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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1932
Page
23
An order bars automobile owners from payrolls of the Unemployment Relief Fund. The distribution committee instructs O L Moore and Mrs A A Couser to enforce the rule across the agency and its workers. Figures show cash pledges totaling $115,976. Statistics note only one in ten over 21 has perfect vision.
The text notes a sister whose knee kept her bedridden for months and mentions W R Boyd, chairman of the finance committee of the state board of education, moving to Cedar Rapids as editor of The Republican. It records Miss Boyd born in Tipton on November 2, 1869, with her only close surviving relative being her brother W R Boyd. Jasper W and Elizabeth Boyd died earlier.
A French officer saved by Hans Schutz, an unemployed Danish marine, receives a gift of 400 francs from the saver after tensions at No Man’s Land. The scene recalls wartime exchanges amid ongoing hostilities.
An ad describes a portable iron as the perfect gift for travelers and businesspeople. It highlights a compact nest case that fits in European and American travel, noting convenient features and universal use for journeys.
A fragment notes a cord a tiny clothesline and several minute clothes pins to use with the line.
Chicago report states three drunk gang members of the 42 gang faced arson charges after burning a police squad car in vengeance for a friend's arrest. Those arrested were Michael Destefano 25 Michael Messino 22 Tony Ponico 22 and Sam Destefano 22. About 100 dollars in damage was caused to the squad car.
The White House announced that President Hoover has no plans for another conference with President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. Oxford Junction reports the junior class play “Fifty Fifty” at the Fern theater with cast including Merle Kulhavy Allen Hromek Allen McGregor Lulu Korands Helen Allen Marjorie Hayden Eileen Kotilinek Edward Ledvina Otto Lasack and Eloise Zeller.
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