New Books Popular with Service Men
A service men reading list features The Sergeant Says by Sergt Jimmy Cannon Aye Aye Sir by R Osborn From the Ground Up by Ford and MacBain Strength for Service edited by Chaplain Nygaard Gone with the Draft by Park Kendall Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis See Here Private Hargrove by Marion Hargrove Into the Valley by John Hersey War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Time of Peace by Ben Ames Williams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Jimmy Cannon
R. Osborn
Ford and MacBain
Chaplain Nygaard
Park Kendall
Richard Tregaskis
Private Hargrove
Marion Hargrove
John Hersey
Leo Tolstoy
Ben Ames Williams
They Cal It Pacific by Clark Lee review notes wartime moves
The book recounts Manila before and after Pearl Harbor through Clark Lee AP correspondent. It details Bataan Corregidor Australia and Manila tenacious fights, tool shortages and cautious commanders. Lee argues Halsey altered the course after Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Lee
Pacific
Viking $3
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Lee
Bataan
MacArthur
Corregidor
Philippines
Australia
CPA
Mount Allegro by Jerre Mangione review
Jerome Mangione details his Sicilian relatives in Mount Allegro Rochester New York with vivid characters and humor. The author blends Sicilian and American cultures showing how family stories and immigration shape identity and community. Elizabeth North Hoyt praises Mangione as a superb storyteller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerre Mangione
Mangione
Mount Allegro
Rochester
N. Y
America
Sicily
Elizabeth North Hoyt
The Other Side of Main Street Refutes Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Center author Henry Johnson argues his book The Other Side of Main Street refutes Sinclair Lewis by pointing to Johnson and Lewis’ Sauk Center origins. The piece notes Johnson’s Minnesota roots, Swedish stock, and varied early work leading to his Columbia University tenure. It references his role as professor emeritus and the book series continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Henry Johnson
Columbia University Press
Sinclair Lewis
Dr. Johnson
Sauk Center
Mr. Lewis
Johnson
Sweden
Johnson Pere
Minnesota
Macaulay
Teachers College
Columbia University
University of Minnesota
Illinois
Victory Council Ceremony At Cedar Rapids Camp Fire Event
Cedar Rapids Camp Fire girls join groups from Anamosa Central City Ladora Marengo Marion Monticello Springville and Mount Vernon for a Grand Council fire at Memorial Coliseum at 7 30 Saturday evening. The event features a patriotic program torchbearer ranks and national honors with Patricia Ann Smith Alberta Mueller Jo Fran Kouba and others receiving awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Grand Council
Memorial Coliseum
Victory Council
Camp Fire Service
Anamosa
Central City
Ladora
Marengo
Marion
Monticello
Springville
Mount Vernon
I. E. Linkletter
A. J. Anderson
Camp Fire Council
Jo Fran Kouba
Patricia Ann Smith
Alberta Mueller
Keda
Joyce Johnson
Uta
Patricia Bowne
Camp Fire Office
Chi Omega Mothers Club to Meet for Luncheon
The Chi Omega Mothers Club will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. for a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Charles Bode at 2009 Mt. Vernon Avenue SE. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Walter Jackson Mrs. J. E. Bales and Miss Julia Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
Bever Avenue SE
P.E.O
Walter J. Barngrover
Mattie Tschirgi
Charles Fisher
America
Bever Avenue
W. P. Enright
Earl B. Deizeli
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Barbara A
Mayflower
D.A.R
Frank V. Orr
Fifth Avenue SE
E. E. Schenefelt
Clark Beems
Earl O. Coffing
Wells C. Peck
G. H. Tellier
Chi Omega Mothers Club
Charles Bode
Mt. Vernon Avenue SE
Walter Jackson
J. E. Bales
Julia Miller
Monday Shakespeare Club
George Arduser
Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club
R. R. Downer
Focht Hunnicutt Nuptials Held in Geneva New York
Miss Elizabeth Focht daughter of Mrs. H K Focht 315 Eighteenth street SE married Sergt Robert J Hunnicutt son of Mr and Mrs R W Hunnicutt 210Twentieth street NE at the First Presbyterian church parsonage Geneva New York The ceremony conducted by Dr Fred Harper Best man Sergt Irwin matron of honor Mrs E R Irwin and bridesmaid Mrs Volz wore brown dressmaker suits corsages white gardenias and red camellias Afterwards the couple had luncheon at the Sereca hotel and left for Niagara Falls New York. Sergt Hunnicutt is stationed at the Seneca ordnance depot agea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Focht
H. K. Focht
Eighteenth Street
Robert J. Hunnicutt
R. W. Hunnicutt
Twentieth Street
First Presbyterian Church
Geneva
N. Y
Fred Harper
Serst
George Volz
E. R. Irwin
Springfield
Gardenias
Volz
Mankato
Minn
Sergt. Irwin
Sereca Hotel
Niagara Falls
Sergi
Hunnicutt
Seneca Ordnance Depot
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Halsey
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Sanford
Iowa
Houghton - Mifflin
John Battin
E. Harold Skisner
Lorna Schuppert
John Jaeger
Carol Barta
Betty Wolfe
Mate Palmer
Ora Beitzell
Walter S. Newell
Noel Newell
Mariana Sackett
Ruby Taylor
Helen Dunn
Elizabeth Bender
J. M. Thompson
Jennie Post
Helen Hanson
Beitzell
Annabelle Taylor
Art
C. B. Meffert
Country Club Parkway SE
S. L. Duncan
G. M. Wodtke
Mrs. Ring
J. E. Cameron
Tucson
Twenty-sixth Street
Linda
Ariz
Susan Brown
W. J. Brown
First Avenue NE
Northwestern University
Richard R. Proctors
Richard R. Proctor
Longwood Drive
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Orr
D.A.R. Chapter
Ibs
Coe
Harold Zimmerman
Michael John
Zimmerman
Air Force Training Detachment
Coe College
Roosevelt Hotel
The
Cedar Rapids Florists Association
School of Music
John P. Miller
Nineteenth Street
James Zoller
James W. Zoller
Pasadena
Calif
Billy Harper
Focht-Hunnicutt
New York
Montieur Studio
First Ave. E
Roosevelt
Ches
Mirro
Vanity
Honduras
NCIAS
McNamara
Homemakers Shop
First Avenue E
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