Midnight Mystery Solved In Cedar Rapids Contest
In The Junior Gazette contest five girls win gift books for best solutions to the Midnight Rendezvous mystery. Winners named are Elizabeth Billings Audria Beardsley Wilma Johnson Catherine Cahalan and Margaret Blaine from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. One solution, by Margaret Blaine, unfolds in Chicago at midnight with Bill Morley and John Hendricks and a hopeful reveal by a young fan.
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Junior Gazette
Whdcd
Elizabeth Billings
Coggon High School
Park Billings
Coggon
Audria Beardsley
Alderman Street
Anamosa
Wilma Johnson
van Horne
Catherine Cahalan
St. Patrick’s School
F Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Blaine
Franklin High School
Park Avenue SE
Gazette
Chicago
Bill Morley
Bill
John Hendricks
Mystery of Mr X and the Disappearance Fable
Elizabeth Billings narrates a tale detailing Mr X fleeing to Chicago to protect his daughter Miss X from the schemes of Mr Y the convict. Mrs X pursues clues, police search rails and buses, and Mr X s letter hints a final journey at the zero hour. Mr Z the fiancé emerges as a hopeful match for Miss X amid family peril.
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Elizabeth Billings
Mr. X
Chicago
Mrs. X
Miss X
Mr. Z
Mr. Y
Cub Pack Boys Learn Indian Lore Demonstration
Thompson photo features Cub Pack No. 5 under Cubmaster Paul Hunter. after a year they produce Indian lore projects including beaded headbands dresses loin cloths and tomahawks. They practice dances and prayers with Scout Howard Longridge and will perform the buffalo dance at the Scout Circus on April 28 and 29.
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Paul Hunter
Howard Longridge
Camp Fire
Gene Ream
Richard Blessing
Dorrit Clendenning
Donald Paxton
Cornelius Hook
David Jacobs
Jack Gregory
Charles Hanes
Richard Hunter
Robert Miller
Herbert Williams
Robert Safley
James Threlkeld
William Stanley
Wilfred Whyte
Allen Dunn
Richard Julis
George Greenway
Richard Albright
Gordon Ramsey
Victor Holec
William Brittin
Rex Conn
Herbert Andre
Adolph Potter
Scout Circus
Balkan village imposes late barking tax on dog owners
A Balkan village enforces a nighttime barking fine after 9 p.m. with penalties doubling for each new offense, outlining escalating consequences for residents whose dogs disturb the quiet hours.
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Balkan
Quiz style test of errors and trivia for readers
A newspaper quiz presents five questions on spelling errors vocabulary work habits aviation and a comic, each correct answer awarding 20 points. Readers are asked to find errors or provide answers and then check at page bottom for results and scoring.
Youth in Court: Evanston Trial Critiques Society
Ruth Millett notes American youth stand up to criticize society in a mock municipal trial in Evanston Illinois. High school sophomores and YMC A members indict parents, society, and church for neglect and missed democracy. The piece praises a culture allowing youths to question rather than be spoon fed.
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Evanston
Ill
Church
Fun With Words Parlor Game Promises Family Fun
Jerome C Meyer presents Fun With Words a new parlor game and name list reference. The twenty sections cover animals cities stars fruits flowers birds magazines and more with a bonus for unusual names and higher points for rare words. It aims to entertain the whole family while enriching libraries.
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Jerome C.meyer
Greenberg
Guggenheim
Answers to Quiz One
The four misspelled words are judgment sacrilegious unmanageable bibliomania. You would say may be at night but never during working hours. Stertorous means deep snoring.
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Abraham Lincoln
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Blondie
Dagwood
Baby Dumpling
High School Youths Raise 47 Rabbits in Lost Nation
Frank Gish and Darrell Busch, two sophomore pupils, care for 47 mixed breed rabbits begun with seven does and one buck. They feed oats and alfalfa, plan to move to mink coops, and have shared young rabbits with local grades for an Easter program. The venture aims for market weight and profit.
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Tuart Edleman
Frank Gish
Darrell Busch
Lost Nation
Hannah Baister
Stewart
Frank
Darrell
Movies Can Be An Education As Well As Entertainment
Marjory Crissman a 14 year old freshman at Vinton high school treats films as education not just leisure. She notes scenery costumes acting and keeps a scrapbook of movie stars. Her hobbies include collecting knickknacks miniature animals and rocks from Florida and near McGregor and Vinton. She is a good cook studies piano and sings in the glee club and plans to attend a commercial college to become a secretary.
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Marjory Crissman
Vinton
Marjory
McGregor
Florida
Mallory
Princess Elizabeth Ahead In Royal Life Formation
Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, approaching confirmation around Easter 1942 and a formal coming out about two years later, will shed the title Princess for Your Royal Highness. She will attend state events, have her own staff and attendants, and receive an income of 30000 dollars a year. Elizabeth already hosts meals, selects menus with the Buckingham Palace chef, and studies rapidly, practicing French with President Lebrun. She shares Royal Lodge with Margaret Rose on weekends and serves as patron of the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children, though Queen Elizabeth remains overseeing dress and reading choices.
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Milton Bronner
Elizabeth Alexandra
Great Britain
Church of England
Margaret Rose
Princess Elizabeth
Royal Gardens
Buckingham Palace
Lebrun
France
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital
Queen Elizabeth
Royal Train Post Office special stamps in Canada notice
Canada announces Royal Train Post Office operation for King and Queen party with a special postmark for philatelists. Covers must be prepped with filler, include postage to Ottawa by May 12, and use limited stamps listed for Royal visit 1937–1938. Special cachets will be sent to postmasters at many stops across PA, WV, OH, DE.
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Royal Train
Canada
Philatelic Division
Royal Train Covers
Financial Branch
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Philatelic
Pictorial
Airmail
U. S. Post Office Department
United States
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Postville High Plans Inaugural Annual The Miror
Postville high school announces its first annual to be titled The Miror. The publication, designed to reflect the town's German heritage, has been in preparation since early year and should be ready by mid May.
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Philadelphia
West Chester
Coatesville
Lancaster
Columbia
York
Hanover
Chambersburg
Gettysburg
Mount Union
Huntingdon
Altoona
Tyrone
Clearfield
Dubois
Ridgway
Kane
Warren
Corry
Titusville
Oil City
Franklin
Grove City
Butler
New Kensington
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Natrona
Irwin
Jeanette
Greensburg
Lastrobe
Mount Pleasant
Connellsville
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
West Union
Saint Marys
Parkersburg
Pt. Pleasant
Huntington
Barboursville
Milton
Nitro
Dunbar
Charles
Town
Spencer
Grantsville
Glen=ville
Weston
West Virginia
Marietta
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Ohio
Wilmington
Delaware
Postville
Postville High School
Shirley Temple Birthday Milestone Stars Rise
Shirley Temple, turning ten, rose from a child star with Baby Take A Bow to a leading box office figure. By 1937 she earned substantial income with seventeen films and a planned release of Susannah of the Mounties. Her earnings and tax figures show a growing stardom, supported by her mother Mrs. George F. Temple. Her notable titles include Wee Willie Winkie Heidi Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Little Miss Broadway.
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Shirley Temple
Shirley
Seventeen Pictures
Susannah
George F. Temple
Miss Temple
Wee Willie Winkie
Heidi
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
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