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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1939

Page

4

Wilson Drama Guild Presents So This Is London at School

The Wilson Drama Guild stages So This Is London in the school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. under Pierre Tracy. The English American romance comedy features Bessie Livingood as Lady Amy Ducksworth and Elmer Woolwine as Hiram Draper with a large cast and student helpers listed.

London Wilson Drama Guild Pierre Tracy America England Amy Ducksworth Bessie Livingood Hiram Draper Elmer Woolwine Mrs. Draper Bette Rollins Hiram Draper, Jr Tom Farmer Elinor Beauchamp Lillian McCalley James Benish Sir Percy Beauchamp Dorothy Hemmer Lady Beauchamp Alfred Honeycutt Charles Wilde Flunky Louis Valliere Bob Mills Clifford Jensen

Austrian Nazi Steps to Approve Catholic Clergy Appointments

Vienna reports that the Austrian Nazi party ordered church appointments including vicars and pastors must be approved by the party. The order allows party scrutiny of candidates for seminaries and religious orders, signaling potential party dominance over church policies depending on its application. Berlin denies knowledge of the measures.

Vienna Vatican Berlin

Scouts move regional headquarters to Kansas City

L. W. Baldwin, chairman of region No. 8 of the Boy Scouts of America, announced the regional headquarters will relocate from Lincoln Nebraska to Kansas City effective May 29. The region covers Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming.

Kansas City L. W. Baldwin Boy Scouts of America Lincoln Neb Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska Colorado Wyoming

New City Truck For Cans Glass Collection This Tuesday

A 10 yard refuse truck will begin service Tuesday to collect empty cans bottles and broken glass as Anton Trusty assistant health officer notes. Refuse must be boxed separate from garbage and within reach of the collector. Homeowners pay for ashes brush lawn clippings and similar disposal while dead leaves should be burned or disposed of.

Anton Trusty Trusty

Rich Czech Refugee Ends Life In France

Oscar Kaufman a 52 year old wealthy Czech industrialist who sought refuge in France after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia killed himself by leaping under a subway train at the St Philippe station Paris A dispatch from Mantes said Klaus Pinkus another refugee German factory owner also killed himself there fearing expulsion from France.

Paris Oscar Kaufman France Czechoslovakia St. Philippe Mantes Klaus Pinkus

Boston Teens Aim To Crown 1939 Glamour Girl

Boston society launches a campaign to name Eleanor Sister Frothingham 1939 glamour girl, hoping to unseat New York's Brenda Frazier. Sister, 17, daughter of Theodore Frothingham Jr, is groomed to be first in line as debutante season begins.

Boston New York Eleanor Frothingham Brenda Frazier Newport Theodore Frothingham, Jr

Curtains Going Up Coauthored by McCleery and Glick

Albert McCleery and Carl Glick coauthored Curtains Going Up a Pitman book on amateur dramatics examining about 600 community theater groups. McCleery, ex director of Cedar Rapids Community Players, writes West of Broadway for Stage magazine. Foreword by Gilmor Brown.

Albert McCleery Pitman Corporation Cedar Rapids

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