Critics Glance at Arts and Society in 1937 Musing
A collection of literary notices and social vignettes from 1937 surveys authors Faith Baldwin Louis Bromfield and Somerset Maugham. It recalls theater figures and radio personalities as well as a Book Fair at Rockefeller Center featuring rare editions and manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atharine Brush
Faith Baldwin
Louis Bromfield
Somerset Maugham
Fannie Hurst
Sinclair Lewis
Rockefeller Center
J. P. Morgan
Gutenberg
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Vanity Fair
Kipling
Greeley
Conan Doyle
Kathleen Norris
Tugwell's Resettlement Plans Face Emphasis Shift
A shift in federal policy under Secretary Wallace reduces support for Tugwell's suburban resettlement projects. Wallace favors farm loans over utopian synthetic farming communities, calling the rural programs costly demonstrations that may prove disillusioning. Critics question the value of over 29 million dollars spent on the rural rehabilitation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexford Tugwell
Tugwell
Wallace
Mail-Order Romance Reveals Lonely Hearts Patterns
A national American Magazine survey finds 2,000,000 adults use romance exchanges yearly, spending 4 million in dues and 9 million in postage seeking partners. About 5,000 marriages arise from these acquaintances, with patrons mainly middle aged or older, educated with trades, many insured and mortgage free, challenging the notion they are fools. Loneliness drives many to mail-based companionship despite risks and swindles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonely Hearts” Clubs
How the Pope Is Chosen Across the Ages
Rome reports that the next pope, if not Italian, could be American, a remote but intriguing possibility. The bishop of Rome is elected by the College of Cardinals, usually Italian majority, with four U.S. cardinals among the ranks. Since the 16th century the choice has typically fallen to Italians, and balloting after a pope’s death began ten days later in earlier times. The 1922 election of the current pope is noted as a recent example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pius XI
College of Cardinals
United States
Adam
Eve
Correct this sentence begging letter from a rich man
A miscellaneous column railed at love and manners, spicing observations with jokes about marriage and society. It ends with a garbled request to correct a quotation about a begging letter, highlighting irony in refined speech and pretentious virtue.
Rules of the Papal Conclave and Its Traditions
The article describes the papal election process including isolation of cardinals in the Vatican, the secretive conclave, and the voting method in the Sistine Chapel. It notes the two thirds requirement, the redirection of ballots to smoke signals, and post election coronation practices. It also mentions preelectoral bans on negotiations and the pope choosing his own regnal name.
Belated athletic letters awarded at Iowa City field house dedication
Amor Sargent and Dr. Fred Bailey, both from Cedar Rapids, received belated athletic letters for long ago deeds during the Iowa City field house dedication event last night. The cold day saw a 12 below zero reading at 7 am. Lew Zalesky elected president of the Good Fellow club, a traveling men’s group. Local market prices listed for wheat oats corn rye barley hay straw hens eggs hogs steers lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Amor Sargent
Fred Bailey
University
Iowa City
Mercury
Lew Zalesky
Good Fellow Club
Soldiers Return From Mexican Border Service in Banquet Address
Members of Companies C and D and the First regiment band arrived home after six months on the Mexican border. Veterans led a parade to Union station and attended a banquet with a speaking program at the auditorium. Mr and Mrs Martin Evans report their son G L Evans aboard the Milwaukee is safe after the rocks near Eureka California. Local markets list corn oats barley rye hay straw hens eggs hogs steers lambs with quoted prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Martin Evans
G. L. Evans
Milwaukee
Eureka
Calif
Strickland Gillilan Headlines at Greene's Opera House
January 15 1907 noted humorist Strickland W Gillilan appeared at Greene's Opera House under YMCA auspices. Robert B Sinclair longtime YMCA secretary resigns to take a similar post in Erie Pa. Town Radiator Co formed with E L Stock president A J Conley VP C H Chandler treasurer W H Dunshee secretary. Local market figures include wheat oats corn barley rye hay straw hens eggs hogs steers lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strickland W. Gillilan
Greene’s Opera House
Y.M.C.A
Robert B. Sinclair
Erie
E. L. Stock
A. J. Conley
C. H. Chandler
W. H. Dunshee
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Actifa
Lean
York
Ethel Merman
Lillian Gish
Bob Hague
Esquire
Ernest Hemingway
Sixth Avenue
Abel Green
Upper East Side
Mayor Walker
Dick Merrill
Nellie Revell
S. Sumner
Kansas City Star Boys
Jack Lait
Doris Duke
Obie Winters
Bill Robinson
New York
A. L. Alexander
Major Bowes
Alexander
Preece
Reuben
Dream Street
Spain
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Alfred
Miss Fontanne
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Gazette
E. P. Mulrooney
Cain
Abel
America
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Butternut Coffee Little Pelton Brooms Town Crier Flour
Kellogg's All Bran Oxydol
Iowa
Long
2Nd Avenue
Spry Wilson
Walker's Chili
Pillsbury
Isa
Earme
Rio
Ind
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