Vivien Leigh May Star in If Winter Comes for MGM
Hollywood gossip notes Vivien Leigh may be loaned from David Selznick to MGM for If Winter Comes with Pan Ber man directing in England at Irving Asher’s MGM studio. Other items mention Rank Morgan shifting to drama, Ruth Hussey and Richard Carlson leading a romance, and various cast or career moves.
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Vivien Leigh
MGM
David Selznick
Vivien
America
Maceneae
Pan Berman
A. H. M. Hutchinson
England
Irving Asher
Harold Bucquet
Waterloo Bridge
Vision Aie
INS
Rank Morgan
Frank
Soi
Mr. Justice
Supreme Court
Richard Carlson
Ruth Hussey
Roy Rowland
Advice From Mary Manners and Letters About Love
A reader asks if she can marry after grieving a fiancè who died years ago. Mary Manners reassures that marrying a good man would not betray the memory of the first love, and that the reader can find happiness in a mature marriage while cherishing the departed.
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Miss Manners
Shoe Boxes Declared Fragile for Overseas Gifting
Cedar Rapids postal officials stated on Monday that shoe boxes are not suitable for mailing Christmas gifts to overseas armed forces members due to fragility and public misunderstanding of postal guidelines.
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U. S. Postal Department
Cedar Rapids
First Typewriter Gifted in 1867 Milwaukee Milestone
A historical note records the first typewriter gift in 1867, marking Milwaukee as the locale for this early milestone in writing technology. The event highlights the spread of typewriting tools in mid 19th century America.
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Milwaukee
Scrap drive animates Cedar Rapids theaters with five keys or ten pounds
Cedar Rapids theaters join a cleanup drive offering free admission to a Key Scrap matinee. For 10 pounds of scrap metal or five keys, patrons gain entry to Iowa State Palace Times Rialto and Strand shows. Theaters open at 9 30 a m with trucks provided to haul scrap to Linn County pile.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State
Palace
Times
Rialto
Strand
Civilian Defense
Henry Haegg
Linn County
Red Cross Notes From Local Desk
Mrs Wells C Peck executive secretary improves after operation at St Luke's hospital Visitors not allowed Dawson E Grim Linn county chapter chairman to address Y Men's Club at the YMCA Wednesday night on Red Cross activities
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Mabel ©. Wilson
Wells C. Peck
St. Luke's Hospital
Dawson E. Grim
Linn County
Y.M.C
Red Cross
Junior Red Cross enrollment drives in schools begin
Two million more boys and girls join the American Junior Red Cross now than in World War I. The Nov. 1 enrollment campaign starts in schools. McKinley High Hi Y Ettees will sponsor the drive and aid activities with Margaret Hawkins as president, Ida Mae Cox vice president, Frances Marshall treasurer, and Mary Ann Kubasa inter club counsel.
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American Junior Red Cross
McKinley High School
Red Cross
Margaret Hawkins
Ida Mae Cox
Frances Marshall
Mary Ann Kubasa
Red Cross Center To Resume Work On Wednesday
South Side Red Cross center will reopen at 8 am on Wednesday. Sewing and production of surgical dressings will again be in full swing. Mrs. Jesse Hall of Liberty Missouri relayed a letter from her son George, a coast guardsman, praising the Red Cross for aid and for enabling a final operation in Australia.
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Lise
Elsie
South Side Red Cross Center
Red Cross
Australia
Jesse Hall of Liberty
George
Coast
Daughters of Isabella Group Grows to Forty Women
The Daughters of Isabella chapter with about 35 women welcomes new members as it expands its social and charitable activities within the community.
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The
Daughters of Isabella
Nazi Glider Train Attacked in Middle East Air Raids
Cairo report says Royal Air Force fighters sighted a train of 32 Junkers 52 transports in the Middle East. The attack halted the convoy and scattered the aircraft, with no immediate word on casualties or damage.
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Cairo
Middle East
Royal Air Force
Tin Can Salvage To Be Mandatory
The War Production Board ordered over 400 cities in 19 northeastern states to collect and segregate all prepped tin cans for national salvage. Housewives should prepare cans by removing labels washing out food, cutting off top and bottom and flattening the can for combined collection with lids.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Hoosier senator seeks Senate check on McNutt appointments
Senator Willis of Indiana warned the senate that without scrutiny of War Manpower Commission appointments a possible McNutt-for-President influence could grow from commission staff. He supported a provision requiring senate confirmation for all commission employees earning 4500 dollars yearly or more to curb political profiteering.
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Washington
Willis
R-Ind
Senate
Congress
War Manpower Commission
Japs Fail to Make New Guinea Stand
Japanese forces in New Guinea conducted three counter moves from Templeton's crossing near Kokoda but failed to hold the advanced position. Allied dispatches indicate substantial Japanese casualties as they pressed to defend jungle covered heights near Owen Stanley range.
