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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1940

Page

2

Coe College Morality Play Sets Stage For Everyman

Coe College students stage the Fifteenth century morality play Everyman in the chapel next Sunday with a formal colored space set. Kent Andrews directs with a 12 foot cube grave over the organ and student crafted costumes. Eleanor Taylor handles music. Grace E Lambert contextualizes the history from religious dramatic origins to the rise of morality plays.

Coe College Everyman College Kent Andrews Andrews Eleanor Taylor Coe Music Department Grace E Lambert Coe England Lambert Corpus Christi Jerusalem Coventry

Behind the News: Greeks Italians and U S Politics

World column surveys Greece's resistance to Italy in 1940 and Mussolini's aims in the Near East. It notes Graziani's setbacks in the desert and Turkey as a potential focus. The piece also critiques U S Democratic strategy and third-term anxieties, citing WPA donations tied to political favors.

WPA

Streamlining Proves Less Useful Below 35 MPH

Streamlining is largely unnecessary on vehicles operating up to 35 miles per hour. Tests indicate negligible drag reduction and fuel efficiency gains at low speeds, suggesting designers focus on other features for economical performance.

The Poet Edgar A Guest Pays Homage to an Unknown Gardener

The speaker praises an unnamed woman known only as a friend to birds and a lover of flowers. He notes her fondness for marigold cosmos phlox and mignonette and observes she keeps a well stocked garden.

To Retain Painted Curb Parking Signs On Most Streets

Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh said painted curbs will stay for 15 minute zones on most streets and not be replaced by upright signs except on blocks fully under the limit. He added the painted curbs have done too much good to be discarded.

Wes Benesh Benesh

Exclusive 15Minute Parking Set On Second Street

Signs on standards mark a short parking zone. Only Second Street between Second and Third Avenues is reserved for exclusive 15 minute parking to date.

Second Street Second Third Avenues

Ten to Thirty Years Ago in the Gazette

Mrs Ella De Hart left for Los Angeles for the winter. Walter Staves, Union president, was elected at the Westminster church meeting. Cedar Rapids woke to a snowstorm with near freezing temperatures. A Rock Island switchman, J. H Weiland, was injured falling from a box car. Miss Helen Higley heads to Washington to join Major Higley and will study harp in Europe. Mrs H M Cramer left for Dallas. Mr and Mrs J W Lesinger return from a bankers trip east. Poet Grace Hazard Conkling spoke at Montrose hotel luncheon. Ralph White injured after a Milwaukee train crashed into their car in Marion. W L Kendall returns from Boston and New York posts. Miss Alpharetta Gray visits from Vinton before returning home. George E Poyneer and Louis Dennis left on a duck hunting trip.

Ella de Hart Los Angeles Walter Staves Senior Christian Endeavor Society Westminster Church Christian Endeavor Union First Evangelical Church Cedar Rapids J. H Weiland Rock Island First Avenue Fourth Street Harvey Higley Logan Europe Higley Coblenz Miss Higley H. M. Cramer Dallas Tex J. W. Lesinger Washington New York Baltimore Boston Grace Hazard Conkling Montrose Hotel Ralph White Mount Vernon Cornell Eighteenth Street Marion W. L. Kendall New York City Alpharetta Gray Vinton George E. Poyneer Louis Dennis

Hunting Expedition Ad Seeks Men for Storm Work

Classified advert seeks men to assist a hunting expedition near Cone. It urges removing screens and installing storm preparations, inviting interested workers to respond through Want Ads.

Cone

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