Deaf Iowa Couple Share Life Behind Silence
Carl W. Osterberg and his wife in Cedar Rapids live a full life as deaf hosts and neighbors. Osterberg, deaf since birth, follows baseball games via his upstairs friend L. W. Rose using sign language relays. They attend deaf church services, speak through sign, and communicate with vivid hand motions, including a signal for home run. He notes pride in signs learned from Helen Keller meetings and highlights the challenges of insured liability due to his deafness. Red warning lights on their doorbell announce visitors.
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Eighbors
Carl W. Osterberg
First Avenue NW
Osterberg
L. W. Rose
Rose
Mr. Osterberg
Iowa
National
Fraternity of the Deaf
Carl Osterberg
Julius Baerthel
Cedar Rapids
Helen Keller
Church For the
Chicago
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Denver
Grace Episcopal Church
New York City
Los Angeles
Miami
Osterbergs
Thompson
L.W. Rose
Household Finance offers personalized 100 loan with flexible terms
An advertisement outlines a $100 loan from Household Finance payable in monthly installments. The plan allows repayment adjustments, no co signer, privacy, and quick availability the next day. It highlights a sample: $10.07 monthly for 12 months or $6.74 monthly with larger upfront payoff, plus total cost guidance and a repayment table.
Living in New York Shapes a Raider’s View of the City
A narrator recalls two years with neighbors who never met, a fatal airplane crash involving Robbie, the widow and daughters in California, and a long view of New York City. He credits the city for friendships with Odd McIntyre Albert Payson Terhune and Frank Markey, while noting both crooked and sincere people along Broadway. The piece ends with a fond, resolute attachment to New York as home.
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Robbie
California
Faith
New York
Broadway
Odd McIntyre
Albert Payson Terhune
Schluntz Earns Master of Science in Natural Gas Research
Kenneth Schluntz son of Mr and Mrs C H Schluntz of Robins received his master of science degree at Pennsylvania State College after two years in the petroleum and natural gas engineering department His research on natural gas served the American Gas Association where he held a two year fellowship He graduated from Coe College in 1937 After visiting Robins he will depart June 22 and July 3 to join Shell Oil company in Tulsa Oklahoma on production engineering duties
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Kenneth Schluntz
C. H. Schluntz
Robins
Pennsylvania State College
Petroleum and Natural Gas
Schluntz
American Gas Association
Coe College
Tulsa
Okla
Shell Oil Company
Dual Nature of Cap the Dog and Tabby the Fox
A sheriff's dog Cap shows a tolerant side as Tabby the fox joins his yard. Tabby, once a threat, now mews for attention and steals bites of Cap’s meals while Cap dreams of prey. Tabby keeps to a limited range, burying food and awaiting a chain as teeth sharpen.
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Cap
Jim Smith
Tabby
Fourth of July Celebration Promises Big Cedar Rapids Crowd
Hanford post of the American Legion gears up for a July 4 festival at Hawkeye Downs aimed at 20 000 Cedar Rapids area residents. The lineup includes free barbecue with 3000 pounds of ox, AMA motorcycle races with top prize money, carnival midway, free vaudeville, and a large fireworks display, with advance tickets to ease gate congestion.
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Hanford
American Legion
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Johnny Fryrear
Bill Dutrt
Fryrear
AMA
The
Legion
Midwest
Fry Rear
Dixie Clipper Back Completes Transatlantic Route Run
Pan American Airways Dixie Clipper arrived at its base on Saturday completing a transatlantic flight over the companys regular route from Europe via the Azores. The report notes the aircraft, formerly the PAA 21, completed the return leg to Port Washington New York. Orientals tie a silken thread around a mantis body to guide its movements as the insect learns to take meat bits offered.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Pan-American Airways
Dixie Clipper
Europe
Azores
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Snicklefritz
Rex Douglas Rose
Shirley Temple
Claudette Colbert
Sonja Henie
Naomi Doebel
Fil Finance Corporation
Highey
Third Ave
1D Finance Corporation of America
Nerd
Fred C. Henson
Lehr
Lord Tewksbury
Legionaires
2Nd Ave
Smulekoff
General Electric
Smulekoff’s
Liberal
West Side
3Rd Ave. Bridge
Lewa
3Rd Ave
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