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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
8
43000 bronzed labor corps members pledged allegiance to Adolf Hitler in Nurnberg as spade baton units marched past the dictator. Hitler hailed the workers as happy soldiers of work and warned against Bolshevik influence amid party congress sessions.
Crossword style clue sheet lists many terms and signals a vertical theme about aviation history. It includes references to early pilots, air terms, and common crossword entries such as Sun god and Vlad. The fragment hints at a broader puzzle connected to aviation pioneers and related vocabulary.
The Department of Commerce prepares to approve Pan American Airways Pacific passenger flights from Oakland to Manila within 30 to 60 days after facility inspections. The route includes Honolulu Midway Wake Guam and Manila totaling 7990 miles with seven passengers on the longest leg and about sixty hours total at 140 mph.
The Queen Mary, now a British liner, is described as two ships in one with a six foot space separating outer and inner hulls. This unusual construction highlights the vessel's double hull design and engineering features.
A health claim ad asserts Marmola Prescription Tablets help burn fat by supplementing a small gland’s fluid. It markets the product as a simple, no-starvation alternative to dieting and exercise, prepared by a well known medical laboratory with a published formula.
Reports say U S ships were recalled from Spanish ports to the Huesca Zaragoza front to credit Navarre troops for a San Sebastian victory. In San Sebastian moderates gain over anarchists as 600 hostages are moved to Bilbao. Col Roja attempts a flag of truce at the Alcazar but loyalist bombardment resumes after his report.
Diario de Navarre reports Spanish rebel authorities rejected a diplomat influenced armistice plan for fifteen days. The telegram sought Madrid government acceptance and a truce with no troop movement, but authorities totally rejected the proposal.
Franco travels by fast motor car to the Toledo front coordinating 12 000 legionaries for a decisive push on Madrid. Loyalist forces report Alcazar abandonment and gains elsewhere while Madrid braces for a major rebel offensive and pincers tighten from San Pedro de Cabez with Mola.
Dr Naibert chiropractor returns to his Paramount building office. Townsend club No 4 meets Friday at 730 pm in city hall. Cedar Rapids Airhawks meet 7 pm Friday in city hall club room. Used car prices drop big bargains in classified ads. Ambar Grotto and Knights of Pythias bands rehearse Friday 8 pm at Knights hall. Mrs J F Kouba returns from Excelsior Springs Mo after three weeks. Milo Skala and George Jandl depart for Lisle Ill to attend St Procopius college. Ray Polansky reports gasoline and gas cap stolen from his car near 1300 M street SW. V I Moorhead reports neighbor dog poisoned. dog was a child’s pet. Regis Mulherin pleads not guilty to intoxication, then guilty, fined 10 dollars and costs. An apple tree at C J Wendell’s tree NE shows season change. City contract with John M Neary for 300 feet water mains SE Thirty third street below Mount Vernon avenue filed. Earl B Delzell to speak at High Twelve club noon Friday in Roosevelt hotel on the Masonic library. Local police store a 1933 Ford coach stolen from Dubuque found abandoned here Wednesday evening at First avenue and Thirteenth street. Police tracking car via state radio system.
A notice says an event occurs this evening at 7:15 on Second Street SE at the Rock Island freight depot.
Commissioner Wes Benesh Chief Robert Vinch and Chief Detective Earl Stanley left Thursday for Mason City to attend the Iowa Police Chiefs convention. They expect to return Friday.
Gerald McElwain aged 23 of 49 Circle Drive was cut on the forehead while working in the grinding room at Hall Manufacturing company. A wheel fragment likely caused the laceration. he was rushed to St Luke's hospital and is confined there.
Two youths were treated at Mercy hospital Wednesday evening after falling from bicycles. Joachim Risk, 14, of 1238 Ellis boulevard NW suffered a fractured left leg. Clyde Perrego, 305 First avenue W, sustained lacerations to his left arm. Both were discharged after care.
The Cedar Rapids Boys Junior Drum Corps will meet for prac. sessions to rehearse routines and prepare for upcoming community events. Members are urged to bring instruments and meet at the designated drill hall for coordination and guidance.
At the University of Iowa kick off luncheon in Montrose hotel Hawkeye head coach Ossie Solem offered no firm season forecast beyond noting experienced players in training and potential new talent. Assistants Eddie Lynch and Bill Boeler spoke briefly. several players introduced via microphone. Moving pictures of wins over Colgate and Illinois were shown as part of the statewide practice day tradition.
Davenport mystery convention concluded with a farm conference on agent roles. C. A. Ruhl was named vice-president, H. P. Pratt became president, and John S. Cutter was re-elected secretary. Executive committee includes R. W. Forshay and B. L.
Sam Morrison of Iowa City was re-elected national councilor. Holton Waterloo Frank Hendricks and Ludwig Rubek of Cedar Rapids named among peers. The executive committee will choose the next convention city.
In a petition to the city council, the Killian Company asks for permission to place a canopy over the third avenue entrance of its store from October 3 to October 9. The request was referred to Public Safety Committee.
Commissioner W C Benesh and Dave Williams of public improvements note Home Lumber at 919 Sixth Street SW seeks city permission to remove old sheds along the street line of its property and replace them with a fence. The matter was referred to the council as a whole.
Quill pens, crafted mainly from geese wing feathers, remain in use for decorative writing and for signing documents where tradition governs style and sentiment.
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