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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1934
Page
12
The article notes Germany sinking toward wartime scarcity as panic buying depletes clothing, soap, sugar, and canned goods. A government census of all raw materials and steps toward consumption control signal a move to rationing and deeper economic tightening under Hitler.
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest reflects on micro life in grass where ants reveal a hidden world of beauty. The poem muses on human limits and the humbling wisdom seen in small creatures.
Severe storms soaked City 15 with lightning striking a large tree near Mrs. Harry L. Marshall’s home at 2014 Fifth Avenue SE and snapping phone lines. Creeks breached banks, streets washed out, traffic slowed, one crash reported, and two men injured in a separate truck collision near Malcom.
Santa Monica column notes Will Rogers admits error about Republican campaign speech coverage. He says Democrats read criticisms, defend poorly, and anticipates excitement at fall elections as parties scrutinize each other.
Tom Black, 48, released on intoxication charges, violated the water wagon rule during the holiday and faced police court Thursday, being fined $25 and costs. It marked his fifth appearance this year. Larry Wolfe, 212 Twelfth Street SE, claimed his car was stolen Wednesday night. police found him asleep in the vehicle and he was fined $10 and costs.
Work began Thursday on a $5,000 contract to build two large culverts and a trestle along Highway 13 north of town. The culverts will drain a ravine that once housed the village of Nezeka. The Milwaukee railroad company moved 1000 feet of its tracks parallel to the highway to allow water to run off beneath toward the Mississippi River.
An ex convict informant says John Dillinger suffers paralysis of the right side from a bullet wound to his thigh and cannot drive. he is reportedly followed by Homer Van Meter or John Hamilton and is based in a northern state. In La Porte a chimney fire at Mrs. R Firestone’s home damaged the roof during a storm. no injuries reported and insurance covers the loss.
Lawyers with three years experience and investigators with two years experience may qualify for the Government Special Investigator Examination Alcohol Unit expected soon. Start salary 2900 a year. Age 25 to 40. Write Instruction Bureau 52 S St Louis Mo for full information.
Edmonton activists attack Acting Chief Justice Ives after he overruled the jury and dismissed the damages suit against Premier Brownlee. Miss Vivian MacMillan and her father A D MacMillan won 10 000 and 5 000 damages respectively. Brownlee offered his resignation to party caucus, a move he maintains stands despite the ruling.
An itinerant painter confessed to killing Earl Gentry the former Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader for $60 and a supposed million dollars of satisfaction. Carrie Gill a widow confessed plotting Gentrys death and paying the killer. her brother Ferdinand Probst admitted helping move the body near Rock River. Gentry valued his property in a will doubly voided by threats from Gill.
Mrs. Henry S Ely and her son Sturgis sail for Europe with plans to return after a three month visit. Miss Helen Hines leaves for California to visit relatives until September. The Vanek family arrives from Honolulu to visit Mrs Vanek and Frank. H Simpson from Havana visits his parents. George S Davis and Ellen return from a Great Lakes cruise aboard the yacht Robeco. Mrs Chandler bought land on Marquette Island to build a summer home. Hiatt Newell suffers burns attempting to extinguish a car fire. Major W S Griffith a Marion attorney dies early today. Dorothy Park leaves for Wind-
Sor Canada to the U S Naval Academy entry for fall. Mrs. George Lees appointed superintendent at Downer Home Milwaukee. Public library maples ordered felled after building inspection. County land deals include Carl Reed, S A Goldsberry, and Charles Luloff transfers in Cedar Rapids with small consideration.
An authorial note summarizes psychology studies by William F. Book of Indiana University. It cites a class of 147 students and experiments on effort, enthusiasm, and performance to measure responsibility and encouragement. It also reports gender differences in artistic tasks and perception.
Readers are invited to obtain an intelligence test at exact cost through a reply envelope and ten cents. Dr Albert E Wisgam collaborates with psychologists to provide the test via The Cedar Rapids Gazette, promising to assess mental aptitudes and abilities.
Dr. Alfred Leverenz of the Los Angeles schools discusses a classroom shift toward eagerness to learn and suggests mindset can ease work, answering a query on gender differences in artistic ability.
Notice states Oliver D. Hawk is appointed as executor of the Hawk estate in Linn County Iowa on July 3 1934. Creditors are asked to present debts to the executor and file claims with the Linn County Clerk of the District Court via James E. Patterson attorney.
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