Endowment Shock Reshapes Cliffords Academy
Timothy Hulme and Trustee Dewey confront a sensational legacy after George Wheaton dies leaving one million for the academy with a clause banning Jewish students. The two men vow to act and plan immediate steps while contending with community lore and Aunt Lavinia's blunt reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dewey
Timothy
Academy
George Clarence Wheaton
Wheaton Preparatory School
Timothy Hulme
T. C
Louie
Hash
Burt Stephenson
Burt
Mr. Hulme
Ashley Record
Sale of tickets for Nov. 13 event draws laudatory remarks
A report notes patrons praised the sale event as the wife called back after a prior call to the husband. The committee recorded comments as part of ongoing praise for the Nov. 13 event ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bukacek
Education Week Theme Of Coe Vespers Observance
Coe College hosts American Education Week events with a vesper service Sunday at 4 pm led by Dr. David I Bergrer. The program features choral pieces, a violin solo by Fannie Paschell, and a talk on The Place of Religion in Our Democracy followed by closing prayers and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
David I. Berger
Coe
Jacob Handel
Fannie Paschell
Des Moines
Paul S. Ray
Andrea Johannsen
Eleanor Taylor
Orran
Vaughan Williams
Fannile Paschell
David I. Bercer
Dresden
Harvey Grace
Notable Local News From The Gazette Ten to Twenty Years Ago
A fragment from The Gazette recalls events: Douglas Millikan two dozen years ago fractured his left leg after being struck on Greene Avenue between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. Other items note Miss Addie Zika elected playground commission chairwoman, Miss Viola Naibert returning to Nashua to teach, Dr Hulda Rice elected VP of the Iowa Osteopathic Association district, Chauncey Olcott in Macushla at Greene's Opera House, Cedar Rapids winning county seat after a fiery Linn County election, Davidson Rankin McBride named a Rhodes Scholar, Dr Edward Gelvin and wife celebrated at Liberal Christian church reception, James W Good returning from New Orleans with the presidential party, Wells Fargo announcing a new two story building, Commissioner Henry Keffer in Burlington on government plan, Rev W F Pitner visiting son Homer before a move to Trinidad, and Australia expecting to grow 1 075 000 bushels of apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Millikan
Greene Avenue
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
Addie Zika
Playground Commission
Viola Naibert
Nashua
W. F. Naibert
Hulda Rice
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Osteopathic Association
Chauncey Olcott
Macushla
Greene
Linn
Davidson Rankin McBride
R. B. A. McBride
First Presbyterian Church
Kansas
Edward H. Gelvin
Liberal Christian Church
James W. Good
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Fourth Street
Second Avenue
Henry Keffer
Burlington
W. F. Pitner
Marshalltown
Homer Pitner
Trinidad
Colo
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
The column outlines a family menu plan for five people targeting about 12 dollars weekly. It lists daily meals including corn squash dishes, baked acorn squash with sausages, escalloped potatoes, lettuce salad, breads, pies, soups, and a prune marshmallow freeze. Detailed recipes and costs are provided to show balanced nutrition on a tight budget.
Police Appreciate Halloween Patrol Effort With Ticket Offer
A caller told Patrolman Frank Bukacek they were buying a ticket to the policemen's ball in appreciation of Halloween work. The caller said, for the first time in years, they could go to bed before midnight after the shift. The incident occurred Friday during ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bukacek
Bukacek
Zorina shines in ballet heavy On Your Toes at Iowa theater
The review notes Zorina as the standout reason to see the film with a Russian cast including Alan Hale Eddie Albert and Leonid Kinsky. It praises her performance and the ballet sequences Princess Zenobia and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue while calling dialog weak and the invasion motif played for laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Zorina
Alan Hale
Sergei Alexandrovitch
Eddie Albert
Leonid Kinsky
James F. Gleason
Hollywood
Sonja Henie
Princess Zenobia
Tenth Avenue
W.M
Sailings Of Three American Liners From N Y Held Up
The United States lines postponed the sailings of three passenger liners from New York to British ports amid neutrality measures. The President Roosevelt Washington and American Farmer were due to sail westward. Washington’s departure was advanced five days. About 275 passengers can transfer to the Statendam or Scythia or receive refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Lines
