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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1936
Page
8
An author notes scientific limits on moral questions and cites memory improvement advice. A Q A section humorously claims men boast about cooking skills, contrasting with chefs, illustrating social views of domestic prowess. Copyright 1936.
An anonymous father says parents feel a God-given duty to supervise daughters more than sons. He and his wife nearly lost their daughter to an unhappy marriage due to this controlling instinct, as discussed in The Parents' Magazine.
Readers urged LETS EXPLORE YOUR MIND to publish a practical guide by Sadie Myers Shellow Ph D titled How To Develop Your Personality. Send 10c to apply on costs with a stamped self addressed envelope to Dr Wiccam Let's Explore Your Mind care The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
A study by Harold D. Carter tested 100 words sorted by children into pleasant indifferent and unpleasant categories. Despite vivid negative associations the pleasant words such as candy and kiss were recalled more accurately than indifferent or unpleasant terms.
The Hanford post of the American Legion will run a bonus office in the Legion room on the second floor of city hall for veterans to file adjusted service compensation forms. It will be open Friday and Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m. Two stenographers will type forms, with Metta A. Burd of the Red Cross also present. A police fingerprint expert will assist in completing applications.
Buchanan county will resume state relief after May 1 with the state paying 70 percent of poor relief costs and the county 30 percent. Based on $18 per family monthly, county relief costs drop from about $2,000 to $540 for 100 families. Salaries for relief office staff will be shared, and current employees will remain.
Sioux City chapter No. 28 of the Izaak Walton league protested Gov. Clyde L. Herring's appointment of Dr. E. W. Neenan to the state conservation commission. The group cites lack of qualification and alleges political motivations, noting Neenan is a Sioux City citizen and dentist who led the Young Democrats club.
The Iowa State Dental Society elected Dr. Alvin W. Bryan of Iowa City as president for 1937. He will succeed Dr. W. J. Charter of Des Moines, installed as 1936 president. E. H. Skinner of Cedar Rapids described the bureau’s function.
Granger Ia AP Fred B Hansen of Logan Ia former county agent has been named manager of the Granger homesteads and will take office May 15. It was announced that 9104 dollars has been allotted for improvements and additions to the homesteads.
In New York AP reported that after days of deadlock, Pennsylvania anthracite miners and operators agreed in principle on the major points of a new contract. Edward F. McGrady of the labor department assisted the talks and a sub-committee was set to finalize details.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Chris Borntrager Jr a four year old of Littleton who choked to death on a kernel of field corn He was living with the Jonas Borntrager family his mother had died at his birth Surviving are his father and eight brothers and sisters
The Iowa Congregational church conference elevated Dr. Stoddard Lane to moderator and chose Nelson C. Dreier of Cedar Rapids as assistant moderator. Also named were Paul Zieke as scribe and Albert Walker as assistant. Delegates from Mason City and Fort Dodge invited next year’s conference to their cities. Superintendent P Adelstein Johnson reported a 60 percent cut in benevolences and a 46 percent drop in church funds, with a slight membership gain.
The group naming Messers and Mesdames Co C Cottingham Huene Keevers plus Mark Anderson and others is recorded. A. C. Fuller of the Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls was elected district governor for the eleventh district, which covers all Iowa except Sioux City and the northwest section.
James Bellitt, principal and coach of Wyoming schools, was elected band director and coach of Winthrop schools on Monday. His salary increases by 20 percent.
The junior senior banquet took place Saturday evening in the high school auditorium. On the toast program were Billy Werning Paul Hegewald Grace Burris Kathryn Scovel Vada Francisco and Mable Boddicker. A theater party in Cedar Rapids concluded the program.
Major Paul J. Vevia commandant of the Coe college Reserve Officers' Training Corps has been transferred to Fort Williams Maine for duty. He has been connected with the Coe college ROTC for six years and became commandant last year after Major C A Russell left.
Twelve persons represented Cedar Rapids at the eleventh district Rotary conference held at Fort Dodge on May 3, 4, and 5. They participated in sessions and networked with fellow Rotary members from across the district.
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