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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
14
A reader pair offers letters about romance and social boundaries. Guidance urges balanced interest, independence from domineering friends, and ending jealous games. A judge authorizes a ten percent dividend for Durant Savings Bank, closed August 11, 1933.
Miss Janette Serret brings to Cedar Rapids four days of lectures at the Iowa theater starting Monday each morning at 9 o clock. The Gazette sponsors a free charm school for women readers with topics from health and beauty to energy and laughter and practical tips for gracious living.
Sears marks its 48th anniversary with a $12 million buying campaign. The celebration runs Sept 20 to Sept 29, involving 125 industries and large numbers of employees nationwide, with over 20 000 retail store workers taking part.
The Sears business marks its anniversary, tracing to founder Richard W. Sears in 1886 while a Minnesota station agent. A nationwide purchasing drive under General Wood and D. M. Nelson fueled over 12 million dollars in new merchandise from 5,000 sources in 44 states. The sale opens Thursday morning with a ten day event at the local Sears store.
An author notes science can guide moral choices and predicts future ability to forecast marriage happiness. Cotrell Burgess and Mowrer cited as researchers, arguing rigorous study of family structure will yield sound conclusions to aid societal stability.
A booklet by Dr. Albert Edward Wigcam explains six practical principles based on twenty thousand interviews. Sent on request with a self addressed stamped return envelope to carry out writing, address Cedar Rapids Gatsette.
Will Rogers, visiting Edinburgh, notes the city’s refined society and mentions London stage roots since 1906. He describes seeing Glasgow Loch Lomond and anticipates the Queen Mary launch next week, signing with his familiar humor.
George H. Schmidt was reelected commander of Lemka Stendel post No. 106 American Legion. Officers named include George Behn as vice commander and E F Seifert as adjutant. The executive committee comprises E W Hahn Earl B Becker Leslie Oelke Dr P R W Hommel and Ben F Leonard. The post supports local events funding lights for the athletic field and extending $15 to the Elkader Golf club.
At 10:45 p.m. Tuesday Cedar Rapids experienced brief darkness due to a break in a voltage regulator at the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company power house. Chief engineer Charles Herbeck said a broken wire was found and repaired immediately, the outage lasting about a second as an operator nearby redirected current.
The new local corporation National Yeast Co has begun producing yeast in the old Cedar Kraft building at 905 Seventeenth Street NE. President J S Bain and secretary treasurer George C Claassen are listed, with D M Torrance as biochemist. The firm markets Hollywood Health Yeast and Super Rise Poultry Animal Yeast.
Frank Votava is appointed executor of Antona Votava of Linn County Iowa on September 1 1934. He requests all debts be paid to him and urges holders of claims to file them with the Linn County District Court clerk through his attorneys Rasek and Nielsen.
The dialogue questions whether failing grades justify repeating a year and whether chest hair indicates strength. The answers say repetition is rare, success depends on interest, and chest hair does not determine physical power, citing Samson as an exception and noting many strong people are hairless.
Miss Fila Barker travels to Beaumont Texas after the death of her niece in an automobile crash. Ray Barker’s daughter is the deceased. Albert Roth leaves for an extended eastern trip and will attend a convention in Atlantic City. Joe Sedlacek is honored at a retirement banquet for 28 years with the city fire department. Mr and Mrs B F Childs host a dinner for Mr and Mrs D K Harhart who are moving to Shellsburg.
As early as 1850 Col Konstantinov of the Russian army began experimenting with older rockets, marking an early foray into rocketry development.
The poem Just Folks by Edgar A Guest contrasts zinnias and friendships with care. Funeral services were held Wednesday for Raymond C. Barnes 74 at University hospital Tama City. he died Monday after illness. Barnes born March 12 1860 in Portage Ohio. Survived by widow Amy Hatfield Burnes, son Eugene V. Burnes, six grandchildren, sister D T Burt, brother Victor A Burnes.
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