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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
13
A reader laments a sour friend who spoils joy and alienates others while another asks how to handle a difficult relationship. Miss Manners counsels cheerful conduct and boundaries. A widow writes of hardship and caregiving, and the advice praises resilience and hope for better days.
Hollywood studios rush to produce war themed dramas as public interest shifts to overseas conflict. Samuel Goldwyn assigns Swerling to write Blackout Over Europe with James Basevi crafting realistic wartime destruction effects. Edward Small pursues Erika Mann's School For Barbarians amid bids. Erbert Marshall reunites with daughter Sara in Beverly Hills while Edna Best eases back into Swiss Family Robinson. Mary Hay with husband Richard Hastings in Hollywood for a brief visit en route cross country. Major Barbara and The Tower of London lose key war era sequences due to wartime constraints.
Abroad to direct G B S s play he promised Universal to film scenes of schoolchildren being guided through town with history explained. Before gathering them, all the children were evacuated from London and Major Barbara has been called off as actors including John Mills and Wendy Hiller have been drafted.
Haircuts offered at Hanna Barbers. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin L. Myers return from a 10 day trip to Manassas and Washington D C. Earl Eddington recuperating at Mercy hospital after surgery. Harry L. Zearing and Nora McGraw wed at a courthouse ceremony. Townsend club dance planned at Odd Fellows hall Friday night. Josephine Werner society to meet at Mrs George Lowe home Friday. Music and dancing classes opening. enroll via Fine Arts Directory in Want Ad. Three year old Donald Kucera treated for a broken collar bone at Mercy hospital. Mrs JC Adkins presents travel films at Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church. Joe Kulhavy, 56, of Vinton, faces charges of false uttering of a check. warrant issued. Waltonians name general committee for fall event at Waltonian park on Wapsie river near Troy Mills.
Mr and Mrs J Donnelly of 315 Nassau street SE were in Bordeaux France last Sunday awaiting a voyage back to the United States. A cable to their home confirms their safety and indicates they are awaiting a sail opportunity.
Stamp collectors of Cedar Rapids and vicinity will meet Friday at 6 14 p.m. at the home of L L Lochner 2612 Avenue NE. Lochner vice president of the local club invites all philately enthusiasts to attend. A buffet supper will be served. The Cedar Rapids Stamp Club begins fall activities with regular meetings at the Montrose Hotel September 11 and 25 at 8 p.m.
Theaters in Iowa present top double bills and notable casts. At the State and Palace houses stars include Ann Sothern Elsa Maxwell Lynn Bari Loretta Young Warner Baxter Sylvia Sidney Betty Grable Jackie Coogan Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery Franchot Tone Dorothy Lamour George Raft Henry Fonda and more in titles such as Hotel for Women Million Dollar Legs Wife Husband and Friend One Third of a Nation Three Loves Has Nancy Spawn of the North You Only Live Once and Part of Missing Girls.
Edward J. Abodeely, a deaf Iowa School for the Deaf graduate and a three year Coe College BA, left for Tucson to resume high school teaching duties at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. He earned a principal's certificate from the University of Iowa and serves as secretary of the Southwest Association for the Deaf and first president of a major Syrian American club.
Edward Nothnagel, 18, of Dearborn Mich, admitted stealing more than $30 from a Vinton concession at the Sweet Corn day celebration. Cedar Rapids police arrested him at Vinton’s request after Vinton authorities declined to prosecute. Held in county jail for further investigation by order of Justice Churchill. Nothnagel was stopped while having his shoes shined. He carried $20.47. Bond set at $100.
A playful verse recounts Edgar A Guest and companions debating the exact fishing spot. A patient guide notes locals improvise while a city man searches for landmarks like a barn a pine tree and a church grove along the shore. The piece contrasts memory and accuracy in locating the bass spot.
Paramount screens a news reel depicting England’s wartime reception and evacuation efforts, with American responses from President Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. Shown from Sept. 3 news shots rushed via transatlantic plane, four days after the declaration.
The council directed the mayor to sign leases with the Milwaukee railroad for land behind the central fire station where a fire department shop will be built. Burgus noted 3000 park improvement bonds retired on Sept 6 and $890 interest paid on other bonds. A seven day resolution seeks bituminous surfacing for D Street SW. August waterworks reports show receipts 29773 expenditures 19529 with 147.32 million gallons pumped. The waterworks fund was overdrawn 12066 on Aug 1 and 1821 on Aug 31.
In Linn County Iowa District Court September term 1939 Roosevelt Hotel Company sues Helen Adella Batchelor for 51 dollars 62 cents plus 5 percent interest from January 6 1940 for room food and services. If you do not appear by noon of the second day of the term a default will be entered and judgment rendered. TREWIN SIMMONS AND TREWIN Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Miriam H White sues Emmett B Whites in Linn County Iowa for absolute divorce on cruelty grounds. Defendant must appear by noon of the second day of the September 1939 term starting September 18 at Cedar Rapids Court House. default will be entered. YESSLER LIDDLE & FAHEY represent plaintiff.
Jack Crawford, rotund clown prince of swing, performs a one night stand at Thornwood ballroom on Saturday. He showcases impressions of Ted Lewis, Bing Crosby, Cab Calloway, Paul Whiteman and Oliver Hardy, and once won a Hollywood contest to double for Hardy. Also featured is Stanley Fleck on drums amid Twelfth Street rag notes. San Diego to Charleston is 2,151 miles.
Calder's Van & Storage Co. of Cedar Rapids will sell at public auction on September 25, 1939, at 9 am at 412 416 A Ave NE Cedar Rapids Iowa to satisfy charges for storage and advertising costs. Goods listed include items from Miss L B Canady and numerous individuals,household goods such as stoves beds trunks and furniture. Auction conducted by Geo H Harmer Mer for Calder's Van & Storage Co Inc.
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