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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1934
Page
5
A Cedar Rapids article by M. G. Fox outlines three phases of fly fishing: equipment needed, tying technique, and the thrill of using self designed flies. It explains selecting hooks, thread, yarn, deer tails, and shellac, plus step by step tying tips to build a bear No. 1 streamer fly for bass or trout.
On Labor Day 1934 Stewart and I fished the Maquoketa River above Hartwick Bridge in a boat despite heavy rain. We caught three smallmouth bass and a thirty three inch pickerel using a four and a half ounce fly rod with patterns for cloudy days. We designed about forty fly patterns for bass and trout and seek new lures for next season.
The Stars Say forecasts a day of difficult conditions due to adverse lunar aspects. Seek help from a wise, elderly friend to avoid problematic situations. Emphasizes wariness, caution, and self restraint in all affairs and decisions. Notable nativity mentions Elizabeth Stanton.
George Hutchinson, head of the flying Hutchinsons, vows to fly New York to London in 18 hours this winter and to conduct four round trips in four weeks. He cites aviation progress, describes a new low wing monoplane with a 700 hp engine, a two stage supercharger, and claims 300 mph in the stratosphere. He will carry two companions and 600 pounds of payload for about 88 cents an ounce, aiming to earn $10,000 per trip.
In this World of Bridge the article shows how South can force a small slam with a strip play even when both finesses are wrong. It compares beginner odds of three to one with the advanced player’s certainty through precise technique. South, Dealer, North and South vulnerable, 5973 07652.
A bridge contest unfolds with North signaling full strength after Four No Trump, South resisting seven by keeping outside suits. South executes a precise sequence: cashing club Ace, spades Ace, Queen, and over taking with the King, discarding diamonds to set up ruffing power. He then re enters dummy, ruffs diamonds, strips minor suits, and forces the twelfth trick despite early heart finesse risks.
A letter requests guidance on bridge and lens related terms. It asks to address questions to Josephine Culbertsen care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette with a stamped self addressed envelope.
The funeral of Ellen McCarthy and her husband Thomas McCarthy was funded by the film industry. The couple died from gas poisoning in a dim room on Eighty Avenue, leaving only a few cents. Movie people who made Lady for a Day covered funeral expenses and burial costs.
A dense listing of radio programming by hour across networks NBC CBS and WABC detailing music lectures dramas and performances from morning through late night includes names such as Edna St Vincent Millay Ralph Peer and Jack Benny plus orchestras and bands like the Kassel quartet and Wayne King across stations WEAF WJZ WBBM WENR KOA and more.
Edith Stewart 39, of Monroeville, has mothered triplets Floda Forest Lee Faybelle aged 3, first twins Allene Eugene aged 5, second twins Louis James Lois May aged 1, plus four other children Dennis 16 Vivien 13 Virginia 10 Donna 7. she seeks national recognition for her large brood.
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