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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1936
Page
11
Dear Miss Manners advises a young man who rushed a dark eyed dancer at a public hall. He sought her affection, faced cold sarcasm, and must slow his approach as a sister hints at possible help. The letter urges patience and friendship over haste.
A reader labels women by hair color judging them as gold diggers or spenders, prompting Miss Manners to reply that the girls will respond and that arguments with a fascinating correspondent are stimulating for other boys.
Cubs and dads gathered at Louis Creger’s home for a ball game and picnic supper. A camp fire initiated Cubs as charter members of Pack 19, with Arthur Nie presenting the charter to Mrs. Wesley McCalley. Awards went to Cubmaster Albert Truesdell and others, as Den mothers and chiefs were named. New members listed include Gaylord De Vaul and many neighbors on SW avenues.
C. C. Hudnall, U S Navy recruiting officer in Cedar Rapids, reports Verne K. Elam of 321 Fifth Street NW is among the top cadets at the Navy School of Music in Washington D C. He may be named honor man. Cedar Rapids pair Elam and Leon E. Gossett, son of J A Gossett of 1410 Fifth Avenue SE, are the only two Cedar Rapids men selected for the band school. Gossett follows Elam.
The Hindenburg, under Captain Ernst Lehmann, fails to dock at Lakehurst due to strong winds and instead sails along the Jersey coast. Passengers including Douglas Fairbanks and Max Schmeling view Washington and Baltimore from the air as the ship circles landmarks and the Capitol, then heads toward New York before returning to Germany.
Frank Libal of Cedar Rapids won two sweepstakes at the Iowa Gladiolus Society Show in Ames. Archie Wood led with three awards across five divisions, while M C Severson earned the Ames exhibitor trophy for top points in the overall event. Severson claimed four sweepstakes, R V Moss three, and Libal two. five entrants won single divisions.
Crowds gather nightly at Cedar Rapids airport to watch United Air Lines twin engined planes. The Sundowner flies to Chicago Cleveland New York and Atlantic seaboard points while the sister ship heads to Des Moines Omaha and California. Police enforce a spectator distance as crowds reach about a thousand.
Grace Thomasson, principal state witness in the Muench baby case, concluded her narrative after court opened. She linked a conspiracy to blackmail Dr. Marsh Pittman by claiming an infant was his son, with threats of scandal to extract large sums.
The United Press reported that a prosecutor planned to question Mrs Thomas’s son about an alleged association with Speedy Wilhite, a St Louis gangster jailed in Fort Madison Iowa. Lacey said he gained information from a Wilhite conference at the prison last week.
Bungalow Canning School meets Wednesday at two. Board of adjustment to meet Monday at 3 pm in city hall council room. Townsend club No 3 meets Monday 7 30 pm at Daniels park shelter house with speakers. T J Whitock leaves for Los Angeles due to mother’s illness. Firemen respond to grass fires at three locations Saturday noon. Harry Mullin improving after Mercy hospital operation. Gilbert Schroeder fined 25 dollars in police court. fine suspended upon costs. Prof Karl Kettering to speak on Fascism trends at Rotary luncheon Monday in Roosevelt hotel. Cedar Rapids local No 278 A O U W meets Tuesday 8 pm Moose hall for annual picnic planning. John Dvorak leaves for Minneapolis to attend a Diesel engineering school. former Belden Hill lunch counter manager.
The degree team of Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows will practice the initiatory degree at its meeting on Tuesday evening. The session will be held in the Maine lodge hall at 838 First Avenue East.
The Cedar Rapids Y Boys band will perform at the Elizabeth Johnson memorial program at Camp Good Health this afternoon at 4.00. Boys should wear summer uniforms and those without transport should meet at the Y M C A by 3.30 p.m.
Robert Drehouse of 1133 C avenue NW was treated at Mercy hospital after a Saturday 11:15 am crash on Fifth street near Third avenue SE with a car driven by C. L. Hargrave of 1552 Seventh avenue SE. Initially believed uninjured, he reported chest and back pain and the full extent of injuries was not yet known.
Eight men from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas are on a ten day leave from the Great Lakes naval training station in Illinois. The group includes William A. LaCombe, Kenneth L. O'Kelly, Paul D. McGillicuddy, Russel H. Voespel, Marvin W. Horak, Morris Wat kin, Darwin M. Minks, and Gerald B. Loveridge. After leave they will be reassigned to the United States fleet.
The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce denounces Alberta scrip certificates as violating Canadian currency laws and asks Ottawa to force withdrawal. Premier Aberhart declined to comment, and the chamber also objects to Edmonton accepting the certificates for August unemployment relief.
Gardner C. Quarton son of Mr and Mrs Sumner D Quarton 2232 Linden Drive SE is named one of fifteen graduates from eastern preparatory schools awarded Harvard scholarships United Press reports from Cambridge Mass Quarton graduates from Exeter College notes mention he is an Exeter alum and recipient of the Harvard scholarship
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