Drake University to expand with $18 million plan
Des Moines April 92 A group of seven Drake University supporters unveiled an $18 million expansion plan. The program aims to raise $1 million in the week of May 6 and $14 million over 15 years, funding a women’s dormitory, campus improvements, and a large endowment to grow capacity from 1,700 to about 5,000 students. Plans include new buildings along a 300-foot boulevard, plus dormitories, arts and science buildings, a seminary, student union, chapel, and facilities for law, gym, swimming, heating, music, and libraries.
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Des Moines
Drake University
Drake
W. H. Brenton
Vernon ©. Clark
Ross J. Clemens
John Cowles
Henry Frank
Ibs
Francis Asbury Robinson
Twenty-seventh
Thirty-ninth Streets
University Avenue
Carpenter Avenue
Carpenter
Forest Avenues
University To
Forest
Twenty Eighth
Fines for game law violations resented in Shellsburg
O M Johnson justice of the peace had his home smeared with bad eggs after fines handed to Clarence Barton and Claire Freeman for seining in a creek. Barton faced $100 and costs and jailed 30 days for nonpayment. Freeman paid $10 and was freed. Johnson stated he imposed the minimum allowed. Nashua Boys and Girls Glee Club netted $25 at a food sale to fund travel to the state contest in Iowa City.
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Courier Encounts Service
Shellsburg
O. M. Johnson
Clarence Barton
Claire Freeman
Barton
Vinton
Freeman
Johnson
Nashua
Glee Cith
Nashua High School
Iowa City
Radio Schedule Fragment With Program Listings
The page shows a dense early radio schedule in Central Standard Time listing programs and stations such as WEAR WABCG KYW WDAF WGY KDEA WKY KDEA WSM WDAP and others, with times like 6:30 and 7:30 and various shows from World Today to Grand Opera. It preserves call letters and program names, indicating a listing style typical of mid century radio guides.
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Prosad
WABCG
New York
WEY
Frances Paperte
Vaughn de Leath
Alsao
Gypsies
Wid
Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Schubert
WGY
WGN
Empire Guilders
Hugh Scott
Grand Opera
Woda
Suls-Wil
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Roxy
Alsa
KDEA
Lois
Lorraine
Recorders Orchestra
Alsa Kdea Hyw
Alsa Kdea Wi Ter
aAlso Kodica
Lanier
Welw Koka
WOR
Newark
Fralickers
Norman Brokenshire
Wmaq Kemox Koil
Couriers
Henry Burbigi
WMAQ
Kmox Koil
WCCO
Missing Funds Spark Hotel Office Cash Haste
Bobby Thatcher, prior to leaving the hotel, reportedly took no funds. A business errand and IRA Fitts prompted a hurried act, with a small roll of bills hidden behind a framed picture in the office. He now struggles to recall the exact disposition of the money.
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Bills
Radio Network Listing of Orchestra and Talk Programs
A dense, fragmented wire service style radio schedule lists multiple stations in Chicago, New York, and other markets. It catalogs orchestras, vocal groups, and lectures with times and program names across WEAF WGN WOWO KMOX KOIL and more, noting bands led by Guy Lombardo Paul Whiteman and Henry Selinger among others.
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Uncle Jor
Pat
WMAQ
Kmox Koil
Hollywood
Jula Sanderson
Frank Crumilt
United Choral Singers
KYW
Chicago
Glee Club
WEAF
Orchestrai
Magle
HNGA
WGN
Henry Selinger
Orch
AMBA
WLW
Cincinnati
Kyrock
O—Wiz
Date Orchestra
W. J
W.loney
WCCO
Minneapolis
Slo
Hamline Uni
Romeo & Dultet
Walter Mallory
Wally Erickson
Wowo Kmox
New York
Academy Arts& Letters
WWI
Red Cross
Limeheon
Wiwo Woo
WDAF
Wwd
WGY
Genla Fonnrova
Soprans
WDAP
Eskimos
WIZ
Wdai Wey
Kdka Kyw Wey
Themen
Irving Kautnnen
Taylor Buckley
Juma de Baun
KDKA
Synecomatics
Kdka Wlw
Kdka Hyw
Goothug
KWYW
Fasn
Ensemble
WIS & Weaf
AWGA
I20
Circus
Nighthawks
Tio
Howard O'Brien
Amos-Andy
Tan
Fillmore
Sta
Q—Mack
Lundberg
Seaguin
Eddie Ornstedter
ZMLR
WHHO
Tes Moines
Thornton Fisher
S—Public Morary
Igtk
Merry Admantress
Clicquat Club Eskimos
Keith Orpherm
Hawkers Life Little Symphony
Sap Comedy Drama at Waterloo by Clemant Walsh Players
The Clemant Walsh Players present The Sap a three act comedy drama by Joseph Grew at Waterloo theatre directed by William C Walsh. Set in a three room flat the plot follows a bank clerk and his restless sisters in family squabbles with humor pathos and a dash of drama. William F Thompson leads as The Sap with Eloise Taylor as the wife and a strong supporting cast delivering lively performances to a week of shows including matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
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Joseph Grew
Billinall
Bill
Sap
William F. Thompson
Eloiise Taylor
Robert Blaylock, Jr
Fanchon Everhart
Robert Blaylock
Arlene Krantz
Sam Mitchell
Tarely
Nothing But the Truth at Riviera shines with Dix
Richard Dix stars in Nothing But the Truth at the Riviera as a fast paced talking farce. Helen Kane Ned Sparks and Maurie Amsterdam supply strong comedy while the bill includes Harriet Hilliard Rennie high school singers and a Tiffany color sequence.
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Richard Dix
The
Riviera
Helen Kane
Dix
Ned Sparks
Marton Beck
John Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Harriet Hilliard
Orville Rennie
Red Hot Speed at Strand Promises Fast Action Tonight
Universal production with sound and talking sequences stars Reginald Denny and Alice Day at the Strand today and tomorrow. The film portrays speed mania in modern life as an assistant district attorney battles youths using main streets for races, facing the bar of justice.
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Universal
Reginald Denny
Alice Day
Bar of Justice
Cresco Tear Wins State Drama Contest
Cresco dramatic team won first place in the state drama contest with Rip Van Winkle at Cresco on April 17 and 18. Miss Pearl Kyle directed seven players, including Orvis Schlesselman and Mary Culbert in leading roles, and the group traveled to Iowa City to perform a one act.
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Cresco
Town City
Miss Pearl Kyle
Iowa City
Orvis Schlesselman
Mary Culbert
Arthur Tracy
Henry Reed
June Reed
Herold Normann
Betty Jang Odell
Piggly Wiggly Store Moves to Sinnard Location
The Piggly Wiggly grocery will remodel after renting the business room at 319 Fourth Street East, formerly Sinnard Grocer’s space. Stock and fixtures will move to the Sinnard site, opening there on or about May 1. the current store remains at 607 Commercial Street.
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Fourth Street
Sinnard
Piggly Wiggly
Commercial Street
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John Monk Saunders
United States Air Corps
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Cooper
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Lance Chandler
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Freeman Wood
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Robert Ames
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Carroll Nye
Lionel Barrymore
Strand
Legion of the Condemned
Gary Cooper
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Paramount Pictures
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Helen Kane Victor
Publix
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Morton Beck
Mogictone News
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Sten
Franklyn Baur
Firestone
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