Freiburg Passion Play Opens in English for Four Day Run
Rehearsals for the second American premiere of the Freiburg Passion Play proceed on the Shrine Temple stage with Adolf Fassnacht as Christus. A 36‑member German cast plus local extras total about 300 for mob scenes. Performances run Wednesday through Saturday, with authentic costuming and new scenery enhancing the biblical drama.
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Freiburg
Shrine Temple
Adolf Fassnacht
Christus
Fassnacht
Germany
Orient
W. J. Grunewald
Oberammergau
Grunewald
Christ
Weddings and notable events from Gazette ten to thirty years back
The column recalls weddings including Bernadine Shaner and Lester Chadima Maxine Gaston and Roy Pulver Marie Zuber and Glenn Walters Helen Healy and Arthur Klasson Marjorie Wilson and Ralph Freshour Robert Leath travels to Scotland Elmer Perego injured near Eighth avenue fairground accident Alma Warner injured at Marion fairground platform Henry Ely and G A Doerfler attend Yale reunion and St John military academy graduation contract for Cedar Rapids to Mount Vernon interurban line awarded Laurel Sullivan and John Montague Ely marriage set for June 12 in East Orange New Jersey and residence in Cedar Rapids after September 1
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Bernadine Shaner
Lester Chadima
Maxine C. Gaston
Roy G. Pulver
Marie Zuber
Glenn L. Walters
Helen Healy
Arthur Klasson
Marjorie Wilson
Ralph J. Freshour
Robert Leath
Scotland
Elmer Perego
Eighth Avenue West
Alma Warner
Marion Fairground
Henry Ely
New Haven
Yale
Ely
G. A. Doerfler
Delafield
Wis
St. John’s Military Academy
Milo
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
M. Ford
Degree conferred at State DeMolay convention here Monday
Iowa DeMolay officers will exemplify the initiatory degree and Cedar Rapids chapter will show the DeMolay degree as part of the 1932 Iowa State DeMolay convention in Des Moines. The event opens Monday and closes Wednesday with Legion of Honor and oratorical contests Monday evening.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
DeMolay
Legion of Honor
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
DeMolay Grand Council
Richard Munden
Jacques de Molay
Clyde H. Bailey
Raymond Churchill
Inquisitor
Lloyd Holmes
John Gable
Commission
Howard G. Rowley
Guy
Edward Padzewsky
Safety Versus Finesse Guiding a Bridge Slam
In a Wissahickon club Duplicate, ten tables reached six spades with varied bidding. Nine declarers failed by finessing clubs after exhausting trumps. one player, Charles H. Goren, avoided the club finesse by drawing two rounds of trumps then leading diamonds to establish a slam.
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East
Wissahickon
Philadelphia
South
North
Charles H. Goren
West
Cedar Rapids Woman Joins Pen Women League
Mrs. Sidney Smith of Cedar Rapids elected to active membership in the League of American Pen Women whose headquarters are in Washington D C. At Cedar Falls alumni reunion Joseph Vance of Cedar Rapids named third vice-president. Dr F R King of Kenwood called to Oklahoma by his father’s illness. Rev C G Sterling returns from New York Presbyterian general assembly. Miss Jennie Robertson earns first honors in Cedar Falls high school class with Steele Hamilton second.
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Sidney Smith
Cedar Rapids
League of American Pen Women
Washington, D. C
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Joseph Vance
F. R. King
Kenwood
Oklahoma
C. G. Sterling
New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Jennie Robertson
Steele Hamilton
How One Man Lost 42 Pounds
A 50 year old Utica man reports dropping from 287 to 245 pounds between May 1931 and January 1932 with a plan to lose more at one pound per week. He credits Kruschen Salts and a healthier diet, noting a goal of 200 to 225 pounds and urging others to try the product with a money back guarantee.
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William P. Powers
Utica
N. Y
May Drug Co
Podzimek Phoies
Topsy Turvy Numbers Trap Convention Reporter In Hotel
Chicago reporter Harley Higgenbotham misses the GOP convention due to a bizarre hotel floor numbering system. He boards multiple elevators, learns the second floor varies by misaligned numbering, and leaps to safety after injuring a delegate. The piece ends with a sharp jab at covering a communist demonstration.
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Chicago
Harley Higgenbotham
Harley
The
Congress
Iowa
St. Bernard
Rube Goldberg
Firs
Congressp
Utica
Mason Jar
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Fiatean West
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Linn County
Thomas S
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Linn
Iowa District Court
Elva F. Melton
Executrix
Dale
Stentz
Josephine Culbertson
Aki
Smalekoff’s
Smulekoff’s
Majestic
Smulekoff
Henry McLemore
Lux
Newman
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