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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
8
Jimmy Cagney stars in The Strawberry Blonde at New Carroll Theatre Mt Carroll Illinois. Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth co star as Cagney’s top contenders in a flirtatious wartime era comedy style from the Naughty Nineties.
The Clinton Capitol theatre opens a six day limited engagement of Gone with the Wind in full length next Saturday. At three hours forty-five minutes it is the longest film yet made and has drawn more revenue in one year than The Birth of a Nation did in twenty five. The adaptation has set a standard for novels on screen and influenced popular language with the abbreviation GWTW. Margaret Mitchell’s first novel earned a record sum.
The Old South saga of Gone with the Wind details a $100,000 talent derby to cast Scarlett O Hara. Vivien Leigh, a little known English actress, won the role. The film played in about five thousand theatres and drew roughly twenty five million patrons, often setting new house records and extending engagements well beyond prior norms.
Northern Ireland correspondent recalls a friend on holiday in Donegal who photographed Killybegs harbour. A Garda seized the film and tore it up amid protest, saying the British Fleet might use the shot to enter the harbour. The reverse side showed the same harbour image.
Ranchmen in Toroweap Valley Arizona must travel over 500 miles to reach the county seat of Kingman. Airline routes reduce that distance to less than 100 miles, altering travel plans for local landowners and county governance.
George Frederick Barth 71 lifelong Carroll county resident died at 7 10 am March 13 in Savanna city hospital funeral at St Peter s Lutheran Savanna with burial at Mosquito Hill cemetery He was born July 15 1869 in Washington township married December 11 1890 Adolphena Stubie and lived in Savanna 41 years employed by the Milwaukee railroad retired 1987 Surviving are his widow three sons three daughters nine grandchildren four great grandchildren and a brother. Adam Ritenour Mt Carroll
Illinois Governor Dwight H. Green will address the Illinois Vocational convention in Rockford at 11 a.m. on Saturday March 29. He will discuss Illinois Preparedness and the state's vocational program.
State and Federal agencies N Y A Rehabilitation and the Illinois State Employment Service join the Illinois Association in a three day conference to discuss industrial education and youth employment. Mary Stuart Anderson heads a five member N Y A panel. Clarence W Kehoe chairs a state wide panel. L J Schloerb leads a Chicago group. tours, exhibits, and new Administered Section planned with Dr Paul Jacobson as principal speaker.
Plans for the Federated Women's clubs district convention in the 18th district set for April 17 at Lena were formed at Mt Carroll Community House. State president Mrs. William T. Bruckner of Chicago and Mrs. H. J. Waindle of Oak Park will speak. banquet and business meeting precede the convention.
Announcement lists the February 19 marriage of Marjorie Wallace of Savanna to Harry J. Ebner of Savanna. The ceremony occurred in a Dubuque Catholic church with Morris and Mrs. Nelson of St. Paul as attendants. Marjorie is the daughter of Oscar and Mrs. Wallace. Ebner is son of Fred Ebner of Sedalia and works as a carpenter at Savanna Ordnance Depot.
A mistress worries about a burning smell and asks if the iron was switched off. The maid proudly confirms she checked the chain and then checked again. A Scottish rider seeks a horse at a riding academy while a groom inquires about duration. A quip notes a lack of colorful fiction this year alongside new seed catalogs.
Four youths were sentenced by Judge Harry Wheat in Carroll County circuit court to terms at Vandalia state penal farm. Darold Cook and Laverne Landorf of Savanna received one year for parole violations, while White and Paul Davis of Thomson drew six months each for larceny. Other cases include real estate transfers and a drunken driving conviction for Zachery Burrus of Moline with a $100 fine.
Governor Dwight H. Green terminated John T. Dempsey a Colcn lawyer and Vic Cook county Republican chairman while announcing a slate of confirmations. The Senate approved Robert L. Hunter Chicago for civil service and six normal school appointments, plus Theophilus Pontire Champaign assistant director of conservation at 1,300 a year and Ivan A. Palmer West Frankfort assistant director of public works at 4,900. Also confirmed were Dr. Charles F. Fidler Kankakee veterinarian at 24,200 and H. G. Rinehart Rush ville plus Charles L. Gerdes and Charles Fails of Chicago for labor board posts at 4,500. Zean Gassman Olney supervised foods and dairies at 4,500. Governor cited local leaders’ delays in patronage distribution as a factor in the Dempsey firing and proposed adding 230 state employees to the tax division with 17 recollectors and 63 pre-collectors to boost tax collections. The plan accompanies a 1,108,000 biennial appropriation.
A Welshman named Jones boasted of a dream in which he led a colossal choir with five thousand pranos five thousand altos and five thousand tenors all singing double forte. The conductor halted the bass section and corrected him.
The New York Botanical Garden adds its two millionth dried plant specimen to the collection marking a milestone in its herbarium. The event highlights ongoing efforts to expand archival plant diversity and research potential.
A stranger watches a dog sprint from a station master as the northern express speeds by. The dog repeatedly gives chase, owner puzzled why the animal aims for the train and what he will do once it catches up.
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