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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1932

Page

8

Roof and grass fires stretch city fire department

Following a city banquet at the central fire station Tuesday noon, a busy afternoon saw roof fires at 817 Fourteenth street SE and 544 H street SW with chimney and stove pipe faults causing most damage. Insurance covers the Troyak home. Nesbitt’s house suffered roof fire with interior smoke and plaster removal. canvas covered roofs due to bad weather. other incidents include a carburetor backfire ignition on Bever avenue SE and a grass fire near Twenty second avenue and A street SW two other grass fires near McKinley school.

Joseph Troyak Fourteenth Street Henry Nesbitt H Street C. L. Sperman First Street SE Company No. 6 Bever Avenue Twenty-second Avenue Company No McKinley School

Education in Human Behaviorism Debate at Coe College

Grace Leigh Scott, lecturer and social economist, urged a shift to human behaviorism over material facts before Coe College students. She contrasted postwar America’s focus on liberty with a need for self restraint and valued life, citing her France experiences and support from the W C T U. High school girls volleyball saw seniors beat freshmen 29 to 22 for the title, after seniors downed juniors 24 to 17 and freshmen beat sophomores 29 to 14. Sophomores then defeated juniors 27 to 17 in the consolation.

Grace Leigh Scott Coe College France Miss Scott America Scott Cedar Rapids S. B. Miller Third Avenue SE TAMA Sophiomores

Friends Desert Husband With Bad Disposition

A column discusses a husband whose mood swings embarrass his wife and strain friendships. It urges self awareness to prevent losing social ties and harming the marriage, warning that his wife may lose valued friendships if he does not change.

Jim

Advice to a young widow on regaining freedom

A twenty year old widow asks Miss Manners for more privileges with friends. The answer suggests her parents see her as their hurt child, and advises inviting groups to the home to ease their anxiety and gradually restore her social life with peers.

Miss Manners Jody

Dr McCullough Speaks At First Evangelical Father Son Dinner

The father and son banquet at First Evangelical church drew ninety men and boys Tuesday. Pastor Rev J L Baumgartner led prayers, Luther Fuhrmeister and Mr Westerberg led singing, and Dr J Renwick McCullough compared father son ties to a mutual benefit corporation. Toasts by Warren Buchan and L A Talbott followed, with magic by Warren Ainsworth and a basketball postlude. Mrs C H Klersey and helpers served the dinner.

First Evangelical H. H. Hoadley Luther Fuhrmeister Westerberg J. L. Baumgartner Mr. Fuhrmeister J. Renwick McCullough Warren Buchan L. A. Talbott Warren Ainsworth C. H. Klersey

Trinity Lutheran Church to Hold Thanksgiving Services

Trinity Lutheran church Missouri synod on Third avenue and Fourteenth street SW will hold a 10 30 am Thanksgiving service with Rev P L Bornhoft preaching on How the World Thanks God How the Christian Thanks God Organ solos by John A Jaeger and hymns by the Glee Club Baptist Choir and Trinity Choir will perform 9 30 am service offers Jubilate Deo and Nun Danket All Und Bringet Ehr Public invited A national Johnson name note appears.

Trinity Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod Third Avenue Fourteenth Street P. L. Bornhoeft John A. Jaeger C. Martin Bailey Rollo F, Maitland C. J. B. Meacham Glee Club Hyatt Trinity Choir

Meeting Julio Jimenez in Santiago Travel Log

In Santiago, Chile we visit author Julio Jimenez and his family. Isabella, his daughter, asks questions in Spanish while we tour the city with Mrs Jimenez. We note roof riders on double deck street cars and admire public buildings, then travel north to nitrate mining regions and the Andes, crossing into Peru and admiring a deep river gorge.

Santiago Chile Julio Jimenez New York City Jimenez Bella Argentina Uruguay South America Andes Rockies Peru

Uncle Ray Offers Q and A Leaflet on Europe

A reader note invites sending a stamped self addressed envelope to receive a leaflet titled Questions and Answers about Europe. The item indicates it is from Uncle Ray and mentions distribution through the paper for readers studying Europe and the Tomorrow-Peru and Ecuador topic.

Peru Ecuador Europe Uncle Ray

Local Boys Earn Eagle Scout Rank At Roosevelt Court

Three local youths John A Hutch Jr Melvin Galbraith and Clarence Rather were named Eagle Scouts at a Tuesday Roosevelt High court of honor attended by 500 plus spectators. Also named were Star Scouts Earle Chamberlain Sidney Temple LaVerne Anderson and Life Scouts Cooke Anderson Bruce McGregor Robert McGregor with Troops 2 11 5. The event featured Eagle salutes by mothers and led by Rev E B Frye and Troop 19 host crew with others aiding in badges pins and honors.

