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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1937
Page
3
AP dispatch from ShangHai reports fifteen hours of relentless bombing on Chapel Chapei, China. Chinese forces hold entrenched positions amid wrecked streets, shells, and starving animals as Boy Scouts aid the wounded. US Ambassador Nelson Johnson submits protests after 1900 Chinese and 16 foreigners are killed in foreign areas.
Native of Cedar Rapids Admiral Arthur St. Clair Smith 64 rear admiral and Mare Island commandant will leave active duty Jan 1 1938 after a long Navy career that included commands on the Helena Des Moines Idaho and battleship divisions He was born in 1873 and appointed to the Naval Academy in 1893 now making Annapolis Md his home address.
Calvary Baptist church at Fifth avenue and Sixth street SW hosts Rev. Carl Bassett of Los Angeles conducting revival meetings. Stereopticon slides depict The Crucifixion and The Last Sign of Jesus while a colored chart titled At the Cross is awarded to Naomi Peal for bringing the largest number of new attendees. The evangelist plans a preregistration service for ages 15 to 35 at 710 and main service at 7:30 in the auditorium with chalk drawings and piano accompaniment by Miss Virginia Miner.
The board reviews additional petitions from residents seeking road improvements. Details on locations and requests remain unclear in the fragmented OCR text.
Reported in Sigourney grand jury indictments allege drunk driving and related charges. Names such as Watson of Keota and Hosa of Chicago appear among the defendants connected to a collision and subsequent investigations.
Mrs James Welborn, 21, described as a crash mother, remains unconscious from a skull fracture suffered in a Sept 3 accident. Doctors say she has pneumonia but are optimistic she can recover, with one physician confident she will pull through if she survives the pneumonia.
Developments in firesafe concrete residence construction will be reviewed at a Friday 8 pm session at the Roosevelt hotel under the Builders Material Co Kings Crown Plaster Co and the Cinder Block and Material Co. Architects builders realtors and housing specialists are invited to attend as W Schreiber Ames district housing engineer and G F Steigerwald Chicago national housing consultant for the Portland Cement Association present slides and examples.
Cedar Rapids area beverage dealers meet at Sokol hall to affiliate with Town Tavern unit forming The Cry of Cedar Rapids and Counts of Linn Tavern Owners. Purpose includes promoting legislation and cooperation among tavern owners with officers and committee members listed.
An old newspaper ad promotes Creomulsion for persistent coughs and bronchial irritation. It asserts fast relief, natural healing aid, and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied after the first bottle, urging readers to insist on the Creomulsion name.
State Representative B B Hickenlooper urged funeral directors at the East Central Iowa group banquet that professions must pursue public service in legislation. The event drew eleven counties and featured talks on vital statistics, cooperation with coroners and physicians, and ongoing educational sessions.
Otis Leefers of Cedar Rapids was named among 181 Masons to receive the Thirty third degree by the Scottish Rite in Washington. Cedar Rapids pair W Paul Engel and Charles C Hunt to receive Knights Commander of the Court of Honor. Also honored: Glen A Kenderdine of Iowa City and Prof John W Gannaway of Grinnell. Leefers previously earned the Thirty second degree in 1918 and K C C H rank in 1927.
The article chronicles the career of a Mason active in Iowa Lodges and the Consistory. It lists ranks from past master of Mount Vernon lodge 263 to senior warden of Crescent lodge 25, and notes appointments such as grand secretary of Masons in Iowa and honorary past grand master. He joined Iowa Consistory in 1917 and served as wise master and master of Kadosh in earlier decades.
Editor The Gazette prints a strong opinion from DR. E. C. JUNGER of Soldier Ia criticizing F D R and the New Deal. He says Americans deserve tangible results not promises and likens new dealers to Santa Claus amid partisan conflict and congress.
Philadelphia AP reports Rudolph Decker avoided a traffic violation after magistrate reviews his parking photo found no no parking sign. The car’s vicinity image prompted dismissal of the charge.
The pendulum thermometer and telescope are attributed to Galileo Galilei who was born February 15 1564. The note highlights his contributions to science and the year of his birth.
Cedar Rapids youth plan to attend the fifty-first annual Iowa Christian Endeavor convention in Waterloo from Thursday through Sunday. Sessions are at First Baptist Church with speakers including Rev. Tom Fred Campbell and Dr. Bernard Mulder. A Friday homecoming game interrupts the Friday evening session. Numerous delegates travel by auto from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns to participate in conferences, banquets, and the birthday club ceremonies.
The Malay Peninsula exhibits extreme animal sizes from large elephants to tiny unseen insects. It notes insects from about 13 percent inches in length to minuscule forms invisible to the naked eye and includes a broad spectrum from elephants to microscopic bat-like creatures.
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