
Walter Winchell
Goebbels
A. Woollcott
Brest
Paris
Holland
Illana
Ist Ave
15Th ST
Tyrone Power
By Larry E. Johnson
Tut Vtti
Soller Skatu
WANT
Ipalace
Rona Ann
Press
van Heflin
Patricia Dane
With
Ann Sothern
Geo. Murphy
Barnacle Bill
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Carteen
Lydia E. Futter
Nou
Fitnepar
Parr
Charlie Cots
FeLik
Ad McGee
Molly the Great Gildersleeve
Ginny Simms
George Sanders
Diana Barrymore
Robert Cummings
Bos Gil
Kay Francis
John Boles
Andy Devine
Bates Marshall
Yoo
Cala
Oxfords
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!