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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1937
Page
2
A Cedar Rapids piece reveals police daily duties beyond chasing criminals. Officers handle disputes, aid families, rescue animals, calm drunks, and tutor the community, showing patience, compassion, and community role beyond enforcing laws.
A ten foot granite block monument will replace a small headstone at Woodlawn Cemetery Elmira to honor Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark Twain and his son in law Ossip Gabrilowitsch pianist conductor and composer The memorial funded by Clemens daughter will feature portraits of both men and be placed in the fall Clemens born Missouri spent boyhood in Hannibal married in Elmira where many books were written Gabrilowitsch born Russia studied at St Petersburg Conservatory came to the US and married Clemens daughter Clara in 1909 He died in Detroit last spring.
Prof Lloyd R Watson of Alfred University studies a "perfect" bee after obtaining breeds from about 190 breeders worldwide. He reports to the American Chemical Society that the American bee stops working below 50 degrees and is poor at pollinating deep flowers like red clover, aiming to breed a gentler, more productive bee.
Cedar Rapids Y M C A cooperates to run an all Negro youth camp at Camp Wapsie Y from August 30 to September 4. Camp life, governance, and staff are led by Negro youths with a safety patrol supervised by a commissioner and Cedar Rapids police badge loans. The program includes athletics, campfire evenings, and an honor camper award.
Dr Richard Hope an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh argues that newspapers should include serious columns alongside comic and entertaining features to provide a balanced reading diet. He emphasizes the value of substantive opinion and analysis.
Germany has started training young women for careers as colonizers. A school teaches students to serve as helpers in families abroad, aiming to fill roles in German emigration destinations once lands are regained.
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