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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1935
Page
4
Fighting in the north near the Brazilian border looms a major battle between about 2,500 rebels and 3,000 loyal troops in the Cerro Chato region. Rebels are well armed with siege provisions as the government rushes artillery and air units to crush the uprising against President Gabriel Terra before it reaches Montevideo.
Mr and Mrs Max Widmer hosted a dinner at 2336 Blake Boulevard SE Wednesday for ten guests honoring Mr and Mrs Gordon Fennell of 1920 First Avenue E and Mr and Mrs John C Reid of 517 Vernon Drive SE. Bridge followed. The Fennells depart Saturday for California with a San Francisco stop and a five week Hawaiian islands cruise. the Reids will accompany them.
Six pieces from the James Pierpont Morgan collection brought in 1.5 million dollars, led by the Ghirlandajo likely bought by Edsel Ford for 5 hundred thousand. Other works by Hals, Lawrence, Rubens, and Fra Lippo Lippi were sold to the Met, and an English buyer. H. Knoedler reported the sale. buyers remained unnamed.
Members of a local book club marked the organization’s first anniversary with a birthday and guest day at Mrs. C Harve Geiger’s home. Ten members invited two guests each. Mary Beard and Martha Bruere’s Laughing Their Way Through was reviewed by Mrs. George Bird. Tea followed with Mrs. George Liddle presiding.
Mrs M R Warren and Mrs Frank C Waples hosted a dessert bridge party on Tuesday evening at the Warren home 2008 Fifth avenue SE honoring Mr Warren and Mr Waples on their birthdays. Birthday cakes and tapers decorated the table. bridge was played at three tables.
Members of her bridge club were hosted by Mrs Morgan Foster at 2249 Washington Avenue SE for a luncheon at the Country Club at noon. Bridge followed at two tables.
Fourteen prizes were given at a Cedar Rapids Teachers Association bridge party in the Montrose hotel Crystal Room. Seventy attendees enjoyed a buffet. Hazel June Ebel won first prize with a grand slam, while Ruth Griffith and Blanche P Hunter won other honors and several attendees received prizes for specific card feats.
Fairfax couple Mr and Mrs Albert L Bowler announce the engagement of their daughter Marjorie Ann Lee to Lee E Scott of Mechanicsville with the wedding set for February 14. In Williamsburg the marriage of Miss Heartha Wardenberg and Elton Stohlmann occurred at Emanuel Lutheran Church with Rev A Bostelman presiding. A wedding dinner followed and the couple will reside on the McCabe farm south of Williamsburg after February 1. A new two deck flying boat for South Atlantic service nears completion in France featuring a metal fuselage and fabric covered wing.
Mr and Mrs James E Bentley of Chicago announce the engagement of their daughter Eunice of Cedar Rapids to Warren F Ludy of Cedar Rapids son of the Rev Mr and Mrs R Ludy of La Porte City. No wedding date set. Eunice Bentley is a Coe College graduate active in music. Warren Ludy also attended Coe and works in the office of Wilson and Company.
Mrs Van Vechten Shaffer presided at a noon luncheon at 304 Nassau Street SE for the arts and interests committee of the Junior League. Discussion focused on plans for the February exhibit and launcher. Members present included Mrs Davis, Mrs Bell, Miss Betty Davis, Mrs Sheehy, and Mrs Barnes.
The wedding date for Thelma Bain daughter of Mr and Mrs S Bain 388 Seventeenth Street SE to William Crissman son of Mr and Mrs W L Crissman 1515 Fifth Avenue SE has been set for February 22. The Rev Arthur A Brooks of St Pauls Methodist Church will officiate at 8 p m in St Pauls chapel.
Nebraska legislators outlaw gold clauses in both public and private contracts marking them usury the first state to take such action. Governor Cochran urged passage after his rise to office as the Senate and House approved the bill sending it to the governor for signature.
The federal court trial of May Charles A Shepard on a charge of fatally poisoning his second wife nears a climax in Topeka Kansas. The young stenographer Grace Brandon is expected to testify as the government builds the murder motive.
