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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
3
U S volunteers in Shanghai urged by commander N F Allman to join a defense effort in the international settlement. Reports say U S marine authorities may start intensified training for volunteers to defend the central business district as British forces withdraw.
A dialogue by Albert Edward Wiggam explores moral questions through a scientific lens. It argues that science supports societal rights over individuals and asks about women’s expressive faces versus men’s, daydreaming, and whether people justify behavior or seek improvement with practical, advice oriented reasoning.
The Weather Bureau said rains in the central valley last week aided late crops while western Great Plains face intensifying drought. Eastward from eastern Kansas to Nebraska rains improved moisture conditions in several areas.
Delegates to the International Typographical Union convention representing 80,000 members adopted a resolution insisting that no member shall forfeit his job if conscripted or called to service in war.
A dense listing outlines stations WMT WGN WSUI WHO KFJB WOI and others with a long night of programming. It includes news music dramas sports and concerts across a full Thursday timetable with hosts orchestras and special features. Twenty one U.S. presidents are noted as lawyers.
The House passed a bill to add 500 million dollars to the Export-Import Bank lending authority in a 183 to 144 vote. Funds would support Latin American loans for industrial expansion or surplus storage for favorable European markets. The bill also raises RFC lending by 1 billion dollars for the defense program. It moves to the Senate.
Max D Steuer 68 a noted New York attorney died of a heart attack on the porch of Wentworth Hall where he was spending the summer He had been in good health and dictated to a stenographer shortly before his death He was alone when he died but his wife and her sister were in the suite with him during the summer months.
Emma Leigh aged 87 longtime Mount Vernon resident died at 9 15 am Wednesday at her home. She married Foster W Leigh Sept 12 1871 and lived on a farm before moving to town about 40 years ago. Born Feb 3 1853 in Richland County Ohio she was a Methodist and Rebekah lodge member. Surviving are three sons John I Leigh Earl H Leigh and Herbert W Leigh, two daughters Elda Leigh and Mrs W M Hall, and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
A chapel service at Mount Vernon will be followed by burial in Mount Vernon. Friends may call at the Yocom funeral home in Marion until noon Friday.
Keith Wagner 18, of 720 Thirty fourth street NE, was struck on Second Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets SE at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with a severe head bump and pavement burns on his face and right arm. The car fled west on Second Avenue driven by Ralph Gearhart Jr 18, of 349 Twenty first street SE. The Wagner boy stays with Mr and Mrs E A Stanley at the Thirty fourth street address.
Santa Barbara mourns Ernest Lawrence Thayer 77 author of Casey at the Bat dies. The poem first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner launching his brief writing career and remains his best known work. The note also says Colombia remains South America's top gold producer while a 35 million dollar coffee crop dwarfs its gold output.
Cairo reports the Egyptian chamber of deputies in secret session pledged to take up arms if borders are breached. British Gen Sir Archibald Wavell warned Hitler may redirect effort eastward, citing Napoleon as a possible parallel. Wavell said British forces will soon face more work as the war nears new fronts.
Governor Glen Edgerton of the Canal Zone issued an order Wednesday night requiring all vessels entering Balboa and Cristobal ports to halt for instructions near naval vessels stationed outside the canal entrances. The order cited safety concerns due to periodic channel changes.
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