28 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1937
Page
1
The piece surveys wartime censorship on disclosures of negotiations with Japan and highlights public anger at withheld details. It recalls Irene Kite’s anti gambling stance after smashing slot machines, notes Chicago’s legalization of bookmaking, warns of deadly holiday traffic and icy hazards, and critiques price fixing enforcement and anti monopoly rhetoric.
Sen Carl A Hatch of New Mexico urged a congressional inquiry into alleged monopolistic practices by large firms. He favored including Jackson's antitrust claims in the Senate unemployment and relief committee's survey. The Justice Department has antitrust probes in several industries and plans to deploy more agents as hearings begin January 4.
R. T Remer of Center Point sustained possible fractured vertebrae a severe finger laceration and multiple scratches after his car skidded from a rut in Cedar Rapids Sunday at 1 30 pm. His family was traveling from Center Point with his son Ted at the wheel. The Remer vehicle struck a car parked at 873 Center Point road NE and both drivers inspected the damage before a second vehicle a 53 year old Anton Voracek of Cedar Rapids approached. Remer was taken to St Luke's hospital. Monday status listed as fair.
A 1937 editorial argues war is not unavoidable and warns against pessimism. It challenges the belief that world forces doom peace, urging individuals to shape public opinion toward prevention rather than cynicism.
In Teruel Spain insurgent soldiers and their women inside the fire swept civil governor's palace sent radio pleas for aid hour after hour. General Franco's relief columns pressed to break the siege as the rebels recalled Alcazar. Water ran low and flames from loyalist shells threatened their hold.
The War Department named Iowans designated for the March 1 West Point entrance exam. From Iowa four candidates were listed including Robert Edward Harrington of Postville and Alfred Norbert Smith, with alternates Stacyville Anthony Joseph Seis eer and Mason ity among those named.
Orval W Adams of Salt Lake City said he cannot serve on the COP policy committee after accepting the presidency of the American Bankers association. He made the announcement through the Republican National Committee in Washington.
Frederick Emerson Peters, 51, famed impersonator of public figures since 1908, received a two year federal prison term for defrauding victims across cities including Philadelphia New York Chicago and San Francisco by posing as Dr R B Baker U S Army and other aliases. Assistant U S Attorney Dowling noted his knack for deception and that he had been imprisoned many times prior.
Jerome N. Frank took the oath as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington. He denied sympathy for communism and refused to discuss market problems. He described himself as neither conservative of McKinley Bryan nor radical, and said Americans are devoted to the profits system with the commission aiming to make it operate properly under democracy.
Soviet authorities hinted that a submarine expedition to the North Pole might be next to establish regular air service from Russia over the pole to the United States. The move signals a potential step in extending Soviet aviation reach and strategic testing of polar routes.
A late Monday stop order by Mayor Frank K. Hahn halts distribution of bottled milk and cream from Blue Valley Dairy shipped from Chicago. The action followed a 50-person protest at a Cedar Rapids meeting and cites the city milk ordinance requiring farm inspections. The dispute stems from a contract deadlock between Blue Valley and Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy, with the latter refusing to accept the other's terms and seeking Chicago arbitration.
Peregoy, general manager of Great Atlantic and Pacific food stores in New Orleans, said eight of 53 units in the city closed due to the Louisiana chain store tax. The tax costs $550 per store annually, higher than local chains, prompting the action. The chain store tax was enacted in 1934 with Huey P Long’s support.
Nicholas Titulescu, 54, former foreign minister and new parliament member, reportedly fled Roumania for Vienna after fascist threats. Once head of the Iron Guard blacklist, he survived a 1934 bombing attempt and spent 16 months in self imposed exile after leaving France last year for safety.
A neighbor found 72 year old Phoebe Nixon dead from an ax attack in her Muncie home. Police questioned her son Jesse Nixon, a former cornetist with Sousa, who then shot himself in the head and was critically wounded. A note requested no flowers or music at the funeral. Nixon had recently returned to work as a barber.
Charity Standish, a beautiful woman doctor, is at heart of a medical world tale featuring Hugh Evans and Greg Wheelock. The new serial Surgical Call debuts in The Cedar Rapids Gazette next Thursday December 30, inviting readers to follow opening chapters.
Indianapolis Dr Edwin Grant Conklin retiring AAAS president and Princeton emeritus professor urged a broad educational effort to offset social stagnation that outpaces scientific progress. He warned advances in medicine and sanitation outstrip social use, calling for rational methods to reduce class conflict and prevent wars through ethical education and better social development.
Joseph V. Connolly announced Elliott Roosevelt son of President Roosevelt will be president and general manager of Hearst Radio Inc with headquarters in New York effective January 1 1938 He resignations noted Emile Gough leaves post Roosevelt has been vice president and director of Hearst southwest stations and reorganized KEHE Los Angeles and KYA San Francisco
In Tsingtao the municipal government and police prepare evacuation as Japanese forces advance from the Yellow River. The Sacrament o gunboat will sail to Shanghai with 27 Americans, while about 300 Americans remain. Bridges on the Kiao chow Tsinan line are destroyed and rail officials have fled to Shanghai.
A San Francisco police tenor George W. Stinson received a round trip to Europe as a gift for his golden voice. The journey includes Italy and Germany with Gaetano Merola of the San Francisco Opera who hails Stinson as a voice of the present age. His wife and 16 year old stepson accompany.
Rear Admiral David M Lebreton announced that the U S Navy will extend the special security destroyer patrol along the Pacific coast, a program begun last week, as part of ongoing coastal defense.
Mayor Frank Hague accused the Committee for Industrial Organization of blocking industrial plants and called on Jersey City residents to back his efforts to curb the “lawless” element. He named William Carney, a regional CIO leader from Ohio, as a key figure in the movement, amid prior clashes and pamphlet bans.
Arthur Baer reports on a curious scheme where a commissary sells film packs to spies for extra cash. The piece playfully notes a new mystery airplane capable of 500 miles for bombs and suggests photographs both reveal and conceal government secrets.
The United States requests a comprehensive report from Consul-general Clarence E. Gauss in Shanghai on Japan's latest measures to impose military rule in occupied Chinese areas. Shanghai circles report new regulations threaten death for violations, with penalties extended to foreigners, as Tokyo argues the regime mirrors Manchuria 1931.
An earthquake near the Guatemalan border in Salvador killed one person and wounded five others. Ahua chapán and Atiquizaya suffered significant property damage as electric lights and telegraph service were disrupted.
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