Cedar Rapids Switchman Becomes Broadway Choirmaster in Our Town
Charles Wiley a former Cedar Rapids North Western switchman now serves as choirmaster understudy for Jay Fassett in Jed Harris production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. He recounts a long touring life, wartime entertainment work, and a close bond with son Charley Jr. as they navigate stage and radio careers while Wiley pursues steady work and his poetry.
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EW York
Charles Wiley
Cedar Rapids
North Western Railroad
Broadway
Wiley
Jay Fassett
Dr. Gibbs
Jed Harris
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Fassett
Charley Wiley, Jr
Charley, Jr
Freddie Bartholomew
Grovers Corners
Our
New York
Wileys
West
Ninety-second Street
Central Park
Fay Charnecke
Milwaukee
Oscar
H. BE
Glime
Eleventh Avenue
Elmer R. Ingels
Switchman
Frank Craven
Mr. Wiley
Standing Job Device Lets Workers Sit While Standing
Buffalo AP report Peter A. Olszanowski, a shoe salesman, pocketed patents for a body worn chair like device. The harness strapped above the hips supports the body for standing work while sitting down, aimed at sales clerks and housewives to ease fatigue.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Peter A. Olszanowski
Olszanowski
Faces Like Masks And Hidden Beauty In Humble Lives
The piece reflects on finding value in people deemed hopeless or dull, urging tact and kindness to unlock inner splendor. It cites Brownings poetry and relays experiences as an assistant chaplain among prisoners, highlighting unseen courage and humanity amid adversity. It notes two ships costing 780000 dollars, including an amphibian fighter and a convoy fighter with long ranges, to be shipped to Russia.
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Browning
Russia
Russians To Copy U.S. Planes In Farmington Transfer
In Farmington New York a Soviet representative accepted two airplanes on Saturday described as the deadliest aerial weapons ever built. The aircraft were built by Seversky Aircraft and the transfer signals a Soviet effort to copy U S plane designs.
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U.S
Farmington
N. Y
Russia
Seversky Aircraft
Local Folk Named On Advisory Committee For Union Label Exhibition
J C Blodgett of 1725 Grande avenue SE and Mrs Ellery Whitmer of 902 Sixteenth avenue SW were named to the men’s and women’s national advisory committees of the A F of L Union Label and Industrial Exhibition set for Cincinnati May 16 to 21. The event coincides with the American Federation of Women’s Auxiliaries of Labor convention. Orn burn, secretary treasurer of the union label trades department, notes the display will feature union-made products and services to promote union purchasing, patronage, and the elimination of sweatshops and child labor.
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J. C. Blodgett
Grande Avenue SE
Ellery Whitmer
Sixteenth Avenue SW
A. F. of L. Union
Cincinnati
Ohio
I. M. Ornburn
Union Label Trades Department
A. F
America
American Federation of Women’s Auxiliaries of Labor
Ornburn
ICC Authorizes Newsprint Freight Rate Cut
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed railroads to cut newsprint freight rates by three cents per hundred pounds for shipments from International Falls Minnesota and Fort Frances Ontario to central territory east of the Illinois Indiana line including lower Michigan western New York Pennsylvania West Virginia and northeastern Kentucky. The rate cut is effective annually from April 1 to November 30 while higher rates may remain to intermediate points.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Lower
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
International Falls
Minn
Fort Frances
Ont
Woman Rancher And Cowboy Freed On Slaying Counts
WILLOWS California INS report notes a Glenn county jury acquitted 55 year old ranch owner Leonora Simpson and ranch hand Dane McGowan of conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of a crime in a sensational case involving allegations they plotted to kill former district attorney H W McGowan. The case drew large crowds as jurors moved from one ballot to the next before delivering a unanimous verdict.
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Butte County
Miss Simpson
Attorney McGowan
Dane McGowan
Dr Stone to Speak at Holy Week Noon Series in Cedar Rapids
Dr John Timothy Stone president of the Presbyterian Theological seminary of Chicago will headline Cedar Rapids Holy Week noon lectures at the New State theater from 11 45 to 12 50 each day for five days starting April 11. He will address on five topics and also deliver morning talks at local high schools.
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John Timothy Stone
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Ministerial Association
Stone
New State Theater
Gage
H. M. Gage
Coe College
Charles J. Bready
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Iowa City
Iowa University
Dr. Stone
C. A. Beems
J. J. Shepard
N. C. Dreier
Frank C. Waples
Robert Little
Arthur Poe
B. A. Barlow
E. M. Pinney
Chester Ainsworth
B. J. Moon
Charles Penningroth
Guy Linville
Carl Hendrickson
Frank Hahn
James Killian
M. H. Morerison
A. W. Carlton
W. J. Foster
Sutherland Dows
W. J. Brown
John W. Miller
Black Widow Research Starts at Coe College in Iowa
Dr Karl A Stiles of Coe College biology began a spider study in October 1936 focusing on the black widow. He documented the first Iowa sighting, built a regional collection, and explains first aid for bites and spider silk uses. The project expands the state’s limited spider records, with students assisting in identification and submission of specimens from across Iowa.
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Black Widow
Coe
Iowa
Karl A. Stiles
Coe College
Stiles
Robert L. Pardubsky
International Harvester Warehouse
Mr. Pardubsky
Dr. Stiles
Minnesota
Iowa Academy of Science
Thompson
Lowa
Attorney Wins $45 in Seatless Albany to New York Ride
Philip Davis, a young attorney, received $45 in damages from the New York Central railroad after a two year effort over a July ride from Albany to New York in which crowds left him without a seat. A municipal court jury found the railroad negligent for operating a crowded train that lacked seating for all passengers.
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NEW York
Philip Davis
Albany
New York Central Railroad
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