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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
2
Denmark may gain from Ottawa talks as Britain faces tariff pressures on dairy imports. Butter is Britain’s costliest grocery item at £46,358,000 annually and Denmark could capture much of the Free State’s dairy market if tariffs bite.
CANON CITY Colo UP Robert Hoard found a diplodocus first cousin tooth while prospecting near Garden Park. A fragment weighed a little over four pounds and the whole tooth is estimated at eight pounds or more. The site is described as a prehistoric camping area. Earlier Yale professor Marsh and students recovered many fossils nearby.
In Raleigh North Carolina bandits robbed taxi driver Thomas Weathers and forced him to start the car so they could flee. Police report no injuries and are pursuing leads as investigations continue.
North Western Railway ends service on 53 trains today in a strike action. Ten trains affect Iowa routes with four serving Cedar Rapids. A six foot six inch bald eagle adult was donated to Bever Park Zoo by E J Brier after capture near Datile. N M Clyde Schultz injured after truck wheel ran over his foot. City to act on malaria outbreak at Cedar Lake, a mosquito breeding ground, per City Physician W E Brown.
July 21 1912 remarks from A F Olson YMCA physical director candidate for Duluth Minnesota visit. Cedar Rapids vocalist Celia Cooper appears at Majestic theater through Thursday. Charmer A Pithman injured when thrown from a buggy. Bishop William Seeley Lewis has...
Dean Shailer Matthews spoke at the meeting last night in Cedar Rapids as the summer Bible conference opened at Sinclair Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Safely and their family plan to stay at Spirit Lake until August 1.
The city discusses leasing a site south of the city hall for a permanent dump near the quarry due to high water. Mayor Huston is studying a crematory as a garbage solution. Local residents travel for visits and business, while Dyer Williams, an inventor and railroad man, dies in Boston.
Billie Dawn Hughes, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Hughes of 424 Twentieth street NE, lost the end of her left thumb when a playmate slammed a car door at 5 30 pm Wednesday. She received first aid at St Luke's hospital and was sent home.
An execution directed to me from the Clerk of the District Court of Iowa authorized a sale of personal property to satisfy a judgment against Geo Schoonover. The stock certificate for three shares in the Metropolitan Supply Company of Cedar Rapids will be sold for cash at the Cedar Rapids courthouse door on August 1, 1932, at an hour set by the court. Sheriff Linn County Iowa announces the sale with costs and accruing fees.
A fragmentary OCR shows a dense radio schedule listing NBC CBS and local stations with times and program names. It mentions Joe, Irene Beasley, Betty Crocker, Ellington and Calloway orchestras, and multiple cities and networks, suggesting a broad daytime and evening lineup.
Thomas Proctor, north of Wilton Junction, was fined $5 and costs by Judge E. C. Gillam after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle without proper license plates. C. H. Pitchforth of Muscatine, state motor vehicle department inspector, made the arrest.
In a People's Forum piece, unemployed women seek jobs beyond past training. Steady milliners and skilled workers show resolve to readjust amid distress, while employers' cooperation falters and labor is exploited. A nurse with years of service faced reduced duties and pay. Similar stories appear across homes, stores, and factories.
Linn County Iowa supervisors will meet at 10 30 AM August 1 1932 at the Court House in Cedar Rapids to hear taxpayers on the proposed expenditure estimate. Estimated taxes per $1000 assessed value: townships 8 95, non Cedar Rapids towns 7 08, and Cedar Rapids 5 58. Dated Cedar Rapids July 14 1932. G A Senninger County Auditor.
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