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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1942
Page
2
Jimmie Fidler reports on drastic cuts in top film salaries. For two decades stars and directors earned record sums, but the big money cartel in Hollywood now aims to curb excesses to ensure fair profits as war costs press the industry.
Industry observers warn the war could reshape cinema wages as veterans enter work, while bankers fund a “revolution” that may lock in higher salaries. Notes on stars, directors, and a humor filled panorama of industry life amid changing times.
New York previews announce Hellzapoppin at the Rivoli with stars Oben, Jobison, Martha Rave, Herbert, Auer, Frazee, and Page. The comedy opens with song, dance numbers, and novelty acts, promising lively innovations.
Local calendar lists group gatherings across Avon, Carlisle, North Olmstead, Avon Lake, Grafton, North Ridgeville, Penfield, Westlake, and nearby areas. Activities include church choirs, school board sessions, first aid classes, sewing circles, quilting clubs, and youth group events scheduled Wednesday and Thursday with times around 6 to 8 p.m.
Fragmentary OCR yields radio program notes referencing sponsors and times. Readable terms include Dende Vere and AR MONS. Details about stations, dates, and program titles are unclear but imply a local broadcasting schedule fragment.
Wellington school groups including band orchestra and choir perform at the high school auditorium under Miss Marie Adler and Clyde Seidel. Vocal and instrumental solos, a grand finale with the Star Spangled Banner, and admission proceeds.
A fragmentary local column notes a non worker leaving Friday to enlist in the United States Army Air Corps and being stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis. It lists several community club meetings and events, including Pinehurst, Lally wana Rebekah lodge, Sey-More club, Kent Street Birthday club, a Women’s BenefitAssociation supper with a quarterly birthday, a Fathers Son banquet at the Church of Christ, and Mete-N-Ete knitting for Red Cross, with next meeting set for March 30.
Ernest Lubitsch promotes his latest film To Be Of No To Be opening tomorrow at Capitol Theatre. A comedy sprinkles drama about a group of ham actors tangled with the Gestapo after Warsax beers in a pad. Jack Rennys appears as a Gestapo officer and a spy, Carrie Lombardi joins the underground movement, with Hebert Stark Felix Fresari Line Asiil and others in supporting roles.
Columbia Ohio March 18 late rationing administrator Harry T Heckian today made local rounds to keep on sharp lookout for evidence of bootlegging of rationed goods. He urged boards to forward complaints to state defense headquarters and noted reports of illicit sale of tires and tubes. New regulations require rationing of tires for vehicles and tubes on the same basis as passenger car tires.
Local residents from Clarksfield and nearby areas paid visits to Mrs Harold Willet Stone and others including Rev Howard Patrick of Spencer. A granddaughter, Mrs Victor Grapat, Elyria, welcomed a six pound three ounce son named Merrit Edward. Gerald Byron reported word to Tas eaman and other social notes from March 15.
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