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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1940

Page

4

Summer Hostess at Rocky Point Hotel Drama unfolds in busy lobby

Leslie Vance works as hostess at an upscale summer hotel in Rocky Point. Hunt Hardaway, an heir, arrives with two aunts, while Eric Sanders, the assistant manager, hopes for Leslie. A baby secret, parental ties, and lurking Orsini family intrigue drive tensions as passages trap in hotel social games and hidden loyalties. The scene ends with looming danger and a cliffhanger.

Leslia Vance Hunt Hardaway Leslie Tony Orsini Hunt Eric Sanders Lesile Eric Valla_Waron Miss Baron Valia Rocky Point Vaha Baron Hunt Huntleigh Mr. Hardaway Valia Baron Lieve Huntleith Elsie Presto Orsini Miss Sabin Mary Blunt Mary Norah

Roosevelt Letter Advocates Spanish as Second Language in Schools

Eleanor Roosevelt writes from Hyde Park urging that Spanish be taught as the second language in all U.S. schools to improve good neighbor policy and understanding with Latin American nations. She notes Latin American women face public office barriers and reflects on her own desire to learn Spanish to converse with guests and neighbors.

Hyde Park Socialist Party Democratic Party Joseph Patterson

Refugee artist gifts drawing to family at cottage visit

A German refugee provides a dainty drawing of lions, leaves, and wildflowers marked Ellis Island picked through the bars promising freedom. She explains she draws peaceful subjects, not defenses, and hopes the bars will lead to new home and liberty.

Justice Felix Frankfurter Ellis Island United States Br United Feature Indicate, Inc

Surtax on Poles in Nazi Territory Imposed

Berlin report notes a decree by the ministerial council declaring a social equalization levy of 15 percent of income for all Poles in German held territory. The finance interior and labor ministries are empowered to extend the tax to all Polish residents and to administer the surtax on income.

Berlin Ministerial Council For the Reich Ministry of Finance Ministry of Interior Ministry of Labor

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