Warm Quality Of Drama In Todd Duncan Recital
Harriet Swain Sullivan notes Todd Duncan’s Porgy performance at a Community Concert, praising his alive Gershwin delivery and dramatic phrasing while suggesting Handel and classic selections could have opened stronger. he shares ovations with Charlotte Wesley and pianist William Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Duncan
Porgy
Duncan
Theater Guild
du Bose Heyward
Charlotte Wesley
William Allen
Leap Day and Wartime Tips Blend In One Column
The Leap Year day as a rare annual event is described with historical notes from En cyclopaedia Britannica. The piece recounts legends of women wooing on leap years and medieval laws in Scotland France Genoa and Florence. It shifts to wartime household advice on rice spice and packaging to conserve resources. It urges collectors to reuse containers and recycle toothpaste tubes to aid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopedia Britannica
Julius Caesar
Scotland
France
Genoa
Florence
Women in War Work Interviewed by Dora Jane Hamblin
Mrs Coburn of 1928 Linden Drive SE discusses Red Cross home service corps work. She volunteers two days a week, averaging 12 hours, interviewing servicemen and families, verifying furloughs, and coordinating with field directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Coburn, Jr
Linden Drive
Red Cross
James Sigmund
Home Service
Red Cross Home Service in Linn County Women Share War Work
A Cedar Rapids Red Cross home service volunteer describes pattern orders for 1944 Anne Adams patterns, wartime field work, and the importance of home visits. She notes her son's Navy service, the need for help at home, and the ongoing effort to keep corps meetings current and meaningful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Corps
Linn County
Yse
A. J. Coburn III
Civil Engineering Corps of
Camp Peary, Va
Extra Soft Pillows Bring Comfort to Home Patients
Mary Beard of the American Red Cross urges caregivers to provide soft pillows to hospitalized loved ones. The piece explains proper pillow arrangement to maintain alignment, elevate the head gradually, and keep the back straight, with tips for assisting patients safely and effectively.
Pinafore Polly Pattern 702 and related doll clothes kit
Pattern 702 offers instructions and materials for a doll wardrobe priced at 15 cents. Include pattern number, your name and address in headlined order from Needlecraft Dept. Chicago 80 111.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Engagement of Bonnie Jonas to Harvey McCalley
Announcement of the engagement between Miss Bonnie Jonas daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis W Jonas of 716 Ninth Avenue SW and Harvey Dale McCalley son of Mr and Mrs Wesely L McCalley of 651 Twenty-first Avenue The couple linked by Wilson High School and University of Iowa affiliations with McCalley returning from three years of naval service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Jonas
Louis W. Jonas
Ninth Avenue
Harvey Dale McCalley
Wesely L. Mcarene
Twenty-first Avenue
Miss Jonas
Wilson High School
University of Iowa
McCalley
Navy
Carl W. Tritle
John Tritle
Alburnett
Camp Campbell
Ivan
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Louis Picek
Camp Waldron
Farragut
Idaho
Hamilton Street
Rothwell D. Proctor
Charles H. Proctor
B Avenue
Comdr
Preector
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Ward Island
Corpus Christi
Texas
Lawyers Oppose Federal Medical Security Bill In ABA
The American Bar Association house of delegates on Monday rejected the federal medical security bill calling it a direct attack on the rights and liberties of the citizens of this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
House of Delegates
American Bar Association
Costumed Gay Nineties Musical Presented by Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club dramatic art department staged Ye Old Town Hall a Gay Nineties musical at a Monday meeting. Red Cross appeals were made and state trade barriers discussed by visiting speaker Ann Hunter of Dallas. The club donated a $25 war bond to the Red Cross and $32 to the blood plasma bank. Lifelong member A G Brown earned life member status after 30 years and $75. New members Thomas Sinkler, Stanley Masierak, and Leo B Mull were announced. The nature and garden department will host a silver tea Thursday with noon coffee for the surgical bandage group. sandwiches are requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Art
