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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1936
Page
9
The Public Health Nursing association logged 756 visits to 290 homes serving 1 106 people in March under nursing director Miss Alma E Hartz. There were 923 February cases carried forward and 183 new ones. 155 were dismissed leaving 951 for April.
DETROIT AP Mr and Mrs Henry Ford returned from their annual winter vacation in the south and observed their forty eighth wedding anniversary quietly. Ford reportedly planned no ceremony and may spend the day in the engineering laboratory as last year.
Miss Alma Hartz leads a Friday meeting of the Public Health Nursing association where five nurses discuss infant care and maternal hygiene. She demonstrates dressing a baby with a focus on comfort, economy, and safe clothing, using a life-size doll and sugar sack layette ideas.
Richard Gates, a University of Iowa junior and son of Mr and Mrs Frank Gates of 927 Sixteenth Street, designed the cover for the April 4 issue of The Saturday Review of Literature. The cover features the leading article Stuffed Shirts and Red Shirts by Francis Hackett and marks Gates as an art pupil of Grant Wood.
Actress Lupe Velez sails from New York aboard the Paris to film in London. She plans a second project if husband Johnny Weismuller grants permission. Weismuller travels to Hollywood to resume Tarzan, leaving Will not impede her plans. notable passengers include George White and Sir John Maffey with Lady Maffey aboard.
In Manila the Philippine government asked President Roosevelt to use his influence to end the excise tax on coconut oil imported to the United States. President Quezon conveyed the appeal through U S high commissioner Frank Murphy, stressing the coconut industry faces a serious situation.
J. F. McCaffery of Masonville denounces the league of nations as a failed pact and calls for Britain and France to relinquish colonial holdings, repay war debts, and make fourfold restitution to achieve true peace. He argues for widespread abolitionist sentiment and criticizes Allied leaders and France.
Dr Naibert chiropractor ads at Paramount Building. Miss Irma Josifek of 306 Avenue NW left Friday for Cuba City Wisconsin. Easter service at First United Presbyterian at 11 am. Resurrection pantomime at 7 30 pm. Cub pack No 4 meets Harrison School April 13 at 7 pm. Bungalow cooking school runs Monday to Thursday.
A Garfield school committee organizing a Boy Scout troop will meet with Boy Scout executives at 7 30 p m Monday at Garfield school. Mrs Jane Spurgeon arriving from Chicago will spend the week with her mother in law Mrs A J Harris at 260 Highland drive. Franciscoerned bicycles theft reported by Leland Hausler.
Postmaster Frank Baldwin who recently underwent a major operation at the University of Iowa hospital in Iowa City was reported recovering Saturday. He is expected to be returned to his home here late this week.
A six member committee formed at an Iowa City meeting will seek negotiations with the state highway commission over proposed adjustments for property in the beautification project along highway 161 between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. The committee represents several protesting farm property owners and will reconvene after the commission replies.
Eight men who enlisted at the Cedar Rapids recruiting station on January 14 are on a 19 day leave from the San Diego naval training station. The group includes Ray J. Sample, son of Mr and Mrs Ray H Sample.
Renowned baritone Reinald Werrenrath will star in the opera Aida at the Shrine temple on April 29. The Coe College music department presents the event with the Chicago Festival Opera company, featuring a large cast, augmented choruses, and Cedar Rapids Symphony players.
The list names DeVere J. Fehr Marion resident son of Clara Tilton Robert J. Shaeffer ward of Henry Kuhne William Merrill Robert W. McGillicuddy Irving Schump Iowa City Richard Carpenter son of Bert Carpenter Eugene Paine son of Chief Paine. Sample and Paine were honor men in their company.
In a courtroom, Justice Layton imposed a jail term and salved the defendant's back with a physician's care. He warned southerners drifting into Delaware for a few weeks to refrain from stealing, stressing the case as a cautionary example.
A Rockwell County farmer items his household inventory for U S resettlement administration aid listing wife one milch cow a 1250 pound mule about 12 years one mule 1175 pounds and one iron wheel wagon in his description of the family possessions documented in the AP report.
In New York Meyer Nitzburg, defending his shop, hurled champagne bottles at two armed men who entered the store. The assailants fled. one man was arrested nearby with cuts to his face and arms.
In Black Mountain North Carolina Reverend O B Haigler and three church representatives urged the city board of aldermen to prohibit sale and operation of punch boards. The ministers said it was bad enough for laymen to spend money on the devices.
Batavia report says 14 year old Anthony Severe had been deaf in his left ear since age six. A pencil eraser removal Saturday restored his hearing, according to Mrs. Samuel Severe.
Drillers drilling for a new water supply in St. Charles Illinois reported smelling gas and retrieved crude oil from a 1000 foot shaft. The finding sparked talk of tax free oil wealth, but Mayor I G Langum said the city still needed water and remained cautious.
Hollywood reports color film perks come with flaws as cameramen struggle for two weeks to obtain a full color still of Steffi Duna the Hungarian actress due to her cold and red nose.
Appointment of a Music week committee including representatives of local music civic and service organizations was announced Saturday. Members will cooperate in arranging musical programs in Cedar Rapids from May 3 through 9.
Salinas California AP police puzzled by repeated thefts of a 32 passenger school bus found abandoned each time. Roy Marzorini confessed he used the bus to go calling on his girl and she was impressed.
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