Father Hubbard's Cupboard of Rhyme for Children
Chester L. Hampton, known as Father Hubbard, writes playful rhymes for children from his Royal Laundry job at age nearly seventy. His black leather notebook shelves store fairy tales, flowers, animals, and Mother Goose tales illustrated by Mrs. Kehrli, with poems stressing work, family, and kindness, including two letters in a humorous exchange about raising many children.
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Chester L. Hampton
Santa Claus
Santy
Father Hubbard
Mr. Hampton
Royal Laundry
Fourth Avenue
Hubbard
Kehrli
Dorothy C. Hampton
Mammy
Chester L
Father Hubbard) Hampton
Cedar Rapids
Marlys Jeanne
Donald Kehrli
Delmar
Helen Pauline
Sondra Hope
Herbert Hampton
Twenty-second Street
U S Anti trust case against medical groups goes to Supreme Court
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to assume jurisdiction over a DC federal court ruling dismissing antitrust indictments against medical associations DC hospitals and individuals. The move aims to speed a final ruling on whether a member service group and its professionals are shielded by antitrust laws from restraints by other groups.
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Washington
Justice Department
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Wilson Accepts Stassen Invitation To Agriculture Meet
Gov Harold Stassen said four state governors have accepted a two day Midwest farm problems discussion to raise farmers income and buying power. He invited 12 state chiefs to attend September 22 and 23 and Secretary Henry Wallace to participate and discuss federal agricultural issues.
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St, Paul
Governors extend acceptances for postwar meeting bids
Governors named include George A. Wilson of Iowa Julius Heil of Wisconsin Payner H Ratner of Kansas and Harlan J Bushfield of South Dakota as Stassen reports acceptances Illinois Gov Henry Horner asked U S Senator Scott Lucas to attend as his representative Invitations were sent to governors from North Dakota Wyoming Nebraska Ohio Missouri Montana and Indiana to attend the postwar gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stassen
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Julius Heil
Wisconsin
Payner H. Ratner
Kansas
Harlan J. Bushfield
South Dakota
Henry Horner
Illinois
U. S
Scott Lucas
North Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Ohio
Missouri
Montana
Indiana
Czech School Opens Fall Semester For Children Six To Fourteen
The Czech school resumes with two classes starting Saturday September 16 for ages 6 to 14. Dr Henry Schor and Mrs Marie Chmeli cek named as teachers. Classes meet Saturday mornings and afternoons. C S A sponsors a likely final picnic of the season this afternoon at Miller Grove with a barbecue and free refreshments for juvenile members presenting ID books. If weather turns bad, picnic set for September 24. Plans for a three day bazaar to aid the Czech school discussed at a joint school board and Damska Matice meeting, slated for October. Regular Czech National Alliance meeting tomorrow at 8 pm in C S P S hall with reports on Czechoslovak state restoration. A Krajsky Vybor meeting will follow. A Progressive lodge C S A dance in S P S hall postponed. Weather permitting, Sokol association’s last picnic is planned today at the Sokol camp for members and friends. Sokols meeting postponed from Monday to tomorrow at 8 pm. C S A central committee to meet Tuesday September 12 at 7 30 pm in C S P S hall. Z C B J lodge meetings this week Prokop Velky Tuesday Zizkov Dub Wednesday and Karel IV Thursday at 7 30 pm. F M Barta returns from South American cruise aboard a Norwegian ship visiting Dominican Republic Venezuela and Dutch Guiana. Renata Tyrs sewing circle resumes Tuesday at 2 pm on second and fourth Tuesdays. Ceske Vlastenky lodge resumes meetings next Wednesday at C S P S hall 2 pm. Catholic Sokols hold meeting Tuesday September 12 at St Wenceslaus hall with refreshments after business.
