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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1937
Page
7
Fashion writers note a wild swing in 1938 styles with skirts raised to fourteen inches above the shoe. The piece traces a decade of hemlines from 1928 to 1936 and suggests further fluctuations, comparing women's skirts to stock market trends.
Wanda Montz surveys almanacs as cultural touchstones showing how they guide planting, weather, recipes, and personal lore. From Franklin’s era to modern ads, they blend jokes, zodiac, and trivia, boasting wide reach with free editions and endorsements by patent medicine firms. A highlighted forecast notes a cool wave from August 23 to 27.
Leipzig story describes a new typewriter for composers with notes and fractions arranged like musical symbols. Shift bars control note position above or below the scale, and errors can be erased. The invention speeds up musical composition and promises rationing of Pace with its exhibit.
Ky AP report details Warden James Hammond turning 2000 inmates into military units. Prisoners lead groups, march in drills, and salute the colors in daily ceremonies. Hammond credits militarization with reduced disorder, improved morale, and better health through structured activity and school attendance, with 1500 inmates in classes.
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania earns funds by selling names from motor vehicle registrations and liquor licenses. George G. Hatter of Pennsylvania Motor List paid $16,000 for motorist names at $8.33 per thousand, with learner's permit names bought later at $2.35 per thousand. Hatter holds a de facto monopoly as the lowest bidder, while the liquor board offers lists for a nominal fee to cover tabulation costs. Other bidders have sought motorist lists since a 1929 law.
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