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New Guinea
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Owen Stanley
Templeton
Kokoda
Rooney and Gardner Reconcile After Divorce Filing
Holly wood AP Mickey Rooney aged 21 and Ava Gardner 19 announce they will begin again as marriage belatedly restored after Gardner dropped the divorce suit filed last month. She says the incident was a family spat and they will resume life together.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Ava Gardner
Miss Gardner
Pressure to Ease Flynn Prosecution Faces LA DA
District Attorney John F Dockweiler says influential movie figures are pressuring him to ease the rape case against actor Errol Flynn and three co defendants. A preliminary hearing is set for Friday.
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Los Angeles
John F. Dockweiler
Colony
Errol Flynn
Flynn
U. S. Troops Reported Sent Toward Iran and Russia
A Stockholm dispatch via Reuters and the German controlled Swedish news agency said United States troops arrived in the region and were being sent to Persia Iran and to Russia. The report claimed these troops were trained for mountain warfare in Arizona camps. No Allied confirmation of Syria arrivals was available.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Ankara
United States
Persia
Iran
Russia
Arizona
Syria
Kiwanis Club to Host Dr Guy Morse Bingham Speaker
The Kiwanis Club welcomes Dr Guy Morse Bingham as Wednesday noon speaker. Rev Grant F Anderson, program chair, announced the visit. Dr Bingham has traveled extensively across the United States addressing clubs and business groups on a topic about America.
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The
Kiwanis Club
Guy Morse Bingham
Grant F. Anderson
Dr. Bingham
America
Theater Schedule Listings For Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand Times Marion
Daily schedule notes from The Gazette list showtimes for Paramount Here We Go Again Falcon's Brother Friendly Enemies Manila Calling Juke Girl Grand Central Murder Shut My Big Mouth North to the Klondike Ringside Maisie Barnacle Bill Son of Fury What's Cookin The Gay Sisters Ride Em Cowboy and other films with multiple showings across theaters.
Waiting for Time to Reveal True Outcome
A poem argues that quick judgment fails and time shows profit from blunders. It praises patience as errors fade when victory arrives and notes that only God can judge life’s end, while both great and small remain unknown.
Delay Action on Poll Tax Measure
Washington AP reports the Senate judiciary committee voted 8 to 4 to postpone action for another week on legislation banning poll tax collection as a voting prerequisite.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
War stories and wartime oddities from Walter Winchell era
Narrative snippets recounting wartime figures and tales. Hitler and Goebbels clash in a brisk exchange about politics and war. A Dutch captain engineers a covert invasion prep on barges. A Swede seeks American citizenship with patriotism and a flag tattoo. Hanford Post Drum and Bugle wins a prize. local Humane Society hearing on protecting a public drinking fountain for horses.
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Hanford Post
National Legion
New Orleans
Samuel W. Stickley
Teamsters’ Union
The
Humane Society
Thirteenth Avenue
Second
Third
Cedar Rapids
Hoover Urges All Voters to Cast Ballots on Election Day
Former President Herbert Hoover calls on Americans to vote on November 3 to show democracy remains alive and preserve individual liberties surrendered during wartime. He frames participation as a defense of liberty against totalitarian powers.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Admission deal for scrap metal or keys at Iowa theaters
Ten pounds of scrap metal or five keys admit bearer to a special show at the State Strand Palace Iowa Rialto or Times Theaters. Doors open at 9 30 P M.
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State
Strand
Palace
Iowa
Rialto
Times
Community Players stage Broadway at McKinley School
Ten to twenty years ago the Community Players presented Broadway at McKinley School. Cast included Marion Barnett Naomi Battin Eleanor Cook Donald De Fore Darryl Horsfall and Harry Cannon. Unemployment relief fund totals 80975 to date, far from the 175000 goal. Noncash donations reported today include 57 haircuts and ten bushels of meat and potatoes.
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McKinley School
Marion Barnett
Naomi Battin
Eleanor Cook
Donald de Fore
Darryl Horsfall
Harry Concannon
Four cars reach Cedar Rapids on Little Glidden tour
Four cars that completed Iowa's Little Glidden tour arrived in Cedar Rapids where 16 travelers were shown about by G. F. Gibson, noted as the city's most enthusiastic autoist. City officials ordered a cleanup or closure of dirty rooming houses after an inspection by the council, Federation of Labor reps, and Fire Chief Mohrbacher.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
G. F. Gibson
Federation of Labor
Mohrbacher
Gibraltar Area Measured At One and Seven Eighth Miles
A historic note records Gibraltar covering one and seven eighth square miles. The figure reflects the small territory's precise area measurement for territorial records.
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Gibraltar
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