Broadway whispers mix with war talk and Hollywood notes
Walter Winchell reports Mrs Hess lured to London insiders. FDR 1944 choice to Wallace discussed. Red Skeltons reconciled. Betsy Blair joins Gene Kellys. Hilda Moreno wed in Richmond. Bob Hawks sister Betty wed Ensign Hartwell. Show Time tops tickets. $2.75 weekly. WAVES enlistment rises. Navy seeks 20 000. Gould clan saluted. Otto and politics stir Washington. Germans labeled refugees with two reasons. Franchot Tones slated for late winter. Lee Tracy to army Nov 1. Jan Valtin book plans. Dies vs Holland clash. Mexico spy transmitter seized. Nazi methods alleged at shipyard. Sweden tilts against Nazis. Masaryk to US soon.
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Linn County fund drive totals revealed by chairman
Linn County announced a fund drive surplus of 27 000 dollars with Center Point reporting 622.11 and Cedar Rapids contributing 25 000 from the United War Fund. Chairman Marvin L Burkholder credited local chairmen Mrs Carl Kirwin M H Morrison and Central City leaders with organizing rural and town drives and thanked Cedar Rapids YMCA for office facilities.
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Evening Movie Schedule Feature Time
The Gazette lists daily theater times across venues. Barn Players show Her Step Husband at 8 15. Paramount runs The Major and the Minor with many showings from 1 10 to 9 34, plus short subjects. Iowa presents Here We Go Again and The Falcon's Brother with afternoon and evening slots. State screens Friendly Enemies Manila Calling across multiple times. Palace offers Juke Girl and Grand Central Murder with several slots. Rialto shows Oblig ing Young Lady The Man I Married Maisie Barnacle Bill and Mari on schedule. Marion presents This Gun for Hire Sleepytime Gal with listed times.
Hostile plane driven off by anti-aircraft fire near Reykjavik
U S announces a 52 minute air raid alarm in Reykjavik area as heavy anti-aircraft fire repels a hostile plane. The morning raid prompted immediate alert and response from U S forces stationed in Iceland.
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Bob Hope to star in two films a year for army focus
Hollywood gossip notes Bob Hope seeks a two picture yearly contract with Paramount to free him for USO work. Paramount doubts the cutback, arguing his onscreen comedies reach more soldiers than camp visits. The column also mentions Lew Ayres' furlough and Lind a Darnell and Cary Grant’s induction date.
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FBI Probe Ordered Into Mississippi Lynching Cases
Attorney General Biddle directed the FBI to investigate three recent lynchings of Negroes in Mississippi and warned that relentless prosecution will follow if a case can be built. The announcement came in Washington as federal authorities move to pursue justice.
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