Mrs Roosevelt in Cedar Rapids features and flood tale
The piece recalls Mrs Roosevelt as an energetic speaker at a United Nations birthday event and a dinner at the C R Country Club, noting her anti Communist stance and visit with Tito. It also covers Cedar Rapids flood chaos affecting travel to New Canaan and back, including Potter details of power loss and stranded motorists, plus local notices on travel offices and a 1878 Gazette discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RS. Roosevelt
C. R
Tito
White House
Mary Miller
Allen Atwood, Jr
New York
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
James Schramm
Iowa U.N
Coe Auditorium
Schramm
Iowa
U.N
Soviet Union
Onn
Hawkeye
UCLA
Los Angeles
George Foersiner
Amana
Bob Hope
Leo Durocher
State of Iowa
Howard Hall
George Foerstner
Alice Thompson
M. M. Thompsons
Connecticut
New Canaan
Pound Ridge
N. Y
New Canaam
Collins Radio House
Elmer Koehn
Anamosa
Victor
Koehn
Williamsburg
Merle Miller
Maurice Evans
Miller
SUI
Hal March
Brooklyn
The
Gazette
Richmond and Bourne
Richmond
R. van Vechten
Herman Reeder
Grace
Carrie Keith Kouba
Second Avenue SE
N. P. Bourne
Stone City Art Club Revival Opens Its Doors
The Paint n Palette group in Stone City hosts a public open house from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. showcasing regional art linked to Grant Wood. The studio sits atop Green Mansion, with members painting as a self expression of the Middle West, under the legacy of Stone City’s historic art colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studio
Walts
Wood
Green Mansion
Stone City
Iowa
Old Colony
Bernita Carradus
Harold Rumple
Mae Amelia
Anamosa
Paint 'N Palette
Paint ’N Palette
Icehouse
Cedar Rapids
Marvin D. Cone
Grant Wood
Dornbush
Middle West
France
Portrait of Barrie book review by Cynthia Asquith
Biographical sketch covers last 20 years of Sir James Barrie life. He wrote only two plays in this period, Mary Rose and The Boy David, with The Boy David a failure. Barrie’s talent lay in entertaining speech, blending banter, fantasy and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Barrie
Cynthia Asquith
Barrie
Mary Rose
David
Elizabeth Bergner
Peter Pan
Thomas Hardy
Essex
Elizabeth N. Hoyt
A Study of Grant and American Heritage October Issue
The October American Heritage issue marks the magazine's sixth release and first year in book form. Despite a $12 yearly price, circulation has reached 115,000 under Bruce Catton. Feature “Three Years with Grant” by Sylvanus Cadwallader offers new Civil War notes from Grant's headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
History
Bruce Catton
Grant
Sylvanus Cadwallader
One More River To Cross by Winalee Gentry
Winalee Gentry presents ISHIS a true life adventure of husband Dux Gentry and his gas and oil battles. The book charts pipeline work under rivers oil fires remote tents and family life. Two former Cedar Rapids residents Wayne Carpenter and Frank Callahan now work for Gentry in Jackson Michigan.
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Ishis
Winalee
Dux
Dukes
Gentry
Genitry
Dax
Kentucky
Gentrys
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Carpenter
Frank Callahan
Utilities and Industrial Supply Company
Jackson, Mich
Louise Roalson
Life in Moroccan Harem Years Ago
Marvine Howe traveled to Morocco as a companion to a French commandant's children and later worked for Radio Maroc. She eventually befriended Prince Moulay Hassan in the evolving royal scene.
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Marvine Howe
Morocco
Radio Maroc
Prince Moulay Hassan
The Prince and I and Moroccan Life in Contention
A vivid first person account contrasts Morocco’s sincere friendships with the unwarranted flattery of French women toward the prince. Miss Howe describes Moroccan customs, views on the prince and his father, life in harems, and the country’s political unrest. Readers familiar with Anna Leonowens’ The King and I will find similar continuity in this work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Miss Howe
Anna Leonowens
King Land I
Prince
H. G
The Real Churchill Review by Alan Moorehead
The Real Churchill presents Winston Churchill in trial and triumph with quoted phrases likened to Shakespeare. It portrays him as more than a hero, noting his earlier amateur roles in politics and warfare while highlighting Moorehead's informative biography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Alan Moorehead
Houghton Mifflin
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Eal Dowd
Stone City Art
Clayton Dearborn
Dearborn
Old Green Mansion
Paul Engle
Iowa City
Engle
Ridge Road
Carradus
Shirley Shctwell
Shirley
Mantelie
Minneapolis
Dillon Hall
Strawberry Point
Roscoe Easterly
Jones County
Clyde Wilson
Clyde Barker
Anamosa Creamery
Carrel Blood
Lester Douglas
McKinley Night School
Harold Saltz
Clarence
Francis Derga
Charles
Greenberg
Second Street
V&l
Second Ave
Light CO
Don C. Cook
Travel Bureau
Downtown Airline Ticket Agency
Insurance Dial
American Building
Honolulu
Waikiki
San Francisco
Chicago
Mexico
Europe
Olson
West Indies
Miami
Guatemala
Havana
New Orleans
Stella Polaris
Meess
San Antonio
South America
NewBooks
Dutton
Stowe
Lord Liverpool
United States
America
E.C.H
Gen. Grant
the Magazine of History
Fifth Avenue
Winalee Gentry
Westminster Press
the Prince and I
Ruth Thompson
Miss Thompson
Marguerite E. Buck
Dows
Enterprise
Marion
Churchill
RSV
Bles
Sanford
Itc
Father
Clarence Day
Sip
New York Times
James Knox
Samford
Story & Clark
First Street
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