Swing Room Rendezvous Beats the Dust with Bass and Beiders
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Anderson of 2222 Fifth Avenue SE create a swing room that doubles as a hideaway for friends. A group of former dance musicians began meeting two years ago to dust off old tunes. The room houses a Capchart orchestrape, about 200 records, and includes Beiderbecke and Trumbauer selections along with Charles Straight and Benson orchestra discs.
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Dr. Anderson
Henry Files
Blake Boulevard
Fop
Mrs. Anderson
Anderson
Bix Beiderbecke
Frankie Trumbauer
Charles Straight
Benson
Ed Files
First Avenue
COO COOS BEAT TO A MIDNIGHT PHONE CALL POEM
Fred C. Henson delivers a comic verse about a midnight phone ring that wakes a sleeper. A playful narrative rhymes with a haunted mood as a caller lunges between sleep and alarm and a giggling voice disruptions.
Jam session at the Anderson home in Seattle
The photo captures a swing room gathering at Dr. Ernest W. Anderson and wife at 2222 Fifth Avenue SE. Former dance primer friends join to record a swing track as a prelude to testing their own performance. Seen left to right are Ted Schulse, Paul Van Hern, Charles Quentin, Dr. Anderson, and Edward German.
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Ernest W. Anderson
Fifth Avenue SE
Dr. Anderson
Ted Schulse
Paul van Hern
Charles Quentin
Edward
Musical Associates Revive Swing with Local Ensemble
The text notes musicians capable of matching national recording guitar stars and describes Paul Van Horn as saxophonist and assistant manager at Lamson Brothers. Dr. Anderson and friends enjoy reviving latent musical talent, planning a basement acoustically treated room to host a larger ensemble.
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Paul van Horn
Lamson Brothers and Company
Dr. Anderson
Bad cooking blamed for domestic unhappiness says Sir Bruce
London AP reports Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter, a noted physician, argues in Food and Wine that bad cooking fuels domestic unhappiness. He contrasts a woman’s lengthy prep to be a secretary with no effort to groom for wife duties. Nanking AP notes bans on foreign tunes at funerals, allowing only funeral music under the new life movement.
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London
Bruce Bruce-Porter
Bruce
Nanking
New Life Movement
Berlin youths deemed fit for service despite hunger
An official survey over two years of mustering shows three of four German youths found fit for some military service though they endured war era undernourishment. In Britain, national income rose by 3.5 billion dollars from 1932 to 1936, yielding an average weekly wage of 38 dollars per worker, with most spending on food and essentials.
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Berlin
London
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Women in China Granted Right to Work
Nanking AP reports that Chinese women, already enfranchised voters, are now recognized as having the unalienable right to enter the workforce. The notice frames employment as a civic and personal liberty, reflecting broader social shifts in the Republic.
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Nanking
China
Radiant Springs Bath House Promises Relaxation Relief
A glowing prospect highlights a Bath House offering genuine relief from penalizing infection Ll and curative claims for high blood pressure and circulation. The facility boasts U S Government supervised springs owned and operated near an Army and Navy Hospital, set on rolling turf with three courses, a spacious club house, riding, driving, and motoring in a natural playground region.
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U. S
Army & Navy Hospital
Right to seek employment denied to married women debate
The article notes lawmakers rejected a proposal that would have barred married women from seeking employment, stirring discussion among wives and families about the legislative action and its impact on rights.
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Sioewen
Witchcraft beliefs persist in Liberia reports say
Monrovia Liberia reports cite widespread fear of witchcraft with deaths attributed to it yearly. Believers say swelling limbs stomach pains and drownings are linked to witches and a waterwitch catching a victim. Many Liberians fear they will be targeted by witchcraft eventually.
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Monrovia
Liberia
English children grow taller and heavier overall
The board of health reports clear improvements in child physiques across England with southern regions showing higher fitness than the north. A Welsh county records no malnutrition cases. Over 87 million free meals were provided during the year.
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London
Board of Health
South
American schoolgirls smoking worries Irish hockey team
Belfast AP reports that after a U S tour Irish women’s hockey members were surprised by American schoolgirls who begin smoking at 14 and lose stamina. Ida Brandon notes the habit weakens endurance.
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Belfast
United States
Ida Brandon
London's Great Underground Lake Faces Drought Strain
London relies on a vast underground chalk bed lake for water, but years of drought and heavy pumping are draining it. Perforations in the chalk belt allow wells to pull water, while some underground rivers have been turned into sewers. Heavy rain can alter their courses and affect building foundations. The piece also notes a 1928 world feldspar record of 460,637 long tons.
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London
Geological Survey
Modern Laundry Opens Feb 1 With New Equipment
New equipment costing thousands of dollars is being installed at Modern Laundry and Dry Cleaning, 621 First Avenue E in Cedar Rapids. Proprieties Douglas Boynton and Rockey Newton plan a February 1 opening to offer laundry and dry cleaning services. Elmer Kudrle, former Imperial Certified Cleaners supervisor, will head the dry cleaning unit. The Prosperite machine from Syracuse powers the dry cleaning, with Monel metal washers featuring seven to nine rinses. Ads will follow detailing services and price schedules.
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First Avenue 'E
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Boynton
Rockey Newton
Elmer Kudrle
Kudrie
Imperial Certified Cleaners
Waterloo
Eighth Avenue SE
Prosperity Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Perite
Boynton
Newton
Gazette
Dr Little to Speak at Coe Vespers Today
Dr Robert Little of the First Presbyterian Church will deliver the Coe College vesper service in Sinclair Memorial chapel at 4 p.m. today. His topic is Moral Illiteracy with a program including cantabile, processional hymn, invocations, responses, and choir performances directed by Ray and Adams with organist Catherine M. Adams.
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Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Coe “College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Cape i
Oria Patr
Leadrina
D. Puche
Kvens Rothy Rowles
Robert Little Jagger
Talner
Paul “‘Achumann ‘Ray
I Catherine M. Adams
Infant Knit Gowns and Layette Items Offered
A catalog listing infant necessities includes tie front knitted gowns in pink or blue with draw ties at sleeves and feet, crib sheets 36x60 with torn edges, stockinette sheets 27x36 water and boil proof, Cannon Knit Diapers in small and medium sizes, Curity Layette Diapers size 20x40 inches, high chair pads with removable percale covers, Dennison Throw Away Pads in various shapes. Prices range from 1.25 to 2.25 per unit and quantities listed.
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Tait Cummins
Andersons
Theodore Jr
Ted” Schulze
Second Avenue SE
The
Luberger
Dental College
Paul Christensen
Brunswick
WHO Broadcasting
Eddie Gorman
Iowa University
WMT
Thompson
Coo-Coo Classics
Fred C. Henson
Eor
Henry
Hot Springs
Nat's Park
Oaklawn Track
America
Weast
Arlington
Chester
Cineral
Arlington Hotel & Baths
Underground Lake Falls
Dr. Little
Coe Vespers
Killian CO
SDS EE CY
Fey
Killian Company
Jean Joyce
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