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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1938
Page
20
The feature describes spring men’s fashion emphasizing comfort and a relaxed silhouette. It inventories fabrics such as cheviot and herringbone, suggests a range of suits and toppers including double breasted and English draped coats, and notes trends in shirts ties and hats with muted greens browns and subtle stripes.
In Warsaw Herbert Hoover was entertained at lunch by President Ignacy Moscicki. Earlier he met Premier Felicjan Slawek and other officials after receiving relief committee members connected with postwar aid programs.
Cedar Rapids traveler Sanford Kerr sends a February 10 letter describing Shanghai’s destruction. He recalls streets stained red, ruined buildings, smashed interiors, and crowds of Japanese troops with warships, transports, aircraft, cavalry, infantry and artillery filling the area.
The internal revenue office in the federal building will stay open until 9 p.m. Tuesday for last minute filings. Des Moines collectors urge residents who miss mail deadlines to deliver returns to the local branch by 9 p.m. Tuesday. The Des Moines office operates 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday with many returns already arriving and few errors.
Clyde B. McGrew, 80, a retired Cincinnati postal worker, credits moccasin venom with keeping him alive after a kidney tumor and repeated bleeding. Doctors in 3 years of treatment say venom injections revived him, allowing self administration. Dr. Rockwell notes venom helps halt hemorrhages in various procedures. cobra venom has opposite effects.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baker Blitsch is ill with bronchial pneumonia. Meeting notices include Cub pack No 33 at Cleveland school and the board of adjustment at city hall. Rotary and Optimist club speakers are slated for Monday luncheons. Births and visitors include a son born March 12 to Mr and Mrs Arnold S Koons of Minneapolis and extended arrivals for a funeral in Des Moines events.
Harry Schmidt 52 year old superintendent of a burglar alarm company was shot to death in his Woodbury New Jersey home early Saturday. County Prosecutor Lynwood Lord said he believed a burglar shot Schmidt after the widow returned home and surprised the intruder.
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