Broadway Buzz Mixed with Political and Film News
Walter Winchell column items touch on Broadway figures like Karen Gaylord Anatole Li Connie Dowling and Fran Heflin. Gen O Dwyer elected mayor and naming a chief of confidant. Fleet of showbiz and industry notes include bookies, wage talks Ford auto worker raises and Hollywood gossipy items about Audrey Long Gloria Warren and Bill Mauldin.
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Karen Gaylord
Goldwyn
Brian Aherne
Anatole Li
Connie Dowling
Fran Heflin
O'Dwyer
Confianetind
Student Prince Tickets Go On Sale At Iowa
Tickets for The Student Prince at the Iowa theater go on sale Wednesday at the Iowa box office. Manager A. H. Talbot said mail orders will be filled if a remittance and self addressed stamped envelope are enclosed.
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Iowa
A. H. Talbot
The
Cedar Rapids Symphony Opens Season With Dickson Guest
The Cedar Rapids Symphony, led by Prof. Joseph Kitchin, opens its season Thursday at the Coliseum. Opera baritone Dickson arrives as guest artist with a full instrumented program including Prokofiev Op. 25 and Herbert Festival. He brings wide repertoire from Bizet to Rachmaninoff and Negro spirituals, boosting a free concert series.
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Cedar Rapids
Verdi
Medinkoff
Cui
Rachmaninoff
Leoncavallo
Dickson
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Equal Pay Backed By Schwellenbach
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged Congress to approve an equal pay bill. He said women doing the same quantity and quality of work as men deserve equal pay and should not be discharged for replacing them with men except to protect veterans' rights. He framed the measure as fair and good for national power.
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Schwellenbach
Senate Labor Subcommittee
de Pepper
D-Fla
Ad Morse
R-Ore
Late Show Times from Local Theaters
Listing of film titles and showtimes across venues including Paramount Palace Rialto and Marion. Features include Duffy’s Tavern and Captain Eddie with multiple daily screenings, plus Kids and serials like The Crime Doctor's Warning and Molly and Me.
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Paramount
Iowa
Eddie
Rusty
Molly
Marion
Woman Intervenes As Japanese Man Draws Public Safety Item
A 15 year old girl witnessed a confrontation as a woman intervened between her daughter and a Japanese man who stood with a drawn public safety item. The woman urged the man to harm her, and he fled the scene.
Testimony on Manila Atrocities in Yamashita War Trials
Maj. Gen. Basilio J. Valdes testified he found the mutilated bodies of his brother and nephew among a pile of corpses during the Japanese raid on Manila on February 10. He described skulls crushed and hands violated as evidence against Gen. Tomoyuke Yamashita.
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Manila
Basilio J. Valdes
Philippines Army
Valdes
Tomoyuke Yamashita
Philippines
Alejo Valdes
Philippine Army
Angela Valdes
Yanks Seize $50,000,000 Opium Cache in Japan
Occupation troops under Gen. Douglas MacArthur seized a $50 million opium cache in the Nagano district, plus hundreds of thousands in narcotics, as part of efforts to crush Japan's narcotics trade. The haul included four tons of opium and $200,000 in morphine and related drugs.
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Gen. MacArthur
Genki
Red Japanese
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
97Th Division
Sherman V. Hasbrouck
Nagano
Honshu
John F. Kelly
United States
Abe
Kantaro Suzuki
You always tell me what your men did dad in Paris
A humorous caption echoes a comic strip moment where a child questions a veteran about wartime participation. The line hints at gender roles and wartime memories set against Paris. The exchange foregrounds curiosity and family dynamics in a World War II context.
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Paris
Incarceration of Former War Lords at Omori Prison
Cabinet approves transfer of American officers to Omori Prison to await war criminal trials alongside other former war lords. The move signals heightened accountability for wartime actions and coordination with international justice processes.
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Omori
C R Theaters Ready to Sell Victory Bonds
Cedar Rapids theaters plan Victory loan bond sales with Horace Spencer as theater committee chair. The Iowa theater will host a Victory bond show in December and a free movie day, with bond sales coordinated by A H Talbot and city bond chairmen George Hearn.
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Victory Loan
Horace Spencer
Victory Loan Theater Committee
Motion Picture
Iowa Theater
Vamue
Cochin
A. H. Talbot
George Hearn
Hirohito’s Household Fortune Cited at 106 Million Dollars
The imperial household fortune is listed at 1,590,615,500 yen about 106,308,008 dollars. The figure covers cash negotiable instruments real estate and timber and excludes silver bullion jewelry and other items to be reported later. It does not include the fortunes of the 14 imperial princes.
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Hirohito
MacArthur
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