Y M C A Sponsors Sixty Cedar Rapids Boy Clubs
The Cedar Rapids Y M C A reports sixty church and Hi Y clubs with 1022 members under Harry G. Hansen in the organization’s fourteenth annual dinner. Programs run from Friendly Indian to Pioneer Comrades and Senior groups across city high schools and church classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Comrades
H. H. Bennett
P. F. Keehn
E. E. Chandler
Warren Smith
Greer W. McCrory
Hal Tellier
Lael Abbott
Howard Benninghoff
Frank Guyott
Earl Nichols
Harry G. Hansen
James Manville
Explaining How Inherited Traits Shape Football and Nations
The piece argues heredity influences athletic ability and leadership in nations. It cites fathers passing physical and mental traits to sons and notes periods of collective mental unrest in the United States Germany and Japan. It also advises gradual habit building in learning to drive and credits Dr. Sadie Meyers Shellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Kraines
London Hospital
United States
Germany
Napoleon Bonaparte
Julius Caesar
Japan
Everett Dean Martin
Sadie Meyers Shellow
FBI Refuses Probe Of Sammet Murder
The Justice Department declined to open a federal inquiry into the February 20 Chicago murder of Dr. Max B Sammet, a 43 year old German war hero. The Chicago Civil Liberties Committee urged a probe via a telegram to J Edgar Hoover. Assistant Attorney General Brien McMahon suggested submitting new evidence to Federal Attorney Michael L Igoe in Chicago for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Chicago
Max B Sammet
Chicago Civil Liberties Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brien McMahon
Michael L. Igoe
McMahon
Igoe
Sammet
University of Illinois College of Dentistry
Hitler
Theaters Show Snow White and Other Features
Listings from Iowa theaters include Walt Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Leon Errol in His Best Fiend, Paramount Hurricane with Dorothy Lamour and stars, New State Nothing Sacred with Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Lew Ayres, Louise Cromwell, Edgar Kennedy in Scandal Street, Wild and Woolly with George Barnes and Helen Burgess, Palace Jane Withers in Be Diary, Paroled to Die, and Rider of Gun Creek. Also notice of appointment of administrator in Linn County Iowa. Administrator John Y. Rose appointed January 28, 1938. claims and debts to be settled through attorney B. Emery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Walt Disney
Leon Errol
Paramount
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Mary Astor
C. Aubrey Smith
New State
Carole Lombardi
Fredric March
Lew Ayres
Louise Comwell
Edgar Kennedy
George Barnett
Helen Burgess
Jane Withers
Linn County
Aualtas
Will
Rose
Closing Of Curb At Chicago March 14
The Chicago curb exchange will close as a national securities market at end of business March 14. Members voted to dissolve on board recommendation due to insufficient business and unlikely volume gains. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the dissolution.
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Curb
Chicago
Chicago Curb Exchange
Board of
Securities and Exchange Commission
The Canine Education Dilemma for Smart Owners
The piece argues that dog schools teach obedience and skills, but lasting results depend on an owner with discipline and consistency. Without continued practice and firm leadership at home, a well trained dog may regress or gain an overpowering owner.
Application Dismissed for Waterloo Broadcast Station
The Communications Commission dismissed W. H. Hartman Company’s bid to build a Waterloo Iowa station after the applicant asked to withdraw the request following a hearing date set last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Communications Commission
W. H. Hartman Company
Waterloo
Cat Gives Blood To Save Lives Of Two Feline Pals
In Denver a veterinarian transfused 80 cubic centimeters of Buttercup’s blood into two sick cats Skeezix and Snickelfritz. The three cats belong to Mrs. F. S. Butterman. Buttercup recovered from septicemia but transmitted it to his companions.
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Cat
Denver
Buttercup
A. A. Hermann
Skeezix
Snickelfritz
Report Shows Sharp Drop in Auto Deaths
The Commerce Department notes a sharp drop in automobile fatalities for the first eight weeks of the year. A survey of 130 major cities records 1,286 deaths, down from 1,636 in the same period of 1937, with New York leading at 151 fatalities, followed by Chicago at 100 and Los Angeles at 98.
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Washington
Commerce Department
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids men elected to honor and a campus injury
George A. Hunt of Cedar Rapids becomes a Yale Sigma Xi member. Guy M. Vorhies injures a fractured ankle in a fall at the Three Minute Cereal plant. Richard M. Miller of Cedar Rapids, a University of Pennsylvania freshman, is named to Psi Epsilon. Mrs. P. W. Rowell returns from a winter visit in Pasadena and California cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Hunt
Cedar Rapids
Yale
Sigma Xi
Guy M. Vorhies
Three Minute Cereal Company
Richard M. Miller
University of Pennsylvania
Psi Epsilon
P. W. Rowell
Pasadena
California
Preacher Pratt Heads South to Speak in Tennessee and Alabama
On March 5 1918 Rev W A Pratt left for Nashville Tennessee and Mobile Alabama and other locations to deliver sermons. Also leaving were Beulah and Wageoner along with Mary Bryant two St Luke's graduates who volunteered for government service heading to Lake Charles Louisiana. High school dramatic students presented The Slacker with cast Abe Carberry Mary Louise Buser Hazel Young Mason Kaupke Odette Drier Ferne LaPlant Ruth Alder man Lorraine Dempsey. Seth A Hendryx deputy county recorder announced his Republican candidacy for recorder.
