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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1939
Page
31
Rex, a first class pointer trained by E W Lyke, covered fields for seven hunters and retrieved 74 of 75 pheasants in one season. Known as a loyal, patient hunter with quirks like guarding food and fearing thunder, Rex awaits his railroad conductor master’s return each day.
New York AP report quotes Dr Edward A Strecker of the University of Pennsylvania calling world civilization very sick and at risk of extinction due to a lopsided culture prioritizing material values over emotional and mental needs. He cites Amazon natives waiting for their souls to catch up with their bodies as a metaphor for modern man’s behavior.
In Liverpool Illinois a fish fell from the sky and landed inside a tractor cab as Joseph Juraco drove through a field. He looked up and saw a crane returning to the nearby river after the event. The encounter startled Juraco but caused no injuries or damage reported.
In Mamaroneck New York judge adjourned the disorderly conduct charge against Aubrey Scotto until June 1 Bail remains at 300 Scotto testified for opera singer Marion Talley in a custody suit against Adolph Eckstrom The charge was set by Ruth Nelson who claims Talley and Scotto tried to take the child from Nelson in January The Talley Eckstrom divorce action was also moved toward termination when Talley filed to vacate Eckstrom's separation suit
Carnegie Hero Fund awards bronze medals to 14 modern saviors including posthumous honors for William P. McGrath and others who perished in September hurricane floods. Recipients span multiple states with rescues from drowning and burning to prevent passenger harm.
Principal of Etowah Tennessee attempted to save Navy Grayce Jarvis age nineteen from a thirty foot fall, while Thomas R. Tramontin twenty three a laborer of 223 West Elim Street Chisholm Minnesota rescued Edward L. Krainik twenty two a co worker from a cave in last May twenty three.
Sheriff Jim Smith faces rising costs as a truck taken in for fee delinquency sits in storage. The vehicle has accrued about 475 dollars in fees penalties and storage, with the best bid around 300 dollars. County supervisors debated moving the truck to county storage while officials said the county would not guarantee the storage lien but would remove the vehicle without prejudice to the garage lien.
Harry O'Brien an 18 year old from Huntington West Virginia died after five months of illness despite daily transfusions totaling more than 75. Doctors diagnosed aplastic anemia a disease that destroys bone marrow. His 17 year old wife Geraldine Parrish was at his bedside when he passed away.
More than 300 beauty shop workers from Iowa will attend an Educational day at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids on Sunday May 7. The Cedar Rapids Unit No 126 of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association sponsors the program with guest artists from Chicago Iowa City Davenport and DeWitt including George Turek Mae Willemack and Mrs Hope Shoup. The event features morning and afternoon demonstrations by group members followed by a luncheon presided by Mrs Mayme Madden and remarks by Lieutenant Governor B Hickenlooper. The day closes with an 830 p m dance.
The Sussex hills near Andover New Jersey will host Camp Nordland’s third season opening. The German American band will stage a mass gathering to honor national labor, distinguishing it from May Day celebrations. Between 10,000 and 15,000 are expected to attend as August Klapprott leads the New Jersey division amid controversy over alleged pro Nazi ties.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets issued Saturday orders fixing the retail price of bottled milk at 10 cents a quart in all but three of the state's regulated markets.
Philadelphia state court acquits William B. Mills, former superintendent of Philadelphia County Prison, of manslaughter charges over heat deaths of four convicts in the prison punishment block. Jury deliberated over ten hours. judge had dismissed second degree murder charges.
NORWALK Ohio AP Mrs Coletta Schlett 28 was freed from a first degree murder indictment linking her to the automobile killing of her husband Carl 29 Judge E G Martin granted release after the state said evidence was insufficient and cited the acquittal of Harold Hastings 33 on the same charge Schlett had been jailed 54 days and returned to her 7 year old daughter in Sandusky Ohio
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