Capacity Audience for Shrine Concert
The Palm Sunday concert by the El Kahir temple Shrine band, led by William F. Vesely, drew a capacity crowd. Helen Kacena Stark conducted the Beethoven club chorus with Lucy Bushnell Ambroz as accompanist, joined by soloists Anna Marie Farnum, Cora Capes Fisher, and Margaret Pratt. The program featured marches, hymns, the Atlantis Suite by Safranek, Sibelius Finlandia, and a 90‑piece band with 24 clarinets delivering rich tonal balance and precise ensemble.
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el Kahir Temple
Shrine
William F. Vesely
Shrine Temple
Beethoven Club Chorus
Helen Kacena Stark
Lucy Bushnell Ambroz
New King and Ancient Echoes in Palm Sunday Program
The article surveys a Palm Sunday program by El Kabir Shrine band with soloists Ruth Massey and Amanda Barnes Barham, plus bass viol by John Kimio Jr. It notes Potentate R W Black’s welcome, the shrine band’s uniforms, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s flight milestones.
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Luther A. Fuhrmeister
Hasselmans
Amanda Barnes Barham
Ruth Ebling Massey
Palm Sunday
el Kabir Shrine
All of Me at Paramount Tuesday
Four stars lead the three day Paramount engagement including Fredric March Miriam Hopkins George Raft and Helen Mack with a Betty Boop two reel and a Paramount Pictorial. The romantic drama follows a Park Avenue debutante learning about life as she faces choices between love and social ease. Norma Shearer arrives Friday in Rip Tide with Montgomery and Marshall in lead roles.
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Paramount Theater
Fredric March
Miriam Hopkins
George Raft
Helen Mack
Charlie Chase
Paramount
Park Avenue
Hell's Kitchen
Raft
Helen
Miriam
Norma Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Herbert Marshall
10-20-30 Years Ago In The Gazette
A Cedar Rapids Motoring Association secretary becomes chamber membership secretary. A city streetcar collision injures Mrs. J M St John. Express police secretary elected for regional association. Judge Robbins recovering from infection surgery. Herbert E Stein leaves Cedar Rapids for Burlington. Mrs Ida B Wise Smith to preach in Des Moines for suffrage conference. Fourth annual library day draws praise with talks by Brewer Tyler Greene and Wilcox. Cedar Rapids first auto arrival noted five years ago. now about fifty high grade cars. City council allocates 100 dollars to YMCA for artesian well water repairs. An appointment notice for executor of William A Pratt estate in Linn County Iowa.
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N. J. Leonard
Cedar Rapids Motoring Association
Chamber of Commerce
J. M. St. John
Grande Avenue
Third Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Otto Karbushcky
American Railway Express Company
Sectional Police Association
Railroad Express
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Canada
C B Robbins
Iowa City
Herbert E. Stein
Burlington
Ida B. Wise Smith
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Luther Brewer
Alice Tyler
Calvin G. Greene
Public Library
C. Wilcox
The
State University
Public
W. G. Haskell
Board of Health
State of Iowa
Linn County
William A Pratt
The Cat and the Fiddle and More 1931 States A Theaters
Theaters list films and stars across Paramount Iowa Majestic Palace Rialto Olympic. Notable titles include The Cat and the Fiddle Irene Dunne This Man is Mine No More Women The Song You Gave Me Lady For a Day Torch Singer Frontier Marshal The Fighting Caravans Goodbye Again Handle with Care Blame the Woman with top-billed stars such as Ramon Navarro Jeannette MacDonald Edmund Lowe Vic tor McLaglen Bebe Daniels Warren William May Robson Claudette Colbert George O'Brien Gary Cooper Lily Damita James Dunn Boots Mallory Adolphe Menjou Benita Hume.
