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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1940
Page
6
Parties urged to set early 1944 presidential declaration date
The piece argues for both parties to fix a date by which any 1944 presidential aspirant must declare. It notes Senator John Bankhead and other Democrats openly criticize Roosevelt over third term plans, while many leaders fear public candor. It warns delaying plans harms party cohesion and calls for open competition and deadline rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bankhead
Alabama
Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
New Deal
Justice Dept Sees Need to Curb Legislative Lobbying
The article cites a Justice Department call for the FCC to resist congressional pressure and notes concurrent criticism of the NLRB for lobbying lawmakers over appropriations. It suggests legal risk for the labor board and frames timing as politically telling.
The Great One and the Humble Servant
A wise ruler famed as The Great One nurtures a poor swineherd who longs to serve. The gatekeeper scorches him, but the ruler later elevates him to a desk, where he smooths the path of callers and admirers with humor and humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Baldy
Report Says Congress Also Guilty Of Lobbying
A public report argues that members of Congress are widely and firmly believed to be involved in lobbying. It suggests shielding the NLRB from blame and hints the House committee may drop the entire matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
NLRB
House Committee
Five planet parade dazzles western sky tonight
Skies over major cities offer a rare display after sundown with Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Mars lined up in twilight. Hayden Planetarium’s William Barton says the spectacle may not recur for those alive now, and observers are urged to catch the event before it ends in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Mars
William H. Barton
Hayden Planetarium
New York
Walter Winchell on Broadway and a City Scene Note
Walter Winchell reports on Vatican and Mussolini meetings, a Churchill whisper campaign, and various real estate shifts in 1940. The column includes letters from readers, local editorials, and a Cedar Rapids stockholders meeting for Iowa Electric Light and Power Company on March 5 1940.
Local crash injures cyclist near Cedar Rapids
D. Milligan of Cedar Rapids sustained slight injuries after a motorcycle collision with a car near his residence. He died in a local hospital earlier. Miss Edith Bowlus departed for New Orleans via Chicago, heading to Panama and British Honduras with her aunt Mrs. F W Tudury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pany
Ae . D. Milligan
Cedar Rapids
Edith Bowlus
New Orleans
Chicago
Panama
British Honduras
F. W. Tudury
Five St Pauls women bid farewell to Mrs Fosdick
Fifteen women from St Pauls M E church visit Mrs N E Fosdick at her daughters home to say goodbye as she plans to move to Spokane Washington. Miss Alice Brady leaves for Mechanicsville to sing at a Methodist church dedication. Congressman James Good rushes from Washington due to his father Henry Good illness. Charles J Bell resigns as secretary of the Sioux City commercial club to move to Chicago for a new editor post at the Western Classification bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
M. E
N. E. Fosdick
Harry E. Wynn
Commercial Club
Sioux City
Chicago
Western Classification Bureau
Should Wives Learn Husband’s Business Affairs
Albert Edward Wiggam argues science cannot answer moral questions and discusses whether wives should know their husbands’ business. He notes some widows lack business knowledge and that awareness could reduce legal trouble and aid family finances. He cites that wage earning wives often know every penny of household income.
Is It Harder to Manage Brilliant Children
A discussion on gifted youngsters notes that nine times out of ten brilliant children are easier to manage than average ones, and cites a Stanford study comparing 1,000 gifted nine-year-olds to fourteen-year-olds with average behavior. The piece also asks if educating all will raise collective stupidity, arguing educated classes marry late and have fewer children than ignorant peers, citing Washington, Oregon and California as examples of high culture with low birthrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Stanford University
Washington
Oregon
California
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on February 23 1940 Win W Lundquist Clerk District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa will hear the matter for proof and admission to probate of the Last Will and Testament of O W Esslinger deceased hear at 9 o clock A M on the 4th day of March A D 1940 before the District Court Des Moines division represented by attorney F C Byers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pois
Stipneads
Baer
Nesin
Caer
Cedar Rapids
Marion
BSP
Chicago
Allen-Klapp-Frazier Co
York
Allen-Klapp-Frazier
Media Records
A.N.P.A. Bureau of Advertising
Associated Press
International News Service
United Press
State of Love
Linn County
Wink Mareov
Arch
A.D
O. W. Esslinger
Said County
Destrict Court
Census chief leaves for Chicago conference
Floyd Philbrick, director of census for this district, departed last night for Chicago to attend a census supervisors conference. M. Unzeitig was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Automobile Dealers association. A $2,000,000 sale transferring the Chamberlain Medicine company business to Dr. Bell Medicine of St. Louis was announced by D. S. Chamberlain and his brother, founders of the Cedar Rapids business in 1880. John Harold of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the freshman class at Wessington Springs Junior College in Wessington Springs, South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Philbrick
Chicago
M. Unzeitig
Cedar Rapids
Wessington Springs Junior College
Wessington Springs
S. D
Iowa Democrats select Mrs. E. T. Koch for national convention
Mrs. E T Koch of Cedar Rapids was chosen to represent the Fifth district at the national Democratic convention to be held in San Francisco next June. William Smyth, 68, a pioneer county attorney and assistant general counsel for the Iowa Railway and Light company, is noted in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Koch
Cedar Rapids
Democrats of
Iowa
San Francisco
William Smyth
Iowa Failway and Light Com
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Federal Communications Commission
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Oakies
Europe
America
England
George Clark
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror, Inc
Fox Movietone News
Truman Talley
Vatican City
Mussolini
Churchill
Wall Street
France
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Mon Paris
Pryear Walter
Betty Williamson
Richmond
Washington Square
Park Avenue
Henri’s
Forty-fourth Street
Hicktown
The
Herald Tribune
John L. Lewis
John
Tribune
Lem Dewey
the Tribune
John Lewis
H! Phillips
Sally
Iowa Electric Light and Ponzi Company
Security
Woodward
Albert Edward Wiggam
PCL Eat Baler. Stores Co
First Ave. Roosevelt
Ee Rapid
Budge
Iran
Budget Loan Department
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Third Avenue
Third Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Win W. Lundquist
F. C. Byers
Oko
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