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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1937
Page
6
The dialogue covers science's role in morality and social rights, comparing the impact of supporting upright parenting versus large gifts to education. It questions hypnotizability and links it to susceptibility and intelligence, then notes a church service with music and singing by named individuals.
The Rev. Bob Ingersoll preached at the Sunshine Mission Tuesday night declaring clothes are evidences of sin. He argued that sin introduced shame and that garments reveal human guilt, reflecting on the Genesis account in the Garden of Eden.
Linn County supervisors set June 8 at 2 p.m. for a hearing on establishing secondary road districts Nos. 97 99 100 and 101 as part of the three year road program. The engineer's report and plats were approved. District 97 runs about one mile east of Albemarle then north along Otter Creek to trunk road WW. District 99 extends north from Marion, District 100 runs from highway 11 toward Green's Grove 9, and District 101 comprises two segments near Walker and the Rock Island line. A German women's hockey team recently toured England.
In today's hand South faces a trump heavy position. He discards a losing spade by ruffing and uses a sequence of club and diamond plays to clear diamonds, then cross ruffs to separate his trumps and make his contract. North supported strongly with a bold two no trump and four hearts bid.
Capt. Rev. Scovell of Boston, a Boer and World War veteran and former Shakespearean star, travels Cedar Rapids. He met Edward VII in the Canadian service and Wallis Simpson twice, disapproves of Mrs. Simpson, and regrets Edward VIII’s abdication. He acted with Modjeska, Terry, Hanford, Adams, and Marlowe, and played Hamlet 180 times with Ben Greet. His father was the Very Rev. Frank Scovell, dean of Salisbury cathedral.
The prophecy for Thursday May 6 notes lively activity in business and personal matters driven by stellar influences. Intrigue or secrecy may appear but should yield positive results with vigilance. Birthdays mark an active year. social ties and affection flourish. a child born may be studious, artistic, and cryptically minded.
A 1937 column urges motorists to slow down and be careful to spare dogs from being killed on roads. The author laments needless deaths, warns of emotional and moral costs, and asks readers to consider the consequences of careless driving.
Revelations in Tokyo court martial hearings expose a bribery racket within the Japanese army reaching back to 1928. The disclosures implicate figures in the munition industry and include retired Lieutenant General Haruhiko Uemura among the accused.
A Junior Gazette youth page contest invites public, private and parochial students to write 100 to 200 words on My Hero or My Heroine. It closes midnight May 12 with a prize of 1 in each division and honorable mentions.
Reader guidance on near top ranking letters and final judge decisions mentions a Mother's Day gift idea an electric mixer or vacuum cleaner. Look under classification 29 in the Want Ad section.
Notice of probate announces a will contest for Albert Moore estate in Linn County Iowa. The District Court will hear evidence May 1937 to prove and admit the instrument as the deceased's last will and testament.
An advertisement pitches Alcoban as a nonharmful liquor craving remedy once used in hospitals. It claims risks are avoided, it works in tea coffee or any liquid, and promises money back if proper results are not seen. Sold by May's Cut Rate Drug Store and other druggists.
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