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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1935
Page
12
Sunshine Mission in Cedar Rapids appeals for donated beds mattresses tables and chairs to aid families with worn out or missing furnishings. Mrs. F M Smith notes the growing need and offers pickup to deliver the furniture to those in dire conditions.
The tale recounts William Foshay rising from poverty to finance empire building via the Foshay Tower. It notes lavish costs including a gold tub and mahogany floors, a $116,449.38 dedication, and a three day celebration with Sousa’s band. Receipts bounced, expenses unpaid, and the tower fell into receivership.
Federal agents and police chase Ray mond Hamilton and an outlaw companion after a shootout near McKinney Texas. They released three farm youths Buster Mayes J C Harlow and J Lettice who were held as hostages before resuming the deadly flight. Hamilton wounded in the jaw fled with the unnamed partner as authorities pressed the manhunt across Texas.
Albany N Y The legislature considers a bill to outlaw breach of promise and alienation of affections suits in New York state. Senator John J McNabee of Manhattan introduces the measure citing widespread abuses and cases of blackmail under current law.
Odorless cabbage, a new vegetable from Cornell University, promises not to smell during cooking while preserving dietetic and gastronomic qualities. Professor C H Myers and colleagues show the odor comes from an evolutionary hangover eliminated by modern breeding.
In Chicago detectives monitored the wake of Frank Rio, once a Capone bodyguard, who died of heart disease. The service drew a modest crowd at a west side funeral parlor, with police watching for any lingering Capone gang members.
University of Minnesota professor and wife bought a six cent London picture. The inscription credits Sir William Beechey for the portrait. Art expert Henry Huntington confirms Beechey as the author. Beechey portraits can fetch about ten thousand dollars. A note on gibbons describes their long leaps through the air.
Iowa General Assembly acts to legalize past written agreements between city governing bodies and active or retired firemen and policemen, deeming certificates evidencing obligations legal and conclusive. Applies to Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Sioux City and others. immediate effect upon publication.
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