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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1938
Page
13
An excerpt presents Q and A from a 1938 piece by Gwen, claiming scientific views on fear and population ethics. Topics include claustrophobia treatment, colony schemes for overpopulation, and money’s role in marriage. The author asserts psychological and demographic ideas with sharp cautions about societal gains.
Names and moves of local residents from decades past include Jean Bruce Douglas visiting Cobourg. A L Alcorn family traveling to Big Horn Wyoming. camping trips to Grand Canyon Estes Park and Yellowstone. Watson Haskell returning from Los Angeles. Lena Vogt taking over Central Iowa Business College in Marshalltown. Major and Mrs Robbins leaving for Camp Cody and Clermont. Ruby Byers becoming house mother at State Teachers College. C F Clark nominated for state representative. Queen Titania’s Enchanted Wood performed for First Christian church fund. E H Farrow attending bankers meeting in Bismarck NC. Mrs Nellie Bean returning from Bangor ME with family. J M Ristine attending Oberlin reunion.
Superior Judge E. D. Thomas canceled a May charter granted to G. Sears Aiken and three others who opposed Methodist unification. He ruled the articles of incorporation were improvidently granted. Aiken said he would appeal the decision.
The note references a crossword style puzzle about fruits and related terms with clues across and down. It adds a health advisory about sun exposure and vitamin D intake, suggesting 3,000 units daily for exercise and diet, attributed to a 1938 copyright and directed to The Gazette.
A health writer questions routine tonsil and adenoid removal, noting no clear benefits for adenoids and highlighting that other breathing obstructions may cause symptoms. He warns against aggressive removal of all tonsil tissue and favors targeted infection control with minimal risk and disruption.
A column discusses harmless fatty tumors on the back that can be cured by local anesthesia, advice on recurrent nosebleeds urging medical exam, and a note for a 43 year old bowlegged man advising outdoor activity and sun exposure for improvement.
In Washington the House Appropriations Committee clashed over last session outlays. Representative Cannon cited $9,764,018,983 while Representative Tabor argued $13,371,001,048, calling it the largest peacetime figure in history.
The Windber borough council in Pennsylvania asks Senator Davis to redirect an $80,000 post office construction grant to a sanitary trunk line sewer project. Officials say a new Windber post office is not assured, though eligible.
Emanuel J. Jack files a 3 million dollar slander suit in New York on behalf of himself and other Jews against Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German American Bund, based on Kuhn's testimony before a legislative investigation. The complaint cites Kuhn's claim that all Jews are enemies of the United States.
The Cedar Rapids Concert Band directed by Ben Jansa performs Sunday July 3 at 2 30 p m in Riverside Park for the Masaryk Memorial fund. Selections include Grand marches and Overtures with a possible talk by Dr J S Roucek of New York City and a lecture tour stop in Cedar Rapids. Refreshments will be offered at the park stand.
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