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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1939

Page

22

Cedar Rapids Boy to Tour with Lunts in Idiot's Delight

Cedar Rapids actor Robert Downing, 24, lands a twelve week tour with the Lunts in Idiot's Delight, Amphitryon 38, and The Sea Gull. He will perform as an Italian soldier in Cedar Rapids March 17 and tour Davenport and Sioux City in March.

Cedar Rapids Lunts Robert Downing Washington High School Lynn Fontanne Alfred Lunt Robert Davenport Sioux City Iowa Theater Downing Washington Pulse the Guardsman Pittsburgh Azair Laemmle Norma Shearer Alison Skipworth Los Angeles Jack Benny Dick Powell Burns and Allen Bob Burns Bing Crosby Joe Penner Gunts Amphitryon Aan Fontanne Middle West Madison Wilding Company Chicago Denver Bob Gertrude Lawrence Susan and God Ina Hibbard Genevieve Dotson Catharine Petrick Bertha Sargent Pilate Hollywood Copperhead” Company Margaret Shanna Mr. Keith Margarette Smith Council Bluffs Iowa Dead End John Connor Hamburg S.U.S Phil Lord Downings California Kansas Lord

Farmers critique Gazette editor over 1930s economic policy

A readerLetter to the Gazette condemns editor Marshall for supporting Republicans and questions editor pay while praising Franklin D Roosevelt. The writer recalls Hoover era hardships, farm foreclosures, bank failures, and argues for farmer profits and New Deal measures as essential to recovery.

the Gazette Hoover Brookhart Iowa Norris Nebraska Nye Dakota Borah Idaho Johnson California Congress Mid-West Roosevelt Andrew W. Mellon Wall Street Marshall Republican State Committee Dickinson Wilson

Plan for rabbit eye operation to restore sight in Hoff man

HAGERSTOWN Md Another operation was planned Saturday to help Frank L Hoffman regain sight using a rabbit cornea. Dr Paul N Fleming who transplanted a rabbit cornea to Hoffmans right eye on Sept 27 said the next procedure would occur after a cold clears Hoffman, 61, who was blinded when sprayed with dye and carbolic acid. He can tell if a window shade is up or down and detect objects passing before him.

Hagerstown Frank L. Hoffman Paul N. Fleming Hoffman

Society Robbers Plead Not Guilty in Cleveland Case

Payton and Quentin Wilson pled not guilty to robbery charges in Cleveland. They waived preliminary hearing and were bound over to the grand jury on 50 000 bonds each, unpaid. Authorities say the brothers, sought in several similar cases, hid out at a retired British air officer’s home.

Cleveland Payton Quentin Wilson Big E Offi

Kiwanis District Installations In Fremont

About 500 Kiwanis members from Iowa and Nebraska gathered in Fremont for the inaugural ceremonies naming Dr. William F. Zimmerman as governor of the Iowa Nebraska district. Zimmerman is the youthful Midland College dean.

Fremont, Neb Kiwanis Club Iowa Nebraska William F. Zimmerman Midland College Iowa-Nebraska Kiwanis International

The North Pole Shifts Seven Inches Each Year

Scientists report the polar crust is moving at seven inches per year due to tectonic forces. Researchers measure gradual drift affecting long term climate models and navigation routes in Arctic regions.

North Pole

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