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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1936
Page
46
Local resident Hirley Peree died following an incident at Caliter 3. Authorities are investigating and extending condolences to the family. Further details were not disclosed by officials at press time.
Widespread flooding in Peailing areas prompts fear of an epidemic. Reports from Southbrice and Amherst note starter fever cases and warnings of river-related health threats. Red Cross volunteers extend aid as officials monitor the situation.
Descriptions of flood devastation show loss of life and widespread ruin. The report notes damaged towns and displaced families as rescue and relief efforts unfold across multiple states.
In Chicago officials clashed with farmers over proposed AAA subsidies and soil classifications. Delegates argued the south would bear a heavy loss of subsidies while Corn Belt payments might shrink due to hog restrictions. County and state committees would judge land use as conserving or depleting.
The report lists state flood relief totals and Red Cross assistance requests. Federal Surplus Commodities Corp announced vast food and clothing supplies in flood states including New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Maryland with millions of pounds of canned goods and cereals en route. The Public Health Service dispatched typhoid vaccine to Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and sanitary engineers to flood centers to repair water systems.
Oshkosh Wisconsin will christen Phylis and Philip Putzer the sixth set of twins born to John and Abs Putzer. Father Michael Schmitz will perform the ceremony at Sacred Heart church after the public appearance. The father paused WPA work to help with the family of twelve children as neighbors and merchants sent gifts.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and strikers reached a settlement after a mass meeting in Akron. Strikers accepted proposals to end a five weeks long stake after fifteen veteran workers were dismissed mid-February. Federal officials and company representatives helped broker the truce to end the labor dispute.
The Coe College band will perform a spring concert Thursday March 26 in the college chapel before a concert tour through Iowa Illinois and Missouri. Under director Smirier Vesely the program features wind and march selections and a rare orchestral piece. The same program travels to eleven cities including Lost Nation Davenport Hannibal Greenville St Louis and Keokuk with homeward stops in Minocqua and Kēwannee. Tickets are available from band members or at the chapel.
Wallace Stein a 12 year old eighth grader from Springfield school Washington township won first place in the Keokuk county rural spelling contest Saturday. Alice Carris 14 from Richland township placed second and Silva Tona Bogard 12 from district six earned third with judging by H S MeVicker and Robert J Shaw.
Harriet Todd a Monona Gis graduate of Corona High School now a sophomore at the Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls was chosen queen of the Mardi Gras ball held there Friday Beth of Cedar Falls was the queen s attendant.
Milwaukee reporters and labor supporters clashed with police in front of the Wisconsin News after a five week strike. Heywood Broun and five others were jailed. Broun paid his own $125 bond and refused release until others were freed. Police and union officials disputed who started the disturbance.
Mrs. Mildred Inskeep Morgan of Des Moines urged Nebraska high school teachers to educate students on dating skills. Speaking to the Nebraska Home Economics association she said pupils are at an age to show interest in the opposite sex and should learn to express it gracefully. She advised teaching how to host parties and meet a date in a gentlemanly or ladylike manner.
Fire devastated two small Arizona towns on Saturday with losses over 250000 dollars. A lumber yard and several business buildings burned after a gas line stove exploded in Gila Bend. In Oatman a block of business structures was destroyed amid water shortages and limited equipment. no injuries reported.
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