Cedar Rapids Fall and Winter Reading Sets Cozily Pace
Cedar Rapids readers settle in for fall and winter with a mix of biographies poetry travel and fiction. Prominent local collectors Miss Jessie Averill Miss Lulu Averill and Mrs M S Hallman share favorites including Nijinsky The Testament of Youth and Goodbye Mr Chips along with new releases like We Explore London Mustapha Kemal and Turkmenistan related works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Hickok
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Chips
Thorugh
the Grove
Samuel Rogis
Nijinsky
Stark Young
Paul Engle
Cedar Apids
Ames Hilton
Rome Burns
Alexander Woollcott
White House
Ike Hoover
Vera Brittain
Town Hall
John M. Ely
George E. Sokolsky
China
Elgid
Jane Addams
Martha Berry
Grace Dodge
Wilfred ‘Grenfell
Jessie Averill
Lulu Averill
Ida Elizabeth
Sigrid Undset
Miss Undset
Walter de la Mare
Mr. Ps
M. S. Hallman
Bonmikusch
Hallie Erminie Reeves
Louisa
Cornelia Meigs
Tanemlin
Harold Lamb
Challapin
Ginger Griffin
Ann Bridge
Charles Shackell
Albert J. Nock
C. R. Wilson
Not a travel book Going Abroad a Rose Macaulay work
A review panel lauds Rose Macaulay’s Going Abroad as a novel rich in wit and irony rather than a travel book. It highlights books on English cathedrals and inns such as Cathedrals of England and The Old Inns of England, noting postwar England’s renewed interest in landmarks and roads. It finishes by listing winter-reading picks including The Coming American Boom and Freedom Versus Organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred ‘Winter
Modern Reading Club
Ceoil Lavell
Grinnell College
Winter
Lavell
Paull Engle
Alabama
Peter Fleming
Far East
Asia
Turkestan
Eleanor Holgate Lattimore
Central Asia
Mr. Lattimore
Irving Stone
Vincent van Gogh
Mr. Stone
van Gogh
Rose Macaulay
Miss Macaulay
Cathedrals of England
Harry Batsford
Charles Fry
Old Inns of England
A. E. Richardson
England
L. L. B. Angus
Bertrand Russell
Dixie
Roark Bradford
Max Miller
Pitcairn's Island
Mornoff and Hall
Ruth Suckow
Ring Lardner
Vaudeville At Iowa Friday To Feature Varieties Company
The Gazette previews a Friday vaudeville show at Iowa with a Varieties Company and other acts to be announced. The program spotlights Miriam Hopkins in The Richest Girl in the World with plot about disguise and romance, alongside cast members Joel McCrea Reginald Denny and Henry Stephenson.
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Iowa
The
Miriam Hopkins
Miss Hopkins
Fay Wray
Beieves
Joel McCrea
Reginald Denny
Henry Stephenson
Olympic Twin Bill Brings Comedy and Drama to Screen
The Olympic theater opens a four day run with Only Yesterday starring Margaret Sullavan John Boles Edna May Oliver Billie Burke Benita Hume Reginald Denny and others along with Goldie Gets Along featuring Lili Damita Charles Morton Bam Hardy A touring beauty contest musical numbers and a cartoon round out the program.
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Olympic Theater
Margaret Sullavan
John Boles
Edna May Oliver
Billie Burke
Benita Hume
Reginald Denny
Paramount Plans Double Features Starting Oct 12
The Paramount theater will begin a new policy of double features on every program starting Friday October 12 with two changes weekly on Fridays and Tuesdays. Upcoming highlights include Will Rogers in Judge Priest and Cleopatra with Claudette Colbert, along with Forsaking All Others and Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil among others.
