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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1940
Page
14
The National Safety Council reports 3200 traffic deaths in August, an 18 percent jump from 2730 a year earlier, the largest monthly increase in over three years. Officials cite heavy vacation travel and higher city deaths, with eight-month total at 20640, seven percent above 1939.
Louella Parsons surveys Gary Crosby potential in Miss Minerva and William Greenhill project with Edna May Oliver set to star. Annie’s contract talks with Hal Wallis loom as George Brent hints at a payoff while Madeleine Carroll eyes Ottawa premiere. Raquel Reisenfeld haunts La Conga amid a surge of postwar talent chasing screen fame.
Bernice Stewart and Mary Beth Hughes era. Earl Carroll stars with Beryl Wallace and Jane. Lady Mendl tests in Warners. plans Nassau visit with Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Maeterlinck signed by Paul Kohner for Hollywood. Fay Wray mother of four in Legacy. Paulette Goddard jeweled. Judy Garland and Dave Rose tango at Arthur Murray. Ann Miller links with George Montgomery. Brenda Marshall rejoices over Bill Holden’s return. Jimmie Stewart arrives. Dorothy Lamour in oversized hat.
Chicago dispatch reports Oct 21 designated as National Young Republican Day. Gordon Allott executive director of the Young Republican National Federation says Wendell Willkie will address youthful voters via nationwide radio hookup. Local events like barbecues parades and benefit parties planned locally.
For 16 years, North Carolina hunters have chased the famed bear known as Honest John. Local sportsmen recount sightings and efforts to bag the elusive animal, highlighting ongoing pursuit and regional lore surrounding the big game icon.
Mrs C R Carpenter fatally burned when apron caught fire near a gas stove while cooking. Miss Gertrude Keevers left for St Paul to enter St Katherine's college after graduating with honors from Mount Mercy junior college. The Rev W C Eckler moves to Tama. he is replaced by Rev T M Nielson of La Porte Citys. Rev J S Lilley moves to Linden Waterloo. Rev C W Harrop of Davenport will succeed him. Miss Inez Woodruff heads to New York City for interior decorating after summer in Minneapolis. First frost of the season brought 35 degree low. corn out of danger, late garden crop damaged. Ruth McClintock, Iowa State College domestic science graduate, described.
Frank O Lowden of Illinois spoke at the city auditorium to a packed audience as director of the Chamber of Commerce cafe Go. W S Williams of the Rock Island railroad was promoted to general freight and passenger agent with Spokane as headquarters. Charles Cooper was badly injured when struck by a car while riding his bicycle on the Second Avenue Bridge. J C McCauley departed on an extended trip to eastern points. Paul Sprague of Cedar Rapids was elected to the Grinnell College glee club.
A health writer praises lawn bowls as a constructive outlet for emotion and stress and condemns spectatorship as a harmful modern habit. He urges active living through walking, hiking, and joining community bowling as safer, healthier choices amid a rising problem with impaired driving and intoxicated motorists.
Fragmentary excerpt notes outdoor activity as a remedy for troubled youth in America. Mentions John F Dille Company and protection. No clear event or date. reads as a policy or editorial note on youth welfare through nature and movement.
Pittsburgh report from the Air Hygiene Foundation calls the common cold the greatest industry health problem. It issues do’s and don’ts to reduce losses, notes colds outnumber other diseases 25 to 1, and warns transmission through sneezing coughing kissing handshaking or shared objects.
At Paramount Blue Barron conducts his orchestra for Private Affairs with Nancy Kelly and Robert Cummings and Hired Wife with Rosa Lind Russell Brian Aherne and Virginia Bruce. Flowing Gold stars Pat OBrien John Garfield and Frances Farmer. Yesterday's Heroes features Robert Sterling. Deanna Durbin Kay Francis appear at Palace in Its A Date Shooting High with Gene Autry and Jane Withers. Rialto presents Wagons West Ward and Zanzibar with Lola Lane and Henri Victor.
Chicago dispatch reports national VFW officers urging a three point plan to deter enemies. They seek aid to Britain short of war, base negotiations in Atlantis and Pacific zones, and a total embargo on food and military shipments to axis powers.
Chicago police report that Oscar Dahlt Kamp, 45, boasted to friends he could swallow his foe in one mouthful. He did so but two bones became lodged in his throat and he died later at a hospital from the injuries and complications.
President Roosevelt issues an executive order temporarily designating Colonel Hershey to head the draft while a permanent appointee is delayed. The action assigns Hershey the duties of director of the draft and related administration, with no acting director named nationwide.
Treasury data released Sunday shows U S corporate income for 1939 declined from the previous year. Officials attributed the drop to tax policy, refunds, and economic conditions continuing into the late 1930s.
The American Federation discusses increasing labor influence in national policy. Observers note the push comes amid broader worker rights efforts and industrial changes affecting desert regions and Brazil’s post colonial status.
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