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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1939
Page
1
Salvage crews aboard the yacht Mary Chilton raised the sunken submarine Squalus 76 feet from the seabed and leveled it at that depth before towing toward shallower waters. The operation followed a near disaster when the bow surfaced during a prior lift, with ten pontoons deployed to ease the ascent under ideal weather.
Senator Nye of North Dakota urged the Republican Party to nominate a progressive candidate in 1940. He argued cocksureness hurts chances and that reform must be forward looking and willing to build on New Deal advances. Nye favors making the arms embargo a campaign issue and plans a coast to coast lecture tour. He has not yet chosen a specific nominee.
Chicago mayor demands Roosevelt run for a third term as 6800 delegates at the Young Democrats convention in Pittsburgh lean toward endorsement of liberal continuation of New Deal policies. McNutt calls Roosevelt the greatest living liberal, signaling potential 1940 renomination.
Hawkeye Downs buzzes with 48 hours of nonstop prep for the All Iowa fair. Trucks haul stock and equipment while workers set up midway shows and tented acts. Admission is 25 cents to the open grandstand and 50 cents to the covered area as Cedar Rapids readies for a festive weekend.
Japanese military authorities in Hankow ordered the anti British campaign to cease following Britain's surrender of four alleged Chinese assassins to the Japanese at Tientsin. The reversal by Japanese police signals a direct response to the British decision.
President Roosevelt named James W. Young of New Mexico on Friday to lead the federal Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The appointment positions Young as head of the Commerce Bureau in Hyde Park, New York.
CHICAGO AP The Packing House Workers Organizing Committee of the CIO said Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins will discuss the Armour dispute with the union. Don Harris PWOC director said 21 delegates from Armour plant cities would meet her in Washington on Wednesday. The union threatens to strike Armour and possibly the other big four meat packers Cudahy Wilson and Swift unless national contracts are negotiated. The union had threatened strikes at Armour plants in Chicago Denver and Fargo over recent discharge actions. Denver and Chicago reinstated workers but Fargo remains unresolved.
The Iowa Gladiolus Society and Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society host their tenth annual exhibition at Memorial Auditorium across today and Sunday. Thousands of spikes fill containers, with salmon pink Picardy and Helen Louise among standout varieties. A coast-to-coast seedling display attracts attention near the stage as attendees admire a broad spectrum of colors and forms.
In a witty piece by Arthur Bugs Baer, Roosevelt reportedly plans to choose a successor via a telephone booth, leaving readers to guess whether the decision will come from the president himself or the other end of the line.
The passage notes a historical custom where an evicted tenant at the White House names the next occupant. It remarks the practice is old and established but not reflected in the Constitution, the Declaration, or a Gypsy dream book.
The note discusses uncertainty over which of three famous documents serves as the charter of the administration. It refrains from naming specific documents or asserting a definitive source.
A youth audience rejects negative debates on alienism and demands a positive, affirmative American faith. The piece urges clear convictions uniting Jefferson Lincoln and Jesus, comparing to Lincoln at Gettysburg, and calls youth to declare where they stand and what they will do.
Moscow reports a collective agreement signed Friday night between Soviet oil workers and Japanese concessionaires in northern Sakhalin Island ending a bitter dispute over fuel source operations.
Cairo reports the cabinet of Mohamed Mahmud Pasha resigned on Saturday due to Mahmud’s prolonged ill health. The move follows months of deteriorating health and political strain.
Linn County officials vow stricter controls on wayside inns after Sheriff Smith found six of 13 roadhouses lacked permits. County Attorney Thompson urges township trustees to require 1:30 am to 7 am closings and zero tolerance for violations. dawn patrols were set up to curb disturbances.
Adolf Hitler hosts Italian minister Count Galeazzo Ciano at the Berghof near Berchtesgaden as Rome Berlin axis talks unfold. Yugoslavia mobilizes 500000 troops on borders to counter Axis pressure amid Danzig and Poland disputes and Polish corridor tensions.
At Langley Field Virginia an army board of inquiry examined the charred remains of a Douglas twin engine bomber after a Friday practice flight crash. Nine air corps flyers died and officials expressed uncertainty about a definitive cause.
Tokyo reports that Japan will not continue negotiations unless Britain bans circulation of the Chinese nationalist dollar the Yapi-i and releases Chinese silver held pending settlement. Ambassador Craigie proposed a policing plan meeting Japanese requests, but Tokyo demands firm British concessions before talks resume.
In San Francisco, deportation proceedings against labor leader Harry Bridges were adjourned as he and American Legion officials led by National Commander Stephen Chadwick exchange barbed accusations. Chadwick called Bridges a modern Caesar while Bridges denied calls to purge Legion members and proposed a veterans labor league to represent workers.
Weather recorded in Cedar Rapids shows skies mixed with sun after a brief morning shower totaling .06 inches. The day opened at 62 degrees, rose to 71 by 10 AM, and reached 84 by 1:30 PM with high humidity. Friday’s high was 80, then 72 at 7 PM and 64 at midnight.
AP reports one man died and about 35 were injured when two passenger trains collided at a crossing near Denver. The deceased was identified as Pueblo conductor R. S. Mack of Santa Fe No. 6, which hit Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 1. Police sent five ambulances to the scene. The southbound Rio Grande train was the Scenic Limited from Denver to Salt Lake City via Pueblo and the Royal Gorge.
At Bonneville Salt Flats Utah Ab Jenkins claimed fastest driver status again after carbon monoxide fumes from his airplane motor adjoining the Mormon Meteor 888 halted a 24 hour run. He set new marks across 2 000 kilometer 2 000 mile and 12 hour events and extended several existing records to new speeds. Rex Mays aided as relief driver.
Two New York pilots Alex Lee and Dick Decker attempted an unsanctioned Nova Scotia to Ireland flight in a Ryan monoplane. Fears grew they landed in obscurity or were lost as fuel ran low near the Irish coast amid fog and rough weather patterns.
Twelve British submarines the depth ship Medway the destroyer Westcott and the aircraft carrier Eagle will arrive at Singapore soon from European waters. The dispatch of the 15 warships follows an empire wide plan to strengthen Britain's strategic bases. When they arrive the naval concentration at Singapore will be the strongest in the base's history.
A socialite widow, Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Carolyn of Delafield Farm Connecticut, was shot at a Long Island house party by a jealous admirer. A state trooper was wounded trying to aid her, then the assailant killed himself. The shooter, Zego La Forge sage imas wrence, was the stepson of a New York City physician. The event occurred at the summer home of Mrs Deline Waterman Higgins, linked to the Higgins Ink family. Carolyn, formerly connected to Prudence Bond of Brooklyn, planned to fly in from Bermuda. her daughter was taken to Southside Hospital Bayshore.
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