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Paramount
Ramon Navarro
Jeannette MacDonald
Iowa
Irene Dunne
Man
State
Edmund Lowe
Victor McLaglen
Bebe Daniels
Warren William
May Robson
Palace
Claudette Colbert
George O'Brien
Rialto
Gary Cooper
Lily Damita
Joan Blondell
Olympic
James Dunn
Boots Mallory
Adolphe Menjou
Benita Hume
Maurice Cliffer To Lead In Chicago Play Friday
Maurice Cliffer son of Mr and Mrs Maurice Cliffer of 1821 Seventh Avenue SE will play the masculine lead in a Chicago production of a drama titled The Lord. A Washington High School and University of Iowa graduate now engaged in theatrical work in Chicago, he is set to debut in the role this Friday.
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Maurice Cliffer
Seventh Avenue SE
Washington High School
University of Iowa
Chicago
Cliffer to Broadcast Death Piece on Good Friday at WGN
Chicago theater observers hail Mr Cliffer as a promising actor and announce that his performance will be broadcast over WGN on Good Friday. He is also writing and directing a Chicago woman's club production for 800 members.
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WGN
Chicago
Mr. Cliffer
Chicago Woman’s Club
Coe College Band Tour Draws Warm Iowa Reception
The Coe college military band on a spring vacation tour performed afternoon and evening concerts in Rockwell City and Lake City Iowa with enthusiastic audiences. A brass choir of ten played choral selections at First Presbyterian Church in Lake City. Director Stanley Vesely arranged Bach chorals and marches. Weather favored attendance as student manager Roger Weismann announces the tour has paid itself financially. A 3 p.m. Wednesday half hour concert is planned on the schedule.
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Rockwell City
Coe College Military Band
Iowa
Lake City
Stanley Vesely
First Presbyterian Church
Vesely
Roger Weismann
Will Rogers Says War Reasoning from a Reader Letter
In Santa Monica editor Will Rogers argues that fighting is unnecessary now yet inevitable, quipping that delay is preferable and noting Germany and France have not fought in 16 years while the US and Japan have not fought before. He signs as Will.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Germany
France
Japan
Barn Fire Destroys John Bogel Farm Barn Near Brandon
A barn on the John Bogel farm one mile east of Brandon burned Saturday evening with fire discovered at 9:15 by George Peck. One bull and one cow were saved while Lloyd Burk entered the blaze to rescue another cow but perished. No insurance was carried. Broadcast from radio WOW Omaha noted the incident and the unit was to perform in Laurens Monday.
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WOW
Omaha
Laurens
Brandon
John Bogel
George Peck
Lloyd Burk
Two Features at Iowa On Tuesday at the Iowa Theater
A three day engagement opens with Two Alone, an adolescent love drama set in the Ozark mountains, starring Jean Parker Tom Brown and Zasu Pitts. Second feature Social Register is a Park Avenue satire led by Colleen Moore with Alexander Kirkland Pauline Frederick and Robert Benchley, plus Screen Snapshots and news reel.
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Iowa Theater
Lovely Jean Parker
Beth
Tom Brown
Zasu Pitts
Ozark Mountains
Social Register
Park Avenue
Alexander Kirkland
Pauline Frederick
Robert Benchley
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Ramon Novarro
Jeanette MacDonald
Cat and the Fiddle
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Gaoneehay Mailil
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Picty
Betty Boop
Charlie Cuase
Shaw
Seth
Jean Parker
Tom —Prown
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Hwnarious
Colleen Moore
Alenander Kirkland
Belgium
Tchief
Sweden
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Cian
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Lenin
Big Star Show
Caravans
Lili Damita
Hepburn
Ise Now
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Tuy
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Panieles
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Vieture
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Guy Kibbee
Paramount World News
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Hall Ekfelt Inc
Dial
Merchants National Bank
Will Rogers
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Travelers Insurance Company
Hartford
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England
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Travelers
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Travelers Fire Insurance Company
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Ravelers
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Hartford, Connecticut
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L. R. Walker
Higley
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