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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1932
Page
4
President Hoover attacks Democratic leaders and a proposed program he calls destructive. He critiques a Roosevelt letter supporting public works and a living wage, warns against promises to 10 million unemployed, and accuses Roosevelt of misstatements in fiscal history.
George Gable 12, son of Mr and Mrs Edward B Gable of 722 Fourth avenue SE, won Saturday afternoon’s series of football efficiency tests sponsored by the playground commission. He totaled 2 608 points across four events dropkick placekick forward pass and punt.
Funeral services for Mrs Kather ne Haida will be held Monday at St Wenceslaus Church officiated by Fathers A Vojacek Hruby and Hljubek with burial at St Johns Cemetery. Friends may call at the home Sunday afternoon and evening.
Birth notices report a 6 pound son Gene Francis born Oct 21 to Mr and Mrs John Zacek 424 First Street SW and an 11.5 pound daughter born Oct 22 to Mr and Mrs Hugh Sheridan 198 Seventeenth Avenue SW. An office boy quips about a wife on the phone seeking a five o clock or dollars.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation in September authorized loans totaling 139,846,002.72 to financial institutions and others, with railroads and banks as major borrowers. States received 18.5 million for unemployment relief, and self liquidating projects accounted for 53.1 million including a 40 million Southern California water district loan.
Iowa State College home economics division says warmth does not equal weight in winter wear. Light fluffy wool coats can be warmer than heavy fabrics, with overcoats that look heavy but are light in weight. One piece playsuits and snug side-fastened ski suits offer mobility, while sweaters suit in-between days. Coats should be close at the neck, loose at the armholes, light, easy to fasten, and have pockets.
Calamus Methodist Ladies Aid met in church parlors to plan a supper and bazaar for Saturday. Girl Scouts gathered at Legion rooms Tuesday. A Halloween party is set for Friday at the Legion rooms. Mrs. John Dykema hosted a birthday dinner Thursday for her sister Margaret Koster with Mr and Mrs E Koster, Mr and Mrs Thomas Slowie and families attending. Mrs. Chris Jensen hosted the Forty Club Thursday. Banco prizes went to Lizzie Wiese and John Schwensen. They will meet Sophie Schwensen in four weeks. A Republican women’s meeting is slated for Monday night at the Legion rooms.
Mrs. Scrogum, lifelong river neighbor, faces highway construction near her home on the Mississippi. Builders plan a river-side fill and new house facing the river, preserving her view as she recalls river commerce since 1867. Her family has long tended the river lights and witnessed landmark events such as the James Malcolm wreck aftermath.
Informal round table discussions on sewage treatment will anchor the Iowa Sewage Treatment conference and Iowa Wastes Disposal association meeting at Iowa State College November 3 to 5. Talks cover stream purification financing operation and odors. lab demonstrations planned. Dinner November 4 features Prof J Hinman Jr. Max Levine to preside.
Mr and Mrs W M Walton observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their Quasqueton home on October 20. The couple, born in 1853 and 1855, married in 1872 and lived on several farms before settling in Quasqueton. They have eight children, twenty seven grandchildren, and nineteen great grandchildren.
An overview of a birthday surprise for Mrs. Melvin Stoecker and numerous gatherings. Attendees include the Andre family, the Moffit and Dennis families, Ed Fisher family, Will Brock and many others. Also reports Gracia Guild at the Presbyterian home, Self Culture Club on politics, and 500 and bridge contests with prize winners.
Forty members of the Federated Clubs of Town County attended a meeting at the Methodist church with many visitors. Mrs. EB Hollis of Matengo county chairman presided. Miss Ina Tyler from the University of Iowa extension department spoke on Social Service. Mrs. R. L. Evans attended.
A collage of jokes and quips from Sunday Gazette 1932 including lines about hard work wives barber jokes and a weary seaman exchange. The snippets feature Punchline exchanges from Pathfinder Hummel Answers and Guilt Reporter with comic caption shifts and audible wordplay.
The article records Republican campaign activity with Mrs Pats of Satanta and R. E. Jones speaking to Local women at the Masonic hall. It also notes Dinner Bridge Club events hosted by Mrs C. J. Simmons and gatherings at Mrs Menary’s country home with high scores for Mrs J H Hughes and Mrs John Stephens. A Sunday School class Wiener roast at Old Man's creek included Miss Alice Scholl and several named attendees.
Mrs. Everett Pope hosted a Tuesday bridge evening in Millersburg with Rebs Dansdill high score and Laurine Bauer low. Guests included Laurine Bauer, Glayds Bauer, Helen Adams, Erma Dansdill, Margie Pope, Reba Dansdill, Wanda Pope, Elsie Roberts, Martha Goodman, Mildred Bauer, Eiva Montross, Blanch Gerard, Jean, Ornare Danahill, and others. Ethel Jack of Macon Missouri visited relatives before returning home. A surprise birthday party for Margie Pope featured bridge and rummy with numerous attendees.
The Lone Tree group gathered at Elisabeth Kirkpatrick's home to study Merry Wives of Windsor led by Mrs. D V Morgan with assistants. The Reformed church Women's Missionary Society met at Emma Loehr's home led by Charles Spevachek with Mable Burr singing and cratigania served by Mrs. Loehr and others. Plans were laid for a mental bazaar scheduled for December.
Fragmented OCR list shows sections such as ANNOUNCEMENTS BUSINESS CARDS INSTRUCTION DANCING MUSIC EDUCATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE TRUCKS FOR SALE and other categories with garbled headers and scattered items. The readable parts indicate a page of classified ads and notices with varied offerings and calls for positions, sales, and services.
An ad seeks a single educated woman aged 35 to 40 for a traveling job, not married, with college education, offering guaranteed expenses and a free trial sales pitch. It lists Compton 1008 N Dearborn Chicago and a separate note about a shaving invention with large weekly earnings on a free trial.
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