In Hollywood with OLLY VOON and Don’s Western Union switch
Hollywood gossip column notes Don’s pivot from the planned role to Robert Young as the new lead in a Western style film amid Carmen Miranda and Rings Around Her Fingers distraction. Marsha Hunt shines in Pride And Prejudice and Flight Command rumor, while Carrie Landis and Willis Hunt face reconciliation pressure and a potential Topper lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forte
Western Union
Robert Young - Beng
M-G-V
Senor Young
Don
Carmen Mirandas
Carmen
Hollywand
Arsha Hunt
Ine
Ethel Turp
Marsha
Ruth Hussey
M-G-Mi
Hollywood
Carrie Landis
Willis Hunt
Heaven and Earth
Carole
Vectorville
Hal Roach
Doorway Thieves Active in Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids
Police identify two burly pickpockets who stole 580 dollars in Oskaloosa using a bumping scheme at a drug store doorway. Detectives link them to Cedar Rapids activity on Saturdays near banks and at Iowa sites, suggesting a regular Iowa Illinois city circuit and possible prior work at Cornell College commencement. Authorities believe they frequented Iowa University football games as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Deee Earl Stanley
Staines
Iowa Andllinois
Iowa University
Cornell College
McKinley High Names New Student Council Officers
The McKinley senior high activity council selects Ben Davis president Ray mond Rompot vice president and Dick Sedlacek secretary by popular vote. Also elected were council members Phil Murillo Bruce Ingels LeRoy Fortner John Foster Patricia Mar-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Senior High School Activity Council
Ben Davis
Raymond Rompot
Dick Sedlacek
Phil Murillo
Bruce Ingels
LeRoy Fortner
John Foster
Patricia Mar
Local Names Appear in Community Notice
A list of residents including Shirley Thompson Raymond Rampet Tohn Law Marie Verdi Dean Nemecek Marvin Janes Dick Seellacek Eleanor Mitter Jann Cimburek Marjorie Lovett Denna Lindahl Paul Per due Jane Coler and Ben Davis appears in a community notice. The fragment references individuals likely connected to a local event or notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shall Shirley Thompson
Raymond Rampet
Tohn Law
Marie Verdi
Dean Nemecek
Marvin Janes
Dick Seellacek
Eleanor Mitter
Jann Cimburek
Marjorie Lovett
Denna Lindahl
Paul Perdue
Jane Coler
Ben Davis
Bad Check Artist Active In Illinois Also
Police learn of a string of forged checks totaling 2178 or 2070 dollars passed at Cedar Rapids stores. The notes bore the Cities Service Oil name and were tied to a Jess Davis alias. FBI reports indicate similar drafts in La Grange Cicero and Aurora using shell and merchant names. An accomplice was sometimes seen with Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jess Davis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Davis
Merchants National Bank
Cities Service Oil Company Company
la Grange
Western Sheet Steel Company
Cicero
Henry C. Johnson
Aurora
Shell Oil Company
FBI
Scurvy in Infants Linked to Lack of Fruit Juice Intake
Dr RM Overstreet reports 14 infant scurvy cases aged 7 months to 12 years, seven from rural districts. None breastfed beyond three weeks. Daily fruit juice or fresh fruit would have prevented the condition. fresh raw milk supplies vitamin C while pasteurized milks do not. Breast milk helps only with maternal diet. all infants should receive orange or tomato juice daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RM Overstreet
Vitamin C Diagnostic Aid for Scirvy Misconceptions
The article argues patients misdiagnose scurvy symptoms as rheumatism or injury and suggests a therapeutic test using a daily optimal vitamin C intake. It recommends at least eight ounces of orange juice daily or equivalent in tomato juice or vitamin C tablets to reveal scurvy-related manifestations.
Advice From Mary Manners Patience and young engagement query
Dear Miss Manners notes Harry’s fault of impatience and quick temper, advising patience. A reader aged 16 asks if she should become engaged to an 18 year old she loves while dating another engaged couple, fearing youth and seeking certainty about marriage timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Dear Miss Manners Advice on Love and Maturity
A reader asks about marriage timing and compatibility with a boyfriend. The adviser urges patience, age growth, and financial readiness before engagement, noting maturity helps choices. A second letter warns about hidden drama and urges truth telling from both partners.
Unable to Meet Correspondents Again Please Write
The writer laments the difficulty of getting acquainted with correspondents and requests another letter to foster a connection. The tone is hopeful yet wistful about fate bringing them together.
Sunlight Reaches Only a Few Hundred Feet in Ocean
The article notes that sunlight penetrates water to only a few hundred feet, leaving much of the ocean depths in darkness. It discusses how light diminishes with depth and implications for marine life and exploration.
Theaters Present All This and Heaven Too and More
In Iowa venues All This and Heaven Too stars Bette Davis Charles Boyer Jeffrey Lynn and Barbara O’Neil at At the Theaters. Paramount offers Boom Town with Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr. State shows South of Pago Pago with Victor McLaglen Frances Farmer and Pier 13 with Lloyd Nolan Lynn Bari. Palace screens Virginia City with Errol Flynn Randolph Scott and On Their Own with the Jones Family. Rialto previews Brother Rat and A Baby with Priscilla Lane Wayne Morris and William Gargan and Margaret Lindsay in Double ibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Heaven Too
Bette Davis
Charles Boyer
Jeffrey Lynn
Barbara O'Neil
Paramount
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Claudette Colbert
Hedy Lamarr
Pago Pago
Victor McLaglen
Frances Farmer
Pier 13
Lloyd Nolan
Lynn Bari
Palace
Errol Flynn
Randolph Scott
Virginia City
Jones Family
Rialto
Priscilla Lane
Wayne Morris
Police Recover Nearly Two Thirds Of Loot
Ce dar Rapids police and the detective bureau recovered 63.8 percent of property stolen in August. Total thefts amounted to 5831 dollars with 3720 dollars recovered. Burglaries numbered five, larcenies fifty, and auto thefts nine. August traffic had sixty nine accidents with 45 injuries, up from 1939 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Police Department
Detective Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investiation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dante
Trevee
Omar
Tom Beck
Crowell Publications
Hat Wallis
Louise Fazenda
Bob Taplinger
Ruth Foran
Jules
Berks Hobby
New Zealand
Gene Reynolds
Boxstowun
USC
L. A
Raft
Joan Bennett
Walter Pidgeon
Linvd Nolan
George Raft
Miss Bennett
Gladys George
Leon Ayres
Rita Johnson
Golden Fieecing
Virginia Grey
Leon Erroll
Nat Pendlston
Afr
Spencer Claucerte
Hede Gable
Tracy Colbert Lamarr
Boom Town
Randolph Sco
Kay Francis
Rian Donlevy
George Bancroft
Broderick Crawford
and Devine
Stuart Erwin
Frank Albertson
Knute Rockne
Blue Baron and His
Charles Boye
Vda
En Rabel
Jeffere Lynn
Barbara O'Neil Ples
Sfitt
Matinee
Mirginey Crry
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Laraine Day
Jackie Cooper
Rial
Prise
Lane Jane Wyman
Jane Bryan
Warne Morris
Vanany Gargan
Margaret Lindsay
Illinois
Police
Personal Health Service
William Brady
Pier 15
Mary Manners
Tex
Harry
Ton Young
Bobby
Avice. Inc
Colum
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Marion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!