Footlighters Open Year With Nine Actors In Years Ago
Footlighters present Years Ago at Coe Little Theater Monday through Wednesday. Barbara Hammond stars as Ruth Gordon with George Penrod and wife as her parents. Teen actors Joan Arthur and Lillian Takach play Ruth's friends. Bob Jones and Bob Lilly lead supporting roles. Directors are Mrs. Hugh Lamont and Mrs. Clayton Ellis. Tickets on sale at Hobby House and Roosevelt hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Guest
Coe Little Theater
Ruth Gordon
Barbara Hammond
Coe
George Penrod
Penrod
San Jose
Ruth
Joan Arthur
McKinley
Lillian Takach
Bob Jones
Cornell College
WSAI
Army
Fred
William Armstrong
Waldemar Argow
Paul J. Clarke, Jr
Betsy Flodin
Edna Herbst
Dick Pinney
Pamela Craemer
Horace Hedges, Jr
Donna Nicholas
Robert Taylor
Nancy Green
Sally Zuercher
Robert Lilly
Sterling Delzell
Harrison Hanzlik
James Sigm
Papa
Mama
Gazette-Shipton
NEW Look
Bob
Footlighters
Hickenlooper to Address High Twelve Club Lunch
Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper will address the High Twelve club at the Friday luncheon. Program chair man G. Dows j leads the meeting with future chairs listed as Harry Ehrke Oct 15 Clayton Ellis Oct 22 Louis Fellman Oct 29 and Alex Fidler Nov 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
High Twelve Club
G. Dows J
Harry Ehrke
Clayton Ellis
Louis Fellman
Alex Fidler
Ahead of Cold War to Half War View by World Staff
The World Staff of the Associated Press reports experts see Russia potentially pushing the West into a half war rather than a full hot war. They caution Soviets would likely avoid open conflict, preferring limited incidents, while Western nations would need to respond to aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ashington
Russia
Manchuria
Stalin
Berlin
Korea to Press Truman on South Government Recognition
Dr. Pyung ok Chough, special representative of Syngman Rhee, arrives to meet President Truman as Korea seeks formal recognition of an independent government after half a century. The meeting follows pending ECA funding approvals linked to Marshall Plan aid and Hoffman’s authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Truman
Pyung-ok Chough
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Forms Available For Active Duty In Air Reserve
Application forms for air force reservists to volunteer for active duty under the Recall Program are at the 211th Composite Squadron HQ. MSgt. J. K. Waddell notes about 450 reserve officers in Linn County and 1,000 across a 20 county area. The Air Force plans to recall 10,000 reserve and air national guard officers for three year tours in the next 10 months, mostly filling non flying vacancies. Form 125 is required for the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
211Th Composite Squadron
Air Force Reserve
National Guard Training Center
J. K. Waddell
Air Force Reserves
Linn County
Air Reserve
Air National Guard
Waddell
Mardi Gras Invitation for Linn County Youth Event
Cedar Rapids hosts a Halloween Mardi Gras for Linn county youths ages 10 to 18 on Sunday October 31. Hanford post No 5 and Moose Lodge No 304 sponsor a free program with a parade at the Memorial coliseum, a dance, a Chicago production, and $250 in prizes for winners. Attendance requires pledge to avoid property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Hanford Post
Davenport
Walter Beuse
Beuse
Chicago
Northern Lights May Shine Brightly With New Solar Data
Science Illustrated notes 1948 findings by Dr. Carl W. Gartlein of Cornell and National Geographic on hydrogen in auroras. Observations over a decade from Ithaca, N Y show auroras at 35 to 600 miles high and peaking in September and March, with speculation on atmospheric sounds. Edward the Confessor, famed for sanctity, died in 1066.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Science Ilustrated Magazine
Carl W. Gartlein
Cornell
National Geographic Society
Gartlein
Ithaca
N. Y
Dead Polar Bears In the Mail All in Taxidermist's Day
Mitchell A Curtis reports George Adams chief taxidermist at the Museum of Natural History handles a Greenland polar bear sent by an ex GI as part of his duties. Adams describes his nine year career and the extensive process of mounting exhibits including wolves in the snow and the artistry involved in recreating animals for public display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Morning Mail
George Adams
Adams
Museum of Natural History
G.i.’S
Kanab
Utah
Coe Lecture Series Opens With British Labour Leader
John Parker British Labour member and longtime parliamentarian will speak on British Labor in Parliament at 8 15 p m Tuesday in the Bryant room Coe field house Cedar Rapids. A discussion and coffee hour follow. Parker has a record of postwar majorities and frequent continental visits and has written Forty two Days in the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slovakia
Cedar Rapids
John Parker
Coe
Labor
Bryant
Coe Field House
England
Parker
Continent
Middle East
Sweden
Turkey
Palestine
Egypt
Russia
Soviet Union
Germany
Australian Airports Try New Emergency Flares
Sydney reports Australia is testing British Schermuly flares to aid night landings at emergency airfields. Each flare emits 150000 candle power and can be used on the ground to guide aircraft. The country lacks full night-landing facilities at all emergency aerodromes, with past efforts including mobilizing district car fleets to create flare paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
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Dee Little Theater
Louise Roulson
Mr. Bagley
Y.M.C.A
Bob Lilly
Armed Forces Network
John Livingood
Miss Glavin
Harry Doolittle
Mr. Sparrow
Shrine
Ellis
Hugh Lamont
Gordon McKay
Stevan Smith
Robert H. Taylor
Bob Fawcett
Weston Ralston II
Kenneth Lindsay
Donna Jean Johnson
J. D. Keehn
Larry Goldberg
Louis Shepard
W A_ Smith
Lawrence Curry
Kenneth Lindsay, Jr
Hickenlooper
Seeman Clan Ty
J. N. McFadden
Optometrist
Third Street
RIAL
Buehler
Downtown
First St. SE
Uptown Market
America
Lewyt
Pesan Ee
CIO
Independent Communications Workers of America
CIO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Llandudno
Wales
Federal Reserve Board
RCA
Fish
Interior Department
Pacific
United States
United Nations Trusteeship
Fish and Wildlife Service
Great Britain
Greece
Belle-Aire
Third Avenue
Belle -Aire
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Mardi Gras
Linn
Edward “the Confessor
Mitchell A. Curtis
Museum
U.S.P
Searles
DIAL
Searles Dairy
Sydney
Lionel Trains
Lionel Accessories
Tinker Toys
Mechanical Toys
Ae Ao B
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