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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1930
Page
1
A promotional text from Mottregs Cook Book outlines hearty lunch sandwiches. Recipes include Mutton Sandwich with mint and pickles, veal sandwich variations with carrots and olives, veal loaf on lettuce, spiced veal, mock chicken from veal and pork, and a pork based mock chicken sandwich. The era tone emphasizes practical meals for growing boys and active men.
A quirky note describes superstition around cue chalk and the crown placed on a champion. The piece links ritual with expected success and hints at unsettled luck in the billiards context.
In 1930 the author argues that dieting and slenderness reflect the age’s spirit of speed and modernity. Both women and men chase leanness, influenced by Paris fashion and new tech like aviation and radio, as health and longevity are cited as benefits amid a culture of exercise and restricted eating. Coming Alibi joke follows.
Poet Douglas Malloch reflects on how people seem familiar yet may never have truly met. He considers the random encounters that become lasting bonds, noting how some strangers become friends through chance, kindness, or shared moments across different places and times.
A reflection on temper and personality arguing temper is necessary in measured amounts. It notes calm individuals exist but most people require controlled temper to drive force and character. Temper, properly harnessed, arouses action and strength rather than being discarded.
A whimsical feature describes a deer formerly common near Jackson Hole Wyoming. The hooping cough like call, tailless adults, and fawns whirling tails to imitate hoop snakes are noted. Hunters miss due to dizzying tails, while tailless adults survive with absurd toy-like features described with playful, satirical detail.
An offbeat London Tit-Bits line contrasts interest in Professor Einstein's theory with skepticism about ancestral worth, reflecting a playful clash of ideas and self.
Gliding, aviation’s long neglected sport, regains public attention in the United States as enthusiasts praise its low cost and perceived safety. Prominent pilots debate gliding as training for powered flight while Hawks warns of towing dangers. The scene features demonstrations across cities and farmers watching tow planes, with powered gliders drawing military and international interest.
Juan de la Cierva told the Royal Aeronautical Society in London that autogiros could reach 200 miles per hour and handle three to five ton sizes. He noted autogiros might beat airplanes in speed and climb, though current models lag conventional aircraft. Modern autogiros differ from 1925 units with new rotary-wing design and improved skin smoothness and blade hinges for flight flex.
Washington three E Sullivan of the aeronautics bureau of the Navy department has been assigned to study parachute problems. A cotton substitute for silk used in parachutes is being tested as cheaper. There are four major parachute manufacturers, with innovations like a pack that acts as the pilot parachute, smaller packs that descend faster but open quickly, and a triangular steerable design. Improper operation and packing cause most accidents. Navy hopes for reliable opening, slow descent around twenty feet per second, and non oscillating action.
In Burbank California a new army pursuit biplane powered by a 425 horsepower motor completed high altitude tests. Officials reported climbs to 25 000 feet with superior speed aided by a supercharger and new cowling. Ground to 10 000 feet and back in four and a half minutes, top speed over 200 mph.
Boeing pilot Robert Cochrane on the Omaha Chicago airmail route reports a record vision spotting beacon lights 150 miles east at 7,000 feet above Omaha. He said the lights extended toward Des Moines with two additional beacons beyond.
A resident woman keeps rats near her garden in a London quarter, feeding them morning and night. Neighbors protest. authorities plan to smoke out the pests as there is no law stopping feeding vermin on private property.
Dr BE Stanley Jones listed seven society sins before the World Service conference at the Methodist Episcopal gathering. They highlight politics without principles wealth without work pleasure without conscience knowledge without character business without morality science without humanity and worship without sacrifice.
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