Jane Hall to Be Married Lt Peter Ries in Kansas City
Casco Wisconsin residents Mr and Mrs D M Hall announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Jane Elizabeth to Lt Peter J Ries son of Mr and Mrs E L Ries of Mt Vernon The wedding is set for Saturday evening at an Episcopal church in Kansas City Missouri Both families list relatives and guests including Air Cadet Jack Hall of Enid Oklahoma and several Kansas City Cedar Rapids and Chicago relatives The bride attended Cornell College Mt Vernon and will graduate in June She is Phi Beta Kappa Mortar Board and Delphi member The groom a pilot in the Army Air Forces stationed at Sedalia Missouri will make their home there"}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Hall
Casco
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Jane Elizabeth
Peter J. Ries
E. L. Ries
Mt. Vernon
Episcopal Church
Kansas City
Miss Hall
Lt. Ries
Cornell College
Delphi Social Group
Phi Beta Kappa and
Mortar Board
Ries
Miss Social Group
Army Air Forces
Sedalia
Mary Hall
Jack Hall
Enid
Okla
George Kosek
F. L. Wimberly
Chicago
H. J. Brownlee
Carl Kimpton
Book list from Boon TALK fm authors and titles
A radio feature catalogs diverse titles including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith Bedford Village by Hervey Allen While Still We Live by Helen MacInnes The Robe by Lloyd Douglas Blessed Are the Meek by Sofia Kossak Goodnight Sweet Prince by Gene Fowler The Curtain Rises by Quentin Reynolds D Day by John Gunther What To Do With Germany by Louis Nizer Under Cover by John Roy Carlson They Shall Not Sleep by Leland Stowe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Lillian Smith
Bedford Village
Hervey Allen
Helen MacInnes
Lloyd Douglas
Are
Sofia Kossak
Prince
Gene Fowler
Quentin Reynolds
John Gunther
Germany
Louis Nizer
John Roy Carlson
Leland Stowe
Polish Intrigue in Still We Live by Helen MacInnes
A World War II thriller set in Warsaw's fall. English born Sheila Mathews is forced to play a Nazi agent amid spy rings and danger. She joins a Polish guerrilla unit led by Capt. Adam Wisniewski to prove loyalty and love under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Maciinnes
Miss MacInnes
Poland
Warsaw
Sheila Mathews
Sheila
Adam Wisniewski
Andrew Aleksander
Andrew
War clouds and a vanished identity in a wartime tale
A complex plot tracks Sheila Mathews as she navigates love choices amid war. Margareta Koch and Anna Braun surface as Warsaw and Gestapo aliases, while Sheila’s loyalties and loyalties of others unveil in a story praised for its unforgettable portrayal of conquered peoples and resilient characters. A Cedar Rapids review highlights Midwest poetry and editorials alongside this multifaceted narrative.
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Andrew
Sheila
Warsaw
Margareta Koch
Gestapo
Anna Braun
Sheila Mathews
Russell Stevens
Andrew Aleksander
Adam Wisniewski
Miss MacInnes
E.N.H
The Queen Was in the Kitchen by Daphne Alloway McVicker
A reader review praises Alloway McVicker for her book The Queen Was in the Kitchen, noting the humorous account of domestic life in a busy household with three children. The piece highlights the author’s role as a writer and poet while the family’s chaos inspired her humorous slice of 15 years in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne Alloway McVicker
Whittlesey
Aphne Alloway McVicker
McVicker
N. H
Out of the Midwest anthology praised for its regional depth
The Midwest themed collection edited by John T. Frederick receives praise for its informed curation. Frederick, tied to the University of Iowa and publisher of Midland, divides the volume into regional sections and highlights writers whose work reflects Midwestern life.
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Midwest
John T. Frederick
Whittlesey
Iowa
Frederick
University of Iowa
the Midland
Cities
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Schminke Weir wedding at bride's Atkins home
Miss Lillian Schminke daughter of Mr and Mrs F W Schminke Atkins and Glen Weir son of Mr and Mrs R H Weir Shellsburg were married Wednesday at the bride’s parents home Rev G Rickels officiated before an improvised greenery altar. The bride wore a brown gabardine suit with brown and white accessories. After a wedding dinner in the church parlors the couple will live on a farm near Shellsburg.
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Lillian Schminke
F. W.W. Schminke
Atkins
Glen Weir
R. H Weir
Shellsburg
Charles Kocher
Bricegroom
Donald Schminke
Missionary to Speak at Coe College Chapel in Canton Link
A Canton China missionary Miss Alice M. Carpenter who lived at the Ming Sum school for the blind in Canton will address Sinclair Memorial chapel on the Coe college campus Tuesday at 10. Carpenter and colleagues were interned in 1943 after Japanese US hostilities began. Separately, marriage announced for Miss Betty Luxinger and Cpl. Martin C. Grimm, married April 15 in Atlanta with attendance noted.