President Roosevelt
Washington
American Farmer
Europe
Statendam
Cunard
Scythia
Hollywood Gossip on Zorina and Golden Gloves Stars
Across Hollywood a tug of war over Zorina’s next film ends with Darryl Zanuck courting her for European Plan after Sam Goldwyn and Warners clash. Robert Ryan, a new face, lands top billing in Golden Gloves, with William Holden already paving the path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollywood
INS
Sam Goldwyn
Warners
Zorina
Darryl Zanuck
Dark Horse
Darryl
Sam
U. A
New York
George
Presse
William Holden
Para
Robert Ryan
William Thomas
Max Reinhardt
Bill
Young Ryan
Gary Cooper
Dartmouth College
Theaters Offer Wide Screen Mix Across Iowa
The listing highlights films shown at theaters in Iowa including On Your Toes Espionage Agent Dancing Co Ed Television Spy Society Lawyer Back Door to Heaven and more with stars such as Zorina Eddie Albert Joel McCrea Brenda Marshall Lana Turner Artie Shaw Judith Barrett Walter Pidgeon Virginia Bruce and Laurel and Hardy. It notes the United States ranking first in fur trapping and fur production and its leading imports of rare expensive furs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Zorina and
Eddie Albert
Joel McCrea
Brenda Marshall
Paramount
Dorothy Lamour
Akim Tamiroff
John Howard
Lana Turner
Artie Shaw
Ann Rutherford
Television Spy
Judith Barrett
William Henry Palace
Society Lawyer
Walter Pidgeon
Virginia Bruce
Wallace Ford
Patricia Ellis
United States
Paramount's Disputed Passage Lacks Conviction
Tamiroff stars as a surgeon in Paramount's Disputed Passage which opens Friday. The film aims to reveal the human soul but delivers a moral lecture rather than a deep science versus religion conflict. Dorothy Lamour's Chinese role seems unconvincing though appealing, with propaganda elements and a political message amid the medical drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convic~tion
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Hollywood
Akim Tamiroff
John Howard
Howard
Tamiroff
Dorothy Lamour
A. Sporthacht
Pe Vons
New Clue Reported In Shueyville Navetny Murder
Sherif Don Mel Camas and State Agent Bob Grayson report new evidence about an automobile seen parked at the Navetny farm near Shueyville the night of the murder of Mr and Mrs Navetny. A county resident six miles away saw a small fast car in the driveway about 8 30 pm on Sept 9. The car was dark and unoccupied. Taxicab driver Dick Coon previously reported taking a man to the Navetny home about 2 30 am the same night. The couple was found slain in the kitchen Sunday night Sept 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sordal
the Gazette
Iowa
Don Mel Camas
Bob Gregson
George Navetny
Dick Coon
Java City
Shuesville
Arms Law Complicates Return of Americans from Europe
In London AP reports complicating factors as 4000 Americans abroad face repatriation under a new neutrality act banning slips from British ports. U S Ambassador Kennedy met with John Cudahy in London to discuss options including stopping at Cherbourg to pick up refugees. an additional 400 Americans in Europe await passage home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Briain
Northern Ireland
United States
Joseph Kennedy
John Cudahy
Sire
Bire
Eie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Canfield
Timothy Nulme
Clnfford Academy
Vermont
Susan Barney
Canby Hunter
Clifford
Canby
Busan
Mr. Wheaton
Wheaton
Hulme
Melville Griffith
Ashley
Griffith
Tyler
Board of Trustees
Zadok
Burts
Lavinia
Rascal
Aunt Lavinia
Lyman’s Cafe
Egad
Buster
Baba
Rafferty
Rupert
Bounce Baba
Williams
Wiliams
Coe Vespers
Australia
Cedar Rapids Gazette
N. Y
Neng Arts i
Tarzan
Hallywood
Heber J. Grant
Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Otto Brower
Mr. Grant
Cedar City
Utah
Strawberry Valley
20Th
Jane Bryan
Bette Davis
Miriam Hopkins
Jane
Paul Muni
Merle Oberon
Hatter
Mae West
George Raft
Diamond Mac
Bill Fields
Ing
Bel Air
C. B DeMille
Los Feliz
F.boh
Ona Adams
Ingrid Bergman
Charles Buyer
Eleanor Powell
Carl Rivazzi
San Francisco
Johnny Weissmuller
Joan Crawford
Cissy
Freddie
Edgar Bergen
American Legion
Charlie McCarthy
Legion
Adrian
Janet Gaynor
Ann Sothern
Roger Pryor
Jerry Asher
Franchot Tone
Palm Springs
HIT
Willam Nea Jeann
Barrett
Vehi Storner
Carlson Zartie Shaw
Strand
Laurel and Hardy
Inside Story
Rialto
Bruce Cabot
White Room
Bob Baker
Singer Theater
Soma
Jeffrey Liau
Geerse Banerett i
Shueyville
Phil Spifalno
Girl Orchestra
Ann Southern
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!