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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1939

Page

21

Press freedom debated at Mencken conference in Washington

At the White House a private discussion followed the American Society of Newspaper Editors annual meeting. Henry Mencken warned that a future war could shove editors into political danger, while Harold Ickes and President Roosevelt were cited as potential targets of press pressure in a tense media climate.

Washington American Society of Newspaperditors Roosevelt White House Henry L. Jencken Baltimore Cmes Secetary of Interior Harold L. Ickes Jencken Mencken United States 2Gan Walter M. Harrison

How To Pronounce Names In News By AP

A guide from the Associated Press lists pronunciation for prominent world figures. It covers Mussolini Daladier Stalin Moscicki Litvinoff Goebbels Kalinin Helmuth Wohlthat Goering Smetona Galeazzo Ciano and others with phonetic cues.

Associated Press Mussolini Moos-so-lee Daladier Dah-lah-dee Stalin—Stah’-leen Moscicki Poland Mos Tsyets’-Ke Litvinoff Lit Goebbels Geuh’bells Kalinin Soviet Union lKah-lee’-neen Helmuth Wohlthat Goering Geuhr'-ring Antanas Smetona Noos Smehtoe Nah Galeazzo Ciano

Woodmen of the World set for Iowa Minnesota head camp

One hundred delegates from Iowa and Minnesota plus visitors will gather at the Montrose hotel April 25 and 26 for the biennial Woodmen of the World head camp convention. Major E B Lyon from Cedar Rapids notes three national officers will attend from Omaha. Head Consul Arthur E Chicester of Ottumwa will chair. Delegates will be chosen for the national convention and a class of candidates will be initiated by officers and the Council Bluffs degree team.

Iowa Minnesota Montrose The Woodmen of the World E. B. Lyon Cedar Rapids Omaha Farrar Newberry R. E. Miller Herbert B. Kennedy C. R. Valentine Arthur E. Chicester Ottumwa Council Bluffs

News Behind the News on Subsidies and Security Talks

A roundup of political maneuvers touching cotton subsidy policy and foreign trade, with Attorney General Murphy’s informal stance on FSCC loan cotton, Wallace’s shifts, and RFC/Jones opposition. It also notes Strecker and Smith bills, anti sedition concerns, Lindbergh publicity, Morgenthau wartime plans, and Wagner health push shaping Congress.

Wallace Murphy Agriculture Secretary Justice Department FSCC Senate Jesse Jones RFC

George No Longer Drinks Whisky

White Ribbon Treatment can be given secretly in coffee tea or milk and has done much to stop drunkenness. One woman cured a drunkard of 20 years with one box. The price is $2.00 and it is for sale at Podzlimek's Pharmacy or May's Drug Store.

Podzlmck May's

Czechoslovak unit completes parley in Chicago

A reorganized Czechoslovak national council ended three days of talks in Chicago pledging to fight for a free Czechoslovakia in a free Europe. Fifteen representatives from Czech and Slovak groups elected officers to unite Czechs and Slovaks worldwide with Dr Eduard Benes accepting readership.

Chicago Czechoslovak National Council Czechoslovakia Europe Czechoslovak Council Eduard Benes University of Chicago Benes National Alliance Slovak National Alliance American Czechoslovak Council Joseph Martinek John Cervenka Czech National Alliance J. J. Zmrh

Benes Dines With League Asserts Dictatorships At Break Point

New York New York The New York League of Women Voters hosted a dinner for Dr Eduard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia He warned that Europe s authoritarian regimes have hit their breaking point He argued that dictatorships rely on methods that push them toward inevitable downfall or violent special and economic revolutions

New York INS New York League of Women Voters Eduard Benes Czechoslovakia Europe

Church of England bishops triple in 60 years

The Church of England has seen its number of bishops triple over six decades while clergy numbers fall by about 5,000. This shift reflects broader changes in church structure and staffing, with more bishops and fewer parish clergy guiding congregations nationwide.

Church of England

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