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Henry Schor
Marie Chmelicek
Miller Grove
Czech National Alliance
Ceska Narodni Zdruzeni
Krajsky Vybor
Progressive Lodge
Sokol Association
Sokol
Sokols
C. S. A. Central Committee
Submarine Attacker Described As Barnacled At Sea
New York Times dispatch from Cobh Ireland reports Olivegrove officers describe the torpedoed freighter’s attacker as barnacled moss covered and uninsigned with an unkempt bearded crew. First Officer William Wilson notes he survived three torpedoed ships in prior wars.
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NEW York
The
New York Times
Cobh
Ireland
Olivegrove
William Wilson
Three Men Arraigned Over Securities Theft Case
In New York three men including attorney George Turley were arraigned by a U S commissioner on charges tied to the interstate transport of 45000 in stolen securities from Minneapolis and Wilmington. Bail set at 3500 for Turley and 2500 for Chester G. Bollenbach of Bloomfield New Jersey and Peter Burns of New York with Sept 18 hearing.
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NEW York
United States
Minneapolis
Minn
Wilmington
Del
Isaac Platt
George Turley
Chester G. Bollenbach
Bloomfield
N. J
Peter Burns
Financial Informaton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company
General Theater Equipment Company
FBI
Clerk of Federal Court
Paper Company
General Theater
Chancery Court
Modyjeska at Cedar Rapids Opera House 1884
Cedar Rapids packed Greene's opera house for Modjeska in Camille with Maurice Barrymore on May 22 1884 as part of her farewell American tour. The piece recalls Cedar Rapids as a major west hub with 1600 attendees and a history of hosted greats, managers, and elaborate programs from 1882 to 1884.
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Cedar Rapids
Modjeska
Greene
Opera House
West
Chicago
San Francisco
Morris Sanford Company
Theater World
Fay Templeton
Roberta
Thomas Keene
Frederick Warde
Humorist
Sol Smith Russell
Emma Abbott Opera Company
James A. Herne
Hearts of Oak
Katherine Rogers
Nat Goodwin
Lily Langtry
Tony Pastors
Haverly’s
Primrose and Westminstrels
Princeton University
Glee Club
Theodore Thomas’ Orchestra
Chicago Symphony
Opera
Edwin Booth
Shylock
Madame Modjeska
Portia
Calvin G. Greene
George Greene, Jr
John B. Henderson
Will S. Collier
Waterloo
Collier
New York
Hender
Charles A. Laurance
The
Laurance Press
Dusill
Yuill
Mansfield
Washington Street
Len H. Salisbury
Union Opera House
Union Block
George Greene
Calvin Greene
Roosevelt
Holland Floods Small Basin as Defense Precaution
The Netherlands inundated a small basin in Utrecht province near Amsterdam as a precaution under defense plans. Officials stressed no immediate flood reason, and promised to minimize civilian disruption while testing inundation possibilities relative to the current water level.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Utrecht
Holland
Vocational Courses to Be Continued in Cedar Rapids
The Manufacturers' Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will expand the city’s vocational training. Fifty seven applications were filed for the 1939 term with classes starting September 18 at McKinley high school. Instructors will be added for each course including electrical and steam engineering, machine shop apprenticeship, and drafting as enrollment doubles.
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Manufacturers’ Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
McKinley High School
Cedar Rapids
William Owen
Roosevelt High School
Bureau
J. F. Plumb
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Roy E. Choate
Christensen
Manufacturers’ Bureau
Cedar Rapids Industries
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Jack
Curly
Billy
Nanny
Naomi Doebel
Thompson
Council On Physical Therapy
American Medical Association
Acousticon Institute
Ten Bank Building
B. F. Crenshaw
Mar
Ree
U. 5
Pat
Gov. Wilson
South Side News
Damska Matice
Prokop Velky
Zizkov Dub
Karel IV
F. M. Barta
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
New Orleans
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Dutch Guiana
Renata Tyrs
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Modyjeska
Bob Estabrook
C. G. Greene
Son
Grand
Brown
Clifton
Cream of
Marshalltown
Il Trovatore
Greene's Opera House
Lem Cleenie
Chamber of Commerce Bureau
Detroit
Jewel
Detroit Jewels
Ismulekoff
3Rd Ave
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