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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1941
Page
2
Local readers discuss current favorites with A. J. Cronin Eric Knight James Hilton and Judith Kelly among authors. Nonfiction selections include William L. Shirer Alice Duer Miller and Virginia Cowles as part of a broader literary roundup.
The Harper prize novel award goes to Judith Kelly for a story about early marriage leading to middle age, with strong character work and sharp dialogue. Review notes praise its deliberate structure and memorable cast, while suggesting a leaner narration would have improved pacing.
A political analyst reviews a lengthy 987 page collection of Adolf Hitler speeches titled On Hitler's Trail My Order. The work edited by Le Reassy de Sales Reynal and REVIEW analyzes Hitler's rhetoric and spread.
A moving novel set in late 19th century Michigan. Joe La Tendresse, a Canadian-born worker, seeks education and liberty in Hilltown, facing Madame Desmarais’s insistence on segregation while he promotes US ideals of citizenship and equal opportunity. Elizabeth North Hoyt praises the book as a gripping tale of integration and perseverance.
The Smith College duo Jean and Joan Newburger describe campus fashion during study weeks. They favor monogrammed sweaters with skirts, pearl strands, and ankle socks, plus knee high boots, raincoats and sou'west hats for rain days. Weekend guests from Yale Dartmouth Harvard and Princeton influence styles as girls travel in tailored suits, tea dances, and varied formal wear.
A public library survey shows World War II titles dominate requests led by Berlin Diary by William L. Shirer which surpassed 400 000 sales. Other best sellers include You Cant Do Business With Hitler by Douglas Miller Hell Bent for War by Hugh Johnson and My First War by Basil Bartlett.
Announcement lists Miss Wenke and Richard OBrien as engaged with Mrs E A Wenke of 407 Avenue NW. Bridesmaids include Miss Louise Buck Jean Anderle Cedar Rapids Gayle Armstrong and Marie Barrett Minneapolis. Flower girl Barbara Anderson Minneapolis. Ushers Walter Ernst Bob Vogel Clark Jennings. Guest of honor Miss Wenke hosts coffee at Buck home 2015 Fourth Ave SE with 17 guests and gifts.
Engagement announced by both families from Lac Court Orielles near Hayward Wisconsin. Miss Anne Louise Frazier daughter of H. L. Frazier Lost Nation Iowa attended Coe College Cedar Rapids and the University of Iowa with Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Richard Trowbridge son of E Trowbridge Chicago attended University of Chicago with Delta Upsilon.
Mrs. Henry A. Thompson announces the marriage of daughter Maxine to Everett Nickerson, son of Mrs. Bessie Nickerson of Fall River Mass. The ceremony occurred July 30 in Madison Wis. Rev. R W Wentworth officiated. The couple will reside in Jacksonville Fla this winter.
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