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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1939
Page
2
Salvage teams slow operations as high tide looms for moving the sunken submarine Squalus and its 26 dead from an uncharted mud bank near Portsmouth New Hampshire. The vessel rests with stern at 165 feet bow 180 feet awaiting a second lift before further movement.
Informal discussions between German and Italian diplomats at the German foreign minister’s summer home in Salzburg precede a public rally by Albert Foerster in Fuerth. Foerster urged Danzig’s return to the Reich while Germany eyes closer Hungarian ties and possible customs union plans with Budapest amid Munich accord echoes.
The All-Iowa Fair opens with 1 156 cattle and 78 harness horses breaking records. Czech day features Vladimir Hurban and Dr Alice Masaryk with Farm Bureau day led by Donald Kirkpatrick. Improvements include a $30,000 exposition hall, new stock yards, leveled grounds, fenced grounds, parking, and enhanced racing and events planned for 20 000 daily attendees.
Six day old Mary Heart Rafael in Manila whose chest displays a heart encased in a cocktail glass has just developed bronchial pneumonia. Physicians report she has a short time to live.
New Orleans federal investigators expand Louisiana corruption drive to include gambling operations as part of a broad crackdown announced Saturday night.
In Magallanes Chile residents report a coin shortage and merchants are accepting postage stamps as small-value change. The unusual bartering practice reflects broader monetary supply constraints and shifting local commerce dynamics.
Funeral services for Miss Anna Howard 73 were held Saturday at her brother Joseph Howard’s home in Prairieburg. The Rev Arnold Kenyon of Central City officiated. Born October 10 1865 in Chicago she lived in Prairieburg area for 63 years. Survived by brother Joseph Howard sister Mrs Oliver Postelwaite Rockwell City Ia niece Mrs Roy Fisher Rockwell City and nephew Arthur Postelwaite Kansas City.
Gates open at 8 a m with events including horseshoe pitching at 9 a m and 12 noon to midnight Mighty Sheesley midway. Auto time trials at 1 30 p m followed by races at 3 p m. Society saddle horse show at 7 30 p m and Follies Internationale revue at 8 30 p m. Repeats include more horseshoe pitching judging Jersey cattle and 4-H cattle feeders entries at 9 a m and harness horse races at 2 p m.
A two wheeled trailer used by pig thieves who took nine or ten Hampshire pigs from the R E Clark farm two miles south of Martelle was itself stolen from Wilbur Olders place three miles south of Martelle. Pigs were transferred to a truck off the Springville Paralta road four miles west of Martelle and neighbors heard squealing as a truck was seen. A barn door used as an endgate was dumped in a nearby schoolyard.
A garbled OCR list shows city names such as Ri edar Rapids York Pittsburgh El Paso Miami New Orleans San Antonio Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Bismarck Des Moines Denver Lake City Seattle San Francisco and Seattle with various numbers following each, resembling scores or counts. The fragmentary data includes odd spellings and stray punctuation, offering a snapshot of a busy scoreboard or listings page.
Secretary Wallace ordered a worldwide survey of new markets after an 18 percent drop in farm exports. The study aims to shape future agricultural and trade policy as foreign sales for the year that ended June 30 totaled 682.9 million dollars, down from 890.8 million last year, with cotton hits 43 percent lower. A cotton bounty of 7.50 dollars per bale is planned to regain markets.
CHICAGO AP Agents of the federal narcotics division seized 14 men and six women in four simultaneous raids breaking a major Midwest distribution system. Authorities confiscated 150 grains of heroin. J J Biggens district supervisor led the operation calling it the Chicago area’s most important raid and saying it toppled the gang’s brains. Prisoners appeared before U S Commissioner Win K Walker with bonds from 1000 to 7500.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Hansen who died Friday night at her son Lloyd Kratzer’s home in Rock Island Illinois will be held at 10 am Monday at Hatch funeral chapel. Burial follows in Mount Clark cemetery here. Mrs Hansen lived on a Central City area farm with her husband until moving to Rock Island seven years ago. She is survived by her son and several grandchildren.
The Texas Young Democrats back Roosevelt but hint at a third term doubt. Price Daniel and Earle Mayfield urge Garner as the 1940 choice. A Texas delegation split shows Garner’s beating the Republicans and continuing humane Democratic goals faces only partial support.
Canadian provincial police ended hope of finding two Illinois men alive after their wrecked canoe was found near Lake McAfee. The two hikers M. C. Noble of Springfield and a companion were reported visiting relatives in Nashua Iowa. Rescue teams began dragging the swift rapids near the lake outlet for bodies.
Examiners announced test hours for applicants reporting to the Fifth street and Fifth avenue SW test lane. Friday hours are 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Saturday hours run 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Those arriving after the limit will be unable to take the examination due to courthouse closing.
Denver AP reports injuries from a collision of two passenger trains near Denver. Among the injured is Mrs Minnie Larson of Fort Madison Iowa. The report notes she was among the casualties listed in the Saturday crash coverage.
Rep Hamilton Fish of New York said he would meet German leaders including Joachim von Ribbentrop and possibly Adolf Hitler in Salzburg to present his peace and refugee settlement ideas. He warned war may be unavoidable if events continue as they are and suggested communism could win. He arrived in Berlin for a European tour culminating at the Interparliamentary Union conference in Oslo.
Twelve American egrets observed Thursday afternoon in Big Creek below Camp Good Health on Mount Vernon Road by Mrs. C. C. Flodin. Egrets, once common in late summer, have returned to Iowa after a 20 year absence, with scattered state reports indicating resumed northern wanderings before fall migrations.
The Allied Industrial picnic will be held on August 27 after a rain postponement. Mrs Della Cornish chairwoman of the picnic committee announced the date on Saturday. The program will largely follow the original plan with outdoor contests concerts a pit show and a night vaudeville performance.
San Francisco based U S Deputy District Attorney A J Zirpoli says four of 52 indicted in Omaha for conspiring to defraud insurance firms by faking accident injuries have been arrested. He reports one man named Paul Estep was arrested in Stockton, with two others taken into custody.
A truck carrying members of a Lithuanian fraternal order overturned near Sandy Ridge. A young girl died at Philipsburg state hospital, 26 people were injured. all aboard were hurt, with eight in hospital and several in serious condition. Residents of Osceola Mills were among the injured.
DES MOINES Iowa safety commissioner Karl Fischer cautioned drivers after reporting that tall corn near rural crossings creates conditions as dangerous as a train approaching He did not urge crop controls but urged heightened driving caution at crossings.
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