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W. A. Pratt
South
Nashville
Tenn
Mobile
Ala
Beulah &Wageoner
Mary Bryant
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lake Charles, A
Abe Carberry
Mary Louise Buser
Hazel Young
Mason Kaupke
Odette Drier
Ferne LaPlant
Ruth Alderman
Lorraine Dempsey
Seth A. Hendryx
Local Theatre and Education News from March 5 1908
Mrs Patrick Campbell starred in The Second Mrs Tanqueray at Greene's Opera House while the high school farce Because She Loved Him So was staged today. Cast included Russell Test Charles Soutter Eugene Pinney Phillip Trendt Robert Leefers Lyle Ross Charles Ainsworth Charles Huber Gilbert Parker Harold Cooper and George Gable. D Denman Wagner to represent Coe College at tomorrow's state oratorical contest in Mount Pleasant.
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Patrick Campbell
Tanqueray
Greene's
Opera House
Russell Test
Charles Soutter
Eugene Pinney
Phillip Trendt
Robert Leefers
Lyle Ross
Charles Ainsworth
Charles Huber
Gilbert Parker
Harold Cooper
George Gable
P. W. Johnson
Julia A. Garnant
Made a Quiet Match in Covington
In Covington a wealthier suitor Alec Maguire courts shy Lou Knight amid town gossip and class tension. Lou reveals her long admiration for Alec and his quiet protection of her father, while Alec confronts his own snobbery as the pair share a tentative, revealing first date.
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Shirley Maculre
Jaird Newsum
Jaird
Mike
Kathleen
Shirley
Alec
Myra Boone
Kathlee
Gene Mays
Myra
Lou Knight
Ovington
Pete Knight
Lou
Covington
Boston
Cheery Welcome Minimized Lack Of Fine Accessories
Mary Manners counsels Mrs. Manners to loosen standards and entertain with simple goods. Bonnie the hospitable housewife uses colorful thrift items to create merry, personable gatherings. A reader asks about ending a relationship and another about reconciling with a former partner.
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TDA
Bonnie
Ida
Well LL Tell You Well LL Tell By Burns
A satirical note on senators and foreign policy parodies debates and gossip about Aunt Peachy Simms and a town’s curiosity. The excerpt mocks secrecy and public perception in political discourse.
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Peachy Simms
Peachy
Hurricane storms cap a tropical saga at Paramount
The Hurricane shows a spectacular storm sequence that crowns an island drama. Terangi and Marama trade aboard a schooner and endure years of imprisonment before a sea crossing and reunion as the hurricane devastates the island. De Lange pursues a murder charge with his wife seeking refuge in a church with Father Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Goldwyn
South Sea Island
Paramount
Dorothy Amour
Marama
Jon Hall
Terangi
Taluti
Manukura
Terang
Reunion
DeLange
Mary Astor
Father Paul
C. Aubrey Smith
Sea flood claims Raymond Massey and others in film note
The report recalls Raymond Massey for DeLange and Thomas Mitchell for Dr. Kersaint, John Carradine for the warden, Jerome Cowan for the sea captain, and Teranga’s friend in an orchestra short subject with Herbie Kay. Kenneth Skersick appears. a Paramount News is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Massey
DeLange
Will Thomas Mitchell
Dr. Kersaint
John Carradine
Jerome Cowan
Terang
Herbie Kay
Kenneth Skersick
Cedar Rapidsman
Kay
Paramount News
Snow White enchanted Iowa theater crowd
Wanda Montz reports Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Iowa theater draws broad praise from adults and children. Dopey wins hearts over Grumpy with humor and pathos, while some fear for frightened youngsters during certain scenes. The audience enjoyed the music Some Day My Prince Will Come and Whistle While You Work, and a newsreel rounds out the program.
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Snow White
Mr Prince
the Iowa
New Orleans Chosen for Farm Bureau Convention
The American Farm Bureau federation named New Orleans as host for its 20th annual convention. Directors set the week of December 5 as a tentative date. The report notes pilots now rely less on beacon lights due to higher cruising altitudes.
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Chicago
New Orleans
American Farm Bureau Federation
Board of Directors
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FBI
Ralph Forbes
Ben Alexander
Bob Steele
Pens Withers
Oceau Legion of Missy
Buck Jones
Gun Creek
John Y. Rose
B. Emery
Leet
Williams
Tony
Pet Twa
THE
Gazette
Harry Pugh Smith
Covington Airdrome
Tou Knight
Butch Henderson
Henry Baxter
Henderson
Knight
Alec Maguire
Pop
Mary Manners
Miss Manners
Diz
Burns
Scandal Street
Wnith
Lew Atres
Louise Campbell
Porter Hall
Dick Powell
Lew Ayers
Mary Carlisle
Wanda Montz
Iowa Theater
Dopey
Prince
Farm
Meonyion
Dorothy Lamola
Jay Herbie Kay
Dangeland
Wonder Ballroom
Art Larkins
Gentsis
Court Hussey
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