Don Ameche recalls Iowa boyhood and rise to fame
The future star reflects on early years near Cedar Rapids and Marion at St Berchmans and Columbia College. He recalls formative friendships, a Holy Cross education, and a pivotal Thanksgiving 1928 audition that launched his stage and screen career.
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Iowa
Don Ameche
Cedar Rapids
St. Berchman's Academy
Marion
Columbia College
Dubuque
Ameche
San Fernando
Calif
Maurice S Sheehy
Don
Father Sheehy
Honore Pendergrast
Hollywood
Church of Nativity
Donny
Ronny
Gien
Father Kucera
Towa
Cornelia
Mount Mercy Academy
St. Berchman’'s
Catherine
Mary Jane
Mount Mercy College
St. Berchman’s
Virgin Mary
St. Berchman's
Marion School
Columbia
Marquette University
Georgetown University
University of Wisconsin
Playground Board Report Details 1938 39 Activities
Nevin Nichols presents the playground commission annual report to the city council summarizing Cedar Rapids softball with 60 teams 900 players and 46 000 spectators 18 weeks of play music week with 22 groups 2315 participants 6850 spectators children gardens for 1195 children eight acres nine weeks 99 783 total attendance and city wide tournaments in multiple games. Free piano classes 130 enrolled institute of women and girls activities with 150 persons contacted providing three ice skating rinks 23250 attendances Christmas home lighting contest 33 homes entered and 8460 total attendance at community centers churches and city hall.
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Nevin Nichols
Cedar Rapids Softball Association
Institute of Women’s and Girls
Ethel Bowers
Coe College Grants Honorary Degree to Mabel Lee
Coe college will award a doctor of laws honorary degree at June 5 commencement to Mabel Lee professor and director of physical education for women at the University of Nebraska. A Coe alumna class of 1908 she led women’s physical education at Coe 1910 1918 and has served Nebraska since 1924. Lee will speak at the alumni dinner June 3 at Voorhees quadrangle where many former Coe students will attend.
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Coe College
Mabel Lee
Department of Physical Education
University of Nebraska
Miss Lee
Coe
Wellesley College
Voorhees
Sunshine Mission Memorial Service at Linwood Cemetery
Sunshine Mission to hold its annual memorial service at the Lord's Ground Linwood cemetery at 2 30 p m Tuesday. The Rev Gatrelle speaks and Rev Anna Wilson gives the prayer. Seventy three graves occupy the plot established by founder Rev Francis K Ward for unidentified and other bodies. A musical program is planned. Call 28632 to donate flowers. the Mission truck will pick up Monday morning for undelivered flowers. The Helping Hand group will arrange grave bouquets Monday afternoon.
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Sunshine Mission
Lord’s Ground
Linwood Cemetery
Or. Gatrelle
Anna Wilson
Francis K. Ward
Mission
Linn Delegates to Young Democrats Meet
Twenty delegates for the state convention of Young Democratic clubs were elected by the Linn county Young Democratic club in Des Moines. Notable delegates include Irene Festa Mrs Glenn Bowdish Mrs Eleanor Brady Marvin Burkholder Max Christie Raymond Coward J Frank Cravens Eleanor Heath and others.
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Young Democratic
Des Moines
Young Democratic Club
Linn County
Irene Festa
Glenn Bowdish
Eleanor Brady
Marvin Burkholder
Max Christie
Raymond Coward
J. Frank Cravens
Eleanor Heath
Lee Huber
Reva Hutchinson
Clarice Konzen
Doris Lankau
Robert Maddigan
Maxine Maxson
Norman McCormac
William McLaughlin
Anna Mae Melsa
Robert Milota
Pauline Murray
Marvin Prochaska
Hospital Service Firms Now Legal In Wisconsin
Governor Heil signed a bill authorizing non profit hospital service corporations in Wisconsin. Joined by the Wisconsin Conference of Catholic Hospitals, the Wisconsin Hospital Association, and the state medical society, the measure lets six or more hospitals with 600 beds form cooperatives to buy hospital services on installment plans. Family coverage runs about $18 yearly. children under 19 may join, with each member receiving up to twenty one days of service.
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Madison
Wis
Heil
Wisconsin Conference of Catholic Hospitals
Wisconsin Hospital —Association
State Medical Society
Girl 10 Fatally Shoots Brother 4 Then Kills Self
In Bailey Switch Kentucky Elsie Higgins age 10 shot and killed her 4 year old brother Joe with a .38 caliber pistol at their home. She later died from wounds described as personal safety related by Sheriff R C Partin. The mother, wife of a miner, had warned she feared for the other children and the house.
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Barbourville
Elsie Higgins
R. C. Partin
Joe
Bailey Switch
Blackstar
Harlan County
Clarence Mitchell
Security plea calls unified action for continental security
Rio de Janeiro notes all American nations must mobilize their strength to counter foreign interference in American republic affairs. General Meira Vasconcellos spoke Saturday in tribute to General George C. Marshall, newly appointed chief of staff of the United States Army.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Meira Vasconcellos
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Memories Of Cedar Rapids Hills In A Family Car Era
The article recalls 1920s to mid century drives around Cedar Rapids featuring hills like Singer hill and Mound Farm, Bev er park slopes, Lincoln Heights and Bowling hill. It notes salesmen using hill climbs to impress prospects and the shift from high to low gears on dusty or rain soaked roads, ending with a reflection that hill climbing is a fading museum memory of motoring boast.
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Cedar Rapids
Dad
Kaiser Wilhelm
Singer Hill
Center Point
Mound Farm
Grande Avenue
Bever Park
Lincoln Heights
Bowling Hill
C Street
Shaver Park
Fifteenth Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Iowa
Museum of Memories
Milhol land Press President Harry Milhol land Dies at 75
Harry C. Milholand president of the Pittsburgh Press died Saturday at 75 after a heart attack. He was known as Daddy Milholand to the 170000 members of the Hawkins club he headed.
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Pittsburgh
Harry C. Milholand
The
Pittsburgh Press
Milholland
Secretary Hawkins Club
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