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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1938
Page
4
The piece surveys handshaking habits across community figures from Principal Fred Kluss to Mayor Frank Hahn and ministers, noting health concerns. It shifts to a medical column on vitamin A and vitamin D roles, arguing sun exposure and vitamin D may drive immune protection and respiratory health more than vitamin A, with practical intake tips.
Noted physician Dr William Brady surveys vitamin A doubts amid broader vitamin therapy trends. He cites scant evidence for A's essential role, noting cod liver oil as a rare convincing case and explaining night blindness as a historical indicator rather than proof of necessity.
In fall 1911 John Breslin Earl Cherry and Ben Haden aided Parmalee the Wright pilot when a Wright flyer arrived by train near the Quaker Oats plant. The crew recalls the daring takeoff and a three day stay including a flight to Marion and back.
Weather column explains rain drop speeds and slant as wind increases, describes cloud bursts from rising winds, and notes how rain shapes influence vehicle aerodynamics. It includes a regional forecast section for Indiana Illinois and surrounding states with winds and conditions. It ends with reader questions on weather science and moon quarter myths.
A 1938 note argues vitamin D is essential beyond infancy, with sun exposure alone insufficient for all needs. It cites foods like milk and fish as sources but calls for artificial supplementation to meet the daily requirements for infants to young adults. The Medical Research Council’s survey highlights older children 10 to 18 needing more vitamin D.
Nantucket Island once the world’s leading whaling port has become the least spoiled example of how American forefathers lived, preserving a historical way of life. The note highlights its transition from bustling trade hub to preserved colonial-era atmosphere reflecting bygone days.
MELROSE Mass From a four car garage Mrs Ida Withers built a five room bungalow for herself and her three sons. Widowed when her youngest was 6 she gave up a two family house but kept the garage. She partitioned the space with wallboard and second hand lumber sealed doors added windows and a brick chimney from salvaged brick.
Leningrad museum of communications holds the USSR's largest stamp collection with 65 000 items from around the world. Highlights include Mauritius 1848 Moldavian 1858 and a 1863 Colombian issue. It houses rare Russian stamps 1857 1858 Civil War issues and Soviet series on major events. A new Ivan Papanin expedition stamp set recently joined the holdings.
Public Library shelves a new travel and adventure section featuring So You're Going to Travel by Clara Elizabeth Laughlin and several major titles. The list includes Face of France by Harry James Greenwall, English Countryside in Coleer by Charles Bradley Ford, New Hampshire a Guide to the Granite State by the Federal Writers' Project, Skye High by Heskell Pearson and Hugh K. Lunn, Sunset House and Perfume From Florence by Lady Winifred Fortescue, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, Kings and Knaves in the Cameroons by Andre Mikhelson, The Other Side of the Mountain by James Ramsey Ullman, Arctic Harpooner edited by Leslie Dalrymple Stair, Forbidden Road-Kabel to Samarkand by Rosita Forbes, and Fifty South to Fifty South by Warwick M. Tompkins.
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