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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1937
Page
1
Eight years of Yangtze patrols protect missionaries and commerce from pirates. Panay sank by Japanese planes as London and Washington seek Japanese retribution. The farm bill sparks farmer dismay while Iowa plans more staff. Russia holds the first direct election, and Colorado faces program funding strains amid pension surpluses.
The government won in the Supreme Court on whether to pay interest on gold bonds called for redemption before maturity. Justice Cardozo wrote the decision, with separate concurrences by Justices Stone and Black. The case involved Taft, Ransom estate, and Machen, with overall bonds totaling billions and potential interest savings discussed by Solicitor General Reed.
CHICAGO four of eleven babies who fell ill at a city hospital were sent home after a rapid health recovery. Four others remain under treatment as the epidemic continues. One near-death infant rallied after an experimental blood transfusion from Dr. Herman N Bundesen, president of the board of health.
The 1940 Republican gathering in St Louis debates a fresh platform and declaration of principles. The article notes prominent college presidents among attendees and jokes about the party needing a stronger identity beyond scholars. It hints at internal contention and the lengthy process to nominate a key candidate.
Washington AP reports a divided House began debate on the wage hour bill with opposition aiming to defeat it by sending it back to committee. The measure, favoring limits on wages and hours, faces votes from Republicans and southern Democrats and possible southern support for administration plans. The scene shifts as Senate discusses foreign issues after a farm bill pause.
Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota harshly criticized President Roosevelt for not invoking the Neutrality Act over the Oriental crisis. In Marshalltown he argued the Yangtze gunboat attack shows Japan should be cut off as an outlaw and relations severed to enforce neutrality.
The article notes floods in California after a week of Arctic cold, with levees smashed and thousands of acres inundated in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. Rain largely ceased, and forecaster C A Donnel predicted rapid subsidence though snow and ice covered the central plains region.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace told 39 state farm leaders that agriculture needs a balanced abundance to raise living standards. He called for balanced production and prices, urged unity among agriculture, labor, and business, and proposed a six point program including fair income, soil sacredness, and ever normal granary. He criticized the House farm bill as inadequate and noted parity ideas without mechanisms.
Beginning Saturday December 18 and through December 23 all Cedar Rapids retail stores will stay open until 9 p.m. The Christmas Eve hours will be 6 p.m. closures. The change aims to aid shoppers unable to shop during regular hours, announced by the retail merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
A reader asks if revolt today is like our ancestors seeking liberty. The writer argues true revolution sought liberty, while fascist and materialist ideologies erode it. He warns against propaganda and insists faith and moral values defended against secular extremes. Copyright 1937.
C A Bransfield of Des Moines, an inspector for Western Union, was fatally injured when a railroad inspection motor car collided with an automobile driven by R E Burns on highway 77 near Kinross Iowa. J I Buetler of Davenport was injured. an inquest is planned in Keota.
George H. Currie, 70, of 504 Second Street SW, drove into a Rock Island switch engine at the Third Avenue and Fourth Street SE crossing about 7 30 p m. He suffered a scalp laceration and was treated at St Luke's hospital. Eyewitness L M Kolsto said Currie did not stop after the impact and Currie's car front was badly damaged.
Tokio officials and top ministers personally apologized to Ambassador Grew for the Panay sinking after a warplane attack on the U S rescue ship. The incident dampened Tokyo's pride over Nanking as public celebrations were halted and officials faced anxious questions about U S reaction.
Roosevelt voices shock over discriminatory sinking. Hirota and Saito express grief and restraint. U.S. lawmakers debate neutral accidents and policy shifts including embargo and disengagement from the Orient amid rising global tensions.
Iowa State Agent George Dickey was hospitalized after a car train collision four miles west of Lake City. Sheriff Frank Buchheit and prisoner Richard Persing, indicted for first degree murder, were in the car. Persing was later taken to Rockwell City. Neither Persing nor the sheriff was hurt.
In Paris, serial killer Eugene Weidmann calmly confessed to his sixth slaying, promising to reveal his full story and names of accomplices. The latest victim named is Mme Janine Keller, a 30 year old Alsatian woman, found among his alleged crimes.
The United States served a formal warning to Japan over the sinking of the U S gunboat Panay and three American oil tankers by Japanese planes on the Yangtze near Nanking. President Roosevelt assumed personal charge of the representations and directed Secretary Hull to urge Emperor Hirohito to receive the note. The memorandum states the president is deeply shocked and concerned and that all facts are being assembled for a full report.
In Shanghai the Japanese military command announced on Monday night that Nanking, China's capital, had fallen after sunset. The occupation followed fierce street fighting as Chinese forces contested every street corner and the Japanese claimed control of government buildings housing machine gun nests and snipers.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain protests Japan for Sunday attacks on British warships and tugs in the Yangtze. He said a US gunboat was also attacked with loss of life and that Britain and the United States would pursue steps, individually, possibly seeking compensation.
Santa Monica California reports cartoonist E. F. Segar the creator of Popeye is seriously ill in a local hospital. Nurses describe his condition as fair as the famous artist battles illness.
The Panay gunboat and three American merchant ships were bombed by Japanese planes on the Yangtze above Nanking. Reports of significant loss of life and many missing or wounded, with the incident prompting strong American and British protests and warnings, as investigations continue.
The Supreme Court ordered the dismissal of litigation over the constitutionality of sitdown strikes. It sent the case back to the federal district court in Philadelphia with instructions to dismiss because the strike was settled long ago. Apex Hosiery Co of Philadelphia had requested the action, following a sitdown strike last summer by the AF of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers.
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