Wartime Reading Picks From Council on Books in Wartime
Frontline action titles and wartime fiction selected by the Council on Books in Wartime. Includes works such as Queens Die Proudly, Old Nameless, Wildcats Over Casablanca, Combined Operations, War Eagles, and Journey Among Warriors among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. White
Sidney Shalett
Casablanca
Lieuts. Wordell and
Seiler
George Saunders
Col
James Saxon Childers
Nowhere
Lowell Bennett
Sevastopol
Boris Voyetekhoy
Tokio
Corey Ford
Lippman
Russia
Maurice Hindus
Mexico
Brenner and
Leighton
Eve Curie
Hellas
Betty Wason
C.S Forester
Council On Books
Benchley Beside Himself review brushes off with humor
Elizabeth North Hoyt reviews Robert Benchley Beside Himself noting the collection’s humor translates well from stage to print. She quips about The Treasurer's Report and I Am in the Book while laughing at vacation memories and church supper anecdotes. Overall she warns readers not to waste a morning on light fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benchley
Smiths
Janes
Lake Ho- Hum
Jones
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Benchley
Elizabeth North Hoyt
War Eagles by James Saxon Childers
Review of War Eagles recounting the Eagle Squadron's WWII exploits with access to British records and pilots. Col. James Sapon Childers presents an intimate, action packed account of American volunteers who joined the fight over England, including training, Dieppe raid, stunts, and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Eagle Squadron
English Channel
James Sapon Childers
US Army Air Forces
British
Air Ministry
Col. Childers
America
Dieppe
Cone’s Paintings Displayed At Coe College Exhibit
An exhibit of paintings by Marvin D. Cone professor of art at Coe College and his students is on display in Stewart Memorial Library during commencement hours 3 to 5 today and Monday The works include Out Springville Way and Thirteen Steps shown publicly for the first time Four canvases have previously been exhibited at New York galleries Also note a towel shower hosted for Miss Margaret O’Brien by Miss Dorothy Manchester with eighteen guests attending. O’Brien to wed Cadet Manzer Goodrich June 21 in Oelwein
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin D. Cone
Coe College
Stewart Memorial Library
Prof Cone
Out Springville Way
New York
Margaret O'Brien
Dorothy Manchester
O’brien
Manzer Goodrich
Oelwein
Bride of Lieut Harlan I Rice Wed in Washington
Miss Virginia Marie Stanton of Hayfield Minnesota and Lieut Harlan I Rice son of Mr and Mrs Walter C Rice were united in marriage May 29 at 815 pm in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church Washington D C The ceremony was performed by Rev Benjamin I Cowes Attendants were Mrs Alice Randall and Lieut Ray Ney The bride wore a beige suit with violet accessories and orchids in her corsage Mrs Rice a Coe College alumna worked in the Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance office Lieut Rice a Franklin High School graduate and Coe College alumna joined the Marines May 19 at Quantico Va and is serving at the Marine Barracks Odako Camp Fire group elects officers at guardian Mrs Jerry Machacek home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Marie Stanton
Earl Stanton
Hayfield
Minn
Harlan I Rice
Walter C Rice
Avenue NE
Mmarriage
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington, D.C
Benjamin I. Cowes
Alice Randall
Ray Ney
Rice
Hayfield High School
Coe College
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Franklin High School
Coe
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Kappa Phi Kappa
Quantico
Marine Barracks
Maxine Kluge and Janke Wed in Jacksonville Ceremony
