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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
8
Des Moines announced by Andrew Stewart that Marion liquor store hires World War II veteran Rollins as clerk at a monthly salary of 100 dollars. John Troy, store manager, denies resignation reports while confirming health issues.
Funeral services for Charles Lewis Matheny of Robins were held Thursday at the Dunkard church west of Robins with Sol Stoner of Pendleton officiating. Burial followed in Dunkard cemetery. Pallbearers were N A Burgess G S Miles A T Qulinger C H Schluntz Neal Miller and J A Sutera of Robins. Relatives attending included Howard Cumberland and son of Lamont Mrs Daisy Diehl of Boone Mr and Mrs Ivan Nothohm of Vinton Mr and Mrs Roy Chismore and Mr and Mrs Otho Hendrickson of Coggon and Mr and Mrs George L Erwin who moved to 1675 Seventh Avenue. Mrs Violet Frederick’s name omitted from Thursday guest list and Mrs Ethel Blake’s name incorrect in Gazette. Marion high school varsity and second basketball teams to play Independence Friday night.
Linn County Produce Co. advertises tender frozen frying chicken 24% to 3 pounds and two dozen farm fresh eggs for 98% total. Marion items note mayor Pazour's return from Hot Springs Ark and several social and club activities with local residents and students.
Demonstrates the bloodless method for preparing chicken for frying or canning. Nine homemaker clubs are active in the township. Miss Martha J. Snell, a University of Iowa student, will visit Friday evening for a mid semester vacation with her mother, Mrs Hazel Snell.
Arthur Deamer announces Cedar Rapids public schools’ Harrison unit is a voluntary special school serving 68 students, including mentally slow and physically handicapped youths. The program favors happy, individualized learning with lenient discipline and expanded activities, aiming to add seven or eight teachers within years.
Dr. E. S. Garr, a key figure in the inquiry into Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt’s slaying, died at the U S veterans hospital in Lexington shortly before midnight Thursday. He had entered the facility for observation after telling interviewers he did not believe Denhardt killed his sister Verna Garr Taylor, the war veteran’s fiancée.
Mrs Nellie Avery aged 70 was found frozen in her back yard Friday. Coroner says she fell Wednesday night when feeding chickens and suffered a head injury. She lived alone. Survived by two sons Harry of Garner and Otis of Waterloo. Body found by Clare Haymond.
If life existed on the moon observers would experience daylight and starlight together as the sunlit sky overlapped with star visibility in a single view. This thought experiment explores how lunar geography affects sky brightness and perception.
A reader argues for the Townsend Plan as a cure for debt and unemployment, urging pension funding from a nonborrowing path. The text shifts to a bizarre scene where a boy named Robert swallows two checks after a cashier mistakes them, prompting a police inquiry.
Police report a double tragedy in Los Angeles as 56 year old Arthur C. Fuller shot and killed Mrs Estella Green after she refused his marriage proposal then killed himself. A will found on Fuller left his property to Robert Green the 14 year old son of Mrs Green.
In Chicago, 16 year old Robert Fry presented a $20 check at a department store Thursday night. Detective Frank Pape outlined the case as it unfolded with the clerk noting the signature.
Washington AP reports Representative Fish of New York says both Republican and Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee agree there should be no change in the Spanish arms embargo act.
Berlin AP reports Chancellor Hitler sent a telegram to General Francisco Franco praising his capture of Barcelona. He conveyed heartiest congratulations on the brilliant success and pledged German support.
A fragment references the national army and leadership in liberating Barcelona and hopes for an early victory to bring peace and a new epoch of development for the Spanish nation. An advertisement note appears: IN THE GAZETTE.
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