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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1938
Page
11
The Junior Gazette Cub Reporting School invites Iowa students to join free instruction and real reporting. Enrollment requires a signed entry blank, with details for Cedar Rapids or mailing to The Junior Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
In observance of the Delaware tercentenary the Finnish government presents a Monument to the United States to be unveiled in Chester near the former Finland settlement site. A Delaware commemorative stamp designed by Aarno Karimo accompanies the gift, with stamps and first day covers available via the American Finnish Tercentenary Committee.
Cedar Rapids reporters are invited to a cub reporter meeting at 3:30 pm on Monday June 27. The session meets on the second floor of The Gazette building. Bring pencil paper and the cub reporter entry blank.
Kathleen Check, 15, daughter of Carl and Mrs. Check of Cedar Rapids, won first rank in violin at the national regional high school contest in Minneapolis earning state representation. She has multiple piano certificates, studies with Alma Turechek, teaches six pupils, and plays from memory while noting practice as key to success. She competes in sports and was a city ping pong doubles champion with Virginia Merklin.
Five trivia questions test a reader’s knowledge on terms for a covered elephant seat, strabismus, country capitals, coal formation, and Mrs Roosevelt’s full name with point values for correct answers and a reference to answers at page bottom.
Three year old Hillya Jean Cooke and siblings visit grandparents in Graham township near West Branch during a year’s vacation from Alaska. The family describes Alaska life, mail challenges, hunting and fishing, parka production, and schooling for Jack in Iowa City before returning to Alaska next August.
A home crafted recipe by Jeanette Beyer describes a strawberry shortcake made with rich biscuit dough. It provides biscuit instructions, a method for macerated berries, and serving with thick yellow cream, plus a step by step bake guide and final assembly.
A 10 year old student Bernice Vavroch from Dairy Dale Cedar Rapids writes about a red school in a vale once loved and lost. She recalls childhood dreams and asks why people took the school away, expressing sadness at its absence.
A. Neely Hall's Outdoor Handicraft for Boys offers complete instructions and over 400 photographs for building Eskimo kayaks water skiboards surfboards outdoor fireplaces a tree hut and more. It covers camp craft bird houses winter feeders camera work and various model projects with diagrams and measurements.
Betty Jeanne Ensign from Roosevelt Senior High School recalls a sunbaked afternoon when she found a miniature gold mine in a cultivated field. Soldiers in orderly dress appeared to whisper a secret as she shook a hand and carried home treasure, only to discover the ear of corn tasted best when cooked.
Cyclists in Montreal must adhere to a fifteen mile per hour speed limit and carry police permits. The rule imposes regulatory controls on urban cycling and enforcement mechanisms are expected to follow.
The International Society of Collectors of Lead Soldiers displayed more than 10,000 such toys at their Paris convention.
In The Junior Gazette Summer School of Cub Reporting a department of photography will be held at The Gazette building on Tuesday June 28 at 3 30 p.m. Carl Dueser will explain how news photos are shot and how to start training. Prizes will be awarded at summer end for photos that tell a story with first prize five dollars, second three, third two, and three consolation prizes of one hundred each.
A playful children's picture book by James Daugherty from Viking Press is praised for its charm and kinship to Androclus. It follows Little Andy as he helps a lion with a thorn in its paw and later faces a staged circus moment where peril erupts.
Builders of the famous Pisa tower planned a vertical column but early sinking caused the edifice to be completed in a slanting position. The structure began to tilt when it reached about thirty six feet in height.
The text praises the booming model railroad hobby in the United States. It notes widespread interest from diverse ages and occupations, months of labor per layout, and substantial spending on tiny motors, signals, and trains. It mentions firms producing parts, two magazines, an annual convention, and a Miami club example.
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