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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1939
Page
15
The piece rails at American communists and church figures tied to defending liberty while condemning liberalism as hypocritical. It cites Eugene Lyons, discusses Dewey’s campaign, Gannett’s economic ideas, and a proposed commodity dollar to stabilize prices, signaling the 1940 GOP landscape and monetary questions.
Helsinki dispatch reports Soviet forces massing up to 1,000,000 in the Karjalien isthmus and advancing through central Finland toward the Gulf of Bothnia, while Finnish defenses under Mannerheim resist. British and French efforts at Geneva seek to revive the League as Latin America weighs possible withdrawal amid talks of sanctions on Russia.
The speaker notes that selling to both sides invites attacks and calls out the danger of last minute shopping. He asserts America holds ample planes munitions and cash but warns of heightened risk when supplying both sides in conflict.
STOCKHOLM AP The Swedish government appointed an active commander in chief of all Swedish military forces a move usually tied to emergencies. Lieut General Olof Gerhard Phoer nell becomes the chief though initially his powers remain limited. The foreign office called the step technical while defense orders say a special commander under the king can lead during war or when war is looming.
Cedar Rapids police launch a campaign against jaywalking led by Captain Gordon Hughes of the traffic division. He urges pedestrians to use crosswalks to avoid fatalities, noting danger zones on Second and Third streets and avenues SE. One death in the loop district this year underscores the effort to finish the year without further fatalities.
Six miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway No 30 at 8 40 p m Saturday two persons sustained minor injuries in a four vehicle collision caused by a defective lighting system ahead. John Smeltzer 23 of Stanwood and Imajean Jurgensen 20 of Wyoming suffered injuries. F W Weaver 61 of Mount Vernon dimmed his lights then slowed causing a chain reaction as Tom Lockhart 310 First Avenue W halted a truck behind him and an unidentified driver braked hard and veered left. Smeltzer avoided the truck but struck the windshield injuring both passengers. The unidentified car fled. Sheriff Jim Smith and Deputy Snyder investigated. no charges filed.
Sheriff A S Campbell detained a woman Saturday night on suspicion she was Winnie Ruth Judd the Arizona hospital fugitive. He later said the identification was wrong and she would be released Sunday.
Donald T. Cameron, 35, murdered five people including his wife and son in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin then set his cottage ablaze and died. A death threat note demanded 40 000 dollars to be paid in a bag with specific bill denominations. Police found a notebook listing kidnapping gear and a schedule that suggested planned abduction before the spree.
In Pontotoc Mississippi Mrs Cecil McKnight heard a faint cry from her son Keith 2 1/2 years old. She looked into a 54 foot muddy well and Keith answered he was down there and dirty.
Washington dispatch reports fresh dealer talk aiming to block Paul V. McNutt as presidential contender by suggesting Roosevelt endorsed Ickes verbal jab on the Indiana governor. Inner circle says McNutt seen as stalking horse against Garner, who plans to announce post Christmas. Garner-for-President forces counter with attacks on Roosevelt policy and Ickes as New Deal spokesman.
Members of the House committee probing the National Labor Relations Board say they removed a truckload of correspondence from the board files and hint some letters border on sensational. The panel seeks to determine if the letters show indiscretions or a desire to be partial as it prepares Monday hearings with sixteen board employees ordered to testify led by William M Leiserson.
AP reports 20-year-old Juliet Herricks refuses to wed Romeo George Lowther, seeking time to think, stay with family, and see him freely. She denies imprisonment, vows independence, and hints at possibly future meetings with Lowther, with parental approval.
President Roosevelt will not apply the neutrality act to the undeclared Soviet Finnish war, enabling Finland loan access without formal belligerency. Officials say this broadens pro Allied economic policy and could set a precedent if the conflict widens.
Gifts totaling about 1.5 million dollars to Northwestern University and 1 million to the University of Chicago were announced by Clara A. Abbott estate trustees. The Chicago gift makes the university eligible for an extra 1.5 million, funded in part by a Rockefeller foundation grant contingent on raising 500 thousand more.
The Cedar Rapids area saw light clouds and unseasonably high temperatures as a late Indian summer persisted. A 5 am low of 31 rose to 54 by 3 pm, then climbed to 46 by 12:30 am and fell to 42 by 6:30 pm Saturday night.
Nicholas Dozenberg, deemed a founder of the U S communist party and key espionage witness, was seized in Bend Oregon on passport fraud charges. Earl Browder faces separate indictment over using Dozenberg’s naturalization to obtain a passport.
Navy announces a 5 million dollar contract for 23 high speed torpedo boats and submarine chasers, plus 12 American designed craft. The fleet will be built for tests and mass production, to be based at Norfolk next year. A new tenth naval district is created in San Juan for Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Caribbean defenses expand.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha said its London office contacted the 6,646 ton Azuma Maru and reported the ship safe in the North Atlantic after it sent an SOS from Scottish waters and had been out of contact since Friday.
Three year old Lyle Chittick son of Mr and Mrs Roy Chittick of near Solon was injured when a wagon wheel passed over him about 430 pm He was in fairly good condition at St Luke s hospital Saturday night after witnesses said his brother Lester 19 failed to see him and started up X rays showed no broken bones but internal injuries were feared Cedar Rapids was his destination by his parents
In Port Arthur Texas 11 year old Irwin Mingle was found alive in a vacant house attic after a 16 hour kidnapping. Dr V C Welch a chiropractor was arrested on charges of kidnapping and later alleged to be framed. Police say Welch aided in the rescue and the boy described his ordeal before help arrived.
Philadelphia based Helen Virginia Atmore and Allan Burroughs, who won trophies at the same baby show 22 years ago for the healthy one year olds, were married Saturday. Their romance began when Mele visited her uncle's auto sales agency where Burroughs worked as a salesman. He recalled the silver cup she won and sparked their engagement.
Senator Hattie W. Caraway of Arkansas underwent emergency operation Saturday night for a perforated duodenal ulcer and doctors reported her condition critically ill.
Weather forecast for the upper Mississippi valley calls for generally fair skies with rain early in the period and a mild start followed by a colder middle week. Temperatures fluctuate from mild at the beginning to colder conditions midweek.
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