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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1937

Page

55

Secret 3 A.M. Stretching Aids Sleep, College Pair Claim

Noel Bacon of Randalia and Blaine Coburn of Waterloo Iowa State Teachers college report waking at 3 A.M. for a brief stretch and reading a page of the next assignment before returning to bed. They say this midnight break relaxes muscles and leaves them refreshed in the morning after a 6 A.M. rise for work.

Cedar Falls Noel Bacon Randalia Blaine Coburn Waterloo Iowa State Teachers College Coburn Bacon Blaine Noel

Public Library Adds Homemaking Books to Lists

The library curates Homemaking works by Florence L Harris Hawthorne Daniel Logan Clendening Della Lutes Lois Sumpton Ashbrook and others. It details scope from diet and meal planning to decorating table setting and dress with practical guides for home management and crafts.

Public Library Florence L. Harris Hawthorne Daniel Alice Brady Miss Brady Logan Clendening Della Thompson Lutes Michigan Lois L. Sumpton Marcuesite L. Ashbrook Dorothy Biddle Dorothea Biom Sethne Frieda W. McFarland College of Home Economics University of Maryland Mary Thomas Sarah Barnes Winifred S. Fales Derek Patmore

Sunday radio schedule highlights and astrological notes

The page lists a dense Sunday radio lineup across NBC CBS and local networks with programs from morning to late evening including orchestra, church services, talk shows, and variety acts. It also offers an astrology forecast for Monday focusing on prudent fund management and hints at potential gains through speculation and business acumen.

Altough WEAF WJZ Goldthwaite Ensemble NBC Orgean Reveille CBS WABC Pade-caidren Tone Pictures Harold Nase Rhumba Orch WJZ Chain KMOX WCCO WOG Ward and Muzzy Hendrik Willem van Loon Chain We-The Major Bowes Capitol Family Southernaires NBG Moscow U of Chicago Round Table Radio City Music Hall Salt Lake City Tabernacle Choir Ore WOC

Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club taps new officers

William Vavra was elected president of the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club at the annual meeting held Thursday night. Dr. James A. Smrha was named vice president Ernest Sykora secretary and Charles Kriz treasurer. Four new members were added: Charles Vavra Frank Sysel Dr R L Naibert and James Swatosh. The club voted to furnish the Boy Scout troop of John Hus Methodist church an American flag. After the meeting there were cards and refreshments.

William Vavra Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club James A. Smrha Ernest Sykora Charles Kriz Charles Vavra Frank Sysel R. L. Naibert James Swatosh John Hus Methodist Church

C S A Annual Meeting And Related Events Planned

The C S A Central committee schedules its annual meeting and supper for next Tuesday evening at 6:30 in the C S P S hall with a brief business session and a musical program. Also noted are forthcoming elections, lectures, club plays, and Sokol society activities through February and March.

C. S. A. Central Committee Edison Judge Degree Staff Chicago Frank Ledvinka Bridgeport Ohio Pennsylvania Ceska Lipa St. Wenceslaus Hall Ceska Lipa Dramatic Club Wes Drahozal John Popelka Joseph Chytry F. Durek S. Treka J. Hart Sokol Zofie Podlipska Lodge Sokol Society Sokol Hall

What Others See

A reflective poem fragment on external judgment and inner truth. The speaker contrasts outward appearances with inner character, noting the robe one wears is a metaphor for deeds and the neglect of faults visible to others. The verse questions fault and self-perception.

Quotable Bits From a Stylistic Mix of Theater and Wit

A collage of sharp observations on campaigns and show business. Max Gordon, William Saroyan, and a bohemian crowd feature in vignettes about theater, language, Hamburgers, the Stork Club, and a Paris Easter moment. The piece blends wit with cultural commentary and nostalgic references.

Doments Max Gordon William Saroyan Bermuda Ritz

Closing of Swell Restaurant Sparks City Loss

The big municipal blunder Elks a gallery ploy ended with the razing of a fine restaurant. The city treasury lost 8000 dollars yearly in rent. Tavern on the Green rose in its place, already closing after warm summer crowds. The Casi no rivaled Bois eateries, once a splurge for visitors.

Sugar beet schnaps replaces grain in Germany decree

Berlin reports a decree restricting grain spirits has been followed by another allowing distillers to use home grown sugar beets for alcohol. The move comes amid wheat and rye shortages and aims to maintain liquor production.

Berlin

Long Way To Get Drink on Thorshavn

In the Faeroe Islands, hardy Viking descendants face a 800 mile trip for alcohol as a state liquor monopoly governs the islands under a new law. The measure shifts alcohol supply to centralized control across the North Atlantic territory.

Thorshavn Faeroe Islands North Atlantic Islands

Coroner Questions King Immunity in NI Inquest

Belfast coroner Thomas E. Alexander voices frustration at British law that makes the king the owner of the post office truck. He notes eight orphans cannot sue for damages after a woman was killed, because the king can do no wrong.

Belfast Northern Ireland Thomas E. Alexander

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