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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1942

Page

12

New Child Star Shines In Journey For Margaret

Hollywood news highlights five year old Maxine O'Brien now Margaret in Journey For Margaret as a child refugee delivering a tender performance. Robert Young is praised for top MGM roles while Lana Turner joins Nothing Ventured. Also teased world premiere of The Moon and Sixpence as a secret military event for Alaskan troops. Napshots note Mary Astor’s son’s hospital visit and rumored separations amid illness reports.

Ollywood INS Margaret Maxine O’brien Robert Young MGM Bob Lana Turner Lana Clark Gable Robert Taylor Spencer Tracy Hollywood Joe E. Brown Alaska Hollywood Women's Press Club A. J. Bolton Mary Astor Tono Duncan Renaldos New York Carmen Miranda Marlene Dietrich

Colorful Holiday Inn review teases Crosby Astaire spark

Carl Koehn lauds Holiday Inn at Paramount Hollywood with Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale and Walter Abel. Film blends Irving Berlin music holiday themed numbers and a farm Connecticut night club plot. Astaire solo routine and Crosby lung work earn strong praise. Superman cameo noted.

Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale Walter Abel The Paramount Pyuropver Hollywood Irving Berlin Holiday Inn Para~mount Astaire Crosby Berlin Superman Carl Koehn

Edward Mallon Held In $3,000 Bond in Whisky Fraud Case

CHICAGO AP Edward Mallon of Los Angeles one of 11 men linked to John Factor in Cedar Rapids Iowa faces a $3,000 bond after surrendering Friday in a $1,000,000 whisky certificate mail fraud scheme. Hearing on his removal was set for September 11.

Edward Mallon Chicago Los Angeles John “Jake Cedar Rapids

Oysters Not a Farm Product Says ODT

Washington AP The Office of Defense Transportation held that oysters are not a farm product. They may be planted and harvested but do not receive farm product exemptions from freight hauling rules. The ruling covers minimum truck loads pooling shipments and interchanging equipment.

Washington Office of Defense Transportation

Northwest farmers seek wheat alcohol rubber plants

More than 400 farm leaders from Oregon, Washington and Idaho met in Pendleton under Orange banners to urge Congress to authorize plants in the Pacific Northwest to produce synthetic rubber from alcohol derived from surplus wheat. They call for construction to save transportation costs and raw materials.

Pendleton Ore INS Oregon Washington Idaho Orange Congress Pacific Northwest

U S Protests Deportation of Jews by Vichy Regime

The United States has made the most vigorous representations possible to the Vichy government over the mass deportation of Jews from unoccupied France into Nazi hands, disclosed Friday.

Washington INS United States France

War Time Attitude Poem Promotes Shared Sacrifice

Edgar A. Guest urges readers to curb luxury and endure rising taxes as a nation unites for victory. He emphasizes penny pinching, simpler living, and duty over dress as the war enters its final push, noting shared hardship and resolve until freedom is secured.

Ginnie Meets Kit Stone In Hotel Lounge Twist

Ginnie, adored by Etienne d Alain, faces an entangling web of crime as Kit Stone arrives at Bellage Hotel with news of missing pearls. Jealousy, fear, and allure tighten the plot while Ginnie weighs danger and desire amid a cosmopolitan backdrop.

Etienne Ginnie Jerry Fordyke Virginia Wanderslay Uncle Dick Lowtoppes Fosdyke Christopher Stone Kit Stone

On Broadway with Walter Winchell TA of Manhattan

Two Hollywood big shots argued over Nazi and Russian armies as Moscow neared. A bet on Hitler reaching Moscow in two weeks unfolded with a harsher payout if not met, creating a curious wager. Also notes on Gladys and the city’s nightlife and entertainment chatter with names and venues.

Manhattan Hollywood New York Moscow Hitler

Navy Shoes for Youth Draws Auction Offer

In Los Angeles 19 year old Herbert Fruitman 6 feet 3 inches 210 pounds offered to enlist in any service that could supply size 16 EE shoes. Only the Navy could provide the footwear leading to the man’s auction style demand and clearance.

Los Angeles INS Herbert Fruitman Navy Fruitman

Italian Naval Losses Put At Half Striking Power

Italian naval losses and reduced striking power are detailed after 26 months of war with Britain. British sources claim two thirds of Italy's merchant fleet sunk or damaged and about half the naval striking power lost in the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Italy Britain A. V. Alexander Admiralty London Sardinia Matapan Greece London Admiralty Il Duce Taranto Roma Impero Malta Royal Navy Illustrious Formidable Crete Empire

Senators air sales tax plans Tuesday in war revenue bill

The senate finance committee recessed Friday on the 6.27 billion war revenue bill and will hold showdowns Tuesday on various sales tax plans and on the treasury spending tax proposal. A five percent payroll tax proposal by Sen Joseph F Guffey would raise about 8.3 billion, but faces opposition. Roosevelt and Morganthau oppose a sales tax. Randolph Paul is cited in relation to treasury views.

Washington LLP Senate Finance Committee Treasury Joseph F Guffey D-Pa Guffey Roosevelt Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr Randolph Paul

Treasury proposal doomed from the start restated by counsel

General counsel restated the treasury's two point proposal on Thursday, a project that was doomed from the outset. The remarks framed the plan as unlikely to succeed given early opposition and systemic hurdles.

The Treasury

Nazi Planes Bomb 5. W. English Coast

Eight German planes bombed and machine gunned two southwest English towns, causing damage with no reported casualties. A separate raid hit the southeast coast, injuring a small number of people, and one raider was shot down by ground batteries.

London

Guns From WWI Relic Collection To Be Melting Down

German artillery pieces captured in the first World War will be melted down and used against their former owners. The guns, part of a relics collection turned over Friday to the army by the Smithsonian Institution, will undergo processing before deployment.

Washington Army Smithsonian Institution

Disney's Bambi and Highways by Night at Iowa theater

Loyal Meck reviews Disney's Bambi as a charming animated tale of a deer and woodland friends with vivid color and gentle humor, noting Thumper Flower and the owl as audience favorites. The second feature, Clarence Kelland's Highways by Night, is solid but not in the same class, paired with a March of Time segment and a news reel on a bombing raid over Europe.

Isney Snow White Dumbo Bambi Felix Salten Iowa Disney Bambhi Thumper Flower Owl Flowers Clarence Buddington Kelland Europe

Feature Time Theater Schedule Listings

The Gazette presents today’s cinema times across theaters including Holiday Inn at Palace Rialto and State. Listings show multiple showings for Bambi Highways by Night March of Time Private Buckaroo A Gentleman After Dark Skylark Castle in the Desert Broadway Tamed Dude Cowboy Roxie Hart Wild Bill Hickok Rides Secrets of the Lone Wolf The Invaders and late night shows.

Iowa Bambi Desert Rialto Roxie Har Wild Bill Hickok Marion

Hay fever hampered Cleveland court hearing

AP reports in Cleveland that a trial in Brooklyn village was adjourned amid hay fever affecting both the defendant Mac Orewell Kresge and defense counsel. Ragweed fields surrounded the area as the case titled Fridiv ex Mac Orewell Kresge faced a delay due to illness.

Cleveland Brooklyn Fridiv Mac Orewell Kresge Vinger Kesne Sffer

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