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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
5
Paul Mallon reports business watchers in Washington expect improved activity over the next three months, war or no war. If war comes, a brief production shift may occur but a panicky stock drop seems unlikely. Domestic conditions support a rising market as steel output stays high and inventories normalize.
Experts report national income rising to 83.7 percent of 1929 with December and March the only higher points in two years. Retail and automobile sales show strength and forecasts predict growth. Despite European crisis, business activity remains steady as watchers warn war would ruin production and profits.
Janis hosts Dr Stephen Black and Mary Black at her home as tensions rise. Rock Conover interrupts a literary moment when Black compliments Janis and hints at a closer friendship. Janis weighs Rock’s reaction and her desire to reform while keeping a wary eye on the situation.
Edgar A. Guest portrays a golfing parson confronted by a misplayed shot and collective restraint. A youthful caddie and onlookers withhold pity as a dirge-like moment underscores the weight of sin and life’s harshness. The parson urges progress, noting world’s difficulty and golf’s tough nature.
The undersigned Emma Pisarik was appointed Administratrix of the estate of John PF Pisarik, deceased, in Linn County Iowa on August 19 1939. Creditors are asked to settle debts and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Milo Hanzlik is listed as attorney.
Dr. Black departs after a tense visit with Miss Sheldon as a sense of unease grows. Janis and Rock trade charged remarks while a missing book and poetry collection linger as a brewing tension threatens their uneasy gathering.
A Mayo clinic physician said Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins, who visited the clinic Friday for a physical checkup, would stay for at least another week.
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