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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
4
Linn County Taxpayers Association members will hold a mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to review accomplishments and discuss future plans. A date will be announced later. Millionaires in England last year numbered 540.
The Big Springs reunion will be held Sunday at the school. Former students and teachers are invited to attend with dinner served at 1 oclock.
The Friday evening program at Whittam park features Lonesome Cowboy on guitar and Earl the Pop Corn King on harmonica. A motion picture comedy will be shown. Earlier last week James Skinner performed tricks at Whitlam park.
A brief Tit Bits quip plays on a wife noting her hoarseness and the second remark about her husband’s return home last night, hinting at a humorous domestic moment from the period.
Advertises HEMROID as the internal solution to piles caused by poor lower bowel circulation. Claims external treatments fail and surgery not needed. Promotes May's Drug Co. sales and a money back guarantee if symptoms persist.
In Miami, a defense witness testified Haden Clarke, dying from a gunshot, told friend Richard Lavender days before his death that he planned suicide “in a big way” to make news. Clarke spoke of shooting through the head as the only quick exit. The remark was made before Clarke was found shot on a sun porch shared with Capt. William N. Lancaster.
In Englewood New Jersey the Lindbergh household prepares for the second child, with friends indicating birth likely after August 19. Mrs. Lindbergh is reported well after a period of strain, while circumstantial notes on the birth date circulate amid cautious speculation.
Hollywood wedding tied to MGM studio ceremony as Virginia Bruce became Mrs John Gilbert. The couple wed at the MGM bungalow with Irving Thalberg as best man and a guest list including Norma Shearer and Dolores Del Rio. The newlyweds planned a lengthy honeymoon trip.
Fred Musel aged 23 of 715 Seventh avenue SE remained in Mercy hospital Thursday with his spine in a cast after a Wednesday morning crash on Center Point road. He suffered cuts to the legs and shoulder and several cracked vertebrae. His alleged driver Vincent Gaffey was uninjured.
Total resources of the nation’s 6 157 national banks on June 30 aggregated 22 367 711 000 Comptroller of the Currency Poole announced Thursday giving out figures compiled for the call for condition of national banks which he issued at the end of June The resources had decreased 2 294 711 000 from the figure for December 1 1981 when 5 373 banks reported 5 274 987 000 from June 30 1931 when 6 805 banks reported
Cecil Bolsinger toll manager for Northwestern Bell spoke at a noon Lions club luncheon on telephonic progress. He traced the evolution from private lines to a Cedar Rapids system where nearly all phones are connected and 90 percent of world phones are linked. He described Bell system efforts to offer economical long distance service through special contracts and surveys for heavy toll users, noting substantial savings and efficiency gains for many businesses.
Representatives of the moving picture operators urged city council to amend two ordinances for fire safety. They proposed raising the operator age from 18 to 21, require one operator per machine, and limit operators to a single machine per performance. A stage switchboard and full time operator were also suggested. The council took the matter under advisement.
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