Maxine Kluge daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Kluge of Vinton and Pfc Lowell J Janke son of Mr and Mrs A W Janke of Iowa Falls were united in marriage May 28 at 1 pm in St John s Lutheran church Jacksonville Fla The single ring ceremony was performed by Rev C F H Krueger before an altar of gladiolas and tapers Attending were Miss Marjorie Goodall and Yeoman Second Class Marion L Janke The bride wore a white eyelet dress with orchids and a single strand of pearls They were honored at a wedding supper at the Roosevelt hotel Jacksonville The couple will reside at the St Cloud hotel Jacksonville He is stationed at the Jacksonville army air base and she works as a stenographer in Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Kluge
J W Kluge
Vinton
Pfc
Lowell J Janke
A. W. Janke
Iowa Falls
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Jacksonville
Fla
C F H Krueger
Tapers
Marjorie Goodall
Marion L. Janke
Miss Goodall
Roosevelt Hotel
Vinton High School
Janke
Iowa Falls High School
Jacksonsville Army Air Base
St. Cloud Hotel
Jacksonvile
82 Coe Seniors Ready for Sixty Second Commencement
Eighty two Coe college seniors will receive degrees at the sixty second annual commencement in Sinclair Memorial chapel at 9 30 am Monday. The program includes 64 BA candidates, four B Mus candidates, and 14 eligible after summer session. Dr Beardsley Ruml of New York will deliver the address, receive honorary LLD, and prizes and scholarships will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Charles A. Anderson
R.O T.C
Beardsley Ruml
New York
Cedar Rapids
Messi
Margaret Hindee
Debussy
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John Petri
St. Paul
Mint
Joanna Elizabeth
Donald H. Johnson
A. P. Johnson
Portland
Ore
St. Agnes Church
Johnson
Army Air Forces Cadet Training Detachment
Windermere
Bob
Robert Benchley
Harper and Brothers
Ywell
Kenchley
Appleton Century
F. A. Burchards
Florence Frisbie
Joliet, Ill
F. A. Burchard
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Miss Green
Sergt. Lamont
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Geraldine Green
G. Gerald Green
Avenue
Hugh Lamont
John Lamont
Meriden
Charles J. Bready
Marshall J. Hickman
Helen Keith
Lois McCullock
Kansas City
Sergt
Matt Bitner
Harry H. Green
William H. Green
Roy Lamont
Kent Andrews
Peggy Green
Jock
David Andrews
Northwestern University
University of Iowa
Morningside College
Pleiades Society
Zeta Phi Eta
Franklin School
Sergi Lamont
Camp McCoy
Wis
Cone
Miss O'Brien
China
Haviland
Ashley
Velers Ewelers
Third Avenue SE
Paramount Theater
Paul Henderson
Sixteenth Street
College Club
Roy. E. Curray
Linden Drive
Arthur Bye
H.L Walker
Henry Holscher
Richard A Greenawalt
Lieut
Harlan I. Rice
Odako Camp
Odako
the Guardian
Jerry Machacek
Jeanne Kozik
Barbara Comer
Dolores Ulech
Dolores Ressa
Dorothy Lorenc
Marjore Lorenc
Mrs
Harlan I, Rice
Newman
Tchel li
Speciae
Beauty
Ercises
Eleanor Taylor
Buxthude
Bach
Ben Jonson
Robin Milford
Widor
Anderson
Mary Kathryn Ball
San Antonio
Texas
Bernice Ann Beerman
Paullina
Bernice Mae Brandau
Rudd
Lois Louise Carlson
Columbus
Neb
Elizabeth May Chapman
Jacquelyn Clay
Jeanne Estelle Conybeare
Robert Reed Cor
Nell
Spirit Lake
Kathryn Phillips Cowden
Esther Elnora Cunningham
Burlington
Lillian Dinsdale
Lucille L. Downs
Montour
Theodore Estes
Rebecca G . Evans
Newton
Barbara O. Ferguson
Lisbon
Bruce Leslie Fishwild
Clinton
Dorothy Margaret Forsyth
Nashville
Tenn
Eleanor Hall
Huron
S. C
Monita Orrele Hayes
Palo
Pauline Herron Huston
Jeannette Hl Kerr
Minneapolis
Homer F Kirchner
Beth Margaret Klenk
Oxford
Rosalyn Faye Kopecky
Voine Clear Lake
Robert F LaFontaine
Spit Lake
First Ave. E
Roosevelt
Brocotelles
McNamara
First Avenue
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