Reading roundup of wartime books and biographies
A digest reviews "Strictly Personal" by W Somerset Maugham and several contemporaries. It highlights Maugham's post August 1939 shift, Shoots of France and Britain, and notes on Shirer and Simone works. It weighs propaganda value, readability, and timeliness of analysis for readers in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omerset Maugham
Riviera
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Maugham
United States
France
William N. Shirer
Berlin
Shirer
Roy McHugh
Book notices and club events mix in this column
A digest of reviews praises Bernard Dougall and Robert Reeves murder mystery works with Broadway radio ties and Hollywood settings. Local social items note O.E.S Cedar chapter meeting and Pythian Sisters memorial service with plans for a charity card party at the Gas Company Glow room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Dougall
Dodd, Mead & Company
Denis St. Clair
E.B
Areme Circle of Cedar Chapter
O.E.S
Gas Company
Lois Crowbaugh
Warren Hanson
Hazel Churchill
Clara Ortman
Bess Novotny
Alice Gustafsson
Addie McLain
Kathryn Waln
Mildred Tapper
Edith Ross
Annabelle Coover
Julia Rupe
Pythian Sisters of
Winter Temple No. 78
Effie Dice
Beatrice Redies
Alice Younkin
Berniece Mathias
Book guides army career paths through changing rules
A Cedar Rapids reviewer notes the book maps military advancement amid fluctuating army regulations. It’s like a dry timetable that reveals how to progress, whether drafted or enlisted, and explains how top sergeants reach higher stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.A
Skating Party Planned For Girls' Groups
The fall membership party for Camp Fire girls and Blue Birds will be a sweater skate event at Udesen's rink this Saturday. Blue Birds skate 9 to 10 am and Camp Fire girls 10 am to noon. admission is 10 cents with membership card. A pins presentation will honor Camp Fire girls with leaders and officials assisting. Kathleen Hansen will blow the assembly call at 11 am. Thirty-five girls helped with a community chest drive and more will work next Saturday. The Society for Hard of Hearing will hold a practice class Thursday at 7:30 pm. Chi Omega Mothers Schedule Tea Party Thursday 2 to 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Girls
Blue Birds
Udesen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Hahn
A. L. Hinton
P. H. Brown
O. E. Long
Leroy Quinn
Lee O. Whitcomb
Joan Buscho
Society For Hard of Hearing
Third Avenue
CHI Omega
Mothers’ Club
Chi Omega Sorority
First Avenue E
Mercy Hospital Alumnae Meet and Social Picnic
Mercy hospital alumnae plan a special meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the hospital library. A picnic luncheon is set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. at 1721 Avenue NE, home of Mrs. J. S. Arendts, for members of the Wednesday Social club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
J. S. Arendts
Avenue NE
Eastern Iowa Western Illinois semi pro baseball opens at Weed Park
A packed event list shows Weed Park hosting the annual semi pro tournament at 1 p.m. in Muscatine with Grinnell College scouting events, dog trials in Tipton, and multiple civic programs across Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Davenport, Iowa City, and nearby towns. Notable items include Senator Pepper speaking in Ottumwa, Gov. Wilson in Anamosa, and University of Iowa classes resuming with a range of meetings and gatherings through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Illinois
Weed Park
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Iowa
Center Point
River Bridge
Cedar Falls
L. W. Johnson
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
League of Women Voters
Montrose Hotel
McKinley
Franklin
Anamosa
George A. Wilson
Ford and
Main Streets
Tri-county
Iowa City
University of Iowa
American Association of University Women
Otto Kohl
Waterloo
D.A.R
Free Methodist Church
Belle Plaine
Benton County Farm Bureau
Greater Vinton Club
Sioux City
Mayfair
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Iowa Falls
Franklin Vs. Wilson
Rowley
Buchanan County
Presbyterian Church
Alice Waterstreet
Woman's Club
Grundy Center
Farm Bureau
Grundy County Fairground
Drake
Iowa Stadium
Irene McElmeel and Lewis Millburn Marriage Report
Irene McElmeel daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter McElmeel of Manchester and Lewis Millburn son of Mrs Mary O Millburn of 10030 Avenue NW were married July 20 1941 in Lancaster Missouri They were attended by Mr and Mrs Elmer Waller Mrs Millburn is a Manchester High School graduate and Paris Academy of Beauty trainee now employed at the Madeline Beauty Shop Millburn is Roosevelt High School graduate and works for Penick and Ford Ltd The couple will reside at 400 Third Avenue SW A party honoring them was hosted Friday evening by Mr and Mrs Neil (Millburn’s brother in law and sister)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene McEllmeel
Peter McElmeel
Manchester
Lewis Millburn
Mary O. Millburn
Avenue
Lancaster
Elmer Waller
Millburn
Paris Academy of Beauty
Cedar Rapids
Madeline Beauty Shop
Roosevelt High School
Penick and Ford, Ltd
Third Avenue SW
Neil
Community notices list local residents at Warner event
The courtesy includes Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Martin and daughter Laura, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Waller, Mrs. Ed Wenke, Mrs. Richard O'Brien, Mrs. Lottie Fasse, Mrs. Russell Millburn, Mrs. Don Millburn and her son Butch, Mrs. Mary Millburn, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Millburn and their son Jerry Lynn.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ti Tm Ge Eng
A. J. Cronin
Marguerite Steen
Judith Kelly
Eric Knight
James Hilton
William A. Shirer
Virginia Cowles
W. Somerset Mansham
Doubleday, Doran and Company
Nino
Bunk
Germany
Bordeaux
Hitler
Blum
England
Doubleday Doran
Andre Simone
Modern Age Books, Inc
John Gunther
Gunther
Belgrade
Singapore
Simone
Red Army
Kiev
Rochmn
Goering
Goebbels
Himmler
Ley
Mussolini
Franco
MacDonald
Baldwin
Hess
Bill Shirer
London
Wavell
Graziani
Nazi Germany
Gene Farmer
U. S. Army
Arthur Vollmer
U.S.A. Hastings House
Omerset Maucham
Mike
Robert Reeves
Henry Bolt and Company
Hollywood
Cellini Smith
Cellini
Tony Moro
New York
Moro
Mr. Reeves
E.M
Areme Circle
Esse
Tulwee
Mark Twain
Reed
Goethe
Oscar Wilde
Gustave Flaubert
Webster New International Dictionary
Buckram
India
Symond
Italy
Ics Reference Library of Machine Design
Werring Shaw
Lowell
America
van Nostrand
George Eliot
Sterne
Charles’ ‘Lamb
National Geographic
Marper's
Scribners
Century
Cosmopolitan
Mercurys
Forum
Sanford
Delta Gamma
Tri Delt
Delta Gamma Sorority
Mary Frances Zuercher
A. R. Zuercher
First Avenue
Margaret Barngrover
W. J. Barngrover
Bever Avenue
Ann Lenzen
Verdi F. Lenzen
Hillcrest Drive
Patricia Smith
Fred W. Smith
Delta Delta Delta
Jacqueline Lorig
Robert A. Lorig
Madison
Wis
Kathleen Blaul
Theodore F. Blaul
Weedland Drive
Marjorie Gray
M. D. Gray
Windermere
Croquignole
Gray
Fine Hate
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Davenport
Madison High School
Des Moines
Town Poultry Improvement Association
Clear Lake
North Shore Country Club
East Waterloo
Roosevelt High
Tri-City Kennel Club
Turner Society
Clinton
KROS
Burlington
Irene McElmeel
Royal Portable Typewriter
Typewriter Exchange
Third Street
Newman’s
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