John A. Hutch Melvin Galbraith Clarence Rather Roosevelt Junior High School John Twentyfirst Street First Lutheran Church Benjamin Franklin Junior High H. L. Galbraith Twentieth Avenue Melvin P. T. A. of Lincoln School Grant Senior High School Clarence A. E. Rather Sixth Street Troop 3 The Church of God Win Star Life Earle Chamberlain Sidney Temple LaVerne Anderson Cooke Anderson Bruce McGregor Robert McGregor E. B. Frye Trinity Methodist Church Court of Honor Lowell Orth Second Evangelical Church Burnett B. Holland Dick Groat Frederick Long

Scout merit badges and ranks listed for Troops 1 to 44

The record enumerates Second in attendance Troop 19 and Third in advancement Troop 2 with First and Second class ranks awarded to named scouts across many troops. Merit badges are credited to a long list of scouts from numerous troops, including Benjamin Jump, Carl Filermans, Elmer Rosenbaum, John Plunkett, Oa Anderson, Laverne Anderson, Richard Loftus, Emil Bozanek, George Marsh, Melvin Galbraith, and Arthur McCulloch, among others, across troops 1 through 44.

Benjamin Jump Paul Hawke Carl Filermans Arthur McCulloch Osa Anderson Fred Fleming Robert Giltrap William Swatosh James Bromwel Robert Erickson Lester Besser Mari Biskup Ernest Bush John Clemens Robert Cocayne la Verne Fink Robert Files James French William Grafton Willard Hayes, Jr Robert Hayward Raymond Jiruska Edwin Keyes Philip Klass Robert McGregor Bruce McGregor Robert O'Meara John Safranek Allen Sar Robert Sar James Taylor Wayne Dodds Donald Henningsen New~berry Franklin Pierce Richard Ball Troop John Hutch Victor Moravec Dick Graves Robert Greene Walter Dennis Laurence Mortensen Milo Novotny Oa Anderson Laverne Anderson William Claassen Richard Bampson Kenneth Collins John Hasek James Horton Richard Loftus Vernon Flint Miles Locher Emil Bozanek Sam David George Marsh Theodore Ruffin W. A. Suthars Melvin Galbraith Art McCulloch Donald Wilson Earl Wilson Robert Munson Edward Ferreter Eugene Babbitt Earl Madery Ben O'Meara Harvey Bauer

Grant Wood Displays Daughters Of Revolution In New York

Grant Wood has entered his painting Daughters of Revolution in a major New York exhibition of American art opened Tuesday. The artist, now in Omaha serving as judge for another show, has earned a prominent position in the current exhibit.

Grant Wood Daughters of Revolution New York Wood New York City Omaha

Roosevelt Menaced By Mere Theorists

In Washington the threat to President-elect Roosevelt comes not from bomb throwers but theorists. A record security guard surrounded him at the Mayflower hotel as officials cite a rising number seeking to offer cures for the war debt Bronleatt has reached a large size.

Washington Roosevelt Mayflower Hotel Bronleatt

Zodiac Weather Boosts Holiday Spirit and Growth

Astrological forecast suggests planetary configurations heighten holiday cheer and joy. Emotions may trend exalted with mystical inclinations, and birthdays hint at progress, prosperity, and favors from elders or institutions. Notable nativity: Zachary Taylor, former U.S. president.

Zachary Taylor United States

Red Panther Hood staged at Belle Plaine homecoming

Seniors led the Thursday homecoming week activities with a Wednesday pep assembly in the auditorium. A burlesque play titled Red Panther Hood, a spoof on Little Red Riding Hood, was directed by a committee including Gayle Malcolm and Harry Long. Cast featured Kathryn Janss as Red Panther Hood and Jarald Figgins as the wolf.

Belle Plaine Gayle Malcolm Harry Long Long Miss Malcolm Marian McCune Albert Sullivan Kathryn Janss Jarald Figgins the Wolf Dick Burrows Toledo Virginia Irwin Annabelle Coburn Wava LaQuatte Lathal Long Helen Lager Gayle Peterman Lois Wariner Lois Swalm Margie Driscoll Florence Johnson Pete Palmer Don Gatrell Undertaker

Confucian Society in China Upholds Wife's Subservience

Fragmentary note states that members of the Confucian society in China do not believe in divorce and hold the wife under her husband's authority throughout marriage, reflecting traditional gender roles and social norms.

China

Glassford Seeks Aid for Jobless Wanderers in Congress

Washington AP report notes thousands of youths wander roads seeking work. Brigadier General Glassford proposes federal relief, estimating nearly one million wanderers under 35, including 200,000 mariners. Baker warned youth cannot wait for better days as communities struggle with health, education, and emergency relief efforts.

Washington Congress Pelham D. Glassford Newton D. Baker America

Woman holds perfect pinochle hand in Detroit game

Miss Josephine Herber in Detroit calls police after picking up a perfect pinochle hand worth 1500 points with 13 spades. An officer jokes to hold the hand for 1500 points and frame it, reflecting the humorous incident at police headquarters.

Detroit Mich Josephine Herber

Man seeks divorce over wife tying him in bed and chair

In Indianapolis Frank Hellman aged 85 filed for divorce against his 36 year old wife Gail alleging she tied him in bed at night and restrained him in a chair during the day.

Indianapolis Ind Frank Hellman Gail

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Fourteenth St BY Claude Callan Tom Mary Manners Misa Dr McCullough Trinity Lutheran Church Johnson Uncle Ray’s REO Claude Reo-Royales Reo Motor Co Chas. Jones Vincl Dept. A St. Paul, Minn May Drug Company Mr. Holland Carroll C. Thomas Scout Harry F. Beadle Earl Youtzy Lasswell John A. Hutch, Jr Genevieve Kemble Glassford Philli SE Missouri Phillips Phillips 66 U.S
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