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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
5
The general level of market prices for agricultural commodities fell one point in the month ended November 15, with the mid November index at 94 percent of pre war levels. Declines in truck crops and miscellaneous products, including tobacco, pulled down the index while oats rice and some livestock prices rose.
Neighbors and friends of William Kreutner, a farmer near Atkins recovering from surgery, held a corn husking bee at his farm. Attendees included George Paul sen, George Bierschenlk, Roy Popenhagen, Fred Bierschenk, Harry Bierschenk, and many Kreutners and Rinderknechts. Mrs Kreutner and others assisted with dinner afterward.
Dr. Philip B. Matz of Washington DC reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that certain industrial hazards once unknown may partly explain the rise in lung cancer.
Hollywood Bob Burns Arkansas comedian joined the ranks of honorary suburban mayors presiding at banquets and promoting names. He was sworn in by Judge Benton Worley on the set of I'm From Missouri. Burns owns a 195 acre ranch in Canoga Park and counts Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor among his constituents.
Ten thousand spectators braved the cold wind as a four motor German good will flyer arrived from Berlin at 7:35 am. The 8.375 mile flight began four days earlier and took 46 hours 41 minutes. Maj. Gen. Eugene Ott German ambassador to Japan joined Japanese officials in greeting the crew and passenger, hoping the trip signals regular air service.
The Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America adopted a resolution urging a national labor relations act amendment to outlaw unfair labor practices by employees as well as employers. A second resolution condemned legislation that directly or indirectly inhibits modes of business.
Berlin reports the first batch of hundreds of German Jewish children left for exile abroad. One hundred departed from Schlesischer station bound for England and were to be joined by another hundred from Hamburg area. They will stay in Harwich in a camp for three weeks to a month before being placed with British families.
Henry Ford argues that admitting Jews fleeing Nazi persecution under U S quotas would spur American business. He spoke after meeting Rabbi Leo M. Franklin in Dearborn and defended his German Eagle medal, saying he repels hate and believes many Germans oppose their rulers’ anti Jewish policies.
Federal Judge William H Holly will hold a Friday hearing on charges by Associated Investing that Floyd Bodlum head of Atlas and Charley Clarke former Utilities Power and Light president conspired to profit at stockholders' expense. The suit, tied to Odlum interests, alleges a contract with Clarke to secure his cooperation and that Atlas and Odlum misled directors for steps completed prior to reveal.
Senator Bulow and a group of Democratic senators will depart Washington for Florida on Thursday and return to Washington. A recent survey shows Alabama hookworm disease prevalence is less than one third of what it was 24 years ago.
The week ended with one of the coldest Novembers on record per the U S Weather Bureau weekly crop bulletin. Heavy snows hit the east and northeast and mid Atlantic while tender truck crops suffered damage from North Carolina to Florida and into Texas. Unseasonable cold and storm conditions limited activity in many coastal and interior regions.
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