Night School Study At Coe College Started Actor On Way To Hollywood
Scotty McLeod recounts Claude Van Ness, a Cedar Rapids resident, tracing the early life of Harry Wycoff later known as Leon Ames. Wycoff studied drama at Coe College while working youth jobs, then built a Hollywood career from stock theater to Class B films and Mr. Moto appearances, living in New York and Cedar Rapids with a fondness for sleep and dogs.
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Coe College
Hollywood
Chum
Strand Theater
New State
Claude van Ness
Avenue NE
Anow
Harry Wycoff
Mr. Moto
Leon Ames
Claude
Ottumwa
van Ness
Hya
Wycoff
Omaha
Detroit
Ohio
Harry
Logansport
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Charles van Ness
Fifth Street
Killian Company
Walkover Boot
Denecke’s
Coe
20Th Century Fox
Chum van Ness
Daily Bread
Charles K Chaplin
New England
New York
David Belasco
Suez
Napoleon II
Fashion Miniatures Set To Model Style In Cedar Rapids
Four 24 inch mannequins named Fashion Miniatures created by Jean Spadea will appear in Killian company store windows in Cedar Rapids. The dolls, Sue Suzie Susan and Suzanne, were prepped at Elizabeth Arden in New York City and will showcase monthly new gowns through July with zipper fastenings and three dimensional photography for advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Suzie
Susan
Suzanne
Killian Company
Jean Spadea
Ann Hutchins
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Arden
New York City
Erin Norson-Tales Council Trade Tape (unreadable OCR)
Readable fragments show a local council trade tape item with uncertain names and a terse note. No clear event date or officials are legible. This brief item appears to record a council discussion or exchange but lacks usable specifics.
IOWA Senate Aide Gillette Court Patronage Web
The piece outlines Senator Gillette and Herring handling patronage across northern and southern districts with Biermann possible for marshalship and Dunn’s reappointment uncertainty. It notes Capt. Claude Gillette’s Pearl Harbor command and potential rise to rear admiral, plus Herring’s influence and Garner’s nod.
Bund Leader To Be Kept Busy Defending Affairs Of His Unit
Fritz Kuhn faces a packed week defending the Bund in New York. Five associates will be questioned by William B. Herlands regarding alleged tax evasion tied to book and pamphlet sales and uniforms. Kuhn himself is to be questioned, with a court date on a petition to force the Beobachter to publish officers' names. He also faces a criminal libel case before Magistrate Jeaneette Brill over a Beobachter article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Kuhn
William B. Herlands
Herlands
Supreme Court
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Harry Wykoff
Cinema
Scotty McLeod
Marty Wykoff
O_ERIN
Council
Iowa
Washington
Schenke
Mason City
Gillette
Fred Biermann
Decorah
John B. O'Keefe
Sioux City
U. S
Biermann
Herring
Fred
Ed Dunn
Dunn
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
James Farley
Louis Murphy
White House
Murphy
Mabel Gittinger
Chariton
Customs
Des Moines
Senator Gillette
Navy
Claude S. Gillette
Cherokee County
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Naval Base
Naval Yard
Naval Affairs Committee
Gillettes
Garner
Senate
Boss
V. P
Cedar Rapids Printing CO
W. T.sands
Second St. NE
DIAL
al Ath Real Ae
Motong
Pontiac
America
Finkot
General Motors
Marmola
Lavahaf
Edward
Zerbst
Castoria the
Fletcher
Kaffee Hag
Gertrude Smith
ELMO
Nate
Congress
Feenamint
Doan
Bidietty
Nash
Eastman Kodak Films
Ieore J. O'Bosle
Eafe
Dandruff
Mich
Culver Motors
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
McLaughlin Buick CO
Cedar Street
Monticello
Dr. Salsbury
Dr. Balebury
Meath
KOTEX
Alka-Seltzer R
Ss. M. A
Pennsylvania
Penn Swift
Burma
Esame
9C Tin Union
Ileader Tobacco
Swift
Eeetoees
Glover's
Liquid Venice
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