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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1939
Page
22
Eddie Cantor predicts F D R will not seek another term and visits Washington to brainstorm a new birthday ball slogan for the Warm Springs Foundation. He reports Roosevelt discussing retirements from birthday events and the chances of a political run.
London reports for the first time since World War I the royal family will spend Christmas separately. King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose remain at Sandringham while others are stationed away. The day includes a church service a 1 p.m. dinner and a 3 p.m. broadcast.
Federal housing officials announced changes to promote private lending for low cost homes. FHA will insure Class 3 Title I loans up to 2500 dollars for new houses with inspections, while RFC Mortgage will buy these loans, creating a secondary market.
A sweeping review notes Hoover's early 1930s start, poverty struggles, and Prohibition clashes, then traces the rise of Roosevelt, Hitler, and the slide toward World War II. It highlights Great Depression hardship, New Deal debates, and major political shifts across Europe and Asia, ending with looming global conflict.
Prince Janusz Radziwill and 21 relatives freed by the Soviet Union after intervention by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena of Italy. They return to Warsaw from exile. details recount the family’s wartime confinement at Olyka and in Shepetovka, with notes on Christine Potocka and Count Joseph Potocki amid Polish embassy links.
Short personal note wishes good health and joy for the reader. The ad from Proba Basco Jeweler on 106 2nd Ave BE offers holiday greeting in a warm, nostalgic tone.
Two Boy Scouts from troop 40, Robert Spragg and Maurice Lenz, were advanced to Eagle Scout and Charles Remme to the star rank at a Thursday night court of honor led by W. L. Gray, Alva Norton, and Milford Nachholz. Merit badges went to Spragg, Lenz, Arthur Johnson, and Evan Hall.
A coroner's jury in Belvidere Illinois recommended drunk driving charges against George Schultz 52 of Postville Iowa and Henry Syverson 28 of Waukon Iowa for the death of Olaf Olson a farmer. Both men deny guilt claiming the other was driving and both say they were sleeping in the back seat when the crash occurred. They have been detained in McHenry county jail since the accident Thursday.
Nicolena Adams told Judge Perry A. Frey that her husband Chance would rather spend Christmas in the workhouse than at home. The judge proclaimed wish granted and sentenced Chance Adams to 60 days for intoxication.
Jap army announces invasion of Kwangsi reached the French Indo China border seizing Chinese supply stores. The flag was planted at the frontier and Japanese and French commanders met in Langson as part of a declared mission to destroy Chinese supply bases.
Milwaukee. Hugo P. Schumacher, recall committee chairman, says 95 state employees fired under Heil’s economy drive will picket the governor’s home on Christmas Day with a band. He hints known carols may be scarce, signaling tense holiday at the Wisconsin mansion.
Santa Claus Indiana endures heavy holiday publicity as visitors flood the town for Christmas. Postmaster Oscar Phillips, also a store owner, handles nearly a million pieces of mail with 14 helpers amid 25 000 pieces daily at peak. The American Legion and youth groups assist with answering letters to Santa Claus.
Twenty seven Pioneer club and Y M C A members raised 43.41 selling Christmas Health buttons in Cedar Rapids downtown. Proceeds go to Public Health Nursing for tuberculosis control. Top sellers were Loren Happel 5.01 Leonard Tristan 3.75 and Robert Owen 3. ...
Chelsea isles report an extraordinary donation as Dr. Lewis Glazer 36 assistant surgeon at John Adams hospital donated his 11 percent inch appendix after an operation Friday. The specimen now resides in a bottle at Tufts medical school reflecting a unique medical tribute.
Former President Herbert Hoover, who heads the Finnish Relief Fund, Saturday night cabled a second donation of 100000 dollars to aid Finland. The contribution complements earlier aid managed by the fund’s leadership.
The review notes the Lane sisters Priscilla Rosemary Lola and Gale Page star in Four Wives with Claude Rains Jeffrey Lynn Frank McHugh Dick Foran and May Robson plus Eddie Albert as John Garfield appears only in spirit. The film emphasizes family humor romance and familiar routines with little plot while Fugitive At Large with Jack Holt plays as a separate feature and Burton Jerrell covers Iowa football victories in a side note.
At a White House Christmas party, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. baby Frankie and Jet Roosevelt Boettiger, both grandchildren of President Roosevelt, cried on first meeting. Mrs. Roosevelt joked that by Christmas day they should know each other well enough not to burst into tears. The event drew 1,500 children.
Public works administration officials in Des Moines say 1939 was a banner year with 190 non-federal and 13 federal projects completed in Iowa. Total non-federal projects cost about 23.74 million dollars with 36 still unfinished. federal projects cost 945 thousand.
Report notes the creation of a new British Museum catalog featuring about 2,000,000 titles with an estimated cost near $1,000,000. The project aims to compile extensive cataloging work and digital accessibility for patrons and researchers.
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