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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1938
Page
12
Olive Roberts Barton notes that children take pride in cleanliness and order, shaping self-respect and social standing. Parents should simplify clutter, share duties, and teach even very young children to tidy up. A tidy home bolsters happiness and belonging, with pride in self, home, and place. Copyright 1938.
Mrs Franklin Roosevelt explained a practical reason for long hair to anchor her hat when riding with the President in open cars. She said a bobbed style would not please the public and noted the President likely would not mind her hair length. She also said she will not sit for a portrait in the White House collection.
Seven young men on fourteen day furlough from the naval training station at Great Lakes Illinois. Six are visiting Cedar Rapids and one is in Marion. Names include William B. Smith son of Mr and Mrs William A Smith of 1411 Cedar Rapids.
First avenue E Harlan O Smith nephew of Mrs R W Bailey 521 Eighth street SE William E Le Clerc son of Mr and Mrs Fred LeClerc Route Otis road James J Kusek son of Mr and Mrs James W Krsek Route 1 Warren E Shupp son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Shupp 3607 First avenue E and Jack A Robertson son of Clara Phelps of Middleton Wis visiting locally with friends Gilbert E King son of Mrs Jennie King 897 Seventh Street Marion visiting that city LeClerc and Shupp to ordnance school Norfolk Va for a sixteen weeks course after leave others to duty with the fleet
LOS ANGELES AP report shows 36,068 Illinois natives living in Southern California, vs 19,997 Iowans. Parsons, Iowa Federation secretary, notes other represented states include Mississippi, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. English radio stations advertise.
Justice Hugo L Black urged the Supreme Court to abandon a 52 year old reading of the Fourteenth Amendment that grants corporations personhood He argued this wrongly subjects state corporate laws to federal court censorship His dissent critiqued a California tax case involving Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and other insurers.
Albert B. Sidwell named president of the Iowa City Boy Scout area council with R G Popham Peter Stuck and John Lemmon as vice presidents and district chairs. University of Iowa hosts a major child welfare conference June 21 to 23. Johnson County President's Birthday Ball raises about $400 with 1 000 to 1 200 attendees in a new $65 000 armory. University of Iowa graphic contest winning photos to travel. 19 prints to be exhibited after 40 of 100 entries shown in Iowa Union.
Washington INL report: The Right Reverend Michael L Ready, general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, said he was shocked and amazed by sixty members of Congress signing a message of good wishes to the Spanish parliament on Monday night.
Edgar A. Guest themed items reflect on generosity and humor. A poem about honoring the dead and giving roses, plus a winter vignette where a motor car and stout coat fail to stave off cold. Two neighbor disputes over a fence and a lost borrowed book round out the brief verse page.
Republican National Chairman John D. M Hamilton reported that about 20 000 contributors in the last fourteen months gave the GOP more than 1 000 000 dollars. He noted this as more money than the party ever received in any year after a win. A second item mentions peanut harvesting with vines shaken to loosen soil and peanuts left soft and damp after plowing.
In St Louis, Laverne Schmitt cannot tell if she was robbed or loaned money by a bandit who entered her store. The man demanded cash, offered to repay when he found a job, and fled the scene. Her confusion leaves the incident as a disputed cash demand rather than a clear theft.
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