29 Feb 1940
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
1
A reader-letter editor discusses a travelogue segment, condemning self-promotion and promising to skip vacation references. The note recalls Albany Georgia after a 4 am tornado, compares ruin to Verdun and 1916 war memories, and warns of rising dictatorial feel as global conflicts loom.
A wave of opposition targets J Edgar Hoover as brain-trust leaders and critics of his methods. The Cedar Rapids schools examine Harold Rugg’s social studies guides, claiming they undermine American democracy and private property, with eighth and ninth grade texts slated for soon.
Toronto officials will no longer purchase false teeth for relief cases as an economy move. The board of health projects savings of about $7,000 annually from this policy change.
Budapest police surrounded the French legation where 40 Czechoslovak refugees, given new French passports, sought asylum amid Nazi pressure to return escapees from Bohemia and Moravia. Reports describe arrests in progress and a hurried exodus as authorities attempted to reclaim those fleeing persecution and possible death.
Republicans claim two Ohio by wins bolster 1940 prospects as Newsweek polls rank Roosevelt and Hull highly but fail to name a likely nominee. Ohio gains suggest GOP strength, with 7 percent higher Republican share in the 22nd and 17th districts, one seat previously Democratic since 1930.
The House passed a $203.5 million bill funding non military War Department functions while withholding funds to start work on Panama Canal locks. An $850 thousand line was kept for planning the locks, though Roosevelt had urged full funding. The bill cuts total about $16.6 million from the president’s request, part of a broader $290 million reduction this session.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to raise Army Air Corps contract authorizations by 20 million dollars to accelerate the air defense program in a letter to Speaker Bankhead.
Bugs Baer comments that Europe is hotter than a tin roof in the tropics. He quips on world peace chances and equal representation in the Old World, noting Pershing’s remark that the war is the last one warmed over.
Cedar Rapids voters will decide at the March 25 general municipal election whether the city should issue bonds not exceeding 53 000 for a swimming pool in Ellis park. The plan calls for retirement over 10 years with a one eighth mill levy. the final amount may be less.
Aurora Illinois conducts a leap year publicity drive where women seize bachelors for marriage proposals. Bachelors are jailed after being rounded up by women volunteers from police to health departments. Mayor Kesel leads a playful yet stern campaign taxing bachelors and granting women bar access priority while unmarried jurors decide cases.
Dr Joseph Fort Newton reviews Alice Bretz memoir I Begin Again praising her recovery after sudden blindness at forty. Bretz details relearning daily tasks Braille reading and self reliance after her husband dies, rebuilding faith and independence with humor and grit.
Clouds crowded the sun from Cedar Rapids by mid afternoon Thursday as temperatures fell from 39 at 2 p.m. to 37 at 2 40. The day opened with a 15 degree low between 1 and 3 a.m. Road conditions were reported improved over the state but caution remained for northwest and southeast Iowa and parts of central Iowa. Wednesday’s high of 36 at 1 p.m. dropped to 22 by 7 p.m. and 16 at midnight per the Chambers Inskeep company graph.
London dispatch says a 60 mile cordon around Moscow aims to keep peasants out of the capital while a severe Russian food shortage follows the Finnish war. Prices in Moscow have risen and long food lines form as officials withhold conditions from the public.
One day left to register, with the commissioner's office open Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. New city residents must register to be eligible for the school election, city primary, and city election next month. Requirements: citizenship, 21 years old, state residency six months, Linn county residency 60 days. Cedar Rapids residents changing address or name by marriage or divorce must re-register. For disability, call the office to have forms sent.
In Copenhagen Countess Inge Wedell, lady in waiting to Queen Alexandrine, places her Frijsenborg castle at the disposal of evacuated Finnish children seeking shelter and care.
The SEC uses the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company act to revoke control of the Electric Bond and Share and Engineers Public Service, arguing neither confines operations to a single integrated system. It will also proceed against seven more major holding groups, with hearings set after April 6 replies.
The Senate, without objection, approved House amendments to boost the Export-Import Bank's capital to enable more loans to Finland and China and sent the measure to the White House. Roosevelt's signature was assured after House approval 168 to 51, with amendments restricting loans to defaulting debtors and allowing Finland to buy commercial aircraft.
YOKOHAMA UP The British merchantman Kanimbla turned over nine of 21 German sailors seized from the Japanese liner Asama Maru off Japan January 21. The men will be released immediately to German consular officials.
The $2,500 amateur ad writing contest enters a new week with a deadline next Wednesday at 5 p.m. Ads sent before 5 o clock yesterday go to judges for this week’s prizes. later entries will be judged next week. Mrs. Al Schmidt praises the contest as profit and entertainment.
Mrs. Al Schmidt of 439 Thirty-sixth Street NE City writes to thank The Gazette the sponsoring firms and judges for awarding her prize of 25 dollars and expresses pleasure in participating in the contest.
Former President Hoover told the House Foreign Relations Committee that Europe faces widespread famine after the war and urged immediate congressional approval of a general European relief program with a ten to twenty million dollar appropriation. He argued aid would be humanitarian and not violate neutrality, citing Finland and Poland needs and proposing centralized distribution in Poland and separate fundraising bodies.
A petition by W. G. Loftus with 3390 signatures seeks a 90 cent gas rate ordinance in Cedar Rapids but cannot appear on the March 25 general ballot due to time limits for signature certification and notice publication. City officials note the 10 day clerk certification and 30 to 40 day post certification election window, with 25 days left before the election. The council has not acted, citing code requirements and a recent audit deeming gas rates fair.
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