Hollywood Gossip Teases Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig star
Louella Parsons reports Gary Cooper is set for the Lou Gehrig biopic with possible direction by William Wellman. Paul Gallico allegedly wrote a vivid script and Gehrig’s wife favors Cooper under Sam Goldwyn’s deal, while studios eye other actor playings in rival projects.
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Gibraltar Claim Exaggerated
London AP reports a British authority says a hulk was sunk but the rest of the enemy claim is exaggerated regarding a torpedo craft attack on Gibraltar on Saturday. Italians claimed four supply ships were sunk in the raid.
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London
Gibraltar
School Board Invests Pension Funds in Defense Bonds
The school board backed Treasurer Ervin F. Stepanek's plan to invest $4,588 of the permanent pension fund in United States defense savings bonds. The bonds are 12 year maturity issues, projected to yield about 2.53 percent annually, totaling roughly $6,200 at maturity.
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Ervin F. Stepanek
United States Defense Savings
Evening Movie Schedule From Local Theaters
Paramount presents Dr Jekyll and Mr Hoyde with short subjects at 3:15 and 8:39 plus multiple showings. Towa screens The Reluctant Dragon and Parachute Battalion with times at 1:20 4:20 and 3 6 9.05. State shows Bullets for O Hara and Charlie Chan in Rio with numerous slots. Palace offers Blood and Sand and Cyclone on Horseback with several daily times. Rialto features Maryland and Beyond the Sacramento with listed showings.
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Dr. Jekyll
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Broadway Gossip and High Society Fallout Rumors
Walter Winchell reports on Elliott Roosevelt and Margie Finley aftermaths while Midtowners gossip about Broadway intrigues. Lindbergh guards, Fred Astaire rumors, a $500000 charitable gift, Nazi spy trial chatter, and dining club notes mix with theater previews and industry snubs.
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Margie Finley
Broadway
Tommy Dorsey
Edith Roark
Edith
Lindbergh
Renee DeMarco
Fred Astaire
Hugh Dillman
Churchill
Chicago News to use Knox trucks in circulation war
Report claims a rival paper suspects tailing and wire tapping amid a circulation struggle. Federal police may ride on trucks as the Chicago News prints at Knox's plant and distributes via their fleet. Berlin Diary by Bill Shirer will be syndicated as a feature. Our earth weighs about 80 times the moon.
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Roger Pryor
Lana Turner
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Laraine Day
Jessie Matthews
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George Metaxa
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City Hall Approves Water Pipe Purchase and Ambulance Contract
City council authorized the water works department to buy two cars of water pipe. The Ambulance Service contract for July 1, 1941 to July 1, 1942 was approved by the legal department and accepted by the council and will be filed for seven.
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Water Works Department
Legal Department
Cedar Rapids Gas seeks mains and street paving action
The Cedar Rapids Gas company seeks permission to lay gas mains at multiple locations around Elmhurst Drive NE Dalewood Avenue SE Thirty-sixth Street SE and Second Avenue SE with specified distances. A petition to pave D Street SW from Bowling Street to Twenty third Avenue was referred to the engineering department, signed by local residents. The council also authorized the street department to purchase a car of cutback.
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Elmhurst Drive
Dalewood Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
Thirtieth Street
D Street
Bowling Street
Twentythird Avenue
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