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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1937
Page
9
The Iowa uniform traffic code introduces thirteen stops, stands and parking changes. Key points ban parking on cross walks and near fire hydrants, require emergency brakes, curb wheels on hills, and limit front seat passengers to three. Drivers must horn near obstructions and remove highway debris.
A dense OCR style puzzle listing across and down clues with numerous errors and stray symbols. It includes references to saints, celestial figures, and numeric hints, suggesting a cryptic crossword style fill in a historical newspaper.
Brighton residents Ian Anthony Leo Crish and Howard Norton were arrested Sunday on a county attorney information charging them with giving beer to three girls under fifteen. Judge J G Patterson from Oska loosa is expected to hear the case Tuesday. Tests are underway on luminous roadways treated with red and yellow ocher for safer night driving.
Paramount features Bob Burns and Martha Raye in Mountain Music. Iowa presents Preston Foster and Joan Fontaine in You Can't Beat Love with Harry Carey and John Beal. New State offers Turn Off the Moon with Charles Ruggles and Eleanore Whitney, plus Fire Over England with Leslie Banks. Palace screens His Brother's Wife with Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, Wedding Present with Joan Bennett and Cary Grant. Rialto runs When's Your Birthday and Lightnin' Crandall with Joe FE Bratyn and Bob Steele.
Sylvia’s parents split up a romance by whisking her away on a trip to shift her affection to another suitor, showing absence does not boost lasting love. The letter advises personal choice on kissing and warns against yielding to pressure to kiss many.
A woman asks Miss Manners whether to trust a new marriage after a painful previous split. The columnist urges her to evaluate the present relationship clearly, set aside past bitterness, and consider happiness without old regrets.
A recommendation urges a woman to marry the man if she loves him and can devote herself to his comfort and happiness, stating there is no hesitation needed in pursuing marriage.
Frontier park hosts a Fourth of July celebration on July 5 with Hanford post of the American Legion sponsoring a large midway. The McGregor shows, famed as the midway attraction, have been contracted as the main feature. Wee Wee McGregor, manager, is described as a big figure in the enterprise.
The unusually tall Mr McGregor, nicknamed by Harry Lauder in Melbourne in 1900, will headline a parade of amusements. His display includes a No 5 Ferris wheel a three abreast merry go round a 76 foot swing miniature cars twenty gentle ponies and a dual loop o plane plus a Hawaiian show.
A local arena will host an athletic show featuring four boxers and two wrestlers who will meet all comers. All amusements open at 9:30 a.m. and run through the day and evening. The midway includes first class dinner and lunch stands run by local organizations and the Legion post.
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