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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1940

Page

6

Moscow Dam Hearing Reaches Brief Extension

Iowa hearing on the Moscow dam project extends filing by ten days. Muscatine power cooperative seeks a $3 million Cedar River hydro plant creating an 11 mile lake affecting Rochester Cedar Valley and Cedar Bluff villages. Opponents cite bird and fish concerns and job fears while labor groups split on the project.

DES Moines State Executive Council Moscow Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative of Muscatine Cedar River Harry J. Strong Power Cooperative B. Layton C. S. Timanus Kansas City, Mo J. M. Roth A. A. Couch Iowa State Federation of Labor Rochester Cedar Valley Cedar Bluff Kelly Moscow Cemetery Wood The Conservation Commission Health Department

Garner Delegates Entered In Wisconsin Primary

Vice President John N Garner was informed that 24 delegates supporting him would be entered in Wisconsin's preferential primary. He thanked John J Slocum and William R Callahan of the Wisconsin Garner for President club and praised the democratic procedure of deciding by primaries and conventions.

Washington John N. Garner Wisconsin John J. Slocum William R. Callahan Garner

Dowell Funeral Planned for Des Moines Leader

Rep. C. C. Dowell will lie in state if wished with 2 p.m. Wednesday funeral at University Church of Christ in Des Moines and burial at Woodland cemetery. Dowell, Iowa’s dean of congressmen, died in Washington as the body arrival is anticipated Tuesday evening. Governor Wilson offered use of the statehouse to honor the deceased and said it would close at noon the day of the funeral.

Des Moines C. C. Dowell University Church of Christ Woodland Cemetery Iowa Washington George A. Wilson Statehouse

Radio Schedule Fragment with Station Lineups and Programs

A dense OCR of daytime and evening radio listings shows WMT WGN WCCO WHO KFJB WSUI WOI and others scheduling news, music, dramas, and variety across hours from morning through evening. It lists program titles, hosts, and times with many cross references to local stations and networks.

WMT Fasy WGN Raiph G Giabureh Orch WCCO Andy Wsul KFJB Mr. Keen Wccoo Jimmy Fidler Fulton Lewis Jr Orrin Tucker WSUI Alyce King Wari Frennie Musicale Wmt—Cavalcade of America Iowa Utley Wwcco Fibber Molly Creenate Keller Kate Smith Weco Gien Miller Bob Hope Nat Towles Weco-systems Orch Walter Wgnojack Patti Sullivan Guy Lombardo Leonard Keller Bob WMI Boone WOI Jerry Zelda WOII Wceco Happy Hank WBUI Woli Arthur Godfrey Ma Perkins WOCO KPJB Betty Wells Kitty Kelly Myrt Marge John David Harum Dr. Malone Hannah Don Pedro Big Sister Hilltopouse Guiding Light Corntussel Nooz Mary Sothern Judy Jane Flont Tex Ken Il Marke Kitchen Sam Don Roth Wgn—Carters Elm Street Weeco Woman of Courage Dean Roth Wena Volce Tom Owens Cowboys Voice of Town Wan Harold Turn Joe Doakes Road of Life Lem Martha Earl Hunt Ralph Ginsburgh Lanny Ross Betty Wocco Joyce Jordan Amos Grimm Wol Yaer Wesseno Kennedy Betty Crocker Wcocco Wssui Camera News Marlin Woicale Amanda Honeymoon Hill Booka Bill Anson Wwocco Mayfair Orchestra Anthony George Weller Mark Love Wccco School of the Air Seeence Youne Bodkends Vic and Sade Ma Brown Fourth Estate Melody Mischa Barr’s Orch Stella Dallas Kitty Keene Wayne West Cco WSUS Iowa Congress P. T. A Lorenzo Jones State Medical Society Ed McConnell Widder Brown Lawrence Salerno Wwccoo Kathleen Norris WISUI Cornell Johnson Caroline's Charlies Fingler Rollywood Leijlani Iowa State Wwccco Scattergood Baines H. V. Kaltenborn Jack Armstrong Cavalcade of Drama Europe Ellen Randolph

Too Efficient Highway Patrol Nabs Darner Repeatedly

In Des Moines AP dispatch, Iowa highway patrols vex Marshalltown resident C. M. Darner who complains they have tracked him three times in a day to place him calling home. Patrol aided by illness in his family prompted the search.

