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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1937
Page
8
An aged man in a shuttered library prepares to move a hidden stash from a stout iron safe. He cor welcomes a loyal servant named Rastus and a hound named Robin as he plans to hide crucial documents and supplies before a looming threat.
A southern master clings to denial of a troubled lineage as he writes in a grand library. Rastus the butler quietly uncovers a missing barrier of secrets while the household observes ritual grace and a fading memory of slavery.
A pale studious boy confronts a belligerent classmate who kicks a cat. A girl intervenes as tensions flare among a circle of students, calling out cowardice. The scene ends with a cliffhanger and promises continuation next Saturday.
Readers are invited to submit essays short stories poems and drawings for the Junior Gazette. Guidelines urge one side of paper six to eight inch drawings in black ink and a maximum of about 100 words per piece with signatures via teachers.
A child named Johnnie describes a car passing by as big as a barn, while his mother chides his habit of exaggeration, claiming he has repeated the claim forty million times. The dialogue captures a domestic scene on the theme of heredity.
Week long junior book notes describe four titles for ages eight to fourteen. Pablo's Pipe follows a Mexican boy earning money after peppers blow away. The Smiths and Rusty centers on a suburban dog who becomes a star. a lighthouse tale recalls Betsy on Bayberry Island. Carcajou portrays the wily wolverine in Colorado mountains with vivid craft and thrills.
A playful exchange asks about Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. The pupil jokes about tuning into a station, while the teacher references the historic parcel of the militia from Vermont in the colonial era.
The text notes most Eskimos spend their winters in thatched huts and that only a few live in igloos, contrasting common stereotypes with observed living patterns.
A quiz tests recognition of familiar names such as Deanna Durbin Leon Trotzky Wallis and John L Lewis. It asks True False judgments on statements about The Red Cross and Golden Gloves, aiming to gauge reading memory of recent news items.
Movie guide notes two child friendly releases. Champagne Waltz stars Fred MacMurray and Gladys Swarthout as a Viennese band on Broadway with good acting and music. Sing Me a Love Song features James Melton Patricia Ellis Hugh Herbert and Zasu Pitts in a light wholesome comedy.
The page reviews several films and classifies them for youth ages 12 to 18. Chatterbox stars Anne Shirley and Phillips Holmes as a country girl who believes she inherits her mother’s acting gift. They Met in a Taxi is a taxi driver romance with a jewel heist twist. Woman Wise follows a sports writer challenging promoters. The Seven Sinners is a detective melodrama. The Professional Soldier features Victor MacLaglen and Freddie Bartholomew with some mild bad taste. all are deemed not for children though some may suit older youths.
In Keystone Iowa 53 of 89 high school students stay in at noon. The school provides four permanent checker board tables and two regulation ping pong tables built by the advanced manual training class. Ping pong and checkers tournaments offer fast competition in the assembly hall. Students are invited to share ideas for new noon hour activities.
A trick shows one cigar balanced on the end of another with a pin from the upper cigar pressed into the lower to hold the position. The note appears in Pubic Ledger.
The piece provides rules for orderly behavior during talks and school assemblies. It emphasizes seating at the front, not saving seats, avoiding distractions, quiet coughing, no gum or personal grooming items, no eating, and leaving quietly at the end. It also notes taking notes if attention is full and to evacuate promptly.
In West Branch, 14 year old Paul Stuart keeps Billy the goat as a harnessed draft animal. Billy pulls up to nine sledding boys and helps haul junk for their roadside drayage business run with Donald Richter and Charles Ketchum Jr. The trio gathers old boards wheels and nails to sell as scrap while Billy eats weeds and roughage, costing little to keep.
In a Tuff town school a new teacher asks students to identify a picture of a grizzly bear. Dude Jitters calls it a bear but insists it does not look like one, prompting a corrective moment about proper naming.
A humorous exchange centers on a dream about inventing a new breakfast food. The speaker recalls sampling it before waking to notice a corner of the mattress missing.
A student of the exam era pondered the question on coal exports from the United States. He finally answered with the numerical figure 1492, paired with the word none, delivering a playful misread of the prompt.
A witty exchange notes a cook sings scales because she hears the son's melodies as current popular songs, blending kitchen humor with family music. The remark reflects playful domestic dynamics.
Answers summarize topics: Deanna Durbin as a teen singing in films, Golden Gloves as an amateur boxing tourney, Leon Trotsky exiled in Mexico, Wallis Simpson as the abdicated royal figure, the Red Cross as a charity aiding the distressed, and John L. Lewis supporting labor aims.
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