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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1935
Page
5
The note offers two problems one solvable and one unsolvable and asks to test them yourself. It suggests using an Imp game and, if lacking, to create a 4x4 grid by ruling off sixteen blank squares, numbering 1 to 15, four lines of four, discarding the sixteenth, then proceed without sifting any.
The article discusses the Fifteen Puzzle as a metaphor for problem solving with a trillion possible configurations. It also notes a debate titled America’s Way Out and shares Chaplin details about his near finished film, emphasizing pantomime over dialogue and Chaplin’s artistic approach in 1935.
Canadian papers contend British justice is cheaper than American after comparing the Meisner kidnapping trial to the Lindbergh case. They cite Meisner costs totaling about 2 500 in tax funds plus under 10 000 for prelims, versus Hauptmann costs around 100 000 for trial and 60 000 in court expenses, noting Meisner faced no appeal.
Mount Vernon hosts the Cornell college school administrators conference on March 30 with Dr. T. R. McConnell announcing the event. M. P. Gaffney of New Trier township high school will discuss curricular reorganization at his school. Iowa superintendents and principals will also speak, with attendees invited to a Cornell college luncheon.
Will Rogers notes a remarkable five year cattle drive across Alaska to feed Arctic Esquimos. The veteran driver started with about three thousand head, ended with more, and spent a year crossing mountains and rivers. He faced losses yet kept the herd mobile, lifting spirits of local tribes with the herd’s potential.
The speaker recalls rough Northland lore, sleds and ropework in Greenland and Alaska, names Fred Stone Rex Beach and Wiley Post, and reflects on Charley Chaplin debates with Will Durant and Strachey. Debates entertain though they don’t settle issues, like writing to a congressman.
In Marseille police questioned three terrorists in the hunt for the blonde gun girl linked to the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. The missing figure is described as strikingly beautiful and aristocratic, accused of smuggling arms across borders.
MT. STERLING, O. A former mayor C M Neff hosts a month long town birthday party for February birthdays with free movie tickets for weekend screenings after the 21st. The event invites all residents, not just February births.
Frances Bradley Lula Grovert and James Freeman of Newhall will take part in Michael Balfe's opera The Bohemian Girl at Iowa State Teachers College. Bradley and Grovert are to sing gypsy chorus parts and Freeman will sing nobles in the choir, with performances on March 14 and 15.
A fragmented list of radio programs and station notes shows NBC CBS and other networks airing shows from dawn to night. Entries mention hosts orchestras cartoons dramas and variety acts including The Honeymooners Story of Mary Marlin and Cobla Wricht among others with multiple stations listed such as WEAF WJZ WLS and WBBM.
Harry Wickey of New York displays eighteen original etchings at the Little Gallery for two more weeks. His landscapes from the Hudson near Cornwall Landing and figure studies, including Wrestlers No 1, are praised for sincerity and masterful drawing. A Currier and Ives collection, rug by Mrs George Miller, and private loans round out the exhibit. The gallery is open 2 30 to 5 30 afternoon.
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