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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1939
Page
9
Orson Welles fled a stag dinner and prepared to leave after spotting the formal crowd in tuxedos and white ties. Gene Buck urged him to stay as the President’s party arrived, delivering a tense scene before Welles finally gave his speech.
Mrs Walter M Krebs left today for Daytona Beach Florida to visit her son George A Krebs and to tour other Florida cities before returning in four to five weeks Also noted Mrs Maurice Cahill returned from several weeks with Miss Adeline Cahill in Phoenix Arizona Royal McGinnis Jim Peddy court and George McDonald hosted Canopus club members with songs and jokes Arthur C Naibert son of Mr and Mrs Frank Naibert Jr has been initiated in Scabbard and Blade at Iowa University
Mr and Mrs L H Humphreys return from visits to Dallas Houston Galveston and New Orleans J A Murphy and P C Rude travel to Des Moines for a state mobile dealers association meeting and for the good roads bill Lt Ray Branna returns home after fourteen months in France and Secretary Conaway attends a council Bluffs meeting of Iowa commerce secretaries.
Will Steffan a Douglas Starch works painter was blown from a scaffold by high wind and suffered a fractured ankle and injuries. Joseph Chadima of Cedar Rapids was elected to the executive committee of the Iowa Ice Dealers association at Cedar Rapids convention. Rev B J Clark traveled to Cedar Falls to lecture on Ben Hur to Normal school pupils.
Pan American Airways 41 ton flying boat Yankee Clipper arrived at Marignane airport at 3:47 a.m. CST after a 370 mile overland leg from Biscarosse near Bordeaux. The voyage continues to Southampton Tuesday as part of its Europe shakedown. Weather delays altered the planned Lisbon to Marseilles direct flight.
Old Winter brings sleet and heavy ice as trees bow under crystal weights. The speaker, Edgar A Guest, in the voice of a poet observes a favorite tree bowed and mournful beneath a harsh winter display.
Anne Ashton and David Sherman keep an engagement eight years while his finances delay marriage. Gil Tracy charms Anne at a dinner where Camilla Payne, rich and beautiful, arrives with David showing jealousy. Anne wrestles with doubt as she notices sly exchanges and social games at the Silver Grill.
Menus appearing in these columns aim to feed a family of five two adults and three children for about 12 dollars a week. Each day’s menus and recipes promise a balanced diet with adequate calories, protein to rebuild tissues, minerals, and overall bodily function.
A reader offers a plan for a week of easy menus for spring housecleaning and time savings. The note promotes a large self addressed stamped envelope to request the menus and cake leaflets including a chocolate chiffon cake and strawberry cream roll. The text also lists a sample day’s meals and notes daily calories and cost.
Readers are directed to address Meta Given booklets to her care at The Cedar Rapids Gazette. For marketing problems, food budgeting or diet advice, call the Community Nutrition Service at 5515 for low cost recipes guidance.
A watch commands high price not for stone value but for the meticulous craftsmanship involved in setting the jewels. The process demands extreme precision and skilled workmanship.
Dear Miss Manners urges balanced friendship for youths. Carrie’s hollow popularity with boys and neglect of girls harms her social standing. A true aim is to be liked by all, not just one gender, before she alters her behavior.
A reader asks how to handle a niece who lies while living with them. The answer urges discovering the lie’s cause, avoiding reporting her to her mother, and addressing behavior by understanding her, easing strictness, and encouraging safe social visits to keep her happy and well adjusted.
Jim Smith described the American Legion community service program on WMT in a Hanford post sponsored radio talk. He traced the 1923 San Francisco idea by Hanford MacNider to have each of the 11,000 posts perform yearly constructive community work and noted Cedar Rapids activities like Boy Scout camp aid Waubeek Camp Fire girls Camp Troy Mills feeding undernourished children Boys State selection Linn County highway safety council Junior Legion baseball and football tickets for Cedar Rapids high. The program is a major objective with strong national leadership and broad Legion membership uniting diverse citizens.
Moscow reports a fisheries treaty between the Soviet government and Japan ending a half year dispute marked by war threats. The pact grants Japan fishing access in Soviet Siberian waters for one year with fewer concessions than the prior agreement.
A 1939 feature explores Blarina the short tailed shrew, a five inch, nearly blind predator abundant in Iowa woods and fields. It hunts tirelessly, eats many insects and small mammals, weighs barely an ounce, and avoids open spaces and hawks.
JOGIE FIDLER reflects on Tyrone Power, praising his instinctive courtesy and old fashioned gentility as key to his appeal. The column zips through other actors, anecdotes, and Hollywood quirks, noting a haunted house myth and studio buzz.
Ack Berry, a 15 year old Paramount newsboy with four years selling papers, reports that Director Ted Reed offered a minor acting part in a Jackie Cooper film. Jack refused, saying acting isn’t for him and that his paper routes are permanent.
The osprey, a fish-eating bird, cannot dive to catch prey or swim. It feeds by hovering above water and diving feet-first when fish are within reach.
In Batavia New York 1938 a case followed Sport an Irish terrier. Fleas and flies left the dog’s ears raw and itching. Fred Sanderson, trying to help, manhandled the dog’s ears and was met with a court hearing. Witnesses testified for the 12 year old owner Irving War.
A religious reflection on Jesus cleansing the temple and warning against corruption in faith communities. The sermon calls for self judgment, humility, and prayer for purer worship, ending with an Amen.
Paramount presents Loretta Young and Warner Baxter in Wife Husband and Friend. Iowa features John Garfield Rosemary Lane in Blackwell s Island and Almost a Gentleman with James Ellison Helen Wood. St Louis Blues stars Dorothy Lamour Lloyd Nolan in Disbarred with Gail Patrick Otto Kruger Robert Preston. Palace offers Too Hot To Handle Clark Gable Myrna Loy and Sons of the Legion with Lynne Overman Evelyn Keyes Donald O Connor. Rialto runs Smashing the Spy Ring with Ralph Bellamy Fay Wray and Lone Star Pioneers featuring Bill Elliott.
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