A Starry Night of Backstage Letters and Praise
A columnist recalls a recent Los Angeles opening of Eugene O Neill s Ah Wilderness with a large, admiring cast. He notes warm first nights, strong supporting players, and fond wires from George M Cohan and others. His daughter Mary plans stock work in Maine this summer.
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Los Angeles
Eugene O'Neil
San Francisco
Mary
Maine
Rogers
George M. Cohan
New York
Notable figures in early film and theater circle memories
A reminiscence recounts meeting and praising a long list of famed performers and industry figures such as Nat Miller Banks Winter Nellie Nichols Chick Sale Sid Grauman Eddie Cantor W C Fields Bill Pields Walter Catlett Fred Stone Jetta Gondal Sam Goldwyn Frank Borzage and others, highlighting their talents and impact on vaudeville cinema and stage.
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Banks Winter
Winona Winter
Norman Spears
Mr. Winter
May
Bill Carleton
Blanche King
Wall Street
Rita Donlon
Mike
Dr. Bull
Nellie Nichols
Nellie
Frank Behring
Frank
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Chick Sale
Chick
Lowell Sherman
Sid Grauman
Eddie Cantor
Eddie
Bill
W. C. Pields
Walter Catlett
Billi McGuire
Stones
Fred
Jetta Gondal
Sam Goldwyn
Ee Peemera
Piakes
Pitt
Froggie
Hart
Frank Borzage
Ace
Big Boy Williams
Vaudeville Memories of Independence and Ingenuity
The passage recalls vaudeville as the most satisfying entertainment form with unmatched independence. Performers shaped their acts through personal ingenuity, though each line continuously evolved. It ends with a nostalgic note of memories tied to the era.
Traffic Men To Meet Here Monday On Rates For Iron And Steel
Twenty five traffic men from leading midwest terminals and interior Iowa cities converge on Cedar Rapids for a federal hearing led by Examiner Cassidy. The Eastern Interior Iowa Industrial association protests freight rates on iron and steel carloads from Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Illinois points into interior Iowa claiming inequities with Illinois and Iowa river cities. Cedar Rapids Waterloo Marshalltown Des Moines Mason City Fort Dodge Newton Fairfield and Cedar Falls will be represented. Sundberg Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic manager and association president notes Cedar Rapids pays 29 cents per hundredweight from Chicago while Davenport and Dubuque rates are 17 cents. He argues rates should not exceed 23 cents per hundredweight for Chicago to Cedar Rapids.
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Midwest
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cassidy
Iowa Industrial Association
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Ilinois
Illinois
Iowa River
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Newton
Fairfield
Cedar Falls
Harry F. Sundberg
Jeanie Weeks Chekers Expert Defies Odds in Cedar Rapids
Jeanie Weeks a 19 year old Peruvian Indiana native born without arms or legs seeks Cedar Rapids checker champions to test her skill. She plays by chin shove and is featured in Believe It Or Not exposition while a longer analysis discusses bridge bidding strategies and opening doubles to illustrate risk and distribution in card play.
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Jeanie Weeks
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue E
Peru
Ind
Jeanie
Choosing the Better Trump Suit in Bridge Strategy
The article discusses selecting the correct trump suit by length, noting how a four-card trump can outperform a five-card one when opposite a matched four-card nontrump. It analyzes a slam attempt in hearts and clubs, emphasizing partner support, optimistic bidding, and the need to avoid wasted discards.
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York “City
Hearts
East South West
West
East
Dancer Pontificates North Pole Romance at Shrine Temple
Edna Dieman presents a Cedar Rapids ballet next Friday night dramatizing the romance of Hans and Mytalie. Mari Lussi wrote the script Ralph Lee composed songs and Mariane Dieman will sing the theme. A fourteen piece orchestra will be conducted by George Cervenka with choruses and toy march participants named in the cast.
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Edna Dieman
Hans
Mytalie
Shrine Temple
Kingdom of the North Ore
Cedar Rapids
Mari Lussi
Ralph Lee
Stuart Coons
George Cervenka
Mariane Dieman
Marc Jane Hubberd
Patricia Hughes
Dixie Mae Layer
Edna Mae Hardy
Evelyn Afflerbaugh
Allayne
Cornell Summer Colony Opens at Mount Vernon Monday
Cornell's summer colony at Mount Vernon opens with registration and first classes on Monday under superintendent George Anselm. The program features studies in social science and creative arts, piano instruction by Jacques Jolas, and five public piano recitals. Children's art courses and a drama series from Aristophanes to Coward highlight the ten week session ending with a carnival of comedy August 4–10.
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Mount Non
Cornell College
Wmevenene
George Anselm
Jacques”Jolas
University of Louisville
Cornell
Alice Louise Scatliff
Aristophanes
Coward
Dramatic Art Department
Noted 17th and 18th century plays in youth theatre lineup
The program lists Aristophanes Birds, Plautus scenes, Com media del Art sketches, Patelin and an early English farce, Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream by a child cast, Way of the World by Congreve, School For Husbands by MoLiere, Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer, Gilbert and Sullivan Trial by Jury, and a Coward work.
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Aristophanes
Plautus
Kiwanis Show Boat Program Completes Cedar Rapids
The Kiwanis show boat features a sand barge anchored off shore with a plank stage. The orchestra performs on the boat while on dock numbers are presented. Two blackface members will act from the dock as the boat nears. Proceeds support underprivileged children in Cedar Rapids, including a milk fund and patrols, with past projects totaling over $2,500. Tickets sold by members and wives. reserved seats at local utility offices.
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Cedar Rapids
Riverside
Sinclair Park
Kiwanis
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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