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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1939

Page

7

Sojourner Sponsors Of Troop 14 Build Cabin For Scouts

The Cedar Rapids Sojourners sponsor Troop 14 as they construct a dedicated cabin on Thirty-fourth street NE with help from scouts and families. Scoutmaster Horace Southerland and Carlton K. Smith supervise the effort, aided by Army officers and local parents. The new building features a large fireplace and four-sided windows, serving as meeting space and play area, and houses the troop’s achievement award plaque.

Troop 14 Boy Scouts Big Springs Horace Southerland Cedar Rapids National Sojourners Ofter Southerland Thirty-fourth Street Oakland Road Carlton K. Smith Sophus Klinge Frank LaRue Jack Donnell Hugh C. Dorrien The Sojourners

Blind pianist Alec Templeton wows unseen audiences with swing and satire

George Ross profiles Alec Templeton the blind virtuoso born in Cardiff who, from piano prodigy to improviser and musical satirist, blends classical and popular styles. He recalls Templeton's early genius, memory, and versatility as he toured with Jack Hylton and forged a niche in humorous musical pastiche.

W York Alec Templeton Carnegie Hall Rainbow Room Templeton Sheila Barrett Mozart Cardiff South Wales Alec London Royal Academy of Music British Broadcasting Company Debussy Jack Hylton America

Radio listings loom as schedule may shift nationwide

The page shows a dense, era radio schedule with WMT WGN WHO KFJB WOI WSUI and others listing news programs, church services, concerts, orchestras and serials across morning to midnight. It notes broadcasts may not be carried as scheduled due to European developments and includes many program titles and times.

WMT Europe Europa WGN Dick Seibert WOC Church of the Aly Wgn—Comics Barry McKinley the Living Bible Kidoodlers Bob Edge John Agnew Bsouthernaires KPJB Betty KFJB Salt Lake City Tabernacle George Bir Venka Wildfife KFPJB WGC Church of the Air Alice Blue Bob Jones Mario de Brefano Rangers XFJB KFIB Getree Sokolsxorge Olsky Wheeter Cubs St. Louis Muale Alien Roth Ronear Taterlude Columbia Symphony Boss Chas E. Coughlin Leonard James Capitol Fomment Songs of the People Jen Gray Metropolitan Opera Wasahee Belling Beewin, Burton &. Wheeler Mowr Bob O—Jerryth Krjb Paul Barger WOI Boone Country Home Variety Good Morning Pruit Matina Music Shop Robert Bowers Happy Hank WSUI Morning Chapel Bible Mourch Red River Wwoc WSUS Betty Wells Pran Allison June Baker Woman In White Viennese Ensemble WGI David Harum Organ Manhattan Minuet Res Kitty Kelly Lorenzo Jones Myrt Marge Don Pedro Youns Widder Brown Kprjb Wee -Big Sister Hilltop House Painted Dreams Hannah Jenny Toby Woi—Musicale Manhattan Judy Jane Joyce Jordan Wwoi Mary Sothern Dr. Malone Music Kitchen Don Roth Farm Bureau WoOc Cedar Valley Voice of Iowa Lem Martha Muse Milton Charles Bookman Mary Marlin Xkfjib Castillans WSUT Perkina Tom Owens Cowboys Paul Decker Orch Pepper Youne Abram Ruvinaky Creh Guiding Light Monsterwork Len Salvo Storyland Stella Dallas Aoe Warns Wear Ttsui Cl Togram Eccational Sade Dept Englian Newa Johnson Family Larry Larson WPA Emily Morgan Fisroentary German Random Thoughts Woil Wor Reggie Childs Edna O* Dell Sicvertorch Troubadors Annette Hastings Henry Weberord Julia Jonathon Music For Today Jack Armstrong Mutiny On High Woc—Kaltenborn Johan Annie Russ Morgan Oreh Ews Fulton Lewis, Jr Herne Art Shepherd WHO Austin Scott Aventide Ross Jordan Children’s Hour Tommy Hollywood Quartet Margaret Speaks Shirley Kaufman Allen Roth WHG Johnny Davis Peter McGregor Paul Martin Alec Templeton WGN— International Greer —International Garcia-Apostoll Raymond Gram qQuartet Lew Dismond Eered Wilson Ames Pageant of Melody Blondie Shep Fields al Donahue Dance Orchestra van Alexander Orrin Tucker Harry James Dance Orch Tommy Tucker

Real Estate Transfers Listed for Cedar Rapids and Area

Real estate transfers show multiple parcels between private parties and public bodies in Cedar Rapids and Linn County. Transactions include waivers, joint tenancies, and road easements with values ranging from $1 to $2,200 and dates from 1939.

Early Cedar Rapids Car Age Sharing Space With Plows and Blacksmiths

The 1902 to 1906 era saw Cedar Rapids relying on the Cedar Rapids Supply Co as the first automobile garage on Third Avenue SE. Cars had no doors, required front passenger access via two openings, and drivers faced mud roads, with the city witnessing an early cross country tour toward Mount Vernon.

Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Supply Cedar Rapids Hans N. Boyson Bever Avenue S. S. Burgin Meadowbrook Drive Third Avenue Sears, Roebuck Union Station Iowa Chicago George Henderson Mat Miles Burgin Mabel Chadband Josh Wilson Mount Vernon William G Billy” Haskell Livi

Kuhn Fails To Get Bail Slashed In Pen Awaiting Trial

Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund loses a bid to reduce his bail of 50 000 as prosecutors cite secret information not to be revealed even to the court. After the hearing he is returned to Tombs prison to await trial on charges of stealing 14000 from the Bund. His lawyer claims the high bail stems from hostile Bund enemies and federal agents who heard something.

NEW York Fritz Kuhn Supreme Court Kuhn Tombs James T. Neary

Farmer Shoots Six Students On Hayride

In Carthage Mississippi six high school juniors were wounded by a shotgun blast during a hayride Friday night. Sheriff Grover W Parks arrested 65 year old farmer Joe Neill. The chaperone, Professor Percy Sessions, said he had warned the group to stay quiet as they passed Neill’s farmhouse.

Carthage Miss Grover W. Parks Joe Neill Percy Sessions Neill

79 Percent of Marriages Reported Happy Nationwide

Chicago based researchers Burgess of the University of Chicago and Cottrell of Cornell say a seven year survey of 526 couples shows 79 percent of marriages are happy and only 2.4 percent very unhappy.

Chicago United States Ernest Watson Burgess University of Chicago Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr Cornell

Schwab Will Leaves Nothing To Charity

Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, leaves his entire estate to relatives and employees with no charity bequests. Principal beneficiaries are his sister Mrs. Gertrude Barry and his brother Edward H. Schwab, with smaller sums to the children of his late brother Joseph K. Schwab. The estate’s value is not stated but is implied to be substantial.

New York INS Charles M. Schwab En Tire Gertrude Barry Edward H. Schwab Joseph K. Schwab

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