Cedar Rapids Readers Choose Notable Books
Local readers name top titles including The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas The Human Comedy by William Saroyan The Forest and the Fort by Hervey Allen Time of Peace by Ben Ames Williams The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport Drivin Woman by Elizabeth Chevalier On Being a Real Person by Harry Emerson Fosdick Between the Thunder and the Sun by Vincent Sheean Into the Valley by John Hersey Seven Came Through by Edward V. Rickenbacker Dress Rehearsal by Quentin Reynolds
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Lloyd C. Douglas
William Saroyan
Hervey Alien
Ben Ames Williams
Marcia Davenport
Drivin
Elizabeth Chevalier
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Vincent Sheean
John Hersey
Capt
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Quentin Reynolds
Mutiny in January Reveals Loyalist and Mutineer Soldier Tales
Carl Van Doren’s Mutiny in January portrays the 1781 Pennsylvania line mutiny at Mount Kemble as a human drama. The soldiers, hungry and neglected, protested to Congress and Pennsylvania authorities, many driven by grievance rather than treason. The book emphasizes the soldiers as boys and men, combining vivid scenes with a war-year realism.
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Carl van Doren
Viking
van Doren
Pennsylvania Line
Anthony Wayne
Mount Kemble
New Jersey
Wayne
Philadelphia
Congress
Seven Came Through A Rickenbacker Survival Book Review
A review of Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker's Seven Came Through covers the Pacific crash ordeal of seven men, their reliance on prayer and discipline, and the author's restrained, factual narrative. It notes Rickenbacker's leadership, psychological strategies, and the brutal, life preserving methods used to endure the 21 days at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Pacific
Eddie
The Greatest Stories of All Time Selected by Maugham
A Doubleday edition collects one hundred short stories from English French American and Russian authors. W Somerset Maugham curates with a lengthy introduction and notes the evolution of short story forms. A dense anthology praised for breadth and accessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Somerset Maugham
Doubleday
Doran
Mr. Maugham
England
France
America
Russia
E. N. EL
Beware of Parents by George Jean Nathan
A review notes George Jean Nathan’s book Beware of Parents as a departure from his earlier style and compares it to H. L. Mencken. The piece praises Nathan as a capable publisher and writer while critiquing his word choice and humor. it highlights his bachelor persona and his use of 273 laws to illustrate concise phrasing.
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George Jean Nathan
Farrar and Rinehart
Arly
H. L. Mencken
Nathan
Mencken
Opinion on Mr. Allen and Nathan clash over genius claim
A reader condemns the idea of Mr. Hervey Allen's genius as a setup by Nathan to attack. The critic dismisses the notion and mocks fortune teller comparisons, signaling a skeptical view of literary praise.
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Hervey Allen
Allen
Nathan
J.S
Westminster Choir Presents The Holy City Oratorio
The Westminster Presbyterian choir will perform the sacred oratorio The Holy City by Gaul on Sunday April 11 at 7 30 p m at the church. Director Helen Kacena Stark leads soloists Eloise Basler Helen De Wees Ruth Massey Esther Krabbenhoff Harold Reeves and Rev James H Blackstone Jr. Alice Mae Ottilie Andrews is the pianist and Marjorie Cook the organist.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Holy City
Gaul
Helen Kacena Stark
Eloise Basler
Helen de Wees
Ruth Massey
Esther Krabbenhoff
Harold Reeves
James H. Blackstone
Alice Mae Ottilie Andrews
Marjorie Cook
International relations study group meets Thursday at 2 pm
The A.A.A.W. will gather with Mrs. Sherman Yates at 335 Crescent Street SE for an international relations study session led by Mrs. L. E. Vavra. Members are asked to bring manuscripts and note the program details.
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Sherman Yates
Crescent Street SE
L. E. Vavra
George C. Claassen
Woodland Drive
League of Women Voters
E. K. Beane
Coe Scholarships Open to City Music Pupils
The Coe college music department offers two scholarships in each division for Cedar Rapids junior and senior high students. First prize covers full tuition for private lessons, second prize half tuition. Competition about April 10 with age limits for voice and organ events. Instructors listed with titles and departments.
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Coe College Department of Music
Cedar Rapids
Eleanor Houts
Joseph H. Kitchen
Stanley Vesely
Howard Ellison
Grace Huddle Lockhoff
Eleanor Taylor
Music Department
Coe Music Department
Mrs Hall Married Oscar Brown at Olivet Church Parsonage
Mrs Clara Hall and Oscar L Brown were united in marriage Friday at 7 45 p m in the parsonage of Olivet Presbyterian church. Rev D Keith Erwin performed the double ring ceremony. They will reside at 1629 Bee Street. Brown works at Baldridge's studio.
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Clara Hall
Oscar L. Brown
Olivet Presbyterian Church
D. Keith Erwin
Junior League Official to Arrive in C R This Week
ISS VIRGINIA HOWLETT the 4 2 secretary of the community service department of the Association of Junior Leagues of America will arrive in Cedar Rapids Tuesday to meet with the local Junior League board and members. She will stay at the Soboda home and conduct institute sessions through Thursday with teas and meetings at the Montrose hotel.
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ISS
Virginia Howlett
Community Service Department
Association of Junior Leagues of America
Cedar Rapids
League
Edward M. Soboda
Knollwood Drive
Defense Council
Howlett
Public Welfare Department
Tucson
Ariz
National Committee of
General League
Reginald B. Figge
Miss Howlett
Children’s Home Auxiliary Meeting Scheduled for Picnic
The O E S auxiliary to the Chil dren's Home will meet Wednesday at 1 pm for a picnic lunch at 1917 B avenue NE, the home of Mrs. Louisa Palmer. Members should bring dishes and a prepared dish. business follows at 2 15 pm with hostess chairmen listed.
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Fifteenth Street
O.E.S
Louisa Palmer
B Avenue NE
Bertha Lowder
Charles Korpus
Dean Cooper
Cecelia Daniels
Jessie Bennett
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Sheean
Armed Service of
United States
Army Air Force
Sanford
Iowa
Marjorie Ochu
Mark Ochu
First Avenue NE
Marjorie Jean
Francis George Stieber
John Stieber
Dubuque
Miss Ochu
Western Auto
Stieber
Loras Academy
A.A.A.W
International Relations
Creative Writers
Creative Writers Group
W. C. Pickard
Washington Avenue
Joseph Rust
Terry Palmer
Roger Sherman
Roberta Lubbock
Mercy Hospital
Coe
Claassen
Coiffure
Lil
Reough
Flash Lt Twirl
Whirl Lt
Commando Curl
Permanet Beauty Salon
Newman
Mrs. Hall
Oscar Brown
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary
Mrs. Lewis
R. H. Miller
J. M. Lewis
Des Plaines, Ll
H. Miller
Ian
C.R
Children’s Home Auxiliary
Montieur
Montieur Studio
First Ave. E
Roosevelt
Higbee
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