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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1933
Page
4
A column praises Hazel for thoughtful wardrobe planning and harmony in outfits, noting she spends less yet achieves a polished look. It contrasts with spendthrift peers who buy more but lack this disciplined approach to clothes and appearance.
The Ingenues, an internationally famous girls band of seventeen, opens Friday in Cedar Rapids for a three night engagement at the Iowa theater. The group presents a versatile program as each member plays at least three different instruments.
The program features a 200 instrument, $40,000 valued unit headlined by Adolphe Menjou and Greta Nissen. The Four Flushers and Lillian Bernard with Flo Henry provide comedy and song acts while The Circus Queen Murder screens. Foggism in American Medicine argues for modern diathermy and cystoscope treatment over old procedures.
Letters reveal family strife and social advice with mentions of a lazy woman, a father in anger, mooching relatives, and a plea for patience. Readers ask about marriage, sympathy, and making friends on a farm while Miss Manners responds with encouragement and guidance.
Leo Duster former commander of the Hanford post of the American Legion will headline the second Iowa district joint Legion and Auxiliary spring conference in Davenport on May 18 at the Blackhawk hotel. He will discuss the Americanism committee work he leads as state Legion head. The day includes 2 p.m. business sessions, a 6 p.m. parade, a 6:30 p.m. joint banquet and program with speakers W Earl Hall and others, followed by a dance.
Earnest physicians describe electro surgical treatment for prostatic obstruction reducing risk and misery for patients. A symposium last summer questioned ultimate results and warned against unskilled practice while contrasting with the old prostatectomy method and enduring skepticism from traditionalists.
A reader asks what the uvula is and its function. The answer says the uvula is a dangling tissue with no speech function and may irritate if trimmed. Additional questions cover albumin in urine and candy cravings with brief medical guidance from Dr. Brady.
Rialto screens a Friday and Saturday double feature The Big Stampede and Officer 13 with a comedy Cats and the Fiddle. The Big Stampede stars John Wayne and Mae Madison with Noah Beery Luis Alberni Berton Churchill Paul Hurst and Sherwood Bailey. Officer 13 stars Monte Blue and Lila Lee with Charles Delaney Robert Ellis Francis Rich Leena Owen and Mickey McGuire.
The Iowa theater listings feature The Ingenues vaudeville act and The Circus Queen Murder starring Adolphe Menjou and Greta Nissen. Paramount presents Lionel Barrymore in Sweepings, State showcases The Mysterious Rider with Kent Taylor and Iona Andre, Rialto features John Wayne in The Stampede and Monte Blue with Lila Lee in Officer 13, Palace runs Little Orphan Annie with Mital Green and May Robson, Olympic shows Strange Justice with Reginald Denny and Young Blood with Bob Steele.
In Martinez California a tax collector clerk Miss Mary Peralta opened envelopes with tax payments. Moths inside the envelopes fluttered out after feeding on the currency, illustrating a curious hoarder related incident amid the collection of payments.
In Brockton Massachusetts Daniel Stitilis a Montello shoe worker died before he could pass to his son Stanislaus the secret of constructing an intricate wooden item. The incident leaves the family seeking the lost technique.
Stanislaus plans to study the cross once built by his late father to uncover the method used in its construction, a tradition among the Lithuanian origin Stutilis family passed down through generations.
Joe Bury of Billings pled guilty to sale and possession of liquor after trying to peddle moonshine to Prohibition agents in Great Falls. Judge Charles N. Pray fined him and imposed two jail sentences. The incident followed Bury’s boast that he was “one of the best” bootleggers.
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