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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1939
Page
9
The piece mocks Iowa senators for secret sessions on state institutions, noting political stupidity and public distrust. It links secrecy to sensational rumors about Hitler and Czechoslovakia while urging accountability and openness in government.
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina led a senate protest over WPA spending on a tour to Europe to assess costs. The piece argues for measured economy and suggests the WPA should study providing unemployed people with minimum essentials at the lowest possible cost.
The piece argues a major war in Europe would not benefit the United States and notes early 1914 style impacts. It recalls how such a war depressed US mood and tariffs, damaged confidence, and caused stock turmoil with GM and other stocks plunging as European markets closed and gold moved abroad.
The reserve system lagged, currency shortage grew, McAdoo issued 500 million in new notes under Aldrich Vreeland. Congress authorized 1 billion more. Banks issued clearing house certificates. call money fell from 17 to 7 percent. Trade and industry suffered abroad, exporters curtailed. tariffs and taxes rose. War risk bureau formed. immigration plunged from 1.25 million to 300 thousand. Recovery began as war orders trickled in. pig iron output returned to July 1924 levels by March 1915. business failures declined after April 1915. Idle freight cars rose to 265 thousand then fell. bank clearings rose from 10 to 20 billion by late 1915. US Steel traded around 39.12 to 88 in different years.
A reflective piece by an unnamed writer explores the power of belief over the body, mental health, and social folly. It weaves anecdotes on superstition among Aboriginal peoples, the mind’s influence on illness, and critiques of politics, culture, and religion with satirical quips and moral framing.
Risen Christ theme dominates Sunday services across Cedar Rapids. First Baptist and St Pauls Methodist present organ preludes and choir works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Handel. A Sunrise service at St Pauls and Youth Church activities highlight the city wide Easter program with solos, duets, and the sermon Beyond the Grave by Rev. Grant F. Anderson.
Calvary Baptist church volunteer choir directed by Mrs. Dorothy Miller will perform The Thorn Crowned King Easter cantata at the 7 30 p.m. Sunday service, followed by a sermon by Pastor Will on I Thirst.
The Church of the Brethren on Fourth Avenue and Twelfth Street SE hosts a sacred dramatic cantata On the Third Day on Easter Sunday evening at 7 30. The production features sixteen characters and a choir of fifteen under joint direction of Mrs O A Prather and Mrs S L Barnhart.
Sunday service led by Mrs Edna Barrett Jackson and Mrs Flora MacKay Kitchin featured organ preludes and grand choral selections including Resurrection Morn Doxology The Day of Resurrection Hear My Crying and I Am Thine O Lord responses. Soloists and a double trio performed with several named participants listed among the choir.
Easter will be observed with morning Communion and baptism at 10 am, reception of new members, and a 7:30 pm musical pageant. Choir solos and an all-songs program recount the life of Christ from birth to resurrection, including the Last Supper and Gethsemane.
A long list of medieval and liturgical pieces fills the program including Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence and Alleluia chants. Performers include Cuthbert Smith as pianist Felix Beauchamp assistant Vivienne Robinson soprano soloist Paul Davis master St ceremoni:ons the Rev Father Jones vector.
The Easter service features Rev P L Bornhoekt pastor John A Jaeger organist with early service at 7 and a festival program. The Trinity choir performs The Lord Is My Rock and The Stone Is Rolled Away. Dudley Buck and Mozart pieces, offertories, and a violin concerto accompany sermons and prayers.
The First Lutheran Church held an Easter Sunrise service at 6:40 am led by Rev. Henry Scherer with Mrs. David Mitchell as organist Miss Marinin L Deinan as director and a full choir. The program included an organ prelude Resurrection Morn and a Cantata Calvary with multiple soloists and choirs performing the seven words of Christ and The Easter Story. A sermon Easter Eggs by Rev. Scherer and an offering followed, concluding with Christ the Lord is Risen Today and a postlude Hosanna by Paul Wachs.
The Kenwood Park Methodist Church presents a morning service with baptism, new member reception, and choral offerings. Notable items include preludes, an anthem by Gounod, hymns, scripture from Mark, a sermon by the Rev Foster M. Beck, and postlude by Wachs.
Sunday service at Trinity Methodist features a 10 50 am Prelude and worship call Jesus Stand Among Us. Anthems include Fear Not O Israel Awake Thou That Sleepest and Christ the Lord Is Risen Today with choir and soloists. Offertory psalm 121 and doxology conclude the Easter observance.
The Sunday program features organ preludes and anthems including Christ is Yeisen and Easter Joy, readings from Psalms and The Human Situation, a Christening service, offertory violin solo Romance, and a spring sermon Our Share in the Spring of Eternity. The organist director is Paul Wachs. vocalists include Lulu Engelman Welty and Eleanore Linn Termohlen with George L. Krabbenhoft and others supporting in a classical church service.
The First Reformed Church hosts an Easter play At Easter Dawn presented by its young people with cast members Mildred Ramey Bernadean White Betty Anderson Beverly Anderson James Benish Vern Reeder Russell Jonas Darrel Carter and Robert Hamer. An 11 a m service follows with baptism reception of new members and Holy Communion. Special music includes Christ Arose Nar cissus and Christ the Lord is Risen performed by choir violin duet saxophone solo Bonnie Jonas piano and the male quartet.
Trinity Chapel on West Twenty Fifth Street stands as a dignified church. It houses fourteen murals by Miss Rachael Richardson depicting Christ’s history, with a conservative Italianate style and a 900-seat red pew interior. The chapel, consecrated in 1855, marks its 84th anniversary this month and attracts visitors from Yonkers and beyond.
Easter morning service begins 10 40 with a prelude by Miss Helen Mokress and a 25 voice chorus directed by Miss Eleanor Taylor performing three anthems. Soloists include Miss Janet Johnson and Miss Margaret Pratt. An Easter pageant titled O Tell the Glad Story is staged in the chapel by the intermediate department under Miss Elizabeth Melbders and others. Easter plants will be given to church school children at the close.
Easter morning program at Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian features a prelude and doxology with responsive readings, a choir sermon and Easter thoughts. Gertrude Cramer directs the choir with Elizabeth McGowan organist and solo by Cramer. The cantata includes eight numbers from Sing Unto the Lord to God Has Wrought This Wonder, with quartet and offertory, closing with benediction and postlude.
A church devotion on Saturday April 8 invites readers to embrace now the forever of Christ. The piece uses scripture from Philippians and Colossians to urge living with eternal aims. It prays for God’s Spirit to guide believers toward enduring love and holy peace through Jesus Christ.
The April 1 total in coin and currency outside the treasury and federal reserve banks was 6.817 billion dollars, averaging 52.07 dollars per person. The prior month averaged 51.44 dollars and the same period last year 48.88 dollars.
This essay explains the federal arrangement linking forty eight states to a central government. It argues dual government powers require citizen understanding and notes state and local rule keep governance close to the people. It also highlights experimentation at state level and shifting boundaries between state and national authority.
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