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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1939
Page
10
The fourteenth annual playground garden picnic and exhibit for home and playground gardeners runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bever Park on Tuesday August 15. An exhibit of flowers vegetables and notebooks will be judged by Cedar Rapids Garden Club representatives and prizes awarded by Mrs L J Smith.
The Personal Health Service advises daily bran as healthier than laxatives mineral oil or enemas. Bran adds more vitamin B complex than plain wheat and wheat germ provides little shelf life after milling. Wheat germ should be bought in small amounts from the mill. Milling and selling wheat for consumption grow more common, signaling optimism in food habits.
Charles Cacek supreme treasurer and M. L. Hromadka supreme secretary of the Z.C.B.J. along with the Z.C.B.J. girls drill team depart for Mason City today to initiate a class of 85 for Velehrad lodge Z.C.B.J.
If weather permits the postponed annual Czech Alliance picnic will be held this afternoon at Miller Grove with the same program as originally scheduled. Czechs from the city and out of town are invited. Ticket holders to the All Iowa Fair Czech Day Aug 16 have free admission. If it rains the dancing and program move to the C S P S hall.
A well prepared program has been planned for the annual picnic of the Czech Reading Society to be held at Miller Grove on Sunday August 20. If weather is unfavorable the event will be held a week later.
Karel IV and Z.C.B.J. lodge at the Sokol camp cancel today’s picnic to avoid clashing with the Czech Alliance event.
The C S A central committee will meet Tuesday evening at the Cc S P S hall with officers of the four local C S A lodges Prokop Velky Progressive Junior American Czechs and Karla Masaryk. Recommendations to the executive council whose semi annual meeting will be held in Chicago Aug 19 20 will be discussed.
Nebraska pension plan advocates propose a November 1940 referendum on a Bank of Nebraska to fund $100 monthly pensions for residents over 50, with $30 for dependents. The proposal envisions a $250 million capitalized bank housed in Lincoln with 93 county branches and 3 percent interest. Eligibility caps and a 60 day spending rule are included.
Five hundred members invited to a Cedar Rapids lodge meeting with reports from officers and committees. Cedar Rapids lodge Z C B J meets in regular session Tuesday August 15. Melodech lodge Z C B J holds its regular meeting next Thursday evening.
Washington reports American airplane manufacturers export more than 200 million dollars annually, mainly to France and Great Britain. Licenses issued for war materials show 112 million dollars in seven months this year, with airplanes and parts making up the bulk. France and Britain bought over 85 million dollars of the license total, with July alone adding 35.4 million to France. Deliveries so far this year total 20.7 million to Britain and 10.6 million to France.
Derby week marks the final playground period with a midweek pushmobile derby at snake hill pending county approval. Contestants must bring cars to Rapids Chevrolet by 10 a.m. Wednesday for inspection and transport to the course. Prizes include a Rapids Chevrolet gold cup for the grand champion.
W. R. Davis, an American oil executive, has returned to Mexico to stimulate Mexican German trade. He is accompanied by three German trade experts and is said to be arranging sales of Mexican oil to Germany. Davis aims to increase Mexican imports from Germany following Mexico's 1938 expropriation of foreign oil assets valued at about $400 million.
City officials report that over 98,000 umbrellas are left on buses and trains in London each year. The annual tally highlights common passenger habits and prompts calls for better reminders to reclaim belongings.
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