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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1939
Page
4
The piece argues that a German invasion of Poland could trigger a broader war and stresses that democracies must authorize war through elected representatives. It criticizes warmongers, praises democracies, notes traffic anecdotes, farm aid allocations, and calls for nonpartisan action against election fraud and corruption.
John Cobb drove the Railton Red Lion across the Ponneville Salt Flats achieving 368 85 miles per hour on the 15 mile course first from south to north. An average with the return run yielded 366.97 mph, the record ahead of Captain Eyston. The giant 2,600 horsepower car showed ideal track conditions and Cobb predicted higher speeds if needed.
Police traffic captain warns that bicycles on sidewalks in the downtown loop are prohibited by a new ordinance effective after publication. Restricted sidewalks span west from First to Third avenues and First to Third streets and east from A to Fifth avenues and First to Eighth streets. Walking bicycles on the downtown sidewalk remains permissible while bicycle parking lots for theaters and streets await final action.
Government scientists debunk the idea that raw beefsteak cures a black eye. In a public education push by the Agriculture Department, they advise eating beefsteak and applying a cold compress instead. The campaign targets common fallacies about home remedies.
A devotional piece posits Swedenborgian views that lost infants are cared for by God in heaven. It portrays children as educated and loved in a larger life beyond earth, calling them angels who carry out God's will, amid a tone of trust and consolation distributed by United Feature Syndicate.
Mrs. M. B. Trumbull, 535 Forest drive SE, suffered a fractured left shoulder blade when a tire blew out on the car carrying her and the Bodholdts in Cedar Rapids. The vehicle struck a crossing signal at F avenue NW and the North Western railway tracks at about 12 20 am Wednesday. she was taken to St Luke's hospital. Driver RS Bodholdt of Des Moines, official of the Home Owners Loan corporation, said the tire blew as he prepared to cross east on F avenue. The Bodholdts and Mr Trumbull were uninjured.
UTICA AP says New York nine day milk boycott appears near end as Strike Leader Archie Wright calls a proposed price increase compromise a great gain and urges the dairy farmers union to accept it. Wright, union chairman, says the compromise of 2.15 dollars blended price per hundredweight gains union strength and sets a basis for future work as producers signal support.
A London dispatch outlines a European crisis with Hitler’s plan to rapidly crush Poland through multi-front attacks within weeks, then seek peace with Britain and France. It argues Britain may fight if Poland resists, while Hitler seeks to avoid a broader war by stalling allied resolve and excluding Italy from the picture.
Harry Achey, 47, mechanic known as the produce man, pleaded guilty to two murder charges arising from the June 22 shooting of his father in law and mother in law in their Lisbon home. He withdrew earlier not guilty pleas. sentencing set for next Monday at 9 am after a hearing to determine degree. A pistol wound incident had left him hospitalized, with a gun found nearby. Witnesses said Achey blamed the California lifestyle of his wife for the marital tensions. A divorce suit notice from Los Angeles was served recently.
Glen Dickinson, 27, was arrested by Cedar Rapids detectives after attempting to dispose of cartons of cigarettes stolen in a Sunday tavern break in at 114 First Street SE. Cash and a large quantity of cigarettes were taken. Dickinson did not confess but cigarettes were found in his possession.
The National Labor Relations Board certified CIOs United Packinghouse Workers as the exclusive bargaining agent for Armour and Company auxiliary plant production and maintenance workers in Chicago after an August 3 election where 660 of 848 ballots favored the CIO. The board also ordered elections at Armour plants in Omaha and Fort Worth to decide CIO representation.
Washington DC Fraser Gardner faced persistent cross examination as the Dies committee urged prosecution for perjury. Gardner admitted to being paid by Skyline Press, run by William Dudley Pelley, amid claims he sought a committee investigator post to act undercover for anti-un American interests. The panel, after executive session, referred the matter to the U S attorney for the District of Columbia for action under perjury laws.
AP reports Bolivian President German Busch aged 35 died after shooting himself at 4 30 am in La Paz. Propaganda Minister Mario Flores cites severe mental depression from recent duties. Bishop Antezana administered last rites as crowds gathered outside the hospital awaiting official details.
Rio de Janeiro AP reports the yacht Itacare sank near Porto Ihos Brazil with 100 passengers drowned per Anoires. The federal department of mails confirmed the shipwreck but did not specify the number of victims.
Reports from Moscow indicate the German Russian non aggression accord will be signed immediately and Joachin von Ribbentrop may return to Berlin by Thursday night. Upon arrival, a lightning move is expected against Hungary in the form of an ultimatum. Warsaw and Budapest reportedly coordinating closely as Soviet Premier Molotov advises Britain and France to continue negotiations for a three power accord.
BRUSSELS AP King Leopold in the name of several small neutral nations appeals for peace and says the worst can still be avoided The king vows that European shooters should accept negotiations and the seven small countries approve a one day conference to collaborate in international conciliation Meanwhile Molotov tells British and French envoys that three power talks can continue as the mutual aid pact and German nonaggression pact would be defensive and not cause conflict In Moscow Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and Soviet Premier are in talks Continued on Page 2 Col 1.
Day In Europe reports Hitler defies British warnings and declares Britain cannot block Germany as it seeks Poland and Danzig. Von Papen to woo Turkey as Poland-Germany frontier clashes erupt. Britain readies war measures. mobilizations in France and Italy. Roosevelt and Hull return toWashington. Ribbentrop seeks Moscow talks.
Aboard USS Lang at sea President Roosevelt orders USS Tuscaloosa and Lang to speed to Sandy Hook New Jersey. The Tuscaloosa carrying the President is expected to arrive at Sands Hook Thursday morning, guiding a special train to Washington. Reporters seek details on neutrality, recalls, and European developments as the President heads back to the capital.
Secretary Hull concluded a two week leave and returned to Washington saying he did not feel the need to keep abreast of changing international conditions while abroad.
Paris premier Edouard Daladier announced additional French reserves were being mobilized to bolster deterring measures amid rising international tension. Reservists crowded Paris rail hubs Wednesday night heading for concentration points behind the Maginot Line as Europe moved toward heightened war alert from the Baltic to the Bosphorus.
BUCHAREST AP A high source said Wednesday King Carol's government notified Poland Romania would not enter a European war unless its frontiers were attacked. It was disclosed Poland inquired recently what action Romania would take if Poland were involved in a conflict with other powers.
Arthur "Bugs" Baer compares European tension to a Mississippi poker pot with a cuspidor in the middle. He warns that sudden deck-switching harms cautious players. He notes Russia firms with Germany and Japan and quips that European diplomacy is a fragile rowboat until all sides lean together.
Adolf Hitler reportedly told Dr Karl Buckhardt during a Danzig meeting that he would destroy Poland with the sword if Polish provocation continued and that Britain France and Russia would be destroyed if they aided Poland. In London Hitler rebuffed the British ambassador with a blunt declaration.
Berlins sources report Chancellor Wider backs a choice for Poland either partition or a German protectorate similar to Bohemia and Moravia while Hitler demands a quick showdown over the Polish dispute. Britain and France vow aid to Poland, as Moscow reels over Soviet entente and Germany hints at possible eleventh hour openings before a wider collision.
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