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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1939
Page
17
Weather data from Chambers Inskeep shows the current summer through June warmer and drier than 1938. June mean 72.5F vs 68.4F in 1938, May 66.5F vs 62.3F. rainfall 4.74 inches this May and June, versus 5.45 and 4.93 last year. Total rain through June: 1712 inches this year versus 2178 inches last year. June was wettest month so far, February driest.
Czech Alliance groups plan a full Aug 16 program at Hawkeye Downs with the Karla Masaryk chorus in colorful peasant dress, the Western Bohemian Fraternal association performing Beseda, and Sokols presenting a physical culture number. A speaker will address the afternoon, with Catholic groups to announce their part later.
Joseph Kvetensky has been released from St Luke s hospital and is under a doctor s care at his home. Irven L Armstrong reports a 12 inch propeller eight feet long stolen from a boat on the river near Conrad s beach. Police seek a theft of an old two seated survey from Howard Francis whose vehicle was taken from 3113 Leonard Avenue NE in March. Mr and Mrs Ray T Moore plan a trip to New York for the world s fair and the Equitable Life anniversary convention. J A Phillips will address Rotary at the Roosevelt hotel about his European labor conference trip. Assistant Chief Al Mikota sent detectives Kudina and Haberle on a wild goose chase.
Mrs. Chris Dahl reported Saturday afternoon the theft of seven geese from a rear pen at her home 53 Circle Drive NE. The birds, described as half brown gray and white, were valued at ten dollars.
The University of Iowa opens an eight day fine arts festival featuring music by Dr. Philip G. Clapp and performances including Verdi Requiem and Paul Green drama. Notable speakers and artists Lawrence Tibbett Grant Wood Frank Lloyd Wright appear on the program with most events free to students and public. Ticketed events include the Tibbett concert and select plays.
Tickets for the Tibbett concert are selling quickly while lunch events featuring Grant Wood, Lawrence Tibbett, and Paul Green are nearly full with a 300 attendee limit. A Thursday 3 30 p m lecture by Jean Charlot on Mexican murals, Frank Lloyd Wright talks Friday, and a Saturday round table are listed as program highlights, many broadcast by WSUI at the University of Iowa.
Roosevelt praised a dozen charming men as potential presidential candidates a claim that sparked a rush of names. Senator Adams and others named more than a dozen possible contenders, listing Barkley Clark Byrd Byrnes Harrison Wheeler Gillette Reynolds Donahey among Democrats.
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