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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1933
Page
8
Pontiac launches a nationwide trial of actual fuel economy for the 1933 economy car. About 2000 Pontiacs are equipped with a quart tank and hose system to measure miles per gallon on identical routes. Early results show wide variation by driver from 14 to over 20 mpg, with steadier, moderate driving yielding better mileage.
Students from St Ludmila’s school present their annual program this evening starting at 7:30. The lively lineup includes songs, plays, and sketches featuring long list of student performers, teachers, and a comedy routine.
Crossword clues from Sunday puzzle show a long list of across and down items with definitions for words of varying lengths. The page notes the answer to this puzzle appears on page 6, copyright 1933, and includes a mix of common vocabulary and theme entries.
A museum will feature and an accordion contest for children with entrants listed. The Ceske Viastenky lodge marks its 33rd founding anniversary next Wednesday at 1 30 pm with a short program and refreshments. Prokop Velky lodge No 7 ZCBJ plans a regular meeting Tuesday at 8 pm. May dance of the Sokol association set for the next evening at Sokol pavilion with decorations and guest participation. Zvejok Dur No 9 ZC B J meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm to transact business and invite members to attend. Walford senior class perform May 27 at Community Hall with cast including Ruts Lucie Williams and others, address by Judge H C Rirg of Ceses, vacation begins May 26.
An early 1930s style ad markets CrasSaver engines claiming 87 miles per gallon and easy installation. It promotes savings on fuel and performance with statements about car compatibility and quick setup, urging readers to send address and car name to obtain the product.
Hudson Motor Car company reports April 1933 sales up 34.4 percent from a year earlier. May is expected to exceed April as the Hudson Essex Terraplane push continues with aggressive newspaper advertising and a trade program yielding over 500 new dealers since the Terraplane six launch. The Essex Terraplane also racks up multiple speed and hill records across eastern mountain districts.
The Mechanicsville high school annual banquet was held Thursday in a circus tent themed dining hall with a grass floor and brown and gold streamers. Junior Ella Mae Kiehl served as toastmaster as Julia Puffer, Jean Thomson, Evelyn Stiles and others performed with ukulele accompaniment.
A detailed grid of programs across NBC CBS and affiliated stations listing morning through evening slots. Entries include mor ning hours with choirs marimba bands and organ recitals plus afternoon talks sports and music programs featuring many named stations and performers across WJZ WBBM WGN WLW WMAQ WEAF and others.
Two candidates vie for Linn county superintendent of schools on May 9. O M Carson of Marion, former mayor and long time educator, advocates reform such as junior high organization and accreditation. Walter A Shupp of Troy Mills, incumbent, cites seventeen years in various schools and leadership roles with five children.
J P Morgan and ten of his twenty partners were subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee in Washington on May 23 to explain the firm's operations after a month of examination by Ferdinand Pecora and aides.
James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, escaped a forced water landing in the Ohio River when a squall hit their army amphibian over Warsaw Kentucky. Pilot Lieut Frederick Von Kimbel pulled up the gear and steered to Louisville avoiding the storm as Roosevelt described conditions as pretty rough and wet.
In Washington the Secretary of War joined Roosevelt who had flown from Boston, marking a notable early moment in their joint activities.
Dorothy Thompson wife of Sinclair Lewis catalogs 370 cases of cruelty against Jews in Berlin for the Jewish Telegraph Agency. She notes hundreds or thousands of such instances and plans to publish in the Jewish Daily Bulletin. Thompson, Europe correspondent for Curtis-Martin papers, gathered material in Germany before moving to Italy to write free of censorship. She sails back to America on the Rex next Saturday.
Paul Oakley a 21-year-old self styled divine healer was given a fifty year prison term for the death by choking of Bernice Clayton a three year old crippled child in Linden Texas. The courtroom heard he claimed the devil ordered the act and he showed little emotion. He was remanded to his cell and spoke in an unknown tongue to his brother Coy Oakley and the child's father Sherman Clayton who face murder charges later.
Packs of former native-owned dogs in Kenya roam freely attacking livestock including sheep and goats and have also menaced people, prompting concern over wildlife control and public safety.
Bonds of the 1930 issue totaling various series and denominations will be redeemed on June 1, 1933 at Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa. Registered bonds require blank transfer instruments. After June 1 1933 interest ceases and coupons become void. trust deed rights end. Cedar Rapids Iowa Cedar Replies National Bank Trustee Geo Miller vice-president and trust officer.
A concise reminder stresses that tires, not brakes alone, stop a vehicle by providing grip to convert braking force into a halt.
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