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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1939
Page
6
The president proposes a peace plan as European powers, wary of the Hitler Mussolini axis, weigh a tentative acceptance. Munich rejects the offer, Rome to respond with a dignified decline as leaders rally their publics. Roosevelt faces strong resistance from the two dictators and warns of broader dangers.
In Washington Charles Michelson says Roosevelt would not seek a third term unless forced. His remarks follow Mount Vernon crisis remarks and fuel talk of a Garner Farley ticket to split the party. Backers plan to press for a clear statement after Congress ends to lock in 1940 prospects.
Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago met with President Roosevelt for an hour in Washington and discussed presidential possibilities for 1940. The luncheon guest noted that neither man stated a firm decision on a candidacy, leaving the question open.
The article extols extending the county fair to attract wider agricultural interest, calling the exhibition a backbone of Cedar Rapids. It argues the Hawkeye Downs building is a wise civic investment that strengthens community and citizen welfare.
At the Gridiron Club banquet in Washington 500 guests including Vice President and top potential nominees watched a mock show urging Roosevelt to stay while taunting Taft and Dewey as GOP hopefuls. The parody warned of fear across business labor and politics with Townsend’s ghost as a possible candidate and Roosevelt musketeers theme in media and politics.
Mayor Bryce Smith sacked City Manager H F McElroy and forced Police Director Otto P Higgins to resign amid a council backed purge. Eugene C Zachman named acting city manager and Lieut William Boyle named acting police director. Higgins had disputed leaving but conceded as political backing showed clear. R Emmet O Malley warned for possible exit after tax evasion indictment linked to T J Pendergast.
Funeral services for Earl Coughlin Gazette sports editor who died Friday night will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Matthew's church with Rev J D Kearn officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Calvary cemetery with pallbearers drawn from his Gazette associates.
Washington analysts say if Hitler and Mussolini reject Roosevelt’s plea, Britain and France may quickly unite a stop Hitler front. The 31 nations named by the President range from Iran to Egypt and Latvia. Sen. Key Pittman urges strict cash and carry neutrality laws to keep the U.S. out of another war while praising the appeal as timely.
Cedar Rapids Rock Island brakeman Jack Gossett 55 of Lincoln hotel suffered a possible concussion a scalp wound and a left leg injury after falling from a switch engine in Rock Island yards at 10 pm Saturday. He was rushed to St Luke's hospital with fellow workers saying the engine backed as he fell and the engineer stopped the engine to avoid him.
A satirical 1839 reflection argues to cancel vacations until a genuinely enjoyable one can be found. It mocks wartime Britain and leisure, noting long weekends, rainy weather, and social rituals such as whippet tea. The piece questions who can truly enjoy leisure amid these constraints.
Chicago area summary notes temperatures mostly near or below normal with little precipitation expected across the Upper Mississippi Valley for the week of April 17.
Four refugees arrived at the Scattergood hostel in West Branch Iowa with the American Friends Service Organization noting they are the pick of the lot. The group includes Dr Karel Gam Kurt Rosegg Fritz Treuer and Kurt Schaefer. Treuer plans to raise chickens and appreciates American soil and cows. Gam, 26, an honor grad from Brann University, led East Africa expeditions and served in the Czechoslovak army. He hopes to enter the U.S. army but is not a citizen.
Paris reports the Soviet Union ready to join the British French anti aggression front. Daladier officials say a British Russian air agreement forming a broader collaboration is imminent this weekend.
Mrs. Martha Elliott mother of Attorney Owen N Elliott died at 11 p m Saturday at her home 544 Vernon Drive SE Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness. The body was taken to the Turner Mortuary.
Warner Brothers stated on Saturday that despite protests certain scenes featuring Adolf Hitler Paul Goebbels and Hermann Goering will stay in the movie Confessions of a Nazi Spy.
Francis V. Stephen of 3008 C avenue NE proves a big smile sells in The Gazette snapshot feature. Mrs. R. King of 316 Sixth street NE may have been startled by a candid news reel shoot nearby. Sepia enlargements of the two photos are mailed to Stephen and King after submitting 25 cents for three 2 by 3 prints.
Crisis at a glance reports Roosevelt urging Hitler and Mussolini to sign 10-year nonaggression pledges and convene a peace conference. Bulk of US fleet ordered home from Pacific while European capitals weigh the appeal and responses from Berlin London Paris Rome.
The senate unemployment and relief committee approved a revised federal relief system with a new consolidated public works agency and expanded social security. The measure, sponsored by Senator Byrnes, moves up old age insurance payments from 1942 to 1940.
Appeals from Paul A. Johnson's mother and two sons urge the former Denver attorney to surrender voluntarily to the Pueblo hospital for the insane after his escape from the Colorado institution. Police hope he may contact his family, as officers seek him following a shooting charge related to his estranged wife and her friend. Johnson appeared at a relative’s home seeking funds to go to Granger Iowa, but was refused.
Cedar Rapids saw mild spring weather with a day’s low of 41 degrees and a high of 51 degrees before easing to 50 by 7 p.m. Skies were partly cloudy and temperatures cooled to 44 degrees by midnight.
President Roosevelt told reporters at an extraordinary press conference that his appeal to Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini to pledge world peace clarified his conscience. He said the move was among the first points he communicated to journalists gathered in his office Saturday morning.
In Munich on Saturday night Adolf Hitler turned down President Roosevelt's appeal for non aggression pledges among 31 nations and an international conference to limit arms and solve economic issues. Deutsche Dienst quoted the German position arguing past conferences failed and bolshevism blocks real world order.
In Moscow the Soviet government kept its customary official silence on Saturday and did not comment on President Roosevelt s appeal to Germany and Italy for peace. The report notes no response from Soviet officials.
King Carol of Romania will meet Prince Paul regent of Yugoslavia aboard the Turnu Severin in the Black Sea on Monday. Reports say King Boris of Bulgaria may attend but this is unconfirmed.
Edwin Cox presents a candid cartoon feature titled Private Lives that spotlights high level figures in off guard moments to reveal distinctive personalities and quirks. The series debuts tomorrow and will appear daily starting Monday pre 17th.
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