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Canton
China
New York
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe College
Alice M. Carpenter
Ming Sum School For the Blind
Japan
United States
Miss Carpenter
School For the Blind
Betty Luxinger
Elsie Luxinger
Thirty-second Street
Cpl
Martin C. Grimm
Horace Grimm
Marion
Atlanta
Potts
Brookhaven
Grimm
Franklin High School
Collins Radio Company
Cpl. Grimm
Dyke High
Woman's Club to Elect Officers 1944 45 Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Woman's club will hold Monday the annual election of officers for 1944 45 with balloting in the Maple room 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tellers are J F Colburn W R Johnson H F Spratt Frank Gates Judson J Calkins G H Warkentine George Keyes Galen Finnigan A R Swein F W Oxley. A memorial service led by Mrs W E Mickel will occur at 2 p.m. After 2 30 p.m. reports and election results will be announced. Members meet Thursday 9 a.m. to sew surgical bandages. Coffee served at noon.
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Cedar Rapids
Spring Meeting of Radio Council to Be Held Thursday
Cedar Rapids Radio Council announces its annual spring meeting at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Roosevelt hotel. The event includes a radio drama by Franklin high students, a talk on Radio Tomorrow by Douglas Grant of WMT, and musical numbers by Mrs T H DeWees and Coe Aircrew. Election of officers and reservations are advised. Cedar chapter National Secretaries association also meets Wednesday with committee chairmen listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Recent Bride of Robert Forbriger
Miss Donnamae Quinn and Robert S. Forbriger were wed in Kenwood Methodist Church with Rev. D. E. Webster officiating. The couple, given in marriage by the bride’s mother, will reside in Cedar Rapids after a brief wedding trip. Attendants included Nadine Thompson and Everett Dixon. Out of town guests from Oxford Ohio Baldwin California and California visitors joined the ceremony and reception.
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Kenwood Methodist Church
Donnamae Quinn
Ruth Quinn
First Avenue
Robert S. Forbriger
Thirty-third Street
Do. A. Forbriger
Oxford
Ohio
D. E. Webster
Nadine June Thompson
Everett Dixon
Mrs. Forbriger
Cedar Rapids
L. G. Peters
Helen Peters
Margaret Peters
Charles Hinchliffe
Baldwin
California
Money and Food Needed to Serve Men Sandwiches
Seven thousand five hundred sandwiches are served each month at the Union depot to servicemen enroute through Cedar Rapids. The Navy Mothers club reports a need for more money, food and services to support the project with donors including Veterans of Foreign Wars and many local organizations. For information contact Mrs. W. J. Shanahan. Buy war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Depot
Cedar Rapids
Navy Mothers Club
W. J. Shanahan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
S. C. Fulkerson
Sisterhood of
Temple Judah
Women of the Moose
Metropolitan Insurance Agency
Ella Swan
King’s Daughters
Second Evangelical Church
E. Monroe
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Elizabeth North Hoyt
Kitchen Royalty
Gnfanel Agg
Grim
Eliza Merrill Hickok
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Charles T. Hickok
Fifth Avenue SE
Hickok
James L. Turnbull
Major Turnbull
Camp Carson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Woman’s Club
Radio Council
Cedar
National Secretaries Association
Mathilda Schirm
Marjorie Bruner
Mary Anne Sodoma
Sylvia Mrstik
Viola Rolfs
Ruth Magnuson
Lydia Wachal
Dorothy Simon
Kathryn Roberts
Bernice Milligan
Robert Forbriger
Gordon Stainbrook
Michael
Susan
Loma Vista
el Segundo
Calif
Stainbrook
J. C Nechville
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Stainbrooks
Lasswell
Lasswell Studio Uy
Taramount Bldg
Alice Krallo
Beauty
Mary Eileen Club
Praha Rebekah Lodge
Crafteman’s Union
Machinists
CIO
Chiverton Bicycle Company
Ada Anderson
Pr Omicron National Sorority
Prudential Insurance Agency
N.C.B.J
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Women’s Relief Corps
Pythian” Sisters
Women’s Catholic Orer of
Foresters
St. James Methodist Church
Sanctuary Society of Immaculate Conception Church
Iowa Volunteers
Women’s Council of
Second Christian Church
Syracuse
Webster
Arcadia
St Newman's
NEW Man
Newman
Nees de Aso
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