Cedar Rapids readers pick favorite fiction titles listed
A Cedar Rapids roundup lists popular fiction and non fiction reads including For Whom the Bell Tolls, Gone With the Wind, Earth Is the Lord's, One Foot in Heaven, Mein Kampf, and Best Plays of 1939 40 among others, highlighting notable authors such as Hemingway Cather Mitchell and Brittain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hemingway
Paul Engle
Sapphira
Willa Cather
Oliver Wiswell
Kenneth Roberts
Random Harvest
James Hilton
Mrs. Miniver
Jan Struther
H. M. Putham
Esquire
J. P. Marquand
Maurice Hindus
Margaret Mitchell
Taylor Caldwell
Heaven
Hartzell Spence
Jan Waltin
Osa Johnson
Lin Yutang
White Cliffs
Alice Duer Miller
England
Vera Brittain
Louis Adamic
Emily Post
Adolf Hitler
Burns Mantle
Fitting The Mold and The Heritage Of Hatcher Ide
A book review column surveys John P. Marquand’s Fitting The Mold focusing on Henry Pulham and Bojo Brown while contrasting Booth Tarkington’s Heritage Of Hatcher Ide with its social critique. It also discusses Hawaii Restless Rampart by Joseph Barber Jr and Benjamin Constant’s Prophecy From The Past translated by Helen Byrne Lippmann, highlighting themes of power, class, and statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Pulham
Esquire
Henry Pulham
St. Swithins
Harvard
Bill King
Henry
Bill
Thomas Wolfe
Kitty Foyle
John P. Marquand
Bojo Brown
Allan Southby
Marquand
E.N H. M. Pulham
Little, Brown and Co
Hatcher Ide
Booth Tarkington
Tarkington
Hatcher
White Ties
Sarah Florian
Bee Heritage
Booth
Boubledey Doran
Hawaii
Joseph Barber, Jr
Pacific
United States
Japan
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon
Benjamin Constant
Europe
Helen Byrne Lippmann
Hitler
Weekend events and talks in Iowa region listed
A schedule of campus and city activities across Cedar Rapids, Monticello, Mount Pleasant, Marion and Iowa City. Events include lectures by Prof Trew Roberts and Dr Roy L Smith, a Dubuque choir concert, Angus breeders meeting, Purdue vs Iowa basketball, University of Iowa salon entries, and World Day of Prayer observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Coe
Trew Roberts
Monticello
University of Dubuque
Presbyterian Church
Mount Pleasant
Roy L. Smith
The
Christian Advocate
Iowa Wesleyan
Marion
Kenneth McGregor
American Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ Association
Iowa City
Iowa
Lee Cochran
University of Iowa
WSUI
Clifton Utley
Town Hall
Coe Memorial Chapel
Chamber of Commerce
Rockford
Davenport
Polack Brothers Circus
Masonic Temple Auditorium
University Symphony Orchestra
Iowa Union
The Truth About Leif Ericsson and the Greenland Voyages
A detailed illustrated volume by William B. Goodwin argues Northmen reached American shores before Columbus. It compiles voyages and discoveries into a scholarly presentation, noting evidence and historical context for Leif Ericsson and Greenland explorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Leif Ericsson
Greenland
William B. Goodwin
Washington Luncheon Highlights D A R Birthday Observance
Ashley chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a Washington birthday luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel Roosevelt room. The event featured a string trio, dances by Miss Edna Die man’s pupils, out of town guests, and a speech by Fred J. Kluss praising George Washington as a practical leader who shaped American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
George Washington
Virginia Ohmann
Leota Becking
Martha Leksa
Thelma Boegel
Edna Dieman
Alice Ruth Mikas
Jean McGinnis
Joan Lattner
Patricia Kaufman
Joyce Elaine Libal
Jo Fran Kouba
Lulu Engleman Welty
Seward E. Dillon
Estherville
M. E. Hutson
Waterloo
S R. Stedman
Emmet
Mr. Kluss
America
City Observes World Day of Prayer in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids joins global World Day of Prayer Friday with a 2 30 p.m. event at the Church of the Brethren titled Thy Kingdom Come. The observance unites home and foreign missions, with a 1920 origin and now over 50 nations. A youth meeting is planned at 4 p.m. and hostesses include Mesdames Prather and Ruthrauff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Country Club
United Brethren Church
Carleton
Coe
Iowa City
Harrison S. Elliott
Senate Chamber of
Old Capitol
Church of the Brethren
New Zealand
Honolulu
J. T. Taylor
Fayette Moore
David I
Berger
J Dale Welsch
Coe College
Lola Dorn Cargin
Jay W Hesser
George A. Stauffacher
John Montague Ely
August Cramer
Rodney
H L. Ruthrauff
O. A. Prather
Lt. Looney
O. C. Heffner
H. L. Ruthrauff
Allen Bliss
C W Matthews
Greer McGrory
C. H Perkins
Fred Fleming
Chapter DK P E O meeting with Miss Hubbard
Members of chapter DK P E O will meet Monday at 8 p.m. with Miss Helen Hubbard at 1417 A avenue NE. Assisting hostesses are Miss Edith Amen and Mrs Olive Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hubbard
A Avenue
Edith Amen
Olive Tower
John S. Skien
P E. QO
Clare E. Rundle
Ronald C. Booth
Park Avenue SE
H. C Burleson
Miss Ramsey Elected YWCA President at Ames
Barbara Ramsey daughter of J. C. Ramsey was elected president of the YWCA board at Iowa State College Tuesday by a popular campus vote. She is a junior majoring in home economics. Dr and Mrs Wells and Miss Wilma Wells return home after a three week visit. Mr and Mrs Stuff also return from a four week southern trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Barbara Ramesey
J. C. Ramsey
Avenue
Ramsey
Wells
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Sue
Rete
Heritage
Bayne Freeland
By Bobestabrook
Navy
Mr. Barber
M. Constant
Helen Byrne Lippman Reynal and Hitchcock
Karl Andrist
Cornell Music
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Britain
Paramount
Illinois
Field House
Meador Publishing Co
Company
Carl Dueser
Aulden Griffins
Ladies Home Journal
Henry Holt and
Owas
Culbertsen Self Teacher
Hudson Valley Squire
C. Busckburn
Blue Geranium
Delsa Birkley
Sanford
Leif’s
Audrey Jones
Gazette Photo
Thomas M. Jones
Country Club Parkway
Audrey
James D. Bever
James L. Bever
Washington Avenue
D.A.R
ACE Cleaners
Third Ave
First Ave
Bradley
Second Fleet
C. W. Howe
Bradley Mills
Killian Company
Miss Hubbard
Mrs, Booth
Miss Ramsey
Ames
F. M. Wells
Vine Fon
Read
Wilma Wells
New Haven, Conn
Wally Wells
Baton Rouge, A
B. A
Texas
B. R. Stuff
Brownsville
San Antonio
South
Lydia Wehmeier Perkins
1St Ave. E. Dial
Killian
Sifter
Foley
Barcaln
Bargaim
DIAL
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