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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1939

Page

11

RCA Victor Combines Radio And Record Entertainment

RCA Victor promotes a new Victrola that blends radio and a multi record changer with electrically operated turntable. The device promises seamless access to recorded masters and broadcasts, featuring automatic eight-record playback and future television compatibility. Checker Electric Supply distributes RCA Victor gear.

RCA Victor Radio Corporation of America Victor Talking Machine Company Checker Electric Supply First Street SE

Cast Selected For Industrial Pageant In Memorial Auditorium

Miss Alice Speracek named for the Madona role in the Allied Industrial league Christmas pageant What Child is This to be staged next Sunday at 2 30 p m in Memorial auditorium. Principal roles go to Warner Heck Norman Emerson William Barnett Park Parks Kenneth McDermott and Charles Moeller with angels and villagers filled by a slate of locals and Fillmore school chorus members including Doreen Cobb directing.

Alice Speracek Eleventh Street NW First Christian Church Madonna Allied Industrial League Memorial Auditorium League Spevacek Warner Heck Washington Avenue King Wenceslaus Norman Emerson Thirty-second Street William Barnett Avenue Park Parks Second Street Kenneth McDermott Twentieth Avenue Joseph Charles Moeller Third Street Kathryn Klink Marion Mary Brownlee Georgia McQueery Eighth Street Dale Showalter Ninth Avenue Robert McGee Robert Adams Memorial Drive Malcolm Hall Third Avenue W. G. Rowley Reuben Smith Twentieth Street NF Fillmore School Chorus A. W. Casner Eighth Avenue Boyd Dankert Mary Dankert Bobby Edmunds James Edmunds J. W. Edmunds Vernal Street Delores Groff Cecil Groff G Avenue Helen Haddy Hazel Haddy F Avenue Bobby Hale William Hale Fourth Street Lillian Hanzlik O. F. Hanzlik C Avenue Billy Hillborn Dean Hillborn Donald Johanas George Johanas Leona Johnson Emma Johnson Clarice Karr Kenneth Karr C Avenue NW Shirley Long Ray C. Long Sixth Street Allan Miller Earl H. Miller Geraldine Morava George Morava E Avenue Billy Pfeffer George Pfeffer Thirteenth Street Edward Renfro Owen Renfro A Avenue Darline Riggs Walter K. Riggs Third Schwandt Dutta August Schwandt Delorez A. Senetter D Avenue NW Bernice Nice Spicer

Christmas carol service with multiple company choirs

Frances, organist at 1736 Sixth avenue SE, will lead a violin offertory as Christmas carols are sung by the Quaker Oats company chorus directed by Harold Reeves. Singers from Link-Belt Speeder Machinery Wilson and company Universal Crusher Penick and Ford Cedar Rapids Gazette and LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing join the choir.

Teenth Avenue SW Frances Sixth Avenue SE Quaker Oats Company Chorus Harold Reeves Link-Belt Speeder Machinery Company Wilson and Company Universal Crusher Penick and Ford, Ltd The Cedar Rapids Gazette LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company

Portrait of Prof. Rietz to adorn State University

The Iowa Mathematical Alumni Association will present a portrait of Prof. Henry L. Rietz head of the mathematics department at the University of Iowa. Aden Arnold, formerly of Iowa and now teaching at Montana University, will paint it. The work honors Rietz for actuarial theory contributions and Iowa's actuarial coursework feed into national insurance company placements.

Iowa City Henry L. Rietz University of Iowa Iowa Mathematical Alumni Association National Organization of Iowa Mathematical Graduates Aden Arnold Montana University Rietz Iowa University of Illinois

Cornell mural blends geology and oil painting by Betty Smith

Cornell junior Betty Smith of Chicago paints an oil mural in the Law Building showing coal forming conditions during the Pennsylvanian period about 200 million years ago. The work depicts extinct plants and trees, supervised by Miss Nama Lathe and Dr. Neil Miner.

Mount Vernon Betty Smith Cornell Chicago Law Building Miss Smith Law

Forth Bomb Was Fragment Of Film

London authorities and police after thorough investigation concluded that the alleged bomb dropper on the Firth of Forth bridge was not a bomb but a fragment of photographic film that ignited somehow.

London Firth of Forth Bridge Scotland

Modern Electric Range Gift Promises Lifelong Savings

An Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Christmas offer promotes a $20 discount on an Estate electric range. The ad touts cleanliness safety and efficiency, highlighting automatic cooking and reduced kitchen mess as benefits for wives and mothers this holiday season. Convenient payment terms are available.

Iowa Electric Light and Power Company

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