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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1940
Page
1
Nine boys ages 14 to 18 gather weekly at 1313 Ellis Blvd NW to debate pigeon breeding, racing, and show birds. They study racing history from war pigeons to the Lost Battalion and discuss direction sense, radio tower interference, and elect club officers every three months under a four-term limit.
The city playground commission outlines spring activities during school recess from March 16 to 25. Events include March 20 organization meeting for playground and home gardeners, March 21 rope skipping for girls, and March 22 kite flying championship for boys. Enrollment starts April 15 with later marbles tournament and hopscotch tests, plus May 1 opening of Elks playground and Whitlam park and Cedar Rapids Softball league play.
Public programs include Saturday hikes for school children throughout the month and plans for a model airplane club meeting outdoors on weekends for local and open contests. National Music Week observance during the first week of May will be sponsored by the commission again this year.
Robert Camp recovering from illness at 1132 Tenth Street NW. James Morris leaves for Evanston Ill to head Northwestern University's glass blowing lab. Birth announced for John Reid Watson VI to Mr and Mrs James L Watson of Fort Peck Mont March 1. Speakers at Rotary and Tri ton clubs include Prof Kirk H Porter and B T Perrine. Travel Chapter 49 Masons to confer Mark Master degree. Cedar Rapids BARE division 20 to meet March 5 with oyster stew.
Hillis Hauser cubmaster of Pack 17 spoke to the Cub Mother group Friday after noon at the Chamber of Commerce building on The Psychology of Cub-Age Boys. Packs 11 13 and 8 displayed handcraft with twenty two den mothers present.
County Auditor Robert M. Vesely reports 1,997 dog registrations by March 1 1940, up from 1,906 as of March 1 1939. Male dogs pay $1 and female dogs $3. Payments may be made to the assessor or county auditor. Final payment without penalty is March 31 and a $1 penalty starts April 1.
Cedar Rapids men Paul H. Huston and W. C. Meyers will speak at the Linn County Women’s Democratic club March meeting on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Hotel Roosevelt. A straw ballot on presidential preference and music are planned as part of the program.
The meeting on Luther Fuhrmeister's program is open to both men and women, inviting wider participation.
The Town association No. 9 of the National Association of Power Engineers will hold a meeting at 7:30 Monday evening in Sokol hall. Important business will be transacted and candidates will be initiated.
Marvin Cone painting River Bend No. 7 by Cedar Rapids artist Marvin Cone has been accepted for display in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond second biennial exhibition of contemporary painting.
Roosevelt high school Gamma Delta will present Objections Overruled A Matter of Choice and The Sponge at 8 p m Saturday March 9 in the school auditorium. Casts include Julian Phelan Carolyn Savage Lois Benson Nina Aristo and others with Roberta D Sheets directing and Frank Whitney as president.
London AP reports a British Romanian understanding on Romania’s sale of petroleum products abroad. The deal followed a long Foreign Office conference Saturday between Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax and Romanian Minister Viorel V Tilea.
A report notes France serves as the principal source of skeletons used by medical students, reflecting a major supply chain in anatomy education and cadaver research.
Moscow dispatch reports Josef Stalin attended a Moscow ballet performance on Saturday, countering foreign reports of serious illness and signaling he remains in public view as Soviet leadership watches closely.
Hendrik Willem van Loon, 57, a Dutch born historian and writer, stars in The Gazette as the voice behind The Story of Democracy. A prolific energy drives his work from The Fall of the Dutch Republic to The Story of Mankind, blending simple language with deep meaning.
On Thursday February 15 1940 after due notice a Special Meeting of the Cedar Rapids Airway Gun Club Inc was held. By majority stockholder vote the corporation was dissolved. Dr E I Copeland secretary treasurer.
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