The Senate approved the administration's habs bond bill and sent it to President Roosevelt for signature. The measure authorizes up to 11.5 billion in new bonds and raises the Treasury’s borrowing authority to 45 billion.
Berlin report says Richard Reid erer a naturalized American citizen and former Cleveland and Chicago resident waits trial before a star chamber court in Nazi Germany He faces possible death if convicted after authorities found a notebook detailing his views on Adolf Hitler's regime
Mrs Amanda E. Watson, 64, was discovered slain in a Los Angeles rooming house she managed. Her hands and feet were tied, her head beaten, and the room ransacked. A cotton glove was found on the floor as detectives investigated.
Ann is irritable and feverish with a bad cold while Lois and Roger insist on keeping John David away. Friends note the danger of colds, and the parents prepare orange juice and warm water with baking soda as she receives a mild cathartic after showing fever.
A Cedar Rapids household implements strict hygiene and separation to handle illness. John David is moved to another room with a lightened diet of cod liver oil and orange juice, while Ann remains feverish. Joan assists by taking John David to her home for the day. Nancy offers a childcare leaflet via The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The House sent the 780 million independent offices appropriation bill to the White House for the President's signature. Senate amendments raised the securities and exchange commission funding to 2,234,494 dollars and earmarked 500,000 dollars from veterans funds to aid state institutions for neuropsychiatric care of former soldiers.
A secret army air corps fuel named 100-octane speeds planes by about 30 miles per hour. Lieutenant F D Klein described the fuel at the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences. It is touted as the fuel of the future, with anti-knock rating higher than public and commercial gasolines at 87 octane.
A large blaze ripped through central Taylorville Illinois destroying parts of the Ritz theater and adjacent shops. Fire crews from Springfield Decatur and Stonington assisted as the fire remained out of control near the courthouse square.
Four men aboard an International Airways Buhl plane traveling from Skagway to Dawson were killed when the craft struck a high rock cliff near the Whitepass summit. Pilot Lawrence Nuehlecisen and three passengers identified as John Ro Muralt Vancouver Archie King Dawson and C C Larsen residence undetermined. Bodies were recovered by a White Pass and Yukon railroad snow plow crews and taken to Skagway. The crash occurred about 150 feet north of the south end of the American snowshed after the plane hopped from Skagway at 11 30 a m.
Secretaries Wallace and Roper urged new foreign trade policies to end stopgap expedients and create an international board for quotas. Congress eyed a major milestone on the gold clause, while Roosevelt marked his 53rd birthday with a radio address to thousands. Senate munitions probes looked into a possible fixer for navy contracts, and Patman bonus bill backers urged Legion leaders to back or resign. Ralph Flanders urged NRA to drop work week limits as recovery moves. Senate foes won a point as details emerged on relief spending.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to delay action on creating a northwest power authority akin to the Tennessee Valley project until next winter. Rep. Walter M. Pierce of Oregon reported the White House conference outcome.
Montevideo officials report the revolt against President Gabriel Terra has been nearly eradicated with suppression nearly complete and the government maintaining control.
A fashion notes piece explains that pearls and simulated pearls have become versatile for spring outfits. From street wear to college sweaters to sports dresses, wearers mix one or two strand chokers and longer graduated strands with various necklines. Seed pearls return in delicate drifts over bodices.
Pearls look best around a trim or high neckline, whether black navy or bright costumes. The note advises avoiding clutter at the neck and suggests a softly draped cow neck or simple dress to let pearl tints and delicacy shine.
Bruce Emberling a 42 year old Wilson and company employee was knocked down and injured by an enraged bull while driving cattle at the Wilson and company packing plant. The bull was shot and Emberling was taken to St Luke's hospital awaiting release.
In Towanda Pennsylvania L G Walker trained his cat Otis not to harm canaries. While foraging Otis found a nearly frozen wild grackle and carried it into the house. The bird thawed by the stove and was fed before being released.
U S civil and government aircraft consumed more than 57 million gallons of gasoline and about 2 million gallons of oil during 1933 according to the report.
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