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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1934
Page
5
A Sunday meals guide outlines an Angel Food Cake recipe with specific ingredients and steps, plus a Club Sandwich assembly. It lists eggs whites sugar flour cream of tartar vanilla lemon extract almond extract salt and baking instructions, then details three-layer club sandwiches with toast lettuce tomatoes chicken bacon and mayonnaise.
WARSAW AP report notes thirty to forty more people believed drowned after a bridge collapse at Sandomir as floods in southern Poland recede. Eleven members of an engineering squad among victims. soldiers saved peasants from the Vistula, many farmers drowned while saving livestock. Official figures incomplete. death toll rising beyond 120 already lost. Air delivery of aid ongoing as torrent waters subside.
A reader praises Kellogg's ALL-BRAN for relief after years of using pills. The letter notes improved health, no medicines for six months, and claims the cereal supplies bulk and iron, aiding regularity. Two tablesoons daily advised, with caution to consult a doctor for serious cases.
Authorities report virtually all bridges in the flood zone damaged and only about ten percent of cattle in the stricken area survived. Officials warned it may take years to repair the devastation across many places affected by landslides.
Gary Indiana police say Harry Hutchins 29 a salesman was shot through a window at L B Clayton chief deputy sheriff and mayoral candidate's home. Authorities believe the bullets may have been meant for Clayton as Hutchins had no known enemies and was killed instantly by a shotgun blast as he sat with a book.
Police raid on the Open Forum club reveals a Communist game targeting labeled enemies. The raid uncovered a layout listing Archbishop Hanna President Green Mayor Rossi and publisher W R Hearst among others. Police wrecked the display.
In Chicago AP says sightseeing boats were idle for two hours as ninety pilots walked out. The strike ended after a wage agreement with Progress Amusement owner Harry Rice. New scale pays from 20 to 25 dollars weekly based on hours worked.
Hollywood reports Lupe Velez and Johnny Weissmuller will not divorce, with both stating they will try again. Lupe announced withdrawal of her divorce suit and the pair agreed they are better together, promising to remain united.
The Bay Area labor war began May 9 with the maritime strike and drags on. Estimated losses reach 150 million dollars in damage, lost wages, and intangible costs. Three killed in area, four elsewhere. 297 injured, 638 arrested. About 90,000 out in general strike, 100,000 displaced workers. Teams and marine unions remain on strike along with Market Street Railway staff.
Minnie the alley cat, longtime club mascot and friend to artists and singers, dies in a New York hospital. Described as dusty black and white, mother of 110, she knew figures from Caruso to Terhune. Veterinarian cites old age and stomach tumor. funeral plot considered.
Washington police will receive voice culture instruction. Major E. W. Brown, superintendent, says the course will aid department radio announcers and patrol car crews, improving dispatch of alarms by radio through better enunciation and trained voice.
CHICAGO AP A six month report shows auto thefts fell 53 percent from 14 700 in Jan to June 1933 to 6 919 in the same period 1934. Of the 6 919 stolen in 1934 all but 74 were recovered and 728 were stripped of accessories. Judge Joseph A Graber praised police for the drive and urged continued work with extra squads and motorcycle officers deployed citywide.
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