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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1936

Page

9

Pryor Declares Relief Dept Non-Political in Iowa

J C Pryor Des Moines state emergency relief administrator informs in a general bulletin that the relief department will operate strictly on a non political and non partisan basis. He says relief is based on need and that employment will be by ability and state citizenship where possible. He adds no relief worker should seek public office while employed and no official pressure has altered policy.

Iowa J. C. Pryor Des Moines Alice Ferber Linn County State Relief Department Pryor The IERA Relief Administration

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Claim Kidney Relief

An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a low cost diuretic with claims to flush waste from the kidneys and relieve symptoms such as backache puffy eyes leg cramps moist palms and urinary irritation. It urges readers to buy only GOLD MEDAL from Haarlem in Holland and notes night trips to the bathroom as a sign of weak kidneys.

Haarlem Holland

Lectures On Curtain Trends By Lu cile Beck At Newman’s

Miss Lucile Beck of the Quaker Lace Curtain company Philadelphia will present three free lectures on curtain and drapery decorating trends at Newman's drapery department. She will display ten miniature modern rooms and answer home decoration inquiries. Sessions are 10:30 Friday morning and 3 Thursday and Friday afternoons with seating for 300 women.

Lucile Beck Quaker Lace Curtain Company Philadelphia Newman

Senate Impasse and Committees Open in Washington Dispatch

The Senate conducts impeachment proceedings against Judge Halstead L. Ritter of Florida. Subcommittees study war profits legislation while the House handles private calendar, deficiency appropriations, and tax hearings. The veterans committee resumes Florida storm death probe and air safety queries highlight concerns with air commerce facilities.

Senate Halsted L. Ritter Florida Finance HOU SE Appropriations Veterans Committee Ways and Means Halstead L. Ritter Air Safety Committee Bureau of Air Commerce HOUSE

Zeppelin Continues Homeward Journey

The German airship Hindenburg passed over Fernando de Noronha in the Atlantic on its way home to Friedrichshafen after leaving Rio de Janeiro yesterday on its first round trip.

Fernando DE Noronha Atlantic Brazil Friedrichshafen Rio de Janeiro

Widow Appointed Mdivani Executrix

Louise Astor Van Alen Mdivani widow of Prince Serge Mdivani was formally appointed executrix of the Georgian's estate in a probate court appearance in Los Angeles following his polo accident death weeks earlier.

Los Angeles Louise Astor van Alen Mdivani Prince Serge Mdivani

New Jersey lawmakers reject Lindbergh kidnapping probes

In Trenton, N J legislators defeated two motions to probe the Lindbergh kidnapping case, leaving the Hauptmann trial as the lone unfinished matter. Detained New York cop linked to Wendel case sparked political tension as officials debated official conduct.

Trenton N. J New Jersey Lindbergh Paul Wendel Bruno Richard Hauptmann New York City Wendel New York Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr Ellis Parker Burlington County Parker Hoffman Assembly Hauptmann

City Naturalizes Eleven Residents in Superior Court

Eleven Cedar Rapids residents were naturalized in a Tuesday hearing before Judge Thomas B. Powell. The new citizens include Albertha Edgar, Frederick Donnthorpe, Frank Svoboda, Dominik Zakrzewski, Alfred Pidgeon, Otto Funke, Emma Hudina, Mary Strang, Chaia Greenberg, Harry Abar, and Anna Ulch with birth nationalities English Czech Polish Danish Russian German. Judge Powell urged civic participation and rights protection under the Constitution. Fred Schlotfeldt, Chicago IMMIGR, noted procedures were satisfactory.

Cedar Rapids Superior Court Thomas B. Powell J. M. McWhorter Chicago L. J. Storey Albertha Edgar Eighth Avenue Frederick Donnthorpe Fifth Avenue Frank Joseph Svoboda Twenty-first Avenue Dominik Zakrzewski Fourth Avenue Alfred William Pidgeon Sixth Avenue Otto Ernest Funke I Avenue NE Emma Hudina N Street Mary Henrikka Strang First Avenue E Chaia Greenberg First Street Harry Smith Abar Third Avenue Anna Katherine Ulch Bowling Street Powell Fred J. Schlotfeldt Immigration and Naturalization Service

Wise Person Admits Errors and Social Pressure

Marge writes that Kay and other girls are smug and that she hides her drinking and smoking to fit peers. The adviser praises honesty about mistakes and urges readers to question group norms, then invites another letter for guidance.

Kay Marge

Dear Miss Manners on a Country Wife and farm life

A farmer answers a reader arguing for toughness on the land and self reliance. He defends staying on the farm with help, urges practical work, and suggests city life suits some but not all, urging understanding of different temperaments and paths.

Miss Manners

Nichols Postmaster Named Acting Leader

The Post Office Department appointed William R. Schmitt as acting postmaster at Nichols Iowa on Tuesday.

Nichols Washington Post Office Department William R. Schmitt

Sidelights From Gainesville Storm

A morgue scene shows a dead man with a dead boy, a girl with rouge lips, and a husband lamenting a last note. Gainesville voters approved tearing down the old courthouse for a new one. A dress dummy stood amid street ruins as convicts freed shackles and aided body removals.

Linville Opens Primary Campaign Headquarters

Guy Linville republican candidate for United States Senate opens campaign headquarters at 521-523 Merchants National Bank Building. The office will be open daily and in the evenings.

Guy Linville United States Merchants National Bank

Fire Nearly Destroys Bailey House on Larson Farm

A fire damaged the Bailey residence on the Larson farm one mile west and half a mile north of West Branch Monday afternoon. Firefighters arrived after a muddy trek and saved part of the lower floor. the house and contents were insured.

West Branch T. H. Bailey J. E. Larson

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