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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1937
Page
31
Jeanette Beyer offers home economics guidance on feeding a cold with fruit juices and easy to digest meals. Practical tray setup, light lunches, and gentle soups are listed, with recipes for creamed mushrooms on toast, egg souffle, orange ice, and potato soup. The piece ends inviting readers to request more soup recipes by mail.
In Moscow hundreds of communists including former premier Christian Rakovsky are jailed in a sweeping purge since Stalin rose to power. Informed sources say arrests target conspiracies and sympathy with exiled Leon Trotsky. Over 100 others face trial on charges from espionage to sabotage and assassination plots.
Vincent Yankovich, 30, former Rockford football star, is charged with beating his mother, Magadelene Yankovich, 49, to death with a vacuum cleaner. He admits the act, says he wanted to send her to heaven. reportedly held in jail under guard after attempting self harm.
James Spies of Chicago told Jacksonville police that a woman companion was abducted by two men after leaving Alton. Alan King and Floyd of Alton picked up Spies and Kathleen Aichs of St Louis near Alton while hitchhiking to Chicago. In Jacksonville a dispute arose over the woman's desire to return to St Louis and Spies alleged a kidnapping.
In Alton police custody the trio were held as suspects after officers apprehended them there. The girl was later returned to her home in St. Louis by detectives.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, majority leader, was named chair of the Senate joint committee on the reorganization of executive departments after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. Senator Norris resigned from the committee, and the panel will meet Tuesday with a House committee. Attending were Vice President Garner, Senator Byrnes, Speaker Bankhead, and Representatives Rayburn and Buchanan.
Samuel Leibowitz, New York attorney, will seek an order to disinter Clarence J. Trader's body for examination as he defends Mrs. Trader against murder charges. He watched a reenactment of the death with state police and questioned a neighbor who testified before the grand jury. The magnate was shot in his bedroom on January 14.
The National Aeronautic Association announced a New York Paris air race set for August with 3 million francs in prize money. Sponsored by the Aero club of France and funded by the French air ministry, the race offers prizes of about 70 050 dollars for first, 46 700 for second, and 23 350 for third. Entries require two way radio and single time start during August.
The New Jersey bar association criticized President Roosevelt's proposed federal judiciary reorganization and authorized formation of a special committee to oppose the plan.
The forecast predicts excellent business and financial conditions with enhanced prosperity and social status. Contacts with those in power and secret societies may prove profitable, while those with birthdays may see opportunities for progress and popularity. A child born today could be enterprising and well connected. Nerve threads numbered 17 000 were counted in the spine with tiny diameters.
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