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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
3
A practical piece by Olive Roberts Barton urging parents to rely on common sense over theory when guiding children. Emphasizes simple, adaptable methods, avoiding pedantry, and warns against overreliance on psychology while celebrating spontaneous family life and cheerful discipline. Copyright 1938.
Senator Hiram Johnson criticizes Britain's shift toward fascist powers as a setback to U S foreign policy and warns of renewed caution in American diplomacy while urging clarity on U S goals. He cites Hull and Ickes debates amid European crisis and partisan responses. The piece also notes related political remarks and a separate disorderly conduct incident involving a Northwestern professor, band members, and youths. It ends with an agriculture note on wheat surplus and a medical advertisement for S S Tonic promoting red blood cell health.
Five persons were under arrest after a German American Bund meeting in Chicago ended in a fist fight. Northwestern University professor emeritus was among those detained following the disorder that erupted after a speech by Wilhelm Kunze of New York and remarks by Dr. Eric von Schroetter, the Bund’s director of public relations.
Roosevelt Junior High staged a Washington's Birthday program featuring a flag salute and multiple musical and dramatic pieces. Performers included Rose Mary Mann Edward Miller Robert Thorson Donald Washburn Bud Fuller Bill Taylor Finnie Podzimek Chester Smith Darwin with a boys double quartet and a Tina girls chorus directed by Miss Mary Bowne. The program included readings such as George Washington in History and Washington's Rules of Behavior, with acts like The Minuet and tributes to Washington performed by students under Miss Eleanor Kelley and Miss Bowne.
TOKIO AP reports the national mobilization bill inflamed parliament with bitter uproar as it would grant wartime control over business finance and private life and property of citizens triggering strong opposition.
On his golden wedding anniversary Hy man D Stack was sued for permanent alimony by Mrs Ella Jack Stack says he deserted her in 1932 She seeks 2000 monthly alimony 20000 lawyer fees and 2500 court costs The couple wed in Wilkes Barre Pa February 23 1888. In Boulogne France a man lost his birth certificate in a fire and now registered as female must obtain another birth record to marry.
Sacramento California marks its 100th anniversary with a year long series of events from February through December 1939. Officials announce plans to reflect the city’s growth, with civic ceremonies, cultural programs, and community activities planned to highlight the centennial milestone.
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