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Wimpole Street
Paramount Theater
Robert Montgomery
Paramount
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayr
Fox
Universal
Warner Brothers
United Artists
Will Rogers
Judge Priest
Cecil B. DeMille
Claudette Colbert
Maurice Chevalier
Jeanette McDonald
George Arlis
Alexander Dumas
Monte Christo
Joe Penner
Lanny Ross
Greta Garbo
Mae Est
Brotherhood presents music program at BERTRAM church
The Brotherhood of the Methodist church hosted a Friday evening program of music dialogue and readings. Participants included Rev J Bruce Eyestone George Kramer F G Anderson Kyle Blaine Leonzo Berry Mrs A R Minish Mary Anderson Helen Roselle and Jean Minish. They will chair a November 2 program and social at the church with Floyd Kitchen and Harold Lerner in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
Brotherhood of the Methodist Church
J. Bruce Eyestone
George Kramer
F. G. Anderson
Kyle Blaine
Leonzo Berry
A. R. Minish
Mary Anderson
Helen Roselle
Jean Minish
Brotherhood
Floyd Kitchen
Harold Lerner
Littleport Carnival At School This Wednesday
Littleport plans its annual school carnival on Wednesday at the school. An 8 to 9 pm free entertainment will be in the auditorium with refreshments and game concessions. Contestants include Leo J. Kafer L Lowell Zapf Keith B Kafer Oliver Emerson Veryl H Neading for the boys and Eilene Ann Dinan Leona Mae Corsan Dorothy June Hunter Fern Nadine Reick Una Lucille Lenhart for the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleport
Leo J. Kafer
L. Lowell Zapf
Keith B. Kafer
Oliver Emerson
Veryl H. Neading
Eilene Ann Dinan
Leona Mae Corsan
Dorothy June Hunter
Fern Nadine Reick
Una Lucille Lenhart
Hold-Up Play in Trump Contracts in The World of Bridge
In this excerpt from The World of Bridge by Josephine Culbertson, the hold-up play is explored as a rare tactic even against a strong trump suit. The discussion analyzes when delaying the winning card helps shield long cards, prevent run-throughs, and safeguard against ruffs, with examples from a North dealer scenario and specific card holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Culbertson
West
South
East
Soultt
Jack
Bridge expert Mrs Culbertson answers questions
Mrs Culbertson invites readers to send bridge questions with stamped self addressed envelopes to Josephine Culbertson in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette. In Kalona, Joe C Miller sustained the loss of two fingers when his hand was caught in a sausage grinder and was hospitalized in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Kalona
Joe C. Miller
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mae West Charms In Belle Of The Nine Tales At Paramount
Mae West stars in Belle of the Nine Ties, playing Ruby Carter with a tiger like swagger. John Miljan as Ace plots theft while Mae uses cunning to outsmart him and the Tiger Kid. She performs songs including St Louis Woman and My Old Flame and the act features an Ernest Truex comedy and Paramount extras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mane West
Paramount
Mae
New Orleans
St. Louie
Mississippi Delta
John Miljan
Ace
Tiger Kid
Mac
Ruby Carter
Mae West
St. Louis
Ernest Truex
Paramount Sound
F.C.H
Funeral services for Mrs Florence O Connor
Funeral services for Mrs Florence O Connor will be held at her mother Esther Rhatigan s home in Prairieburg at 2 p m Monday Fr Stratton of Central City will officiate and burial will be in Prairieburg cemetery Friends may call at the home until noon Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Florence O'Connor
Esther Rhatigan
Rev. Co
Stratton
Central City
45¢ free ee 400 French viion Sal
Readable text shows a fragment announcing a sale or price offer likely in a small ad. It mentions 45¢ and a French vision related phrase, but the target event or item is unclear from the fragment. No identifiable persons or organizations are present.
Report Gains in September Gas Tax Receipts
Des Moines AP report shows state gasoline tax in September totaling 1,093,582.75 dollars, up from August 1,046,913.20 and September 1933’s 1,045,267.17. September allocations included 5,266.04 to sales tax, 48,316.71 refunds, 5,000 administration, 460,000 for secondary roads and 575,000 for primary roads. Inheritance tax for the month reached 52,539.24, up by 19,166.75 from September 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cigaret Taxes Rise in September Reports
Des Moines AP states September cigarette tax revenue totaled $103,531.12, up $1,450.96 from September 1933 and $7,696.15 higher than September 1932 totals, per State Treasurer Wegman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Wegman
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