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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1939
Page
1
A writer reflects on harsh feedback from a friend about overused showy words in prose. He likens the critique to a boxing match at Memorial Coliseum, vows to return to simple Anglo-Saxon phrasing, and admits flaws from a long career while recognizing the ongoing pursuit of truthful writing.
Well organized republican forces win 95 to 8 passage of the measure reallocating 658 000 primary road funds for federal farm market matching. Debate centers on state highway control and funding impact with Democratic charges of dictatorship and comments on Governor Wilson.
Johnny Torrio pled not guilty in federal court to income tax charges totaling 86 643 dollars. Judge Robert P. Patterson continued Torrio in bail at 50 000 dollars and set the trial for March 7.
The speaker reflects on suffering and exposure as heartache grows with vulnerability. They acknowledge knowingly stepping into harm despite readiness, thanking an unnamed Tesson for the confrontation.
A reflection on ordinary workers who endure hardship with quiet duty. Unknown heroes, often unseen, silently sustain families and communities. The piece honors their perseverance and duty, contrasting public acclaim with private resilience.
Washington ROosevelt battles a Democratic dominated Congress on foreign policy relief and patronage arguing over neutrality in war, relief funding, and judicial nominations. The split within the party threatens 1940 cohesion as Roosevelt presses for changes despite Senate resistance.
Thomas R. Amlie Wisconsin progressive nominee for the interstate commerce commission testifies before a Senate subcommittee. He denies membership in the communist party while acknowledging a Chicago meeting in 1934 described as communist controlled by opponents. He says he was called comrade in various groups and defends his views on industrial expansion and future government ownership.
The United States embassy in Berlin presented a new note to the German foreign office detailing additional cases of discrimination against American citizens of Jewish descent. The disclosure came Wednesday, confirming ongoing diplomatic protests.
Eleven hours after Mrs. Norma Clark died leaping from a ninth floor apartment widow Mrs. Norma Clark aged 43, her husband William aged 63, died Wednesday in a fall from the same window in New York.
A reader asks how to rent a spare room. The Gazette note shows Room for Rent Wanted published Monday February 6 and the room was rented the same evening.
Glendale city council unanimously kept Vernon Browne as police chief despite revelations that he served a prison sentence in Oklahoma thirteen years earlier. Records show Browne entered insurance in 1925, joined the police in 1927, rose to captain, then chief two years ago. an embezzlement conviction as bank cashier in May, Oklahoma, was disclosed after anonymous calls and a prison photo was left at a business.
London based News Review claims Nazi Germany weighs returning the Sudetenland to Czechoslovakia. Berlin calls the report bunk. The piece cites Prague sources on financial strain from Sudeten goods and notes potential shifts in German influence if the territory is handed back.
Senator Nye disclosed plans for legislation to keep military secrets on aircraft production by private manufacturers solely in U S hands. He cites a prior regulation by the War Department and Navy officials to seal any aircraft with Army or Navy interests.
Rep. Fish accuses the State Department of a conspiracy of silence after the House killed a resolution seeking Hull information on US relations with Mexico and expropriation of American properties. He argues the New Deal policy has failed to protect landowners and property rights, citing Mexican actions and oil issues. Kennedy vows to press for disclosure.
British and French diplomacy focus on Minorca as Franco vows to resist foreign domination. Devonshire secret visit at Port Mahon sought nationalist assurances after talks with loyalists to avoid Italian occupation.
Attorneys for Alf Landon filed a federal civil action to stop LanDon Oil Lease Corp from using the Landon name in Kansas business. Landon alleges the firm intends to use his name to gain business. company officials listed are from Cedar Rapids and Russell Kansas, with officers named as Hamilton Elliott Smith Myers.
The Communist Party USA filed a friend of the court brief with the Supreme Court denying belief in or advocacy of overthrow by force. The brief supported affirming a Fifth Circuit ruling that membership in the party is not grounds for deportation of aliens.
Distress call from the 3000 ton British freighter Maria de Larrinaga prompted Cunard liner Aurania and the steamship Seanmail to race to the scene in mid Atlantic. Queen Mary said she was too far away to help. Scanmail was 280 miles away and could arrive early Thursday.
The House Accounts Committee unanimously approved a $100,000 fund for the Dies committee to extend its investigation into un American activities. The panel added authority to call on all government departments for assistance. Speaker Bankhead also named Rep. Jerry Voorhis to the Dies committee to replace Mosier.
The Committee for the Celebration of the President's Birthday in New York reported 1938 results showing $1,480,000 raised for infantile paralysis fight and $459,000 expenses, leaving a net profit of $1,021,000 after auditing on Wednesday.
Paris reports say direct peace talks opened in Spain between insurgent forces led by Franco and Madrid defender Miaja, with negotiators acting for each side. Negrin’s government collapsed negotiations with the insurgents on Tuesday.
The Spanish embassy said republican cabinet members except Premier Negrin and Foreign Minister Alvarez del Vayo would depart for Valencia from the French Spanish border as loyalist forces retreat. Negrin remains war minister and premier on the Catalan front to address refugees before joining Valencia, with fighting continuing.
Rome reports Pope Pius XI continuing a normal course of illness due to a cold and after effects of a minor heart attack. He remains in bed under care of three specialists with a slightly elevated temperature and improved breathing.
A fragment notes government tea tasters sampling two hundred brands on a Tuesday. Seven official tasters reportedly rejected none, preferring tea straight without additives. The piece ends with a quip about not judging a nation by its drink and a political aside about a Virginia senator and a White House appointment.
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