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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1936
Page
3
In a Bronx room, Dunninger waits for the late Howard Thurston to keep his 12 year old pledge to return from beyond. A glass case houses a small idol from Luxor as Thurston’s friend recalls his belief in life after death and a dramatic promised glass smash.
Thurston journeyed around the world four times. On one voyage he rode a caravan through the Khyber Pass to give a performance before the Amir of Afghanistan.
A coroner's jury ruled accidental death in the drowning of Dennis Fisher and Lillian Mark after their car plunged into Lake Michigan near Chicago. Passengers Helene Craig and Ludwig Clomin sky survived. Fisher drove and foggy conditions caused the crash.
Iowa Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor and Polk County Attorney Carl Burkman filed a district court action to enjoin the National Benefit Society of Iowa and the Fraternal Aid Association from conducting insurance business. The suit reflects a state campaign to stop fraternal societies from selling insurance without meeting state laws on deposits and other requirements.
Stockholm engineer Paul Danielsson has created a speed indicator lamp for car rooftops. The device shows white at 30 kmh, turns green as speed rises, and flares red at 60 kmh or more to warn law violators from a distance.
Nearly 150 000 listeners wrote letters last year to the British Broadcasting Company about its programs.
A long list of radio programs across networks NBC CBS and others fills the evening schedule. Shows include Amos 'n' Andy Fred Allen Kate Smith Wayne King and Lucian duches with orchestras, singers and comedies across WE AF WJZ WMAQ WBBM WCCO and more.
President Roosevelt urges Maryland Young Democratic clubs that restored prosperity alone is not enough. He argues for broader employment, protections from economic distress, shorter working hours with maintained pay, and government action on minimum wages and annual employment stability.
In Kansas City a thermographic camera explained by Gustavus J. Esselen could reveal writing in ashes from burned documents. Heat photography uses special film and filters to pass heat rays while blocking visible light, potentially solving crimes once unsolvable. China has just adopted flat air mail rates.
Confidential reports show seven endangered incumbents facing dire to dubious re election chances. Democrats struggle as the GOP seeks a possible seat pickup, with scattered prospects in New Hampshire Massachusetts Oklahoma and New Mexico amid intra party clashes.
In New York a quarter century after backing a Queens magistrate court George J. Rhodius reappeared in the same court accused by the Queens County Bar Association of lacking a valid license. The case highlights disputed credentials and ongoing scrutiny in local judiciary.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted 38 158 Washington youngsters on the White House lawn for the annual Easter Monday egg roll. The crowd swarmed the grounds as Mrs. Roosevelt greeted guests, while children chased baskets and eggs amid shells smeared across the lawn and occasional eggs striking players. Girls Scouts corralled the youngsters in the rose garden as a policeman signaled the crowd.
The event featured the U S marine band playing from 9 a m to 3 p m as a magician from New York and a clown from Washington performed. Balloons, rubber toys, whistles, peanuts and candy were sold outside the grounds while a parent called out a child’s name to reunite with a wandering youngster.
Bert Dickson of Chelan uncovered bones and a crushed skull while digging a basement. The skull shows a tomahawk blow and the victim lay with a tomahawk and a knife in hand, suggesting a murder from many decades ago.
Artemus Thomas, a crippled black man in Augusta, travels the town in a wood cart pulled by a goat. On arrests for drunkenness, the goat is detained for taking part in celebrations and is linked to eating into the fodder at the stockade stables.
Since 25 years Zemo has brought relief to eczema pimples rashes ringworm and similar skin irritations. It cools and soothes itching and irritation with rare ingredients. Approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau No 4874. Available from druggists 35 60 or 1.
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