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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
5
The Automobile Safety Foundation announced a new unit headlight replacing bulbs with a full lamp assembly. The system aims for a universal two beam setup, with some units using vacuum filaments and others using bulbs. Manufacturers expect broad use next year, with higher power needs and no retrofits planned.
Dr Fred Ro Adams announces in a health magazine that dental pain is banished with new anesthetics and desensitizers. He highlights para amino monoe isobutyl ben zoate hydrochloride as a breakthrough, noting rapid onset and no heart or lung side effects in trials.
Hoover era undersecretary of state urges strict neutrality as UPI reports from Washington. unclear text cites William Rockefeller? and secretary involvement.
A leading Republican urged strict neutrality as German Russian non aggression talks unfold Britain France and Poland stand firm and war seems nearly inevitable. In Linn County Iowa a divorce petition prompts court action with default notice if defendant fails to respond by September 1939.
A Missouri fair art show prize sparked a major controversy when Mrs Percy Lewis won for Farm Life a muslin painting using aluminum shellac and oils. Critics labeled it primitive art while professor Austin Fariey defended it as finest primitive work, drawing crowds and debate.
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