Shaw Story Casts Light On Dublin Born Genius
The Gazette profiles George Bernard Shaw in a biography by Charles A. Smith, drawing on two decades of insider access. It traces Shaw from a Dublin basement birthplace on July 26 1856 to a self made literary giant, noting his teetotal stance and family dynamics.
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George Bernard Shaw
Charles A. Smith
London
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Smith
International News Service
ONCON
Synge Street
Dublin
Young Shaw Leaves Ireland for London in Search of Fame
The article recounts George Bernard Shaw's youth in Dublin, his 1871 entry as an office boy earning $50, later rising to cashier at about $140, and his early self education. It notes his family turbulence, his mother's move to London, and Shaw's decision at 20 to seek fame in England, never returning to Ireland for decades.
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Elizabeth Shaw
George Carr Shaw
Shaw
Dublin
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Shaws
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Irish Sea
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Ireland
College Night set to showcase 27 colleges in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids public high school students will attend a college night on November 13 at Roosevelt High School from 7 30 to 9 30 p m. Eighteen Iowa colleges join five from Illinois three from Missouri and one from Ohio. Parents encouraged to attend. Attendees can meet college reps in rooms with a 7 30 to 8 00 general assembly followed by 8 00 to 9 30 individual discussions on entrance courses and costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt High School
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Ohio
Cedar Rapids High
Don Emery
Emery
Harold Myron
Addie Zika
Opal Dee Porter
Ray Thompson
Wilson
Maurine Hamblin
Harry Kelley
McKinley
Jack Brown
Betty Burianek
Franklin
General Assembly
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Coe College
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Central College
Pella
Clarke College
University of
Knox College
Galesburg
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Culver-Stockton College
Canton
Stephens College
Columbia
William Woods College
Fulton
Western College
Oxford
VFW Seeks Names of Army and Air Reservists
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788 seeks names and addresses of reservists recalled to active duty in the army or air corps to provide service kits funded by the Community Chest. Interested individuals may contact Emil Vo doska, VFW quartermaster, at 709 Second Avenue SE, phone 7752. The post is a member of the United Service Organizations.
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Air Corps
VFW
Emil Vodoska
Second Avenue SE
Community Chest
VFW Post
United Service Organizations
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