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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1935
Page
6
An elderly husband, Elbert, chafes at his wife’s lively health and sociable nature, while readers seek Miss Manners guidance on a quarrel about lively behavior. The column offers advice on quiet vs bright conduct and handling grand demonstrations.
Washington U P The National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States Tuesday nominated eighteen directors. Nomination is tantamount to election. Named are David Edwards Boston James A Farrell New York Harry Scherr Huntington W V Samuel F Clabaugh Birmingham P W Litchfield Akron Lee J Dougherty Davenport Tay Philip Lieber Shreveport W D Clark Omaha Eric A Johnston Spokane A C Hardison Santa Paula A P Greensfelder St Louis Kerwin H Fulton New York W F Gephart St Louis Eliot Wadsworth Boston John C Harding Chicago William L Sweet Rumford R I Charles E Bockus New York Arthur M Hill Charleston W Va
Washington dispatch reports administration moving toward a permanent work relief program funded at 4.88 billion with a revived CWA, now named Small Works, under Hopkins. The NRA faces major amendments, including anti trust restoration and interstate limits, while Huey Long anecdotes and Capitol Hill autograph hunts mark a busy political season.
President Roosevelt launched the work relief program by signing three executive orders. Rexford Tugwell, under secretary of agriculture, will lead the rural rehabilitation division, with Morris Cooke in charge of rural electrification. Tugwell serves without pay as the plan covers resettlement, soil and coastal erosion, flood control, reforestation, and other conservation efforts.
Recollections from Cedar Rapids era feature Foresters degree work and D A R convention notes. Highlights include teachers appointed in Toledo, athletic director change at Marion High School, and a fish day stunt at the Y M C A pool.
A dense, OCR style radio timetable notes morning afternoon and evening programs across NBC CBS and WABC networks. It lists performers such as Vienna Sage Kay Foster and Dorothy Pate along with venues and chain associations, highlighting a busy broadcast day with varied music readings and serials.
An increase in wages amounts to an advance of 35 cents a day. Fred and Allen Pearson left for Okoboji to continue their research in Indian mounds.
Philadelphia telecast plans fail as Gen Hugh S. Johnson spurns microphones when they linked to two stations he expected a nation wide network. He later gives a brief NRA defense and a secretary notes a planned greatest speech May 7 in Kentucky with broader coverage.
Missouri left federal relief rolls after the legislature failed to appropriate 500000 for May as demanded by the FERA. Gov. Park urged action. the senate appropriations committee drafted a resolution but deferred vote. About 600000 residents were on relief. FERA had withdrawn aid a month earlier. In a separate matter, William Stone pled guilty to breaking and entering and received up to ten years at Fort Madison.
Special to The Gazette announces 45 students will graduate from Manchester High School on May 30. Events include the junior-senior banquet May 10 at the Country Club and the baccalaureate service May 26 at the high school. The senior class play Nothing But the Truth is set for May 28.
An old remedy advert explains foul breath headaches and low mood stem from blocked bile flow. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as gentle vegetable extracts that relieve bile buildup and overdue digestion. The ad directs readers to look for the red label and avoid substitutes.
The University of Iowa ROTC unit will face its annual federal inspection in Iowa City on Friday. The regiment, rated excellent for six straight years, must again prove proficiency in practical and theoretical work to maintain the distinction. The inspection occurs ahead of Governor Clyde L. Herring’s May 11 tour, when 1,200 cadets will maneuvers before the governor and aides.
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