Des Moines Iowa Highway Patrol C. M. Darner Marshalltown Darner

A T Streets Paralta Merchant Dies Near Springville

Albert Truman Streets 64 proprietor of the Paralta general store died at his home near Springville Monday at 6 p.m. He was born Sept. 22, 1875 in Jackson county near Maquoketa. Survived by wife Anna two sons Harold K. Cedar Rapids and Ralph R. Central City and brother Rezin Streets Baldwin. Funeral Wednesday 1:30 p.m. Hunte funeral home. Burial Red Oak Grove cemetery near Tipton.

Springville Albert Truman Paralta General Jackson County Maquoketa John Loanza Heath Paralta Anna Harold K Cedar Rapids Ralph R Central City Rezin Streets Baldwin Hunte L. C. Smith Methodist Church Red Oak Grove Tipton Wald

Debt limit update shows remaining borrowing power

Washington AP reports the treasury on January 31 had 2.769 billion dollars of borrowing power left out of 45 billion. Gross debt stood at 42.11 billion with 606.93 million excluded from the limit and 727.36 million reserved to cover automatic value growth of existing baby bonds.

Washington The Treasury

Roosevelt Defends New Deal Finances

At a Hyde Park press conference President Roosevelt defended domestic policy with statistics showing income rising from 40 to 68 billion dollars between 1932 and 1939. He said a national income of 80 billion would yield a roughly balanced budget though he refused to forecast 1940 figures.

Hyde Park N. Y Roosevelt America Taft Ohio Thomas E. Dewey New York Frank Gannett New Deal

Merry Fahrney Wins Divorce From Cassini

New York AP report says Merry Fahrney the patent medicine heiress won a divorce Monday from Count Oleg Cassini. Justice Aaron Levy dismissed defense claims as unworthy of belief and heard accusations of misconduct by Merry with two men. Witnesses described intimate conduct in Cassini’s hotel and other salacious testimony from former household staff.

New York Merry Fahrney Oleg Cassini Supreme Court Aaron J. Levy Merry Hugh Parker Pickering

Mrs Scarsella and Niece Die in Danville Crash

Mrs. Les Scarsella wife of the Boston Bees first baseman died from injuries in an automobile crash near Danville Kentucky. Her niece also died in the same wreck.

Les Scarsella Danville, Ky INS Boston Bees Danville Scarsella

Diplomatic row over Hull aide Johnson remarks with Russia

In a tense State Department exchange Russia’s ambassador Constantine Oumansky warned that Russia’s honor was insulted by an American official. He cited Louis Johnson’s speech to the New York State Bankers Association on January 15 and took issue with remarks accusing purges and political interference in the military.

Ashington Russia State Department Hull Constantine Ouman-sky Oumansky Louis Johnson Johnson New York State Bankers Association

Hull Tugs Pigeonhole for Protests in Moscow

The Tennesseean notes Hull’s retort to a formal Russian protest, pigeonholing US protests for years as ignored. It cites Roosevelt reading Johnson’s speech, Finland called an outpost of civilization, and treasury debates over buying Russian gold for wartime aims. It mentions Amtorgs tin deal and a moral embargo controversy with export shipments.

Oumansky Finland Soviet Union Hull United States Foreign Office Moscow Roosevelt Johnson White House Tea Table Russia Mr. Morgenthau Japan

Government Sees Sale Tainted by Market Manipulation

Officials learned a man offered quarters of a cent per pound above market price to push a sale contrary to U.S. interests. He then returned to New York and completed the sale, prompting officials to consider actions against such operators.

United States New York

Charles S. Deneen Dies Former Illinois Senator

CHICAGO AP Former Senator Charles S. Deneen age 76 died Monday at his home after a sudden illness. A longtime force in Illinois Republican politics he had served two terms as governor before his Senate tenure.

Chicago Charles S. Deneen Illinois Deneen Washington

Sheaffer Co declares regular and extra dividends

CHICAGO AP Directors of the W A Sheaffer Pen Co Fort Madison Iowa declared an extra dividend of 39 cents and a regular dividend of 1 a share on common stock payable Feb 26 to stock of record Feb 15 The extra dividend is 25 cents higher than last February and brings total dividends to 8 a share for the fiscal year ending Feb 29 1940 Directors set quarterly meetings for dividend declarations May 5 Aug 5 Nov 5 and Feb the meetings will be held at

Chicago W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company Fort Madison Sheaffer

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