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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1937

Page

6

Italy Leads In European Arms Race With Large Army And Air Fleet

Fascist Italy under Mussolini has expanded its armed forces to about 7 million men in 48 hours ready for mobilization and commands a massive navy and air arm. Italy boasts the Western Europe’s potential bomber power with about 2 700 bombers and a fleet emphasized for speed and range, while production faces material limits.

Rome Italy Europe Benito Mussolini International Council Britain Mussolini Mussol Fames

Italy Readies Air Arm for War as Bombers Rise

Italy strengthens its bomber program aiming to offset Allied pursuit planes. Officials cite about 700 all metal pursuit planes and 400 observation planes with equal hydro bombers in the first line fleet, totaling around 1 200 aircraft. Analysts note Italy may intensify arms development to deter surprise attacks and keep price levels.

Italy Air Ministry Williams Ttaly Tiste Britain Tess Rome

Meat Cutting Wizard Demonstrates New Merchandising Methods

Max O. Cullen of Chicago, representing the National Livestock and Meat Board, wowed about 225 Cedar Rapids retailers and wholesale meat employees with a 90 minute demonstration of new meat merchandising techniques including boneless brisket, rolled stuffed lamb breast and butterfly ham slices. Attendees from Cedar Rapids and nine nearby towns gathered to watch and seek further guidance in persuasive sales methods.

Cedar Rapids Max O. Cullen Chicago National Livestock and Meat Board Cullen Amana Mechanicsville Lisbon Iowa City Stanwood Monticello Marengo Des Moines

Goering Hints at Antinazi Plot in Radio Speech

Berlin AP General Goering, Germany’s No 2, dropped a sensational reference to those who would “overcome Germany through murder” in a radio speech marking the arms equality anniversary. He warned foes and warned at home that only unity would defend the state and der Fuehrer.

Berlin Hermann Wilhelm Goering Germany der Fuehrer Adolf Hitler Air Ministry Goering Reich

Add Signs Of Spring Grass Fires Beginning

Central fire station responded to the first grass fire of the year at a lot on Twenty fourth street and D avenue NE at 4 47 p m. A false alarm followed at Second street and Twelfth avenue SE at 2 45 p m. A roof fire at the M B McCormick residence 1223 Second avenue SE was extinguished at 2 49 p m and a carton of papers left against a flue clean out at 283 Twelfth avenue SW ignited at 3 52 p m. Losses were contained. occupants are Morris Canfield and J H Clark.

Central Fire Station Twenty-fourth Street D Avenue NE Second Street Twelfth Avenue SE M. B. McCormick Second Avenue SE Twelfth Avenue Morris Canfield J. H. Clark

Amelia Earhart to test fog remedy on world flight

Amelia Earhart will carry powdered chemical to combat fog during her westward air voyage around the world. George Putnam says she will release the material over the Pacific to observe results. The over water test marks the inventor Pleasants key experiment now in use aboard the flight.

San Francisco INS Amelia Earhart Putnam Oakland George Palmer Putnam Putnam Pacific J. R. Pleasants Japan Great Britain Pleasants

Merle Oberon Hurt In Auto Collision

London reports Merle Oberon movie star suffered cuts to head and face and a slight concussion in a Tuesday car crash. She was badly shaken and taken to a hospital while en route to a dress fitting for I Claudius with Charles Laughton.

London Merle Oberon Miss Oberon West End Charles Laughton

Abandons 1914 Model In Kenton Auto Sale

D E Stokes closed the doors on his 1914 model automobile in Kenton Ohio. He plans to transfer license plates to a newer used car and notes the 1914 model is worn out. He previously bought 22 sets of license tags for the vehicle.

Arizona Holds Many Secrets Of Dinosaurs

In Cameron Arizona scientists conclude the Painted Desert once housed giant dinosaurs after fossils of large footprints were found in a stone surface. Footprints range eight inches to a foot and origin dates back about 500000 years near a canyon by the Little Colorado River.

Orthopedics and Posture Tips From Dr Brady For Invalids

Eastern orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Brady discusses posture as key in spine and joint diseases. He shares a 72 year old arthritis patient case where bed sagging affected turning at night, and suggests placing fracture boards under the mattress to prevent sagging, aiding independence for the near invalids.

Facnus Brass Yankee

Firm beds aid sleep and reduce bodily strain says expert

The author argues a rigid bed or absence of springs improves posture and organ function during sleep. A fracture board helps prevent mattress sagging, benefiting patients with conditions like lumbago sciatica and sacroiliac strain.

Questions and Answers on Cryptorchidism and Sugar Sweetness

The text discusses whether double cryptorchidism affects fertility, noting potential sterility unless the undescended gland is corrected surgically or via pituitary-like factors in childhood. It also compares sweetness of sugars, stating lactose is one sixth as sweet as sucrose, levulose is nearly twice as sweet, and dextrose is three fourths as sweet in equal quantities.

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Extricate Lake Steamer From Ice Near Cleveland Breakwater

Two tug boats battled nearly twelve hours to free the whaleback steamer South Park from Lake Erie ice a mile off the Cleveland breakwater before the Erie Steamship Company boat reached port early.

Cleveland South Park Lake Erie Erie Steamship Company

Paris Plans Fifty Subway Air Raid Shelters

Paris authorities announce construction of fifty subway air raid shelters at an estimated cost of two billion francs each to bolster city defense.

Paris

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