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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1934
Page
4
Heavy rains drenched eastern Iowa while wind damaged buildings and crops in multiple towns. Amana, Oxford, Delta and Dysart reported wind damage. Grundy Center and Williamsburg noted substantial rainfall and crop harm. Riverside faced a heat windstorm as utilities warned of unsettled weather ahead.
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) residents praise Gly-Cas saying it cured a long lasting acid stomach after years of failed treatments. Mrs Mehring claims rapid improvement, noting relief from pain, better sleep, and tolerance to foods. She urges others to try Gly-Cas and offers to discuss its action by phone. Thrifty Drug Store advertises the product.
Washington reports a proposed shelter belt 100 miles wide stretching north to south from the Canadian border to the Texas Panhandle. The plan envisions land strips leased or bought with alternating woodland belts to influence weather, reduce dust and erosion, and create jobs. It would require 260,000 miles of fencing and 200 million fence posts, with nurseries and seedling supplies, and could cost at least 75 million dollars potentially funded by drought relief.
A severe wind and electrical storm hit the Hills community at 9 pm Sunday, unroofing small buildings, blowing down trees, and flattening gardens. Rainfall totaled around two inches Sunday and Monday morning, with continued heavy rain into Monday. A limb crashed into the A. D Craig residence roof, causing substantial damage. Albert Petsel was noted in connection with the incident.
Blairstown and surrounding regions recorded over three inches of rain on Sunday night with high winds. Numerous trees uprooted fields and farms damaged including a well driving machine and several small buildings on the Fred Buch farm overturned. Fruit trees fell at Mrs Alex Clewitt and a poultry house at W A Drake was partly unroofed. Telegraph and electric lines were blown down. A twister also touched Belle Plaine area causing further damage.
Formanck farm near Belle Plaine reports wind damage to a brick barn under construction. Trees blown down and fruit crops damaged with much fruit on the ground. Corn whipped and oats stunted by foxtail. Gardens flattened and vegetables dirt covered by heavy rain up to 2.05 inches by Monday 1 p.m. A lightning strike caused a small blaze at a filling station quickly extinguished by volunteers.
Rain began Sunday evening at 4 30 and continued for about twenty four hours with brief breaks. By 5 30 Monday 147 inches had fallen and it was still raining. Ground remains soaked to two feet. Maying interrupted though the crop is already short. Mowers used to cut small grain. however recent rains may aid a third alfalfa crop and improve fall pasture prospects.
Special to The Gazette reports a Sunday night electrical storm struck a large double corncrib on the James C Beatty farm about one mile northeast of Atkins. Fire destroyed about 1800 bushels of corn. loss is covered by insurance.
A weekend storm drenched Marengo and Elberon with wind and rain. Chinch bugs drought and AAA warned crop damage as fields flooded soil washed away and corn beaten by high winds. A forty acre plot saw thirteen trees felled near Marengo and the Bear Creek channel flooded. In Elberon the storm unroofed buildings uprooted trees and demolished a barn on Mrs. Tena Dvorak’s farm.
Mrs An drew McCaslin of McLouth Kansas heats a flat iron in the sun to boil salt pork and beans, cutting cooking expenses during a record heat wave. The improvised method shows ingenuity in a rural home.
Brandon area farmers report cutting oats on 17 acres yielding 1 to 2 bushels per acre with 75 shocks from Ed Lindsay’s field. Corn tasseling with small ears, late soybeans, rape and sudan grass growing quickly. Heavy storms caused damage including a lightning strike on the H. Roster home and a cow killed near Brandon. Rowsley haying and harvest underway with pastures revived after rains. Early potatoes ready for use.
Donnan vicinity farmers cut oats with the binder performing well despite short grain. Yields range from 10 to 25 bushels per acre with an average around twenty. Heads are well filled.
Des Moines AP report says county election commissioners handling the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage law in southern Iowa will receive 25 dollars per case. Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey said the fee may be paid after case completion. Addison Parker of Des Moines, named to supervise the commissioners, will be paid five dollars a day for his time.
Iowa reports a 0.35 inch rainfall in the past 24 hours ending Tuesday 7 am The July total is 3.71 inches versus 2.21 inches normal and 1.50 inches above normal The year to date precipitation is 11.69 inches with a normal of 17.72 inches and a deficit of 6.03 inches since January 1
Dr A Seidell of Iowa's Department of Agriculture reported that 1,288,019 cattle were tested for tuberculosis in the first six months of 1934, with 13,233 reactors. This volume exceeds typical annual testing, second only to 1931. Five counties were accredited in the period. In the Donnan area around 2 percent of cattle reacted to government tests.
Des Moines reportsSecretary of Agriculture Ray Murray's plan to lend farmers 50 cents a bushel on sealed oats will not be adopted by the Commodity Credit Corporation this year. Federal officials say the program cannot be effective in time to help farmers this season. Bradley of Centerville said the plan was feasible and had received serious consideration from Secretary Wallace.
A discussion notes that many girls who try to remove makeup thoroughly leave traces of stale rouge and powder in pores. The result can clog pores and irritate skin, suggesting gentler cleansing and regular exfoliation as better practices for clearer complexions.
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