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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1939
Page
41
Rusty the Glasier household Pomeranian demonstrates high obedience staying in place on command and returning the ball to its owner. The dog collects slippers and shoes, chews no one but Tom the barn cat endures playful skirmishes, while owners are advised to keep fresh water, shade, and consistent diets in hot weather.
Washington era column notes Europe in flux as Hitler contemplates Poland and Danzig moves._Ribbentrop_Ciano talks near Salzburg influence Italo German pact amid Slovakia occupation and border incidents. China Japan tension grows as US Britain debate balance of power and 1940 politics linger unresolved.
The text notes Vice-President "Cactus Jack" Garner breaking with the President over several New Deal radical phases including aid to southern sharecroppers. It signals a Garner boom forming to lead the conservative wing and mentions Paul V. McNutt as the new social security administrator.
Reports sketch the 1940 presidential race with Roosevelt potential third term, Taft Vandenberg Nye and Douglas discussed as possible leaders. Strikes loom in oil and unions gain attention. Riots, crashes, and disasters including the City of San Francisco wreck, Squalus move, and fatal bus and car wrecks are noted alongside economic data and civic plans.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace ordered a referendum among milk producers in the Chicago marketing area on a proposed federal order to regulate the handling of milk. A stray line mentions a Carolina rail bird mistaken for a frog in winter.
Gov. Loren D. Dickinson asked Michigan sheriffs to explain why slot machine laws were not enforced after state troopers seized devices. The governor backed a Wayne County grand jury probe into Detroit area gambling amid a Detroit scandal and public petitions for inquiry.
Helen Vooros, 19, Brooklyn resident and Dies committee witness, faced a troubling clue as an anonymous shorthand message appeared on a poison bottle label. An 8 year old delivered the note to her Friday night, with a man unseen. The message's meaning remained unclear.
East Iowa highway commission announces detour plans for the coming week. Towa No. 38 shows 4.5 miles closed from Olin to Iowa 64 with an 8 mile gravel detour. Iowa No. 136 has 7 miles closed Wyoming to Oxford Junction with a 7 mile gravel detour. Iowa No. 128 closes 7 miles in Clayton county from Iowa 13 to US 52 with a 16 mile paving detour. Iowa No. 290 has 1 mile closed west with a 1.3 mile earth detour. Detours reflect ongoing construction activity across the eastern Iowa system.
The Z C B J organization sponsors a picnic to open its new park on the west river road at the Dostal farm this Sunday September 3 with music and entertainment for members and friends.
Roy Ribble of Rosemont Gardens Cedar Rapids wins the Algona Gladiolus Society gold medal for the three best spikes in the commercial division at the Algona show August 16. He also earns bronze in division 10. Cedar Rapids members claim multiple prizes including silver and sweepstakes medals. notable entries include John G. Reding Ridgeway Gardens Cedar Rapids and Ray Moss Waterloo Cedar Rapids exhibitor with high point totals. The grand champion spike is Maxwellton entered by Bob White of Waterloo.
Three people were burned to death and three others were critically injured when a fire swept through a transient camp in Sacramento on Saturday.
Walter Reed, renowned for his work on yellow fever in Cuba, completed his medical degree at age seventeen, marking an extraordinary early achievement in his medical career.
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