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Armstrong
A. G. Brown
Woman's Club
A. Matilda Snouffer
Thomas Sinkler
Stanley Masierak
Leo B. Mull
Nature and Garden Department
Military Personnel Travel and Promotions Noted in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists service members returning from furloughs, transfers, or deployments across the United States and Europe. Highlights include Lt. Rouse earning aerial navigator wings, Pvt. Johns joining paratroopers at Fort McClellan, and Lt. Gates awaiting leave in Cedar Rapids with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Neil Johns
Cedar Rapids
Fort McClellan
Ala
Walter H. Lammers
Avenue
Lewis Says CIO Under Communist Domination
New York Times quotes John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and CIO founder alleging Communist control within the CIO. He says he would bar all Communists from U S labor unions and calls Murray and Hillman “prisoners” of communism. Murray replies he is not a prisoner of Lewisism or communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis
United States
Philip Murray
Mine Workers’ Union
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
the Times
Murray
Washington
Tojo Calls Harsh Action Against Dissenters
Premier Hideki Tojo urged judges and prosecutors in a Tokyo broadcast to act mercilessly against anyone who disturbs national solidarity. He framed the moment as a critical period and called for all efforts to crush the enemies America and Britain to hasten victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo Radio
Tojo
America
Britain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harriett Swain Sullivan
Mr. Duncan
Alec Templeton
Mr. Handel
Moussorgsky
Wendt
Saint-Saens
By Naomi Doebel
Union Station
Women In War Work
Dora Jane Hamblin
Home Service Corps
Pattarn Dept
N. Clinton St
Anne Adams
Y.M.C.A
Ration Board
New Orleans
Mary Beard
American Red Oss
Killian
Isave
Harvey McCalley
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Adair Hickman
C.S.B
New York City
Mother Church
The
First Church of Christ
Boston
Massachusetts
God
Second Avenue
Or. Ae We Jewelry Co
Lawyers Rap Bill
Inal Vicks
Nature and Garden
Crara Selfor
Home Specialty Store
First Avenue NE
Pfc
Ignatius A. Lana
Camp Breckenridge
Twenty-second Avenue
Frank B. Lana
Hayes Street
Robert L. Rouse
Lloyd ©. Rouse
Route 3
Vinton
San Marcos
Army Air Forces
LT. Rouse
William J. Valenta
Waycross
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank J. Valenta
C Avenue NW
James Earl Parry
I. H. Parry
Twentieth Avenue SW
Southwest Pacific
Gazette
John Charles Parry
Milton Kubicek, Jr
Marine Paratroop Corps
M. J. Kubicek
Dishman
Wash
Bougainville
Katherine Martin
Twenty-sixth Street
Kubicek
Elmer H. Hodge
Army Airways Communications System
Greenwood
S. C
Cpl. Hodge
Alma E. Bailey
Cascade
Ralph Hodge
Joseph Stourne
Keeslerfield
Miss
Air Transport Command
Army Air Base
Maxton
N. C
Collins Radio Company
Mathew Herbeck
A. F. Herbeck
Oakland Avenue
Pacific
el Moeller
Susan Moeller
Third Street
Maxwell Field
Decatur
Robert A. Smith
Toledo
Ohio
Laura M. Smith
Center Point Road
J.g
Fort Schuyler
N. Y
John W. Platt
Italy
Harry W. Platt
Fourth Avenue
Richard Franklin Gates
Frank T. Gates
Sixteenth Street
Hondo
Army Air Field
Gates
Cedar Rapid
Mt. Pleasant
William L. Sywers
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Second Street
Arthur A. Miner, Jr
Arthur A. Miner
Miner
South Pacific
William V. Burger
Coe College
Air Corps
Marchfield
Lincoln
Neb
Lincoln Air Base
Coe
Burger
Philip Dean Hawley
George Hawley
Center Ips
Melvin Wertz
Ed Wertz
Mt. Vernon
Leonard J. Nemec
Fort Robinson
L. Nemec
First Street
LT. Gates
Bezdek’s
Johnson Avenue
Marion Boulevard
Hitler
Hite
Mussolini
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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