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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1935
Page
5
September 1935 shows slightly warmer average lows and higher peaks than September 1934. Daily highs reached 87 on Sept 15 while the month’s low hit 30 on Sept 28 marking the first frost. total rainfall was 3.25 inches.
Federal Judge William H. Holly allowed the Chicago Board of Trade to hear charges of improper practices against Rosenbaum Grain officials. The ruling modifies an injunction and requires findings for approval, noting the charges must exceed the act of bankruptcy. The board’s bid for full dissolution of the injunction was denied.
Instructive house sewing note promotes pattern 2255 for a first frock with a rounded collar and bib bodice. Sizes 14 through 42 listed. size 16 uses 3% yards of 36 inch fabric. Includes illustrated steps and price 15 cents for pattern. book and pattern together 25 cents. ad cites Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern department address in New York.
About 450 passengers and 250 crew were evacuated from the 24149 ton Holland America liner Rotterdam after it ran aground at Morant Cays 60 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica. The salvage ship Killerig and rescuers worked as the vessel leaked in four compartments while a possible wreck loomed if heavy seas persist.
Explorer II takeoff from Valentine Nebraska was delayed again by wind and cloud cover. Flight sponsors planned two light trucks and a larger vehicle to reach Valentine the night before the ascent, with last minute wind checks potentially altering the course. Landing crews were to be on standby as in the July 12 attempt halted by the balloon collapse.
E C Schroeder of McGregor, a contractor and quarry owner, has secured a $75,000 contract to supply rock for a government dam on the Mississippi River at Dubuque. Rock will be mined from river hills north of East Dubuque, with work starting immediately for one year and employing 50 men.
A historical menu list outlines luncheon dishes focused on nourishing children. Recipes include egg salad, milk, grapefruit shapes, date nut cookies, tomato soup, succotash, and Russian dressing with olives. Instructions mix ingredients, chill, bake, or simmer as specified, serving on lettuce or vegetables.
Florence La Ganke recounts discovering a grandmother’s cut glass dish pattern and outlines Nancy Page Quilt Club’s directions for making a quilt block. The piece covers selecting colors, pattern tracing, seam allowances, trial blocks, thread and stitching tips, and yardage for a double bed quilt. Copyright 1838.
Washington AP reports wage increases granted lead to soft coal miners resuming work in most Appalachian districts. About 400,000 miners affected by the settlement returned to the mines Tuesday.
Mrs. Bess Lahnes 45 of Riverside California died when her husband George Lahnes 45 lost control on a curve and wrecked near Cedar Rapids. Husband and a passenger Harry Treat 53 were injured. The couple carried 365 in two handkerchiefs believed lost. Elks and deputies searched the scene without success.
General Hugh S. Johnson criticizes New Deal relief as failures and calls for a comprehensive overhaul from the PWA to WPA. He arrives in Los Angeles as Roosevelt travels, plans a San Diego speech addressing ten billion jobless and the administration’s shortcomings.
Police puzzled over a note found with Dr Elmer Al Benishek 35 whose body was found in the Elks club The note to a friend said his will left 10000 to an Aurora girl and 5000 to his former wife Maria Benishek Langford of the University of Chicago He advised his former wife to sue the girl for the 10000 Also reported South English Christian Sunday school officers elected for next year Superintendent Owen Hammersly assistant superintendent Miss Leila Horn secretary Miss Doris Sprague librarian Miss Ellen Glanz pianist Mrs Mary Dunn.
Doctors link listlessness to faulty elimination and endorse Butternut Lax-O Loaf Bread as a pleasant natural laxative. The ad touts whole wheat and honey as key ingredients and claims the bread is delicious and full flavored while keeping bowels open. It urges readers to purchase sliced bread from Cedar Rapids grocers.
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