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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1938
Page
27
Carl Dueser recounts Franklin High School's operetta The Gypsy Train and the hit act The Whistler and His Dog. Kenneth Teeter and his dog Buster perform yawns and barks on stage and in rehearsal, with Buster loyal to footlights and applause.
Juvenile outfits mirror adult trends with full dirndl skirts, high necklines, and puff sleeves. A Cedar Rapids show on Killian's floor features ten youths modeling pastel snow outfits, peasant style dresses, matching hats, and teenage coats with leather jackets. Performances by Maddigan School of Music accompany the display with solos and ensembles.
A 1938 travelogue notes a border crossing into Canada with courteous customs in Montreal and Quebec. The writer recalls French signage, bilingual or lacking English, Montreals old streets and St Josephs Oratory, and a Canadian justice system praised for promptness. He reflects on Americans' impressions and on Bill Wests Montreal life and views on labor, family, and belonging.
Paris based Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris seaplane that arrived in Lisbon Friday was ordered to delay its planned flight to New York Saturday. Seaweed biology notes seaweeds have no roots, only holdfasts to anchor and absorb via fronds.
In Waukegan Illinois Walter Danski fourteen, led a boy gang that carried out more than twenty robberies. The youths met at a church bell at six pm and moved loot from a railroad station lobby to an attic for division. Judge Perry Persons ordered probation for the others.
The fourth annual University of Scouting training school for first time leaders opens October 11 at 7 15 p m in the Coe College administration building Cedar Rapids. An eleven course program runs select Tuesday evenings through December 20 with about 150 expected to enroll and feature leaders including James Maloney Father M J Tracy and N Harold West plus patrol leader and scribe roles.
Fragmentary excerpt sketches a long history of a structure in Washington Iowa, mentioning steel replaced by wood, a final dump cart ride, a rescue, and eventual resting on a desk before disposal. The voice laments antiques as soporific and notes being locked in.
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